#freedomofspeech — Public Fediverse posts
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Tony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my life | by Greg Hadfield | Aug, 2026 | Medium
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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Tony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my life | by Greg Hadfield | Aug, 2026 | Medium
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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Tony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my life | by Greg Hadfield | Aug, 2026 | Medium
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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Tony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my life | by Greg Hadfield | Aug, 2026 | Medium
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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Tony Greenstein: The most important half-hour of my life | by Greg Hadfield | Aug, 2026 | Medium
https://greghadfield.medium.com/tony-greenstein-the-most-important-half-hour-of-my-life-d03f7877a492
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Vance warned us about Europe’s ‘threat from within.’ Poland proved him right
On Sunday, Sept. 6, roughly 29,000 Poles paid a television station’s government bill. The station is Telewizja Republika,…
#Europe #EU #Censorship #Freedomofspeech #JDVance #Media #NATO #Poland #statedepartment #Trumpadministration
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Vance warned us about Europe’s ‘threat from within.’ Poland proved him right https://www.byteseu.com/2353956/ #Censorship #Europe #FreedomOfSpeech #JdVance #Media #NATO #Poland #StateDepartment #TrumpAdministration
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Go see Coyote v Acme THIS WEEKEND!
Tell your friends....
https://3m.fyi/posts/coyote-v-acme-your-civic-duty/
#CoyotevAcme #RoadRunner #WarnerBrothers #BugsBunny #Oligarchy #FreedomOfSpeech #Monopoly #Enshittification #Democracy #UnderDog
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Leaked documents reveal the FBI is quietly tracking people who moan about AI on social media - FBI scanning social media for 'anti-tech extremism"
'Anti-tech Extremism' - NAACP legal team warns these 'suspicious activity reports' are incredibly unreliable and allows officers to inject their own biases
#AI #DataCenters #AntiTechExtremism #Rights #Constitution #Liberties #FreedomOfSpeech #WarrantlessTracking #Americans #ExerciseRights #Targeted #Government #CyberStalking
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The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Freedom: The Risks of Infinito.Nexus with Native Tor Support
⚠️ Disclaimer
This article was generated entirely by artificial intelligence without editorial review.
To publish this analysis quickly, I deliberately chose to release it without manual editing or fact-checking. The purpose of this article is not to provide a polished technical specification, but to stimulate discussion about the societal, ethical, and security implications of the next generation of Infinito.Nexus with native Tor support.
Some technical assumptions, predictions, or conclusions may therefore be incomplete, inaccurate, or open to debate. They should be understood as informed analysis rather than verified fact.
The scenarios described in this article are intended to illustrate both the opportunities and the risks of increasingly accessible privacy-preserving infrastructure. They do not advocate, encourage, or endorse illegal activity. The same technologies that can strengthen digital sovereignty, protect journalists, human rights organizations, researchers, and political opposition operating under censorship can also be misused by malicious actors.
The goal of this article is to encourage an open discussion about the consequences of making powerful decentralized infrastructure available to a much broader audience. As with encryption, Linux, Git, peer-to-peer networks, and the Internet itself, technological progress creates both new freedoms and new responsibilities.
Please read this article critically, verify important claims independently, and view it as a starting point for discussion rather than a definitive statement on the future of decentralized infrastructure.
Technology is neutral.
Whether it empowers democratic resistance or enables organized crime depends on the people using it.
With native Tor integration, Infinito.Nexus has the potential to fundamentally change how self-hosted infrastructure is deployed. It could become possible for anyone to create a completely private digital ecosystem with only minimal technical knowledge.
That prospect is both exciting — and concerning.
A World Beyond Traditional Surveillance
Today’s Internet relies heavily on centralized infrastructure.
Governments can subpoena cloud providers.
Internet Service Providers can monitor traffic.
Hosting companies know where servers are located.
DNS providers can suspend domains.
Payment providers can freeze accounts.
Social media platforms can remove communities.
Tor changes that equation.
By integrating Tor directly into the infrastructure layer instead of treating it as an optional add-on, organizations could operate entirely within Onion Services.
No public IP addresses.
No public DNS.
No visible server locations.
No conventional attack surface.
Infrastructure that was previously easy to discover suddenly becomes practically invisible to anyone outside the Tor network.
From Old Smartphones to Invisible Infrastructure
Perhaps the most disruptive consequence of native Tor support is that almost anyone could become an anonymous infrastructure operator.
