Posts by JenniferMorency@home.social
(DIR) Post #AQaUfN0UvU2WBwrIjw by JenniferMorency@home.social
2022-12-14T05:30:34Z
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@Penelope @arstechnica Instead of banning #TikTok, it would be nice if these politicians would support a robust U.S. #digital #privacy law instead. #SurveillanceCapitalism
(DIR) Post #AQc6krmru8VUWEUXR2 by JenniferMorency@home.social
2022-12-15T00:12:05Z
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@Penelope @arstechnica In fact, The Reg wryly noted in a subheading on this story, "If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement" https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/14/tiktok_ban_proposed_us/ #SurveillanceCapitalism #Zuckerberg #Meta #TikTok
(DIR) Post #AQc9hCsPqtB4dB266q by JenniferMorency@home.social
2022-12-15T00:15:05Z
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Weird news: 'London cops break into gallery to rescue lifelike art installation' https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/14/police_rescue_sculpture/ In fairness, the sculpture does look like an actual person.
(DIR) Post #AQi90Pot1IwzGljl68 by JenniferMorency@home.social
2022-12-17T21:28:51Z
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Opinion | Raising the roof: Congress should increase SSI asset limits now https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3778878-raising-the-roof-congress-should-increase-ssi-asset-limits-now/"[T]he asset limits are arbitrarily low & place financial #support & #independence out of reach for many people. The $2,000 cap, which [is] a mere 5% of the median households’ non-housing wealth, has remained unchanged since the 1980s. This outdated requirement hurts both people enrolled in #SSI & those on track to qualify due to health issues." 1/2
(DIR) Post #AQi90QHxHECcivKyPI by JenniferMorency@home.social
2022-12-17T21:33:06Z
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This issue affects me directly. I meet the medical criteria for SSI but can't apply until I run down to $2000 net worth, which would cover only 1.5 mo. food & rent. That's not nearly enough to last me for the 4-6 yr. required for the typical SSI application, denials, & appeals. The average applicant requires a lawyer & 2 appeals to receive benefits, which can be revoked on little notice. Please call your US Sen/Rep to support https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-brown-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-reform-supplemental-security đź’ś
(DIR) Post #ARiOMpcVqjbI6fHbsG by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-01-16T22:47:08Z
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Another 'cloud' breach: NortonLifeLock says some #Norton #Password Manager accounts were compromised https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/16/nortonlifelock-says-some-norton-password-manager-accounts-were-compromised/ "Such attacks could happen to any cloud based password manager, that's why it is important to use a unique [primary] password. Nevertheless, [the author] recommend[s] #KeePass Password Manager, if you want an offline, free and open-source password manager." I second that, and recommend Keepass Droid, which is not Internet connectable.
(DIR) Post #ARxM9UQa2uUu4rbwtU by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-01-24T04:05:06Z
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Concern over NYC police filming of people leaving Drake show https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-drake-new-york-city-privacy-6cb737341b2eb54ec3e7b5f4f0ddda5b "The NYPD said Monday the video would only be used for a social media post, but there were still calls for the material to be deleted." #surveillance
(DIR) Post #AS5VSCIO8e9OCCSD3o by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-01-28T02:23:28Z
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Key #Republicans oppose #House #GOP bill to abolish #tax code https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3832344-key-republicans-oppose-house-gop-bill-to-abolish-tax-code/ "A study commissioned by the admin. of former President George W. Bush, which also considered the sales tax reform, found that people making between $15,000 and $200,000 a year would see their taxes increase under the plan, while people making more than $200,000 a year would see their share of the national tax burden decrease by 7.6 percentage points." #FairTax #regressive
(DIR) Post #AS5VSCmWKcFlheYH1k by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-01-28T02:26:57Z
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Some sane Republicans also opposed McCarthy's effort to dump Ilhan Omar from a committee. One might wonder if the Trump/Tea Party faction is losing a little bit of its grip.
(DIR) Post #ASQRivr5C76Le4QAHA by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-02-07T04:54:42Z
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@jayarnold According to the song, there are 98 more from where that one came.
(DIR) Post #ATGm0JAkVEqtPg2yOG by JenniferMorency@home.social
2023-03-04T07:25:11Z
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Opinion | We Have a Real UFO Problem. And It’s Not Balloons. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/28/ufo-uap-navy-intelligence-00084537 Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves: "If the phenomena I witnessed with my own eyes turns out to be foreign drones, they pose an urgent threat to national security and airspace safety. If they are something else, it must be a scientific priority to find out." #UAP #UFO #balloon #aviation