A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain
Two major law firms accused the National Shooting Sports Foundation this week of violating the privacy rights of millions of gun owners by running a decades-long program that sent their information to political operatives without consent.
The allegations in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court by Keller Rohrback of Seattle and Motley Rice of Connecticut closely mirror the findings of a ProPublica investigation that detailed the secret program operated by the gun industry’s largest trade group.
The 24-page complaint asks the court for approval of class-action status and requests financial damages against the NSSF, claiming the gun industry lobbyist enriched itself by exploiting valuable gun buyer information for political gain. It features the accounts of two gun owners, Daniel Cocanour and Dale Rimkus, both of whom assert they purchased rifles, pistols and handguns from the 1990s through the mid-2010s.
Gun Industry Group Violated Firearm Owners’ Rights, Lawsuit Alleges
The federal court complaint filed this week closely mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that detailed a decades-long secret program operated by the gun industry’s largest trade group.ProPublica
What is happening? [UPDATE - SOLVED - HUGE DDoS Attack]
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Cloudflare says it has (once again) blocked the largest-ever DDoS attack in history
The 40-second, 22.2Tbps, attack was fast and furiousWayne Williams (TechRadar)
Amazon agrees to pay $2.5bn over claims it tricked Prime customers
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.9bn) to resolve claims brought by the US government that it tricked millions of people into enrolling as Prime members and made it difficult to cancel.
A total of $1.5bn will go to refunds for customers that were duped into signing up for the service, according to the proposed settlement announced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The deal came just a few days after trial began before a jury in Seattle. It marks a major victory for the FTC, yielding the largest ever civil penalty secured by the agency.
Amazon, which did not admit or deny the allegations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Amazon agrees to pay $2.5bn over claims it tricked Prime customers
Roughly 35 million people in the US could be eligible for refunds, according to the government.Natalie Sherman (BBC News)
Live updates: OMB tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown
In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management and Budget said agencies should consider a reduction in force for federal programs whose funding would lapse next week, is not otherwise funded and is “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” That would be a much more aggressive step than in previous shutdowns, when federal workers not deemed essential were furloughed but returned to their jobs once Congress approved government spending.
A reduction in force would not only lay off employees but eliminate their positions, which would trigger yet another massive upheaval in a federal workforce that has already faced major rounds of cuts this year due to efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency and elsewhere in the Trump administration.
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U.S. Threatens to Bar Foreigners Over Remarks About Charlie Kirk
U.S. officials say they will pull visas and deport people who trivialize Charlie Kirk’s murder, part of intensifying scrutiny of visa applicants’ views.
Best practises for URL linking in sidebar
Hi,
I moderate/curate a few communities on Piefed.world:
- !strategy_games@piefed.world
- !turnbasedstrategy@piefed.world
- !space_games@piefed.world
I have a sidebar with links to other gaming focused communities.
Currently, the sidebar includes links using the following format:
Text Description - [!]community_name@instance
What would be the best way to make "Text Description" a direct link. I don't want to use the direct/absolute URL links since it would be instance specific. Is there a way to make the "[!]community_name@instance" the URL linked to the Text Description?
I am looking to make the sidebar less verbose. Best option is something that offers transparent compatibility across Lemmy/Piefed/Mbin.
Would I use something like
[Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com)
I believe the format above doesn't work well (I could be wrong I asked about this more than a year ago).
Cheers
I am using the 2nd example format you're showing but with the url for my wiki I'm starting on c/PoliticalCartoons and it seems to be working well enough so far.
And, the tags tag was broken. Looks like word clouds were updated! TIL
The !strategy_games@piefed.world (no square brackets needed) notation should work on both lemmy and piefed. I am not sure about mbin. Last time I checked, this didn't work, but that was a while ago.
The markdown link notation [text](https://piefed.world/c/strategy_games) won't be instance-agnostic in the same way. I don't believe there is a way to link in an instance-agnostic way while changing the text of the link.
By instance-agnostic I mean that users on other instances will be taken to the community on their own instance rather than the home instance. As an example, you, as a piefed.social user, if you clicked on !anime@ani.social, then you are taken to that community, but on piefed.social. If a user on lemmy.world clicked that link, they would be taken to that community on lemmy.world.
