Frank Bajak
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Tech and investigative journalist. Ex-AP tech editor & Andes chief. DM for Signal #. https://t.co/brvACaEc6k
Boston area
Joined June 2008
đŁ Germany is close to reversing its principled opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private â& Signalâin the EU. Time is short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EUâs Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. https://t.co/015qmQnIS2
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EU's Chat Control proposal is to effectively ban end to end encryption since it demands that governments can read all msgs. I find this to be not only insane, but feasibly impossible. Breaking the whole internet. Yet it got voted on last week, and just narrowly stopped. Whew!
The EUâs Chat Control proposal has been stopped, for now, thanks to opposition from Germany and Luxembourg. But the fight isnât over. Weâve been opposing this dangerous attempt to weaken encryption since 2022, and the EU will likely try again.
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Microsoft announced it is blocking Israelâs access to technology which allowed the mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians, following an investigation we wrote. The first time that a major US tech company sanctions the Israeli military for violating Palestinian rights >
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No one should believe that Donald Trumpâs policy on Ukraine has changed. He still is doing all he can to help Putin win. He is refusing to support more aid for Ukraine and blocking a Russia sanctions package. Trump continues to carry Putinâs water daily.
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Loomer has a direct line to Donald Trump. Back in April, she met with Trump in the Oval Office, and a day later a number of top national security staffers were fired, including the head of the NSA. Yes, these are the musings of a crazy person, but one with influence.
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Putting these South Koreans in chains and detaining them for 7 days when they had valid visas and were here to help get a massive factory set up is genuinely suicidal US behavior
@koryodynasty @rdelriodaher The fact that we put these clearly not dangerous people in chains is a national disgrace and possibly irreparable international incident. For no reason and against our own interest. We're run by proud incompetent assholes.
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I canât hear the question here but Hegseth calling Europe far-flung and only vaguely connected to U.S. security is willful ignorance and Yalta-level appeasement of Russian aggression. Both world wars started in eastern Europe. Poland was invaded in Sept 1939 from both sides.
What about Russia attacking Poland? Hegseth: We've projected power for a long time in far-flung places that had a nebulous connection to our own security in the homeland. We're securing the homeland.
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Zohran Mamdani, if elected mayor, vows to order the New York police to arrest Netanyahu on his International Criminal Court warrant for starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza, saying it would show that New York âstands up for international law.â
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Zohran Mamdani expanded on his vow to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it would show that New York âstands up for international law.â Experts said the move would be impractical and...
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@MideaAmerica I guess @Midea figures thereâs no need to be too diligent about this recall since Trump is president and dismantling consumer protection with everything else.
@ABC Good luck actually getting your unit refunded. @MideaAmerica @Midea is dragging their feet on each recall request in hopes youâll just give up on getting your money back all together. They donât want to part with a single penny of your money.
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Seems others are having @MideaAmerica recall troubles, too.
@USCPSC STATUS UPDATE: Midea still has not processed a refund five weeks after my recall registration was approved. As instructed, I waited until the approval letter to call and ask for a physical check instead of a virtual card. After waiting until today for the check to arrive, I
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On the left, a chunk of anthracite coal, which has barely been mined in the US since 1960. On the right, what appears to be a Soviet Lada or similar.
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Important win. A court rejected Googleâs effort to overturn a unanimous jury verdict finding that Google illegally monopolized key markets. The court also noted that digital monopolies can enjoy the fruits of their illegal conduct even after it stops. This means that a remedy
Epic just won against Google again, and Google is appealing to Supreme Court
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Los Premios Cabot 2025 de @columbiajourn reconocieron a cuatro mujeres por su periodismo valiente y perspicaz en đ§đˇBrasil, đ¨đşCuba, đ˛đ˝MĂŠxico y đľđˇPuerto Rico. Via LJR https://t.co/IgY7j7tsTe
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Cuatro mujeres periodistas ganan los Premios Cabot 2025 por su valiente labor en las AmĂŠricas Premios y Oportunidades. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas...
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Honored to share that I've been awarded a Cabot Prize. It's been my privilege to work at the @MiamiHerald & @elnuevoherald, covering a historic decade for U.S./#Cuba relations & keeping Cuban Americans (and Cubans!) informed of what's happening on the island.
đ The 2025 Cabot Prize gold medalists are leading bold, transformative journalism across the Americas. Meet the 2025 honorees: @ngameztorres, @omayasosa, @Isabella_CS and @VianaNatalia. Plus: Special Citations for Paola Ugaz Cruz (@larryportera) and @JaimeAbello.
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I spend a lot of time thinking about what you could call the 1890 coalition: the farmers, labor unions, and small businesses that pushed Congress to pass the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act and Norris-LaGuardia and Robinson-Patman. Itâs that coalition that brought antitrust law
The Iowa farmer who canât start his combine because John Deere locked its software has a hell of a lot in common with the driver in Queens who canât work because Uber and Lyft locked him out of their apps. We used to have these coalitions. @linamkhan says letâs bring them back
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1-3 meter tsunami threat for Peru coast according to
Peru has now completely reversed its previous statement that there would be no tsunami on the Peruvian coast and supplanted it with a tsunami alert.
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Fmr Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been convicted of bribing a witness who tied him to paramilitaries. My book, There Are No Dead Here, tells the story of the vicious paramilitaries' rise on Uribe's watch. https://t.co/Hw7cYq9sRM 1/5
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Mr. Uribe, a towering figure in Colombian politics, was accused of trying to bribe a former paramilitary to retract testimony damaging to him.
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Weakening Harvard is not in the national interests of the United States of America. If we are going to compete with China in the 21st century, we have to strengthen our best universities, not destroy them.
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Gustavo Gorriti es nombrado Knight Fellow para la libertad de prensa: "Representa un gran estĂmulo para mĂ" El director de IDL-Reporteros, expresĂł su orgullo por el galardĂłn y destacĂł la importancia de defender la libertad de prensa en tiempos difĂciles. https://t.co/Jkc5cvbwmQ
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Gorriti, director de IDL-Reporteros, expresĂł su orgullo por el galardĂłn, destacando la importancia de defender la libertad de prensa en tiempos difĂciles.
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