mike

@mightbemike.bsky.social

another silly human

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news

A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and

Let’s talk about the government’s software, AutoMonitor. It recorded clicks, data, navigation, and form interactions before sending that data to a destination that was not publicly visible. This software has been installed by the National Design Studio on fed websites.

Why yes #voidlinux is excellent as daily driver. rolling release scared me away in past but I tried it and never looked back. Don't be lame and go with glibc + xorg, use musl + wayland, trust me bro. No more systemd, unpredictable package managers, void is small, really fast, & surprisingly flexible

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

A woman Jeffrey Epstein abused will testify before the Senate on Thursday against the man Trump wants as Attorney General. Danielle Bensky's name was exposed in the file releases Todd Blanche oversaw. She asked to redact it. She was refused. The men Epstein served were protected. She was not.

“.. The Florida for-sale market is flashing warning signs: 45% of listings have taken a price cut (6.6 pts above the national rate) “.. 1 in 10 homes are selling for less than the original owner paid.” - Parcl Labs

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Meta is making it easier to hate during a time of rising violence. We found that violent threats against Members of Congress QUADRUPLED on Facebook after Meta rolled back key safety protections in January 2025. It's time to reinstate protections on Meta platforms and stop this abuse.

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‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...

Lawmakers cement bipartisan deal for kids online safety package

The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.

politico.com

There are about 1.5 MILLION redactions, and HALF of the #Epstein files have NOT been released at all. This is an obvious criminal conspiracy by the DOJ, the FBI & the White House. The criminals remain free because they are the very people who would prosecute—but won’t because THEY are guilty.

Companies that collect far more PII and biometric data than they need to should be called out. It's not incidental it's dishonest and it undermines our fundamental right to privacy.

Built a nice game with #Rust and I'm quite happy with it. It took so much longer than writing a quick version in Python, but it is super performant and I was forced to be far more thoughtful & deliberate. I feel like it pushes me to be a better programmer. Tough learning curve but now getting easier