The tyranny you support now will ultimately be used against you…
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
https://www.therage.co/is-debanking-the-new-immigration-policy/
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
https://www.therage.co/is-debanking-the-new-immigration-policy/
The Rage
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
Financial regulators are the latest agents to be recruited in the Trump administration’s war on immigration.
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Take to wake up...
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) announced last week that it is joining defense contractors Palantir and Anduril Technologies, as well as the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, as founding members of the US State Department's newly created "Freedom Tech Excellence Program," an initiative to advance "digital freedom and freedom of expression globally."
https://www.therage.co/is-the-state-department-really-building-freedom-tech/
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) announced last week that it is joining defense contractors Palantir and Anduril Technologies, as well as the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, as founding members of the US State Department's newly created "Freedom Tech Excellence Program," an initiative to advance "digital freedom and freedom of expression globally."
https://www.therage.co/is-the-state-department-really-building-freedom-tech/
The Rage
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
It appears that depends on whose freedom you're talking about.
IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Mobile statistics
https://securelist.com/malware-report-q2-2026-mobile-statistics/120948/
https://securelist.com/malware-report-q2-2026-mobile-statistics/120948/
Yea, sure it was NK. Because we all know they, not DC, are the ones freaking out about FOSS
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/amazon-uncovers-broad-north-korean-hacking-campaign-against-open-source-software/415099/
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/amazon-uncovers-broad-north-korean-hacking-campaign-against-open-source-software/415099/
Nextgov
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
New findings connect the same Pyongyang-backed group to four compromises dating to 2025, revealing a larger operation than previously known.
The revolving door keeps on spinning...
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/greg-barbaccia-return-palantir-after-leaving-government/415149/
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/greg-barbaccia-return-palantir-after-leaving-government/415149/
Nextgov
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
The federal CIO’s departure comes after a turbulent period for the federal technology workforce where thousands of technologists left the government.
If you still think its about immigrants, please do not have children
CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four Months—Around the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notorious Car Bombing Attack
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/07/29/cia-linked-terrorist-released-by-ice-after-serving-only-four-months-around-the-same-time-he-spent-in-prison-for-coordinating-notorious-car-bombing-attack/
CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four Months—Around the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notorious Car Bombing Attack
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/07/29/cia-linked-terrorist-released-by-ice-after-serving-only-four-months-around-the-same-time-he-spent-in-prison-for-coordinating-notorious-car-bombing-attack/
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CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four Months—Around the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notorious…
While thousands of people languish in the ICE gulag under abhorrent conditions and are kidnapped off American streets and subject to deportation, a CIA-linked foreign terrorist is being given preferential treatment in a stark reflection of the double standard…
Thanks to Philly and Pittsburgh, we got an Israel shill governor (Josh Shapiro) and a lunatic drug war tyrant
PA’s Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
https://sauconsource.com/2026/08/10/pas-attorney-general-backs-hemp-product-ban/
PA’s Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
https://sauconsource.com/2026/08/10/pas-attorney-general-backs-hemp-product-ban/
Saucon Source
PA’s Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
By Jaxon White of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that
Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger
A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/palantirs-no-bid-pipeline-just-got-bigger/415379/
A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/08/palantirs-no-bid-pipeline-just-got-bigger/415379/
Nextgov
Palantir’s no-bid pipeline just got bigger
A new $244M Pentagon memo skips the Federal Acquisition Regulation's process for sole-source justifications and urges agencies to find ways to work with the company.
Federal agencies quietly joined health data superhighway governing council
The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/federal-agencies-quietly-joined-health-data-superhighway-governing-council/415324/
The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2026/08/federal-agencies-quietly-joined-health-data-superhighway-governing-council/415324/
Nextgov
Federal agencies quietly joined health data superhighway governing council
The rapidly growing superhighway — known as TEFCA — will help federal agencies digitally obtain health records from thousands of hospitals, clinics and other medical providers.
"Accidental" 🙄
Federal systems increasingly likely to face accidental AI breach after Hugging Face, experts say
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/federal-systems-increasingly-likely-face-accidental-ai-breach-after-hugging-face-experts-say/415307/
Federal systems increasingly likely to face accidental AI breach after Hugging Face, experts say
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/08/federal-systems-increasingly-likely-face-accidental-ai-breach-after-hugging-face-experts-say/415307/
Nextgov
Federal systems increasingly likely to face accidental AI breach after Hugging Face, experts say
Former officials and security experts say aged systems, contractors and agency AI adoption could open similar paths into government networks.
My Response To The Rise Of Darknet Slop Projects
10 August 2026
By Yuzuki
Given the recent discussions around AI and the involvement of AI in the development of community projects within our space, I want to take a little time to provide my own assessment of the situation. This is coming not just from a developer, but from a person who had to wear multiple hats throughout their career and possesses expertise in different industries, fields, and disciplines.
As we all know, there is a surge in projects and services on the internet — including in our own space. These projects are characterized by being simplistic, truncated, insecure, generic, and ephemeral. It's obvious they were developed virtually entirely by AI without much consideration for anything and everything around the software itself, while the "creators" claim to have built these projects themselves. The majority of these projects can be regarded as slop due to the aforementioned characteristics and the neglecting of other very important elements. All of these are low hanging fruit — simple problems that are solved by overly complex and complicated solutions. They aren't elegant; they are unrefined, unpolished, grotesque, and imposing. The elegance lies not with the visual aesthetics or solution itself, but in the simplifying of the underlying complexity and the nature of the intent.
Effective solutions are not solely comprised of a product, but the product is part of the solution, which is intended to solve specified problems. In order to do so, you must first understand the problem you are solving, acquire the necessary expertise, knowledge, and means to solve it, and define the use case accurately by understanding the needs of the end–user. Products may be made by machines, but they are not intended for machines — they are designed and built for humans. This is the precise element which is completely left out of the equation....
https://kikuri.moe/blog/response-to-slop-coding/
10 August 2026
By Yuzuki
Given the recent discussions around AI and the involvement of AI in the development of community projects within our space, I want to take a little time to provide my own assessment of the situation. This is coming not just from a developer, but from a person who had to wear multiple hats throughout their career and possesses expertise in different industries, fields, and disciplines.
As we all know, there is a surge in projects and services on the internet — including in our own space. These projects are characterized by being simplistic, truncated, insecure, generic, and ephemeral. It's obvious they were developed virtually entirely by AI without much consideration for anything and everything around the software itself, while the "creators" claim to have built these projects themselves. The majority of these projects can be regarded as slop due to the aforementioned characteristics and the neglecting of other very important elements. All of these are low hanging fruit — simple problems that are solved by overly complex and complicated solutions. They aren't elegant; they are unrefined, unpolished, grotesque, and imposing. The elegance lies not with the visual aesthetics or solution itself, but in the simplifying of the underlying complexity and the nature of the intent.
Effective solutions are not solely comprised of a product, but the product is part of the solution, which is intended to solve specified problems. In order to do so, you must first understand the problem you are solving, acquire the necessary expertise, knowledge, and means to solve it, and define the use case accurately by understanding the needs of the end–user. Products may be made by machines, but they are not intended for machines — they are designed and built for humans. This is the precise element which is completely left out of the equation....
https://kikuri.moe/blog/response-to-slop-coding/
.onion site for above post for those who use it
https://lkrkudxra5544np4eoqskg5772g3bh24yygpanivx3aq2ycthqaz72qd.onion/blog/response-to-slop-coding/
https://lkrkudxra5544np4eoqskg5772g3bh24yygpanivx3aq2ycthqaz72qd.onion/blog/response-to-slop-coding/