Meanwhile: #TruthSocial
Trump loses $532-million after his guilty verdict causes Trump Media stock to plummet
Trump Media shares tumbled by "as much as 15%," according to CNBC. Or rather, 18.3%, according to The New York Times, who reported that the crash erased "hundreds of millions of dollars from the company's market value"
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The WIRED AI Elections Project
#Politics 🗺️
More than 60 countries are holding elections in 2024. Throughout the year, WIRED will be tracking every instance of AI’s use in and around those campaigns.
https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-global-elections/
Problems that have long plagued tech platforms—like mis- and disinformation, scams, and hateful content—are likely to be amplified
Take care in the big bad AI generated interwebs of FAKE
Operation "endgame" - According to a statement from the European police agency Europol, between May 27 and May 29, 2024 authorities arrested four suspects (one in Armenia and three in Ukraine), and disrupted or took down more than 100 Internet servers in Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, United States and Ukraine
The US and Europe have separately announced major takedowns of cybercrime networks that defrauded people of billions.
https://databreaches.net/2024/05/31/operation-endgame-hits-malware-delivery-platforms/
The Tories, or any UK government, can no longer deny the need for urgent drug reform
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112351890315812473
The number of people who died due to drug misuse in Scotland last year fell by 279 to the lowest level for five years.
However, Scotland continues to have the worst drug death rate in the UK and the rest of Europe
how does the SNP intend to tackle Scotland's drugs crisis?
The SNP's National Mission plan emphasizes taking an evidence-based, harm reduction focused public health approach to drugs, expanding treatment options, and involving frontline services and those with lived experience - while still supporting efforts to cut drug supply
National mission drug death plans(PDF file)
while independence remains the SNP's core goal, their manifesto is also expected to contain significant domestic policy pledges around health, cost-of-living, social security and the environment in an effort to appeal to a wider range of voters beyond just the independence issue
-- perplexity AI with sources linked
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/What-are-SNP-lh1QjA1SSBejAQyu7V4tlw
And in Scotland
the consensus from multiple pollsters is that the SNP is likely to lose a considerable number of their Scottish seats to Labour in the upcoming election. The SNP's focus on Scottish independence seems to be weighing them down as voters prioritize other issues like the economy and cost of living crisis.
Their new leadership under Swinney is also a bit of an unknown quantity in terms of its ability to motivate voters.
Meanwhile:
BBC has disclosed a data breach impacting over 25,000 current and former employees, but the incident did not involve ransomware.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mypension/news/240528
The files include some Pension Scheme members’ personal information including details such as names, National Insurance numbers, dates of birth and home addresses
“For when the plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do so, until the state bleeds to death, or in its weakened condition … succumbs to an invader—the barbarians enter Rome.”
“Definitely an issue,”
Dangerous group of powerful people right there
Military contractor Erik Prince started a private WhatsApp group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of right-wing government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and journalists. We got their messages
https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash
The Future of American Democracy: “It’s Trump or Revolution!”
The Times article
@Beerdini sounds like you should try Tiny11Builder - Tiny11Builder is a third-party script that can take a Windows installation ISO, which you can get from Microsoft, no clutter.
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/112333875885916544
using this tool and you'll have a truly clean installation: You will not be prompted to create a Microsoft account, or even to sign in using one, and there will be no Microsoft services other than what you need in order to use the operating system
E = Mc2 - Energy Milk Coffee
Fáilte Abhaile 🏴 “a nod’s as guid as a wink tae a blind horse”
ta be aff yer heid helps