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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

How much more proof do we need that this administration is completely compromised? There is zero reason for the US to relax any offensive digital actions against Russia. If anything, we should be applying more.

Martin Matishak over at The Record writes that the former Fox news host turned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

"Hegseth gave the instruction to Cyber Command chief Gen. Timothy Haugh, who then informed the organization's outgoing director of operations, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Ryan Heritage, of the new guidance, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity."

"The order does not apply to the National Security Agency, which Haugh also leads, or its signals intelligence work targeting Russia, the sources said."

"While the full scope of Hegseth’s directive to the command remains unclear, it is more evidence of the White House’s efforts to normalize ties with Moscow after the U.S. and international allies worked to isolate the Kremlin over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine."

https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

if this report is true, a disaster is unfolding which cannot be repaired in a lifetime. trust is hard to win & easy to lose. the US has lost the trust of the world, and Hegseth choosing Munich to announce Ukraine’s abandonment recently was disgustingly appropriate.

https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jgordon@appdot.net ("John Gordon") wrote:

This is when we begin to realize we have been conquered. https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/114083485241630234

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

First time using TypeScript today. The last time I really wrote JavaScript was probably around 2015. It’s changed a bit.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

Dozens of presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, chancellors and other officials around the globe took to social media on Friday afternoon to express solidarity with Zelenskyy

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/dozens-of-world-leaders-rush-to-ukraine-s-defense-after-peace-talks-with-trump-crumble-you-ll-never-walk-alone/ar-AA1A0UK3

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

mood check:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-wind/2521494

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LibertyForward1@beige.party ("Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:") wrote:

Frankincense is when Frankenstein is super fucking mad

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

"Erica Bradley, of Reno, Nevada, said she stopped shopping at Target because of their changing DEI policies.

'I don’t plan on going there ever again, just because I feel like they’ve shown that they’re not really committed to these things,' Bradley said. 'They’ve lost my trust.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/28/trump-consumer-protests-companies

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:

trump's trying the old dictator trick of saying a false thing over and over until people forget the truth. fortunately, world leaders keep shouting the truth out
🇨🇦

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
vaurora@mstdn.social ("Valerie Aurora") wrote:

Your favorite way to donate money to the Ukrainian war effort, please? If it goes directly to buy bullets or drones or weapons that is even better. Tax deductibility not a factor.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
funguy2playwith@mastodon.online ("FunGuy2PlayWith") wrote:

#Trump #Ukraine

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LyleDAL@universeodon.com wrote:

#USPol #Government #ElonMusk #WhistleBlower #Trump #RollingStone`

Visit https://rollingstone.com/tips

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
therieau@bitbang.social wrote:

@StillIRise1963
This is the answer, isn't it?

Why is he turning on Ukraine?
- Because he's a Russian asset.

Why is he dismantling the government?
- Because he's a Russian asset.

Why is he plunging the economy into recession?
- Because he's a Russian asset.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blamellors@mstdn.party ("Blamellors ✔️✔️💙") wrote:

Ukraine must stands it's ground.

What the Trump administration is offering is a surrender, Zelensky commit suicide and the US-Russo alliance feast on Ukrainian mineral wealth which is the reason Russia invaded Ukraine.

"Trump, Vance castigate Zelensky in tense Oval Office meeting | CNN Politics" https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/trump-zelensky-vance-oval-office/index.html
Shocking behavior today. Who treats a guest this way especially one representing his country.
#ukraine #trump #RussiaUkraineWar

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

I think it's critical not just to condemn Trump's and Vance's disgraceful treatment of Zelensky in the Oval Office, but also to reject the administration's implicit framing of US assistance as being about getting the "best deal" for us.

Aid to Ukraine is not a business deal. It is about bolstering the defenses of an ally facing an existential threat and about containing an aggressive menace to international peace.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

You know, the thing is, if Trump isn't in fact a bought-and-paid-for Russian asset, then he's doing his bullshit for free, and that's actually even worse

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a presence on X—and other US platforms are not a good long-term solution either. More should follow the example of the @EUCommission and provide their updates directly, without middlemen, through the fediverse.

Boosted by jwz:
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:

Everyone who distrusted Free Our Feeds was 100% right but in a more hilarious way than anyone anticipated: what if we take the bluesky firehose.... and put it on a blockchain
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html

Boosted by jwz:
streetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:

The Hunger Games

Boosted by jwz:
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:

"Explain." OK.

1. No Firefox fork is doing large-scale engineering work on the browser. They're all small teams whose main contribution is things like different configuration settings. If Mozilla dies, these forks will all die too.

2. Some forks consider it a feature that they keep old, insecure APIs Firefox itself abandoned because they could not be secured (NPAPI, XUL, etc.) Mozilla could not secure these APIs; forks aren't going to be able to. Most don't bother trying.

3. You're still running on Mozilla code, so your trust model still includes Mozilla. Now it just also includes a third party. Do you trust them? Why?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“We are not playing cards.”

- the President of Ukraine to the President of the United States

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The president’s verbal assault on Mr. Zelensky was a stunning display of anger and resentment toward the leader of a country that has been invaded by a larger power intent on eliminating it as an independent state. No other president in memory has lashed out at a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office on camera in such a vituperative way, not even to an adversary of the United States, much less a putative ally. “

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/28/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A view of Paris. I was happy to get something green in the frame.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
⚗ Spieker Film Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Paris #Montmartre

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Props to #Zelenskyy for even going to a room full of the dumbest people alive. I know you can't discard any opportunity when your whole country is at stake, even if it seems hopeless.

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

New Mozilla TOS diff. This is what they just removed:

* Does Firefox sell your personal data?

> Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That’s a promise.

The purpose of the new TOS appears to be to enable them to do this - such as for their advertising and AI sidelines.

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules") wrote:

Time to reshare I think. “I don’t want my portraits to hang in your offices, because the president is not an icon or an idol. Hang pictures of your children there and look them in the eyes before every decision” – Volodymyr Zelensky

Boosted by mbrubeck@mefi.social:
jcoglan wrote:

who called it night in the woods and not black forest gato

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Republicans want to ban ALL animal research, except for the stuff done on humans. I guess I'll have to let the spiders & flies go and start working on these clumsy things.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/28/do-spiders-count/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

the children are spewing email demands at millions of Federal workers, at least some of whom are gradually shifting from scared to pissed off... and besides: requesting snarky LLM texts *is* an amusing pastime

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

sometimes I love reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/ybz7pIzOJq