Instead of renting a VPS or purchasing expensive server hardware, users could simply take an old smartphone, install a Linux distribution such as Droidian, deploy Infinito.Nexus, and immediately have a functional server reachable exclusively through Tor.
Modern smartphones already contain everything traditionally required for a small server:
- multicore ARM processors
- flash storage
- Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity
- extremely low power consumption
- integrated batteries acting as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
Unlike conventional servers, smartphones can continue operating during short power outages without requiring any additional hardware.
Because all communication occurs through Onion Services, the physical location of the device becomes significantly harder to determine than traditionally hosted infrastructure.
A server could operate from:
- an apartment
- an office
- a vehicle
- a backpack
- a cabin
- virtually anywhere with Internet access
Instead of racks in a datacenter, entire organizations could operate from inexpensive commodity hardware.
Infrastructure that once required thousands of dollars could eventually fit inside a jacket pocket.
Organization Beyond Censorship
Perhaps the most transformative consequence of native Tor support is not anonymity itself — it is organization.
Modern democratic movements require far more than encrypted messaging. They need complete digital infrastructure.
Imagine a group deploying the following services exclusively as Onion Services:
- Matrix for encrypted communication
- Nextcloud for document sharing
- OpenProject for task management
- Git for software development
- Wiki systems for documentation
- forums for public discussion
- video conferencing
- identity management with single sign-on
Every service is accessible only through Tor.
There are no public IP addresses.
There are no publicly reachable domains.
There is no central cloud provider that can simply terminate the infrastructure.
For political opposition movements operating under authoritarian governments, this could fundamentally change what is possible.
In countries such as Russia or Iran, governments have repeatedly attempted to restrict independent media, block communication platforms, and pressure hosting providers into taking services offline. A decentralized infrastructure based on Tor Onion Services makes these traditional forms of censorship considerably more difficult.
If one server disappears, another can be brought online using the same deployment automation and cryptographic identities.
Instead of relying on a single datacenter, an organization could distribute its infrastructure across many independently operated devices, including repurposed smartphones running Linux distributions such as Droidian. Every device becomes part of the organization’s digital backbone while remaining reachable only through the Tor network.
This significantly lowers the barrier to building resilient communication networks for journalists, NGOs, researchers, humanitarian organizations, and democratic opposition movements.
Building Invisible Organizations
Imagine an organization deploying:
- Identity Management
- Matrix
- Nextcloud
- Git
- Video Conferencing
- Project Management
- Forums
- Social Networks
- AI Infrastructure
Every service exists exclusively as an Onion Service.
Employees connect only through Tor.
No public domains.
No public IP addresses.
No externally visible services.
From the perspective of the public Internet, the organization barely exists.
A Powerful Tool for Democracy
For many people around the world, this would be an extraordinary step toward digital sovereignty.
Political opposition operating under authoritarian governments often faces:
- Internet censorship
- mass surveillance
- infrastructure seizures
- domain confiscation
- ISP monitoring
- targeted cyber attacks
A hidden smartphone consuming only a few watts of electricity could host secure communications for an activist movement.
Journalists could publish anonymously.
NGOs could coordinate without relying on commercial cloud providers.
Entire communities could communicate through infrastructure that is extremely difficult to discover or disable.
History repeatedly demonstrates that secure communication is one of the foundations of democratic resistance.
The Other Side of the Coin
Unfortunately, technology does not distinguish between good and bad actors.
The exact same infrastructure could also be deployed by:
- organized cybercrime
- ransomware groups
- illegal marketplaces
- extremist organizations
- terrorist networks
- large-scale fraud operations
- illegal trafficking
If deploying anonymous infrastructure becomes as simple as flashing Linux onto an old smartphone and clicking through an installation wizard, the barrier to entry changes dramatically.
What once required experienced Linux administrators could eventually become accessible to almost anyone.
A hidden smartphone server could host:
- a secure school collaboration platform
or
- an anonymous criminal marketplace.
Technically, there may be little difference.
The software cannot distinguish between them.
Risks for Democratic Societies
For democratic societies such as Germany, this presents a difficult challenge.
Security agencies often rely on information obtained from hosting providers, cloud operators, domain registries, DNS providers, or centralized communication platforms during investigations.
