I cannot imagine how embarrassingly MAGA Susan Collins, who can barely talk, will perform in a debate against the locked-in, meticulous, relentlessly motivated Platner.
Graham Platner is gonna win because he has connected with Mainers on what they really care about: How this country can work for them, not just the wealthy.
He’ll win because he’s not part of the Washington establishment.
If I voted in Maine he’d have my support, no question.
It's funny, the tories are basically now the party of the london commuter belt but can't win there either because they can't back off stuff these kind of people really hate (brexit, trump, culture wars)
Closing the bathroom door: not suspicious.
Sealing an envelope: not suspicious.
Wanting your phone unscanned: not suspicious.
Privacy is the default setting of a free society.
Don’t let the drama and general election discourse distract you from the fact that this was one of the most extraordinary primary performances ever. A unknown left-winger with some genuine baggage not only wins, but obliterates the opposition. Borderline unprecedented stuff.
ok if im honest the uk's race to total internet censorship is terrifying but the result is not that the government and corporations gets my data: i will simply cease to use any service that complies with it. i am not uploading id to the internet to use it. its not happening.
The tone deafness of the writer is so overt in this article. Like "young people are scared for seemingly no reason, are they stupid???", NO YOU TWIT ITS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IS BUILD ON SAND AND THERE"S NO SOLID FOUNDATIONS TO ANYTHING ANYMORE
Insanely good result for Platner. I know there were other races, but over 110,000 people came out to vote for the presumptive nominee while the entire media ecosystem is against him
Definitely the favorite to win the general election right now
it's not surprising that these people think llms are a magic solution to everything because that is the consensus among over-promoted management types, a category they all belong to
This is what the UK spyware proposal means.
There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.
When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).
The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.
Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.
Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.
The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.
The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.
@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu
Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s
@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77
The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo
Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame.
Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.
Congrats to Justice Democrat @MaiForUs for WINNING her primary!
Mai took on a 50-year political dynasty because #CA07 families deserve leaders who will fight the corporations raising our prices & abolish ICE — not cash their checks & give ICE billions.
Let's win again in Nov.
I’m humbled and proud to officially be your Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate to take on Susan Collins and the billionaire class she represents. Together, we will win this seat back for working Mainers.
Thank you, Maine.
A close friend of mine is cancelling his voter registration today. He is convinced Spencer Pratt was robbed of the election. I explained to him that in California we count absentees first (which skew older and more conservative) and election day voters are younger and more Democratic. The slow count is largely because of policies to maximize participation, including postmarking a ballot on Election Day.
Regardless, we need to figure out in California how we can get the vote counted faster and results tabulated so it does not drag on. We should make the investments in operational improvements and resources in the wealthiest state in the nation. It is worth spending the resources to get the vast majority of the vote counted within 48 hours. Right now the system is eroding trust and spawning conspiracy theories.