Musk invested $270 million to buy control of the government, and the value of his stake in #Tesla has grown by $65 *billion* since Trump won despite "a disappointing financial report that would have sunk the stock of nearly any other company."

That's quite a ROI, and it doesn't include Starlink, SpaceX, etc.
#elonmusk #trump #corruption
apnews.com/article/musk-tesla-…

Investors betting Musk and Tesla will make a fortune under Trump

For Elon Musk fans, it’s the half-trillion dollar bet. The stock market value of Tesla has surged by that much since Donald Trump’s election, and kept climbing last week even as the electric car maker reported disappointed financial results for last …

^{BERNARD CONDON (AP News)}

"Federal employee unions the AFGE and SEIU are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to stop the Treasury from sharing confidential data with the Elon Musk-run Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)."

Trump admin sued over Musk-run DOGE's access to Treasury's sensitive data

axios.com/2025/02/04/treasury-…

> Federal employees unions allege the Treasury secretary let DOGE reps access sensitive data in an "intrusion" that's "unprecedented."

📢 #DatenschutzAmMittag: Datenschutz und Microsoft 365 – Risiken, Lösungen und Best Practices 🛡️

Microsoft 365 steht seit Jahren in der Kritik der Datenschutzbehörden. Dennoch nutzen es Unternehmen, Behörden und Regierungen.

🤔 Ist die Kritik berechtigt? Können MS365-Anwendungen datenschutzkonform genutzt werden?

Dr. Olaf Koglin klärt auf und zeigt Lösungen.

📅 11. März 2025, 13:00 Uhr – Jetzt anmelden: stiftungdatenschutz.org/verans…

#TeamDatenschutz

"The judge’s order came in response to a multi-party lawsuit filed by Democracy Forward on behalf of several organizations including SAGE, a national organization advocating for LGBTQ+ elders."

LGBTQ+ org convinces judge to block Trump's "freeze" on federal DEI funds - LGBTQ Nation

lgbtqnation.com/2025/02/lgbtq-…

> Finally! Some good news about LGBTQ+ groups successfully fighting Trump's illegal anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders.

»Im Stich gelassen
Wie die Politik pflegenden Angehörigen helfen könnte – aber es nicht tut
Wer in Deutschland einen Angehörigen pflegt, kommt häufig an seine psychische und finanzielle Belastungsgrenze. Die Politik kann das ändern. Wenn sie es will.«

Langer Artikel, Pflichtlektüre für alle (angehenden) politischen Entscheider innen:
archive.is/9qZ6H

#pflegendeAngehörige #HäuslichePflegekatastrophe #Pflegepolitik #Pflege

"Anthropic, the company that made one of the most popular AI writing assistants in the world, requires job applicants to agree that they won’t use an AI assistant to help write their application."

404media.co/anthropic-claude-j…

AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications

Anthropic, the developer of the conversational AI assistant Claude, doesn’t want prospective new hires using AI assistants in their applications, regardless of whether they’re in marketing or engineering.

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

Medizinforschung: Wie KI nicht nur bei der Krebsdiagnose hilft

KI revolutioniert die Krebsmedizin - etwa bei der Bildauswertung. Die neue Technologie könnte auch die Früherkennung und die medizinische Versorgung verbessern. Von U. Till und E. Burkhart.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundhei…

#Krebs #Weltkrebstag #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #AI

Medizinforschung: Wie KI nicht nur bei der Krebsdiagnose hilft

^{tagesschau.de}

PSST! Pass it on.

#elonmusk #politics #trump #uspol

""That's not a thing. No one f***ing cares about that," the lawmaker said. "People want us to be doing more aggressive actions.""

Resistance 2.0: Furious Democrats flood the zone with acts of anti-Trump resistance

axios.com/2025/02/04/democrats…

> "We can't be like, 'Oh let's let the long arc of a congressional session happen,'" said one senior House Democrat.

Wer CDU/CSU wählt, wählt massive Einschränkungen für #trans Personen.

Das Wahlprogramm trieft vor transfeindlichen Änderungen, die teilweise gegen SGB und EU-Recht verstoßen.