Infrastructure that exists exclusively as Tor Onion Services reduces the availability of these traditional investigative paths.
This can make investigations more difficult and more resource-intensive, especially when organizations are technically competent and operate their own infrastructure.
A terrorist cell, extremist group, or organized criminal network could theoretically operate:
- private Matrix servers
- encrypted file storage
- internal forums
- planning boards
- identity systems
- software repositories
- anonymous web services
all without relying on public-facing infrastructure.
That does not mean such groups become impossible to detect.
Tor does not make people invisible.
Law enforcement can still use endpoint forensics, undercover operations, financial investigations, human intelligence, surveillance of physical logistics, and mistakes made by suspects.
But the balance changes.
The stronger privacy technologies become, the harder traditional bulk surveillance and provider-based investigations become.
This is exactly why the same tools that protect dissidents in authoritarian states can also create serious challenges for law enforcement in democratic states.
The Democratization of Anonymous Infrastructure
Historically, operating Onion Services required substantial expertise.
Administrators needed to understand:
- Linux
- networking
- reverse proxies
- DNS
- Tor
- certificates
- firewalls
- application integration
Automation changes everything.
Eventually, the entire deployment process could become:
- Install Droidian on an old smartphone.
- Install Infinito.Nexus.
- Select the desired applications.
- Enable Tor support.
- Click Deploy.
Minutes later, an entire private infrastructure could be online.
No cloud provider.
No VPS.
No static IP.
No public DNS.
Infrastructure that previously required experienced system administrators becomes accessible to ordinary users.
That democratization is both empowering and dangerous.
Open Source Has Always Faced This Dilemma
This is not a new ethical problem.
Encryption protects:
- journalists
- dissidents
- criminals
VPNs protect:
- activists
- ransomware operators
Git is used to build:
- medical software
- malware
Linux powers:
- hospitals
- botnets
Artificial Intelligence can:
- accelerate scientific discovery
- generate phishing campaigns
Technology itself has no morality.
People do.
Infinito.Nexus Is Infrastructure
Infinito.Nexus is not being developed to create hidden criminal networks.
Its purpose is to simplify the deployment of sovereign, self-hosted infrastructure.
Native Tor support simply extends that philosophy.
The software itself does not decide who uses it.
The responsibility remains with those who deploy it.
The Ethical Challenge
Should powerful privacy technologies be withheld because they could be abused?
Or should society accept that technologies capable of protecting freedom will inevitably also be exploited by malicious actors?
There is no perfect answer.
Throughout history, almost every revolutionary communication technology — from the printing press to encrypted messaging — has been used for both constructive and destructive purposes.
Tor is no different.
Neither is Infinito.Nexus.
Technical Design
Native Tor support is currently being designed as a core networking feature of Infinito.Nexus.
Instead of treating Tor as an optional add-on, every deployed application can automatically receive its own Onion Service while remaining fully integrated into the deployment framework.
The current design proposal is publicly available:
Native Tor Support Requirements
https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/infinito-nexus-core/blob/feature/svc-net-tor/docs/requirements/031-svc-net-tor-onion.mdRelated projects:
Infinito.Nexus Core
https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/infinito-nexus-coreHetzner Arch LUKS
https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/hetzner-arch-luksLinux Image Manager
https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/linux-image-managerThese projects together lay the groundwork for a future where deploying fully encrypted, self-hosted, Tor-native infrastructure becomes almost as simple as installing a mobile app.
Conclusion
Native Tor support has the potential to fundamentally reshape how self-hosted infrastructure is deployed.
For the first time, individuals, NGOs, journalists, companies, and political opposition movements could build private digital ecosystems with remarkably little technical expertise.
At the same time, the same technology could lower the barrier for anonymous criminal infrastructure.
A discarded smartphone running Linux could become a resilient, battery-backed server hidden almost anywhere.
That reality is both inspiring and unsettling.
Like encryption, Linux, Git, VPNs, and the Internet itself, Infinito.Nexus is infrastructure.
Infrastructure does not decide how it is used.
People do.
The challenge for society is therefore not whether such technology should exist, but how we choose to live in a world where powerful privacy tools become accessible to everyone.
