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How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt

https://www.reuters.com/world/how-texas-student-blew-whistle-rogue-ai-hacking-attempt-2026-08-20/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387959

#HackerNews #Texas #Student #AI #Hacking #Whistleblower #Cybersecurity #RogueAI

@michael_w_busch @futurebird

In 2023, I was a programmer with federal clearance, working for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, through #AccentureFederalServices , through a contractor, when I called out corruption, and became a government #whistleblower

I have been homeless since 2023, and hounded by the law, a dozen rides in the back of cop cars, usually handcuffed. Kicked out of hospitals, banks, libraries, stores, and buses. 5 arrests ( 4 under #Biden, 1 under #Trump ), police brutality, 6 nights in jail. I have slept outdoors in winters without warm clothes, in muddy orchards, in rain, on cold concrete city pavements, in sweltering heat. Denied public defense in courts, though I told judges I was homeless and food insecure. I fought in court, representing myself, while homeless. All charges dropped, since it was mere whistleblower intimidation, and I had committed no crimes.

Broken bone, body in constant pain. Assaulted in the streets. I have eaten out of garbage cans, and several times, gone hungry for 2-3 days at a time.

Moved to Tokyo to avoid persecution, though it followed me here, and I am homeless here as well, probably because the Japanese government is afraid of granting me political asylum.

Here, read my account:
https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

The linked PDF has an appendix with the “receipts”, documents that corroborate my account.

All because I took a stand for the people, asked tough questions, spoke truth to power. Such as, why is the government using public money to pay for proprietary software, when #FOSS is available. That money could be used to help US Veterans, instead of lining the pockets of fatcat executives and bureaucrats.

Here are some of the questions I raised:

https://rant.li/ashwin/perl-versus-java

I was a democrat voter.
Now I have nobody left to vote for. I am an #Anarchist.

@altbot

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/19/meta-safety-trial-whistleblower-testimony. "Meta has taken a 'don’t ask, don’t tell' #strategy when it comes to the #safety of #children on its #socialmedia #platforms, according to a #whistleblower who testified during a landmark #trial against the #company on Tuesday & Wednesday. Arturo Béjar, a former #Meta safety engineer, told the jury that the company was aware of the harm its products caused children, which included its recommendations pushing content from #sexual predators & #violent & #graphic #images."

@tuban_muzuru @juergen_hubert @minmi @dumpsterqueer

You are talking to a person of color, a first generation immigrant to the USA, who also happens to be LGBTQ.

As for making an effort, in 2023, I was a programmer with federal clearance, working for the US government, through #AccentureFederalServices , through a contractor, when I called out corruption, became a #whistleblower

I have been homeless since 2023, and hounded by the law, a dozen rides in the back of cop cars, usually handcuffed. Kicked out of hospitals, banks, libraries, stores, and buses. 5 arrests, police brutality, 6 nights in jail. I have slept outdoors in winters without warm clothes, in muddy orchards, in rain, on cold concrete city pavements. Denied public defense in courts, though I told judges I was homeless and food insecure. Broken bone, body in constant pain. I have eaten out of garbage cans, and several times, gone hungry for 2-3 days at a time.

Moved to Tokyo to avoid persecution, though it followed me here, and I am homeless here as well, probably because the Japanese government is afraid of granting me political asylum.

Here, read my account:
https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

The linked PDF has an appendix with the “receipts”, documents that corroborate my account.

All because I took a stand for the people, asked tough questions, spoke truth to power. Such as, why is the government using public money to pay for proprietary software, when #FOSS is available. That money could be used to help US Veterans, instead of lining the pockets of fatcat executives and bureaucrats.

Here are some of the questions I raised:

https://rant.li/ashwin/perl-versus-java

You are right though. I don’t know where marginalized people are coming from. Please tell me more about how Microsoft, Oracle, and Meta are free of bias, and how bad the FOSS community is. You must have done a lot of research from your armchair. Tell me about what you are doing to help, except complaining. Tell me what you have risked personally.

#Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in #antisemitism probes targeting #schools

A #Trump admin task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for #settlements with Ivy League #universities despite government investigations that were rushed & incomplete or that failed to establish legal violations by the schools, a former #DOJ lawyer alleged in a whistleblower disclosure obtained by The Associated Press.

#law #LegalEthics #kakistocracy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-justice-department-brown-columbia-3e2519fac8b1d85caa74b7ff1ff63744?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Hello, fellow hackers,

I am a #whistleblower and have lost access to computing resources for the time being.