Without that notation, if I just made a standard markdown-formatted link:
- anime@ani.social - written as
[anime@ani.social](https://ani.social/c/anime)
...then users of other instances would always just be taken to the ani.social instance instead of staying on their own.
So am I correct in understanding that the notation [Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com) wouldn't work? A markdown URL link that refers not to a URL, but to markdown notation for threadiverse non-absolute links.
I am looking to make link where the text is "Strategy Games" but the link is not a URL, but a non-absolute link that sends you to the community via your own instance.
I am OK with the current format (e.g. used in !strategy_games@piefed.world), but I prefer a cleaner non-absolute link that works in a transparent manner.
So am I correct in understanding that the notation [Adventure Games](!adventuregames@retrolemmy.com) wouldn’t work?
Correct. The markdown syntax of [text](url) doesn't work in a way that keeps people on their own instances. Also, when the part in the () is not a fully qualified url, you can get unpredictable behavior and it might behave differently for different fediverse software. Testing it now, it looks like piefed falls back on assuming it is a pointing to a post(?) but ends up just 404'ing.
It is currently not possible to customize the text of links intended to keep people on their own instances. However, I actually think that the notation you are presenting here makes a lot of sense. It might not be fully compliant with the commonmark markdown spec, but the fediverse breaks that in its own ways plenty of other places. I have done a lot of the work on the piefed markdown_to_html translation, so I might see if this could sneak into a future release. No idea if there would be buy-in from lemmy/mbin though.
Thank you for the clarification.
I do think it does make sense to support this style outlined in context of the Threadiverse. On top of that, a fallback absolute URL would also be great, albeit this is outside my pay grade. 😀
Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act
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Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act
Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act
“DMA compliance is not optional, it’s an obligation,” the EU reminds Apple.Financial Times (Ars Technica)
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Second one is reversed.
The world: "Will you take this Palestinian state?"
Palestine: "No"
As for the others, well, it's always more complex than that but sure, for the point you're trying to make I guess it's close enough.
Edit: actually I take it back about the rest. I simply don't know enough. So it's anywhere between close enough or grossly inaccurate.
NATO warplane struck Polish home during ‘Russian’ drones incident – media
NATO warplane struck Polish home during ‘Russian’ drones incident – media
The air-to-air projectile was fired by a Dutch F-35 fighter jet rather than a Polish aircraft, Onet has claimedRT
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Nieoficjalnie: to rakieta z holenderskiego F-35 uszkodziła dom w Wyrykach
Na dom w Wyrykach (woj. lubelskie) spadła rakieta wystrzelona przez holenderski myśliwiec F-35 — wynika z nieoficjalnych informacji Onetu. Wcześniej Radio Eska informowało, że pocisk miał pochodzić z norweskiego F-35.Onet
I posted it only to inform people that it is a shitty source of Russian propaganda aimed at misinforming people and manipulate public opinion.
Also your "Wikipedia bad" says a lot about how much you care about information.
Keep sucking Putin's cock.
Why is Britain being sued for the Israel-Palestine crisis?
Why is Britain being sued for the Israel-Palestine crisis?
A group of Palestinians is suing Britain for what it calls “a century of oppression”.Al Jazeera
Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act
Apple demands EU repeal the Digital Markets Act
“DMA compliance is not optional, it’s an obligation,” the EU reminds Apple.Financial Times (Ars Technica)
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The Grotesque Legacy of Music as Property (33mins Video)
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Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
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In major backtracking move, Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates free for users in the EEA
Major backtrack as Microsoft makes Windows 10 extended security updates FREE for an extra year — but only in certain markets
In a major move, Microsoft is making access to Windows 10's extended support updates free for regions in the European Economic Area. No Microsoft Account or cloud backup required.Zac Bowden (Windows Central)
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The key part is that liberalism justifies the use of state violence to safeguard property rights, even when they come into direct conflict with the needs of the public at large. Private property being framed as a key part of individual freedom provides the foundational justification for the rich to keep their wealth while ignoring the needs of everyone else. Thus, when push comes to shove, liberal state is forced to reveal that it represents the interests of the rich.