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Legislation proposed to stop ‘lawfare’ targeting journalists and whistleblowers https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/slapps-legislation-stop-lawfare-journalists-whistleblowers #MediaLaw #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech #LibelReform #Law #Politics #UkNews #Business #HouseOfLords #HouseOfCommons #JohnWhittingdale #Censorship #Media #Newspapers #DigitalMedia #NewspapersMagazines
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Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/apr/29/sussex-university-overturns-fine-free-speech-kathleen-stock #UniversityOfSussex #OfficeForStudents #FreedomOfSpeech #Law #Universities #HigherEducation #UniversityAdministration #DepartmentForEducation #Education #UkNews #Transgender #Society
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The Chicago Bulls did not cut conduct. They cut conviction and conscience https://www.rawchili.com/nba/710441/ #Basketball #Bulls #Chicago #ChicagoBulls #ChicagoBulls #FreedomOfSpeech #JadenIvey #NBA #PrideMonth #unrighteousness
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#Comedy #Humour #Humor #Parody #Sarcasm #Satire
#WeThePeople #PowerOfThePeople #DoYourDUTY #VOTE
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#FirstAmendment #FreedomOfSpeech
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"Neudělal ani přestupek. Nebyl a není nebezpečný sobě ani okolí. Přesto se z obyčejného studenta posledního ročníku vysoké školy stal „pacient“ zavřený na oddělení, svazovaný popruhy, pod tlakem léků proti své vůli – a nakonec člověk, který z obavy o vlastní život utekl a je dnes v pátrání Policie ČR." -- "se Martin stal terčem brutálního pokusu o vraždu ze strany tehdejšího přítele své matky" -- "Na tento postup si stěžoval. Tím se rozjela spirála, v níž se z člověka bez záznamu stal během pár měsíců 'nebezpečný pacient'." -- "v ústavu opakovaně zažil svazování a nátlakové podávání léků, když se mluvilo o elektrošocích, zvolil jedinou cestu, které rozuměl: útěk. Z obavy o vlastní život." -- "nepadly konkrétní skutky, ale padla nejtvrdší opatření. Příběh mladého muže, který nebyl a není nebezpečný, ale přesto skončil za dveřmi, která zamykají život." -- "spravedlnost má nejprve dokazovat, teprve pak brát." -- "Spolek Šalamoun bude případ Martina Pavlaty dál sledovat a popisovat."
Spolek Šalamoun, https://spoleksalamoun.com/2025/10/05/neuveritelny-pripad-martina-pavlaty/
" 'učebnicový Kafkův román' " -- " jak se v Psychiatrické nemocnici Bohnice rodí nový právní řád"
Spolek Šalamoun, https://spoleksalamoun.com/2025/11/26/neuveritelny-pripad-martina-pavlaty-pokracuje-jak-se-v-bohnicich-a-na-policii-uci-plnou-moc-za-pochodu/
Cítím
e x t r é m n ě s i l n é o p o v r ž e n í
vůči českému režimu, když toto vidím.
#abduction #únos #statemafia #stateterrorism #terrorism #mafia #abuseofpsychiatry #psychiatricabuse #dissident #criticism #freedomofspeech #státnímafie #státníterorizmus #terorizmus #mafie #zneužitípsychiatrie #disident #kritika #svobodaslova #justicemafia #justičnímafie #spolekšalamoun
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ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know – YouTube
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11U46lXVI0o?si=h7Rc_dtRHKuQTkxY&w=560&h=315]ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know
MPR News
61.7K subscribers 2,484 views
Streamed live on Feb 3, 2026 Facial recognition. Social media monitoring. Digital tracking. Federal agents now have a growing arsenal of tools and they’re using them.Tuesday at 8 p.m., MPR News host Catharine Richert and her guests dig into how these technologies actually work, what’s legal, what’s not and why it matters for everyone’s privacy.
Join us live here or on the radio. Find the latest reporting here: https://www.mprnews.org/live-updates
Transcript – Editor’s Note: Available online at YouTube.
Follow along using the transcript. MPR News 61.7K subscribers Videos About @mprnews
Continue/Read Original Article Here: ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know – YouTube
Tags: Digital Tracking, Facial Recognition, February 3 2026, Federal Agents, Freedom of Speech, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Minnesota Public Radio, MPR, MPR News, Protests, Social Media Monitoring, Tools, YouTube
#DigitalTracking #FacialRecognition #February32026 #FederalAgents #FreedomOfSpeech #ICE #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcementICE #MinnesotaPublicRadio #MPR #MPRNews #Protests #SocialMediaMonitoring #Tools #YouTube -
ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know – YouTube
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11U46lXVI0o?si=h7Rc_dtRHKuQTkxY&w=560&h=315]ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know
MPR News
61.7K subscribers 2,484 views
Streamed live on Feb 3, 2026 Facial recognition. Social media monitoring. Digital tracking. Federal agents now have a growing arsenal of tools and they’re using them.Tuesday at 8 p.m., MPR News host Catharine Richert and her guests dig into how these technologies actually work, what’s legal, what’s not and why it matters for everyone’s privacy.