Die #Union fischt in so vielen Punkten am rechten Rand, dass es sich wie ein AfD Programm liest.

dgti.org/2024/12/15/wahlprogra…

Wahlprogramm voller Transfeindlichkeit - Pressemitteilung

Der Entwurf für das CDU/CSU Wahlprogramm steckt voller Transfeindlichkeit und fischt am rechten Rand. Unsere Pressemitteilung:

^{Jenny Wilken (dgti e.V. - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Trans*- und Inter*geschlechtlichkeit e.V.)}

📢 Update verfügbar bekommt ein Update!
Ab jetzt führen euch Schlien Gollmitzer und Hardy Röde jeden letzten Mittwoch im Monat durch die digitale Welt. 🙌 Freut euch auf geballte Expertise, alltagstaugliche Hacks und persönliche Geschichten. 😉 Lernt Schlien und Hardy kennen und hört in die Begrüßungsfolge: youtube.com/watch?v=1esyhSIAd0…

#Podcast #UpdateVerfügbar #Cybersicherheit #Digitalisierung #Lifehacks #BSI

It was pretty cold in January, right? At least it was for those of us in the United States and Canada.

But — the world overall was actually *hotter* than humans have ever seen in the month of January.

The latest data reveals that global temperatures are now at 1.75°C (‼️) above the pre-industrial average.

🧵 1/2

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Remember “de-Baathification”?

after Bush invaded Iraq — under lies and made-up pretexts — he fired over 50,000 federal Iraqi employees who were in the ruling Baath party

In their place, Bush put “right-wing apparatchiks, some barely out of college”, who thence destroyed Iraq because they didn’t know a damn thing about running a government. They screwed *everything* up

As Michelle Goldberg notes, it’s what Musk is doing with his twentysomethings in Washington

Gift link nytimes.com/2025/02/03/opinion…

Opinion | The Familiar Arrogance of Musk’s Young Apparatchiks

He and his team are treating the government like hostile territory to be conquered.

^{Michelle Goldberg (The New York Times)}

Wäre der Union wirklich an der wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Stärkung Deutschlands gelegen, bestünde ihre Migrationspolitik aktuell darin, den Profs von US-Unis, die aus Gründen die USA verlassen müssen, attraktive Angebote zu machen.

(unabhängig davon sollten wir Menschen in Not, die sich an uns wenden, helfen)

Disabled U of M student speaks out after anti-trans commentators blast his video

mprnews.org/story/2025/02/03/d…

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Disabled U of M student speaks out after anti-trans commentators blast his video

The 19-year-old went viral online after posting a video of his top surgery, drawing negative attention from right-wing, anti-transgender commentators.

^{Feven Gerezgiher (MPR News)}

👁 - „Im ersten Trendbarometer von RTL und ntv nach der denkwürdigen Woche im Bundestag fallen CDU und CSU in der Sonntagsfrage um zwei Prozentpunkte: von 30 in der Vorwoche auf nun 28 Prozent. … Die Union und Friedrich Merz büßen ein, die Grünen legen zu.“
➡️ stern.de/politik/deutschland/s…

#BTW25

Oooh, thanks to @lea's recommendation I just watched media.ccc.de/v/38c3-geschredde… (by @kc).

It showcases so much in <40min:
- The problem with #accessibility-certificates (for devs and for websites)
- Issues with public apps/websites and the (non-)reactions from the accountable people
- How to ask for insights into the accessibility tests/outcomes done for said websites/apps
- Arrrr, "accessibility overlays"
- Some small wins :)

Geschredderte Gutachten: Wie nicht nur der Staat bei digitaler Barrierefreiheit versagt

Ein riesiger Teil der digitalen Leistungen der Bundesrepublik sind nicht inklusiv und für alle zugänglich. Eklatante Rechtsbrüche werden ...

^media.ccc.de

A filha de 5 ou 6 anos da minha vizinha foi diagnosticada com TEA.
A vizinha é evangélica e alvo fácil pra conselhos duvidosos, mas também confia um tanto em mim, e acredito q leria material q eu recomendasse. Eu não tenho conhecimento de materiais bons pra ensinar pais de crianças autistas, mas sei que tem muito material que leva a forçar a criança a mascarar constantemente de forma prejudicial. Vocês recomendam algum tipo de material informativo? Canal no youtube, livro?

#Autismo #Autista

More excellent reporting from the team at Wired, on the activities of Musk’s group of 20something tech folks

Marko Elez, a 25-year-old who worked at SpaceX and X has admin privileges over critical systems the federal government uses to pay money out out — to agencies, individuals, contractors, you name it

In addition to being able to cause damage, Elez is now a *mammoth* security risk

wired.com/story/elon-musk-asso…

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

^{Vittoria Elliott (WIRED)}