This is hands down the best dive into the whole thing that I've come across orgrad.wordpress.com/articles/…
Liberalism: the two-faced tyranny of wealth
1. The rule of money 2. Liberalism as deception 3. Liberalism and fascism 4. Fake “lessons from history” 5. A spectacle of lies 6. Case study: Macronist France 7. Conclusions 1. The rul…organic radicals
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Golden statue of Trump and Epstein broken in premature removal from National Mall
Golden statue of Trump and Epstein broken in premature removal from National Mall
A statue of President Donald Trump holding hands with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which was unveiled Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was removed early Wednesday by U.S.Erum Salam (MSNBC)
Basket - Protocollo Biglietto Nominativo - Un abbonamento in due per la Fortitudo.
Con la stagione 2025/2026 è entrato in vigore il famigerato Protocollo, molto contestato dalle frange più calde dei tifosi, sull'obbligo di biglietti nominativi. La motivazione, o scusa per alcuni, è di poter verificare che eventuali soggetti colpiti da Daspo o potenzialmente "problematici" vengano esclusi dal poter accedere alle partite.
Oggi scopro che la Fortitudo Bologna consente di cedere la possibilità di assistere a una partita, a ogni abbonato.
Basta recarsi sul sito della società, scaricare il modulo, riempirlo, stamparlo e poi portarlo con sé, ovviamente con un documento di identità valido.
Tutto bene? Probabilmente sì; tuttavia ci vedo la possibilità di far entrare i soggetti non ben accetti, se i controlli non sono ferrei.
Teniamo conto che gli addetti alla sicurezza non hanno (?) la possibilità di verificare sulla relativa piattaforma, se il sostituto sia soggetto a qualche limitazione all'ingresso, almeno non in tempo reale.
A oggi è l'unico caso di cui sia venuto a conoscenza. Se altre società applicano lo stesso metodo o simili, sarei grato delle segnalazioni.
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Disposizioni per l'ingresso al PalaDozza per la stagione 2025/26. Abbonamento/biglietto, documento di identità ed eventuale cambio nominativo - Fortitudo
Fortitudo Pallacanestro comunica quelle che saranno disposizioni logistiche valide per l’intera stagione 2025/26 (in occasione delle partite che si giocheranno al PalaDozza) e che tutti gli spettatori saranno tassativamente tenuti a rispettare.ufficiostampa@fortitudobologna.it (Fortitudo)
Israel strikes 170 targets in Gaza; Trump unveils 21-point Gaza framework; Drones disrupt Danish airports; Italy’s unions threaten general strike
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/36659148
Israel strikes 170 targets in Gaza in the past 24 hours, killing dozens. A Yemeni drone hits the Israeli port city of Eilat for the second time in a week; Israel bombs Sana’a. Israel imposes strict terms for West Bank refugee camps as 44,000 displaced Palestinians are allowed to return. Trump unveils a 21-point framework for ending the Gaza war at the UN. A sniper in Dallas opened fire on detainees outside an ICE facility, killing two and critically wounding a third. Italy’s unions threaten a “general strike without notice” on behalf of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Tens of thousands of Sudanese people are falling ill from dengue fever, cholera, and malaria. Operations at several airports in Denmark are disrupted by unauthorized drone incursions. Iran carries out an undeclared test last week of a possible intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the AP.
Israel strikes 170 targets in Gaza; Trump unveils 21-point Gaza framework; Drones disrupt Danish airports; Italy’s unions threaten general strike
Israel strikes 170 targets in Gaza in the past 24 hours, killing dozens. A Yemeni drone hits the Israeli port city of Eilat for the second time in a week; Israel bombs Sana’a. Israel imposes strict terms for West Bank refugee camps as 44,000 displaced Palestinians are allowed to return. Trump unveils a 21-point framework for ending the Gaza war at the UN. A sniper in Dallas opened fire on detainees outside an ICE facility, killing two and critically wounding a third. Italy’s unions threaten a “general strike without notice” on behalf of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Tens of thousands of Sudanese people are falling ill from dengue fever, cholera, and malaria. Operations at several airports in Denmark are disrupted by unauthorized drone incursions. Iran carries out an undeclared test last week of a possible intercontinental ballistic missile, according to the AP.
Evil Scheme to Purge Half a Million Voters
Evil Scheme to Purge Half a Million Voters - Greg Palast
Will control of the US Senate come down to ugly ethnic cleansing? Georgia Republicans can’t win the Senate seat now held by Democrat Jon Ossoff — the demographics will drown them: Georgia is now a “majority minority” state. EXCEPT.Greg Palast
Civility Is a Fantasy
After encouraging podcast listeners of the recently deceased Charlie Kirk to become online vigilantes in search of anyone “celebrating” Mr. Kirk’s death, Vice President JD Vance said last week: “We don’t believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility. And there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination.”