Join us live here or on the radio. Find the latest reporting here: https://www.mprnews.org/live-updates
Transcript – Editor’s Note: Available online at YouTube.
Follow along using the transcript. MPR News 61.7K subscribers Videos About @mprnews
Continue/Read Original Article Here: ICE is watching. Here’s what you need to know – YouTube
Tags: Digital Tracking, Facial Recognition, February 3 2026, Federal Agents, Freedom of Speech, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Minnesota Public Radio, MPR, MPR News, Protests, Social Media Monitoring, Tools, YouTube
#DigitalTracking #FacialRecognition #February32026 #FederalAgents #FreedomOfSpeech #ICE #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcementICE #MinnesotaPublicRadio #MPR #MPRNews #Protests #SocialMediaMonitoring #Tools #YouTube -
https://dominusmarkham.com/venezuela-isnt-a-headline-its-a-slow-human-emergency/
#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AmWriting #IndieAuthors #writing #writers
#WritersVoice
#writingskills
#AuthenticWriting
#WriteWithPurpose
#freedom #humanrights #socialjustice #freedomofspeech
#Democracy
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Monday, December 29, 2025
Explosions reportedly rock Russia's Khanskaya military airfield -- [VLOG] Ukraine This Year: a year of stalled peace and escalating war -- Russia strikes Kherson thermal plant, cuts residents from heating -- Russia, Ukraine agree temporary ceasefire near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for power line repairs ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/monday-december-29-2025/
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Losdemokratischer 🔄👊🏽: Madison VS. Precht, Der fremde Staat, Bonze Merz, Möchtegern-Bonzin Reichinek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEYGZ59bSk
#Losdemokratie #Rundumschlag #Aristokraten #Verfassung #Constitution #USA #Sozialismus #Kommunismus #Aristocracy #JamesMadison #RichardDavidPrecht #Precht #FoundingFathers #Öffentlichkeit #Freiheit #FreiMeinungäußerung #FreedomOfSpeech #Merz #Millionäre #Reichtum #Ungleichheit #Unfreiheit #Demokratie #Demokratisierung #PolitischeKontrolle #Politisierung #Hinterzimmer
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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-wins-settlement
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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-wins-settlement
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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-wins-settlement
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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-wins-settlement
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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/wyoming-library-director-wins-settlement
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I addressed MCMC directly as a reminder that Malaysians have the right to reject authoritarianism. The people’s voice is the heartbeat of democracy, and trust in government must come from citizens, not coercion.
#Malaysia #Democracy #FreedomOfSpeech #MalaysianVoices #HumanRights #Reform #PeoplesVoice #FightInjustice #FreeMedia #NewMalaysia #OpenDialogue #BraveCitizens #AntiAuthoritarianism #CivilRights #PeoplePower
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Reactionary speech police in U.S. Academia: What else is new?
"That morning, I got onto what I thought was a casual call with a senior colleague, someone who spoke with me regularly in order to keep the university updated on Mill Institute activities. Once we were past the opening pleasantries, it immediately became clear that something was wrong.
My colleague told me that we needed to talk about a social-media post of mine that “had become a big problem.” I rarely post anything online, so I was confused about what he meant. Apparently, it had something to do with DEI, and had angered a major funder. “We’re trying to slow things down,” my colleague told me. I got the impression that he was upset about the message he was delivering.
I dimly recalled that I’d written something about DEI on LinkedIn. But I was still confused, because it had seemed like such an innocuous post (to me, anyway); and I couldn’t imagine how it would upset anyone in the UATX community, let alone lead to this ominous phone call.
