#publicinformation — Public Fediverse posts

"Democracy runs on information. ... Transparency isn't a feature of Aotearoa New Zealand's democracy; it's the foundation of it.
...
Speaking technically, it is easy enough to bypass, but the real problem isn't really a technical one. The problem is that a decision was made, somewhere inside the Parliamentary Service, that automated access to public parliamentary data should be treated as a threat."

#Aotearoa #NZPol #PublicInformation #PublicAccess #RSS #CivicTech

https://buymeacoffee.com/hammy/parliamentnz-and-radware

"Democracy runs on information. ... Transparency isn't a feature of Aotearoa New Zealand's democracy; it's the foundation of it.
...
Speaking technically, it is easy enough to bypass, but the real problem isn't really a technical one. The problem is that a decision was made, somewhere inside the Parliamentary Service, that automated access to public parliamentary data should be treated as a threat."

#Aotearoa #NZPol #PublicInformation #PublicAccess #RSS #CivicTech

https://buymeacoffee.com/hammy/parliamentnz-and-radware

"Democracy runs on information. ... Transparency isn't a feature of Aotearoa New Zealand's democracy; it's the foundation of it.
...
Speaking technically, it is easy enough to bypass, but the real problem isn't really a technical one. The problem is that a decision was made, somewhere inside the Parliamentary Service, that automated access to public parliamentary data should be treated as a threat."

#Aotearoa #NZPol #PublicInformation #PublicAccess #RSS #CivicTech

https://buymeacoffee.com/hammy/parliamentnz-and-radware

"Democracy runs on information. ... Transparency isn't a feature of Aotearoa New Zealand's democracy; it's the foundation of it.
...
Speaking technically, it is easy enough to bypass, but the real problem isn't really a technical one. The problem is that a decision was made, somewhere inside the Parliamentary Service, that automated access to public parliamentary data should be treated as a threat."

#Aotearoa #NZPol #PublicInformation #PublicAccess #RSS #CivicTech

https://buymeacoffee.com/hammy/parliamentnz-and-radware

Swiss Voters Reject Media Funding Cuts: A Victory for Public Broadcasting https://www.byteseu.com/1857441/ #Disinformation #LicenceFee #MediaIndependence #PublicBroadcaster #PublicInformation #Referendum #RightWingMedia #SRGFunding #SwissPeople'sParty #SwissVoters #Switzerland

https://www.europesays.com/ch/27755/ Swiss Voters Reject Media Funding Cuts: A Victory for Public Broadcasting #disinformation #LicenceFee #MediaIndependence #PublicBroadcaster #PublicInformation #referendum #RightWingMedia #SRGFunding #Swiss #SwissPeople’sParty #SwissVoters #Switzerland

For the sake of #journalism and #publicinformation, I suggest every major news outlet in every major city where ICE has come in and started attacking its citizens, join forces to create an "IceNewsBundle" discount subscription. I know I'd buy it.

Quick update on the crowd-funded solar-powered t-girl operated public information server (aka antifa server). Things are going strong, torrents are seeding.

The next torrent addition will be the latest Epstein files dump. The data being served up comes from https://sciop.net/datasets/.

More details: https://lydie.cc/data.html

#torrents #publicinformation #preservation #datapreservation #publicdata #antifa #resistance #fascism #fascist #regime #uspol #epstein #epsteinfiles

🚉 Transit hubs rely on high-brightness LCDs to ensure passengers get clear info even under direct sunlight. That’s the power of visibility.
#TransitTech #PublicInformation #HighBrightness #LCDDisplay

The Puerto Rico Journalists Association (#Asppro, in Spanish) issued a statement categorically rejecting the “restrictions on access to public information imposed by the Government.”
#publicTransparency #PuertoRico #PublicInformation #FreedomOfPress
https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/06/puerto-rico-transparency-claim-false/

How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole… Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets. #Archive #PublicInformation

https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-archive

Increasing Flood Risk Awareness Through A Real Estate Professional Training Program
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https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/flood-risk.html <-- link to article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NOAA #DigitalCoast #PinellasCounty #flood #flooding #education #risk #hazard #training #program #realestate #residential #floodzones #floodinsurance #publicsafety #loss #damage #economics #tools #analysis #information #Florida #floodrisk #investment #infrastructure #publicawareness #realtor #awareness #CommunityRatingSystem #disclosure #publicinformation #premiums #costsaving #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #naturaldisasters #coast #coastal #NOAA
@NOAA

I just read that my city publishes all their social media posts also on Stage.
This seems to be a site that shows social media posts from registered public profiles, like that of cities and other public authorities, so that you don't have to have an account on any of the social media platforms. That's amazing!
It seems you can make an account there so you can follow profiles, but you don't have to. Just bookmark the ones you want to follow and check back whenever you like. My city links to their Stage page from their homepage as well.