I have this code repository, almost ready. It forms the basis of a True Democracy. Basically, voters get to collectively make up the government’s budget. Government departments have to work within the budgets set by the people.

Could someone please clone, tweak, and deploy it to a public website?

This is a topical solution that will fix many issues we face today.

https://gitlab.com/purrperl/peoples-collaborative-budget

Thank you so much!

#hack #hacker #HackThePlanet #government #governments #democracy
#code #software #MutualAidRequest #perl #PerlHacker
#WebDeveloper #MAGA #democrat #republican #UsPol

USA: Meta wegen App-Nutzung durch Kinder erneut vor Gericht

Mehrere US-Bundesstaaten werfen dem Meta-Konzern vor, Kinder absichtlich an Facebook und Instagram gebunden zu haben. Meta weist das zurück.

https://www.heise.de/news/USA-Meta-wegen-App-Nutzung-durch-Kinder-erneut-vor-Gericht-11418803.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenschutz #Facebook #Instagram #Jugendschutz #MarkZuckerberg #Netzpolitik #Whistleblower #Wirtschaft #news

DATE: August 18, 2026 at 06:58AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

TITLE: Whistleblower Alleges White House Improperly Targeted Top Universities

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=191102&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-harvard-brown-columbia-haley-van-erem-whistleblower/

Source: CBS News - U.S. News

The Trump administration pressured career civil rights attorneys to investigate allegations of antisemitism at the university campuses of Harvard, Columbia, and Brown even though there was no factual or legal basis to do so, according to a former Justice Department attorney. Veteran civil rights lawyer Haley Van Erem made this allegation as part of a whistleblower complaint made public on Tuesday by Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin.

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=191102&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-harvard-brown-columbia-haley-van-erem-whistleblower/

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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Whistleblower #WhiteHouse #Universities #Harvard #Columbia #BrownUniversity #AntisemitismAllegations #CivilRights #JusticeDepartment #CampusNews

@CakesOfPan

Libraries hold a special place in my heart, for reasons both intellectual and sentimental.

Librarians are guardians of knowledge, champions of freedom, and friends of the people. They are community members, dedicated to helping connect poor people with relevant information, so they can improve their minds, educate themselves, and access job resources.

After I became a #whistleblower in 2023, and was made #homeless , this notion was challenged.

Librarians would block my access, call the police, and have me arrested. If you find this hard to believe, please see my whistleblower website. The PDF linked, has an appendix giving the “receipts” ( documents to corroborate my account ).

http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

I had applied to be a board member of the libraries in Hawai’i after attending their meetings, and saw some corruption there.

Scroll to the bottom of this page, and see the photo of the board members. How many native Hawai’ian faces do you see? Any Japanese or brown folks?

https://folkhawaii.com/about-us/

Their former Director of Membership, Bobby Gebbia, lied in court, before the judge and cameras, saying I was a board member, though I was not granted a membership.

In Hawai’i, librarians appear to be part of the occupying forces, whitewashing colonialism, insidiously taking over and erasing the true history of Hawai’i, which I heard from talking to local old timers.

250 years ago, Hawai’i had not heard of Jesus, and had its own deities, ( Goddess Pele, the creator, Kaneloa, etc. )
Then Captain James Cook invaded, and 90% of the natives were wiped out.

Then Samson Dole attacked with soldiers, threw out the natives, turned their land into plantations, and turned the natives into day laborers on the plantation, on their own land.

Contrary to popular belief, Hawai’i is not a part of the USA, but a belligerently occupied territory,

1887-1897: Hawaiʻi Rebelled against the USA.

Hawaiʻian people did not choose to be part of the USA.
King David Kalākaua was forced to sign what is called the "Bayonet Constitution". Queen Liliuokalani asserted that Kalākaua's life was threatened: "He signed that constitution under absolute compulsion."

https://youtu.be/j8DxdibHibU

Now Hawai’i is full of churches, their own gods are vanishing from memory, thanks to the “librarians”. There’s poverty, a drug epidemic, and seething discontent on the streets. Hawai’ian people are heavily overpoliced, thrown into jail without cause, and denied #justice in the #courts of the occupiers ( #USA ).

All this is hidden from the casual tourist, content to visit a golf course on the sacred land, that has been bulldozed, and be served drinks by little brown people ( usually from the Marshall Islands, Hawai’i locals have mostly left for minimum wage jobs in mainland America ).

Billionaires, like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey, “own” huge chunks of the land.

Chinese billionaire, Eva Liu, has controlled the Punalu’u Black Sand beach, with a sweetheart deal ( $1 ), and is proposing erasing this natural landmark, spawning site of the endangered Saddleback Turtles, and building resorts there, in the name of “development”.