Vance was doing what conservatives often do — conjuring up people so his followers have someone specific to foment against. This brand of demagoguery is incredibly dangerous, because when informally deputized vigilantes realize that few real enemies exist, they accept any substitute. They direct their manufactured ire toward innocent people, marginalized groups and, eventually, each other.
Civility is the mode of engagement that is often demanded in political discourse; it is the price of admission to important political conversation, its adherents would have us believe; no civility, no service. But civility — this idea that there is a perfect, polite way to communicate about sociopolitical differences — is a fantasy...
disperazione pomeridiana, di stampo rigirante, accidentalmente universitario.
Oggi mi sentivo un po’ vecchia, un po’ marcita, un po’ persa, per quanto assolutamente mai meno magica (anche perché stavolta non ho dimenticato pezzi a casa per uscire, quindi bene)… e perché però? Boh, perché nonostante le nuove cose ci sono comunque sempre soltanto io e me, ed i momenti veramente epici sono limitati, […]
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disperazione pomeridiana, di stampo rigirante, accidentalmente universitario.
Oggi mi sentivo un po’ vecchia, un po’ marcita, un po’ persa, per quanto assolutamente mai meno magica (anche perché stavolta non ho dimenticato pezzi a casa per uscire, quindi bene)… e perché però? Boh, perché nonostante le nuove cose ci sono comunque sempre soltanto io e me, ed i momenti veramente epici sono limitati, se non nulli, al di fuori delle benedettissime distrazioni… e perché in appena due giorni di fare avanti e indietro fuori casa, per qualche motivo, due (2) unghie a caso delle mie importanti ditine si sono scassate… una particolarmente. Dovrei ritagliarle e rimettere lo smalto, ma ieri sera mi scordai, e stasera probabilmente i poteri forti troveranno un altro modo per impedirmelo… 🥴Ma, per una buona volta, ho nel possibile (cioè, nel così piccolo da richiedermi pensiero quasi nullo e solo pochi secondi di tempo) deciso di accettare la disperazione, e… ho cambiato la cover del telefono con questa qui di qualche tempo fa, a portafoglio, che dunque fa molto zia boomer… (Ma davvero eh, di solito non si trova gente sotto i 40 anni con queste, e in genere i telefoni su cui sono applicate sono pure pieni di malware.) Ok, in effetti il collegamento logico è fragile, ma il mio cervello ha deciso così, e così è; prossima volta, a pensarci meglio, prendo l’altra mia cover vecchia, quella viola, che è tutta consumata e scolorita in vari punti, con attaccato un laccetto di fortuna marcio, e forse quella sarebbe più appropriata. Comunque, visto che le distrazioni, alle 2 di pomeriggio, nel mezzo del letterale vuoto orario, non bastavano a farmi stare a posto, oggi sono pure andata alla macchinetta a prelevare la droga, e a quel punto si che sono stata nel mio… nella disperazione, certo, ma pur sempre la mia personalissima e inconfondibile disperazione! 🥰
Quindi, oggi il mood è questo. Contemporaneamente maledetto, ma a suo modo sacro ed inviolabile. E sono a dire il vero un po’ in dubbio sul se la foto di queste così immacolate vibe scattata non solo con la webcam del PC portatile, ma scattando una schermata del desktop del portatile con la fotocamera aperta, faccia più disperazione o più vecchiaia, ma quello che davvero conta è che è reale. Con Android Studio aperto sotto non per caso, ovviamente, ma perché a queste condizioni così pesanti è davvero meglio abbandonarsi alla sofferenza autoinflitta dello sviluppo Android, piuttosto che lasciarsi tirare in pasto da quel vuoto esistenziale che si nasconde sempre, costantemente, dietro ogni angolo, dentro ogni parete… (Forse anche per questo, dopo essermi piazzata col PC in aula studio, ho in modo parzialmente inconscio fatto la speedrun per andare alla macchinetta più lontana, che quella vicina aveva una fila interminabile, per acquistare il caffè, che oggi ha vinto sulla mia tirchiaggine senza nemmeno una gran lotta? E boh…) 🦴🦜 OctoVoLTE ~ RSS Vibes Season ("microblogoctt" aka "fritto misto di octospacc" e "diario di octt" o "diarioctt")
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Memecoins Are Coming to the Stock Market
For the first time, US residents can now invest in memecoins through traditional brokerages. Trading will only get stranger from here.