The question I have now is: Is there an RSS feed I could subscribe to for these posts.

I have to add: This is a German service. I don't know if anything like that exists in other countries.

#SocialMedia #PublicInformation

The NSW biodiversity credits market

"NSW pricing watchdog recommends overhaul of biodiversity offsets scheme. Tribunal found developers were paying into fund five times faster than the Biodiversity Conservation Trust was able to find required offsets."

"The report said a submission the tribunal received from the Independent Commission Against Corruption noted “inadequate governance arrangements undermine confidence and introduce the risk of corruption”.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/19/nsw-pricing-watchdog-recommends-overhaul-of-biodiversity-offsets-scheme
#NSW #transparency #PublicInformation #Offsetting #offsets #governance #biodiversity

https://youtu.be/i_iPCMmoGMw

#HarryEnfield #BritishComedy #Comedy #PublicInformation #UKComedy

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
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https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
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[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
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https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
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[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
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https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
--
[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
--
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
--
https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
--
[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
--
https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
--
https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
--
[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

If you're interested in illness outbreaks for covid & other illnesses - in medical facilities & LTC/care homes in #Ontario #Canada - please follow this account for most up to date information:

https://mstdn.ca/@onoutbreaks

#CanadaHealthcare #OntarioHealth #medical #PublicInformation #BeAwareStaySafe #BringBackMasks #MaskUpSaveLives #DougFordIsKillingPeople #Healthcare

Was great to have @carlmalamud at @takshashila today talking about his adventures in making public information public.

#ThinkTanks #India #PublicResource #PublicInformation #Copyright

IANAL but I side with the Ninth Circuit here. If you are a #government official using a personal #SocialMedia account to post #PublicInformation or notices, you've made that a government forum where commentary is #ProtectedSpeech and blocking is not allowed under the #FirstAmendment (#freespeech and #petition).

If there's not an official social media site for you to use, open a second account. If you mingle government function and personal media, that's on you.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/politics/social-media-first-amendment-supreme-court/index.html

Those of us in the UK who watched TV in the late 70s will most likely remember the government's public information series 'Protect and Survive'.

They were criticised at the time as giving the impression that a nuclear attack was survivable and therefore made such an attack more likely.

#ProtectAndSurvive #PublicInformation #NuclearWar #GovernmentPropaganda

[I’ve gifted this article, so no paywall through through 1/31/2023]

Bomb Cyclone? Or Just Windy with a Chance of Hyperbole?
When the barometer drops, the volume of ‘hyped words’ rises, and many meteorologists aren’t happy about it.
#meteorology #weather #language #communication #scicomm #PublicInformation

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/weather-forecasts-language.html?unlocked_article_code=yWUPIEd5yysR6PjTM6tR1EVXwe-sE_elF9Tk0wuByV9cJGacf3dtAK34rKk4NqfWVdReDJbEWRb3Sb148rH7EN0LXPLtckaSzRSPU8jzWi-QoLuNzU3KjFwuOg97_Vi_de752nIDsXgJ88fs--vDb8tgsaNb3Wo-2LHCmtrMq3NT1nqgAn_Xc7dRbBoQBwzAYniJDGnvkgXEcEw08gjqsozJRE-wcslHVB6eSS7G518lNN1RDEbrxadjs2ZsZXrxJJNYMO8zmOFHNPgxDfSXTvXAWrqL_9VAVESJavj-T8Edtf5_CG92JGkapLTRtlMFhzjhBwYU8VQi7ZHQsI9Cbo_rU3k&smid=share-url

@gulovsen @ncweaver @mmasnick @Popehat @mmasnick exactly, under this policy, you can’t share a lot of #PUBLICinformation , apparently.

#AaronSwarts needs to be remembered for his contributions to the #Fediverse.

And here's his story, hosted on the #Fediverse I found via #PeerTube; a video oriented use of #ActivityPub, the same protocol as #Mastodon.

Watch it and take note of the intersection, and corporate defense of, #Copyright over #PublicInformation.

Then, pay attention to your government's legislatures' attempt to maintain control over information and act.