digitalcourage.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Diese Instanz wird betrieben von Digitalcourage e.V. für die Allgemeinheit. Damit wir das nachhaltig tun können, erheben wir einen jährlichen Vorausbeitrag von 1€/Monat per SEPA-Lastschrifteinzug.

Server stats:

811
active users

#homeland

1 post1 participant0 posts today

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Putin unfazed by Trump’s threats, plans to fight on in Ukraine — Ukraine’s new ground drones are hitting the battlefield in ever-increasing numbers — Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — We are doubling the Ukraine Facility: EU proposes 100 billion euros for Ukraine aid fund in 2028–2034 budget — ‘Unbearable’ — EU’s Kallas raises alarm over Russia’s escalating chemical warfare in Ukraine … and more

activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

My wife and I are binge watching #Homeland. We're halfway through season 7 and yowza! Seasons 6 and 7 from 2017-2018 are like a mirror of today. I don't know if the writers were prescient or if we've just been living in this shitty timeline that long...

Inspired by the massive protests in Greece and @pluralistic ‘s #Homeland that highlights the importance of personal data protection in protests, we translated - and adapted to the Greek legislation - the @eff “attending a protest guide”.

gitlab.com/software-makers/sit

This was a joint effort by the #SoftwareMakers #Association and #HomoDigitalis , two Greek #non_profit organisations that came to work together in this case to help citizens protect their digital identity.

GitLabdocs/digital_self_defense_in_protests_in_greece.v2.pdf · main · Software Makers / site · GitLabGitLab.com

“Ask each and every Palestinian in diaspora and everywhere, we all have one goal: to hold the steadfast to our homeland. The Israeli occupation forces have turned the entire Gaza Strip into scorched land. We have lost our homes, all our possessions, yet we cannot abandon our homeland. It is our homeland.”

@palestine
#Gaza
#homeland

The #Department of #Homeland #Security is becoming the first federal agency to embrace #AI technology with a plan to incorporate generative A.I. models across a wide range of divisions.

In partnerships with #OpenAI, #Anthropic and #Meta, it will launch pilot programs using #chatbots and other tools to
🔹help combat drug and human trafficking crimes,
🔹train immigration officials
🔹and prepare emergency management across the nation.

The rush to roll out the still unproven technology is part of a larger scramble to keep up with the changes brought about by generative A.I., which can create hyper realistic images and videos and imitate human speech.
“One cannot ignore it,” Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said in an interview.
“And if one isn’t forward-leaning in recognizing and being prepared to address its potential for good and its potential for harm, it will be too late and that’s why we’re moving quickly.”

nytimes.com/2024/03/18/busines

The New York Times · The Department of Homeland Security Is Embracing A.I.By Cecilia Kang
Continued thread

In a vote along party lines after a marathon meeting, members of the #House #Homeland #Security Cmte advanced 2 articles of #impeachment against #Mayorkas, accusing him of “willful & systemic refusal to comply w/the #law” & breach of the public trust. The move came even as Dems repeatedly asserted during the hearing that #Republicans have no constitutional basis to impeach Mayorkas, &noted #GOP lawmakers have struggled in 2 recent hearings to detail clear #evidence of high crimes & misdemeanors.

#Mayorkas defends record as #Republicans move forward w/ #impeachment process

In a 6pg letter sent Tues to #Homeland #Security Cmte chairman Rep Mark Green, Mayorkas detailed his lengthy career & pushed back on the #GOP’s accusations that he has avoided their oversight….

“We have provided #Congress & your Cmte hrs of testimony, thousands of docs, hundreds of briefings, & much more info that demonstrates quite clearly how we are enforcing the #law.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Mayorkas defends record as Republicans move forward with impeachment processBy Jacqueline Alemany
Continued thread

“As #homeland #security secretary under President George W. Bush —& as a fmr federal judge, U.S. atty & asst atty general — I can say w/ confidence that, for all the investigating that the #House Cmte on Homeland Security has done, they have failed to put forth #evidence that meets the bar.

“This is why #Republicans aren’t seeking to hold #Mayorkas to the #Constitution’s ‘high crimes & misdemeanors’ standard for impeachment. They make the unsupported argument that he is derelict in his duty.”