In 2022, the Hawai’ian people had a setback in court.
( Hawaiian Kingdom v. #Biden ; December 14, 2022 )

Librarians have been instrumental, in manipulating minds, and pushing through these insidious #imperialist agendas, and disenfranchising and displacing the local people.

#Earth #environment
#library #libraries #librarian #librarians #liberty #hawaii
#bigisland #imperialism #colonialism #capitalism
#rebel #rebellion #revolution #HumanRights #Equalrights

Meta targeted children to boost Facebook and Instagram use, lawyer says as landmark trial begins

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-faces-29-state-trial-that-could-reshape-instagram-facebook-2026-08-18/

#ai #bytedance #compulsive #consumerprotection #cybersecurity #exploitation
#facebook #google #infosec #instagram #lawsuit #meta #predatory #privacy
#states #tech #technology #security #socialmedia #snapchat #tiktok #trial
#ussenate #whistleblower

Meta heads to court in a landmark trial about kids and social media addiction

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/17/nx-s1-5930701/meta-trial-kids-social-media-addiction

#ai #bytedance #consumerprotection
#cybersecurity #exploitation
#facebook #google #infosec #instagram #lawsuit #meta #predatory #privacy
#states #tech #technology #security #socialmedia #snapchat #tiktok #trial
#ussenate #whistleblower

@collective_truth @RichardJMurphy @aral

Read the pinned post on my profile.

There are a few institutions that work in collusion to run people’s lives, and form the basis of the #Matrix.

1. #Schools
2. #Churches
3. #Governments
4. #Corporations
5. #Media
6. #Banks

Once I became a #whistleblower against the system, in 2023, #WellsFargo #bank would not give me my own money. They still have not.

( Details: https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/ )

It’s time for the biblical prophecy to come true, and the money lenders to be kicked out.

Here’s how:
https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-web

AlohaCoin v2 redistributes wealth, and brings about #degrowth

With full bellies, people have the courage to break free of the Matrix, and #disobey leaders. Political, religious, military, corporate leaders etc.

Little incentive for #crime, #war, #violence.

Please boost and spread the message!

Prozess um WM-Katar 2022: Whistleblower an Ausreise gehindert

Der Ex-Mediendirektor des Organisationskomitees der WM 2022 in Katar ist ein wichtiger Zeuge, wenn es um den Vorwurf der Zwangsarbeit und des Menschenhandels geht. Doch Abdullah Ibhais darf nicht zu einem Prozess in die USA reisen. Von B. Best.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/jordanien-whistleblower-wm-katar-verhaftet-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Jordanien #Katar2022 #USA #Whistleblower

DAVID MCBRIDE IS FREE
Bloody shouldn't have been there in the first place! #auspol #justice #whistleblower
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/jailed-whistleblower-david-mcbride-to-be-released/107030620

Jailed #whistleblower #DavidMcBride to be released after becoming eligible for parole.

#auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/jailed-whistleblower-david-mcbride-to-be-released/107030620

@Twisted666

What’s keeping you?

I have been in Japan for about 8 months now, thwarted as a #whistleblower , #homeless and hungry.

@benjamingeer @rdviii @pjw

Exactly! Only you can decide what is meaningful to you.

Here’s an outline of a vision I am working on, though it was stalled, as I was persecuted as a #whistleblower

https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-web

You are aware of the Japanese concept of #ikigai
My Ikigai is centered on this vision.

@altbot

Neckarstadt Police Department in Mannheim, Germany, playing with the victim's basketball during a so-called official raid on June 27, 2026. These are the same criminals who kidnapped me, tortured me, sexually assaulted me in the cell where they took me UNLAWFULLY

@eff @amnesty_digital_de @amnestynl @Polizei_BW @AshevilleAntiRacism

#PoliceBrutality #HumanRights #Germany #Mannheim #Neckarstadt #Accountability #Justice #EULaw #FreeSpeech #Whistleblower #InstitutionalRacism #AbuseOfPower

Neckarstadt Police Department in Mannheim, Germany, playing with the victim's basketball during a so-called official raid on June 27, 2026. These are the same criminals who kidnapped me, tortured me, and sexually assaulted me in the cell where they took me.
@eff @privacy @amnesty @Polizei_BW @PolizeiBerlin @germany @deutschland

#PoliceBrutality #HumanRights #Germany #Mannheim #Neckarstadt #Accountability #Justice #EULaw #FreeSpeech #Whistleblower #InstitutionalRacism #AbuseOfPower

Since June 27, we've been exposing German/EU neo-Nazi networks with hard undeniable evidence. The UN torture committee's response was a speed-record(!) 3-hr boilerplate reply because they're terrified of real proof. :D

Full story: https://teletype.in/@ml1426_le/LIjqOqgQ4At

@ohchr @UNHumanRights #HumanRights #Germany
#HumanRights, #UN, #Germany, #Transparency, #Whistleblower, #EU @arictoler @[email protected] @netzpolitik_org @Mastodon @senficon @koepi @[email protected] @[email protected]

I had forgotten that I grabbed Into the Woodchipper at the library the other day. I saw it in my pile of library books and decided I better get it read first as I cannot renew it.