https://www.wired.com/story/memecoins-are-coming-to-the-stock-market/
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In Cisgiordania i coloni stanno cercando di prendersi tutto
In Cisgiordania i coloni stanno cercando di prendersi tutto
Abbiamo assistito a una loro incursione in una casa palestinese: sono sempre più frequenti, producono un effetto storico, e le autorità israeliane stanno sempre dalla stessa parteIl Post
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military's access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal.Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military's elite spy agency, had violated the company's terms of service by storing the vast trove of surveillance data in its Azure cloud platform, sources familiar with the situation said.
The decision to cut off Unit 8200's ability to use some of its technology results directly from an investigation published by the Guardian last month. It revealed how Azure was being used to store and process the trove of Palestinian communications in a mass surveillance programme.
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy projectHarry Davies (The Guardian)
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Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms
A new call recording app is gaining traction for offering to pay users for voice data from calls, which is sold to AI companies.
Iran calls restrictions on its diplomats attending UNGA session in New York a new low of US animosity
The US has prevented Iranian diplomats from going anywhere beyond the perimeters of UN headquarters and buying anything from the wholesale club stores in New York city, calling the measure a part of its unilateral sanctions regime.
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National strike in Ecuador met with heavy repression
The elimination of the diesel subsidy has sparked multiple protests across the country. President Noboa defends the decision and aims to change the country's entire legal framework.
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New document leak exposes US ordering diplomats to use pro-genocide script
Documents leaked to Ken Klippenstein show Trump team ordered US diplomats to dismiss any mention of Israel's genocide in Gaza as propaganda
What's a good private YT Music client for Android and Web (PWA)
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Besides outertune there's harmonymusic as well
None protect your IP if not using a non self hosted frontend like invidio or piped, cause if self hosted then you're providing your IP any ways. So now a days actually private is kind of hard. But these applications for sure help a lot.
I tried it out on my laptop that's running Fedora and so far it's great. it's a shame that the development of it has ended.
I'm thinking of using Outertune when i get myself a pixel and install GrapheneOS on it.
Es war einmal 2050 – „Everything Will Change“ (2022)
Kein Dokumentarfilm, kein Science-Fiction, kein Spielfilm, kein Märchen. Was wir hier haben, ist ein Hybrid. Agitprop-Kino. Und die Mission dieses Films ist es nicht weniger als die Welt zu retten. Doch ist das nicht unweigerlich zum Scheitern verurteilt, wenn kein Mensch ihn sieht? Bitte sehen Sie sich das an, erzählen Sie anderen davon! (ARD, Wh)
What If There’s No AGI?
The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.
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Due Lavoratori Silenziosi: La Loro Felicità Dipende da Te
Siamo i Tuoi Reni: I Tuoi Filtri Segreti e Sentinelle della Tua Vita!
Pensa a due colleghi di lavoro che svolgono la stessa funzione da sempre. Nati nello stesso giorno, assunti insieme, andranno in pensione al...Giuliano (Blogger)
Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem
Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem
Spotify announced new policies on impersonating music, AI slop, and AI use in music creation.Elissa Welle (The Verge)
Una vitamina dalle molteplici proprietà e invece usata solo per uno scopo
Vitamina A: Sfatare i Miti di una Rockstar Incompresa
Oggi parliamo di Vitamina A , conosciuta anche come Retinolo . Su questa vitamina si è generata una confusione epocale, un vero e proprio ...Giuliano (Blogger)
Pensi che esista solo il Viagra? Ecco chi potrebbe sostituirlo
Zafferano e Disfunzione Erettile: Una Nuova Speranza quando il Viagra non basta?
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The battle to stop Chat Control continues, act now!
The battle to stop Chat Control continues, act now!
Unfortunately, the battle against Chat Control continues this month. For human rights, for civil liberties, for safety, and for democracy, this privacy-wrecking proposal must be stopped. We need your help to fight with us!Em (Privacy Guides)
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