In that post (reproduced below), I’d thanked writer and Yale professor Michael J. Strambler for mentioning the Mill Institute in a magazine article titled The False Binary of the DEI Debate. The piece, which struck a liberal tone, walked readers through the pros and cons of DEI programs, concluding that regardless of one’s position on DEI, none of us should lose respect for those who hold different opinions."
https://quillette.com/2025/05/16/is-the-university-of-austin-betraying-its-founding-principles/
#USA #DEI #Universities #HigherEd #Academia #UATX #Texas #FreedomOfExpression #FreedomOfSpeech
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Probably surprising nobody🤨
#Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to #PBS and #NPR
#TrumpRegime #Journalism #News #Reporting #Investigation #FreedomOfSpeech #FreePress #Public #CommonGood #GeneralWelfare #Authoritarianism
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"The Pursuit of Truth" only when it conveniently enables us to suppress speech we don't like.
How a Free-Speech University Sidles Up to Orbán’s Strongman Rule
Bari Weiss’s University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary’s speech-suppressing regime
#Education #Politics #FreedomOfSpeech #Academia #AcademicFreedom #UATX #Hungary #Orban
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but either your local businesses put #fibre everywhere, your #government does - or you do.
It's a matter of #military #security to have a #network that has redundancy upon redundancy in order to thwart takeovers.
It should even go so far as your local neighborhood being it's own #ISP, that you and your neighbors can expand the capacity at will.
The #internet has become ubiquitous with #freedomofspeech and #organizational #power. Why limit it?
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@bert_hubert Teveel mensen denken, ach #donny roept maar wat, morgen zegt ie weer wat anders. Maar #trump is de bliksemafleider. Honderden #republikeinen zijn achter de schermen bezig met de ontmanteling van o.a. de federale overheid en de rechtstaat. Dit heeft al grote gevolgen maar grote media blijven de riedels van #gekkedonny publiceren. #birdflu #tbc #measles #BanningBooks #NoVaccins #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfSpeech #ICE het gaat heel rap!
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US police have arrested over 2,500 anti-war protesters in less than 3 weeks - World Socialist Web Site
#StudentEncampments #StudentProtests #CampusProtests #FreedomOfSpeech #RightToProtest #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine!
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‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest
https://www.inkl.com/a/GWbLWRCokGo
#israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #UnitedStates #studentProtests #freedomOfSpeech #academicFreedom #emory #emoryUniversity #BDS #boycottDivestmentAndSanctions
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Singing About Political Issues: 'I Don't Try And Tell People In My Songs What To Do'#Megadeth #DaveMustaine #PoliticalIssues #RockTheVote #Voting #CivilMatters #HeavyMetalMusic #MetalCommunity #WhiteHouse #FreedomOfSpeech #CivilDiscourse #IndependentThinker #NonPartisan #MediaAttention #NegativePartisanship #Republican #Democrat #VocalBeliefs
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Hello World, it's #Finland calling, again!
Remember the #HateSpeechMan (#Speaker of the house) Jussi Halla-aho?
The former leader of #TheFinnsParty? The #FarRight party over here.
#Hallaaho who has spoke about the #FreedomOfSpeech during his whole political career.
Well, he has made a police complaint about defamation against a comedian, #IikkaKivi, because he called him a #fascist in a tweet.
Absolutely no #DoubleStandards!
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Since the start of the war on Gaza, authorities in Israel have been cracking down on Palestinian-Israeli citizens.Some have been arrested for protesting agai...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Israel #Israelcrackdownondissent #Israelfreedomofspeech #Israelgazawar #Israelhamaswar #Israellatestnews #Israelmilitary #Israelterrorlaw #IsraeliPalestinians #Israeliantiwarvoices #Israeliarabs #Israelipolice #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #freedomofspeech #gazawar #operationironswords
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Idaho Sheriff Won’t Return Library Books He Thinks Are Obscene
#IdahoSheriff #LibraryBooks #ObsceneContent #Censorship #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfSpeech #Politics #News
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Darknet Forum Dread to Relaunch After Month-Long Downtime Due to DDOS Attack - According to web portal darkdot.com and anonymous journalist Darkdotfail, the popu... - https://news.bitcoin.com/darknet-forum-dread-to-relaunch-after-month-long-downtime-due-to-ddos-attack/ #criticalsourceoftruth #anonymousjournalist #operationssecurity #freedomofspeech #specificvendors #stealthdelivery #dreadforumdown #darknetmarket #@darkdotfail #darkdot.com #dreadforum #hugbunter #downtime #darknet #offline