I am not very far into yet because... Life is a bit busy right now.

@bookstodon
#books #USAID #whistleblower #government #USPolitics

@scottmiller42 @thisislieven @benroyce @skeletor

I would have voted Democrat, as usual, except that I was jailed 4 times under Biden, and once under Trump, for being a #whistleblower against #AccentureFederalServices and the US Department of veterans affairs

https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

3 years of #persecution as a #whistleblower

Before & After

https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

#selfie

Fired taco plant manager sues Louisville food company, claims bird infestation concerns were ignored

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUs4ybg3uI #Kentucky #USpol #Whistleblower #FoodSafety

@rameshgupta @mastodonmigration @gilduran.com @gilduran

Here’s my story:

I was a programmer with federal clearance, who could not bear to see US veterans homeless and hungry, while corporate executives and bureaucrats siphoned money meant to help those very veterans.

So I turned #whistleBlower in 2023, against #AccentureFederalServices and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Then suddenly the whole system suddenly came down on me.

I got thrown out of my apartment, hospitals, banks, libraries, buses, stores. Hounded by the authorities. A dozen or so rides in the back of cop cars, usually handcuffed. Arrested 5 times, brutalized by cops, spent 6 nights in jail. I was denied public defense throughout, even though I repeatedly told the judges and public defenders, that I was homeless and food insecure.

I represented myself in court, persistently, till all charges were dropped. They never had a case to begin with. It was all an attempt at whistleblower intimidation, at trying to wear me out.

I have been homeless since 2023, except for a few months. Finally moved to #Japan in December 2025. The persecution followed me here, and I am still homeless, and have subsisted on meager rations. I have had to go without food, several days at a time, a few times.

I have applied for political #asylum here. Every #refugee assistance organization here in #Tokyo has turned me away.

I broke my shoulder bone, that has joined wrong, since I have not had proper medical care since 2023. My body is in pain. My teeth need attention. I lost my glasses in 2023.

Persecution has continued, and I have persisted.

Eventually, I will have so many people to sue, it boggles the mind. Cops, public defenders, public prosecutor, judges, government officials, private companies, etc.

Here’s my website, giving an account of persecution in the USA:

http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

There’s an appendix in the PDF linked, that gives the “receipts”, documents to coroborrate my account.

I would appreciate it if this story reaches an honest journalist.

Please boost for reach.

@wendythedruid

Well, I better. I was a programmer with federal clearance, who could not bear to see US veterans homeless and hungry, while corporate executives and bureaucrats siphoned money meant to help those very veterans.

So I turned #whistleBlower in 2023, against #AccentureFederalServices and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Then suddenly the whole system suddenly came down on me.

I got thrown out of my apartment, hospitals, banks, libraries, buses, stores. Hounded by the authorities. A dozen or so rides in the back of cop cars, usually handcuffed. Arrested 5 times, brutalized by cops, spent 6 nights in jail. I was denied public defense throughout, even though I repeatedly told the judges and public defenders, that I was homeless and food insecure.

I represented myself in court, persistently, till all charges were dropped. They never had a case to begin with. It was all an attempt at whistleblower intimidation, at trying to wear me out.

I have been homeless since 2023, except for a few months. Finally moved to #Japan in December 2025. The persecution followed me here, and I am still homeless, and have subsisted on meager rations. I have had to go without food, several days at a time, a few times.

I have applied for political #asylum here. Every #refugee assistance organization here in #Tokyo has turned me away.

I broke my shoulder bone, that has joined wrong, since I have not had proper medical care since 2023. My body is in pain. My teeth need attention. I lost my glasses in 2023.

Persecution has continued, and I have persisted.

Eventually, I will have so many people to sue, it boggles the mind. Cops, public defenders, public prosecutor, judges, government officials, private companies, etc.

Here’s my story:

http://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/

There’s an appendix in the PDF linked, that gives the “receipts”, documents to coroborrate my account.