@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo Tel Aviv ha sganciato sostanze chimiche sui terreni, causando il ritiro della missione ONU. L'obiettivo è quello della "terra bruciata", rendere l'area un cuscinetto sterile a cui gli sfollati non potranno più fare ritorno. L'articolo LIBANO. Israele avvelena le terre del
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁) Il 2 febbraio 2026 l’Università Sapienza di Roma è stata oggetto di un data breach. Cosa è successo In un primo momento la violazione è stata affrontata attraverso la disconnessione […] L'articolo Uniroma1 Sapienza: data breach proviene da Edoardo Limone.
@Politica interna, europea e internazionale Con il suo nuovo partito Futuro Nazionale, Roberto Vannacci lascia intendere che farà opposizione al Governo Meloni da destra. Annunciando l’uscita dalla Lega, l’europarlamentare ha pubblicato sui social una serie di slide in cui
@Notizie dall'Italia e dal mondo Dal 6 al 22 febbraio 2026 si tiene la XXV edizione dei Giochi olimpici e paralimpici invernali e, per la prima volta, le città assegnatarie sono due, Milano e Cortina d’Ampezzo. Si tratta della terza edizione dei Giochi invernali ospitata in
19 civil society organisations have penned a letter to the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) to express serious concerns about their plans to extend the Swiss Data Retention regime. They call on the Federal Councilor to align Swiss legislation with the highest standards of protection for people’s privacy.
Milano-Cortina 2026. Boschi abbattuti, tasche svuotate e bugie verdi.
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Le #OlimpiadiInvernali di Milano-Cortina dovevano essere “le più sostenibili di sempre”, un inno grandioso alla sobrietà ecologica e all’efficienza economica impeccabile. Peccato che alla prova dei fatti si rivelino incoerenti e ipocrite: un gigantesco, colossale esercizio di greenwashing pagato a rate dai contribuenti italiani, mentre i politici si riempiono la bocca fino a scoppiare con la parola “legacy” e i boschi secolari vengono abbattuti senza pietà per fare spazio a piste da bob che nessuno utilizzerà mai dopo lo spettacolo.
Prendete pure la famigerata pista di #Cortina, il simbolo perfetto e lampante di questa follia pura: partita con una stima iniziale di 47 milioni di euro, ora schizza vertiginosamente a 82 milioni con proiezioni che arrivano fino a 122 milioni, più un milione l’anno fisso solo per la gestione quotidiana.
Per costruirla si sacrificano senza rimorso 500 larici secolari in un bosco pregiato e protetto della conca ampezzana, alterando per sempre il paesaggio naturale in un’epoca in cui tutti fingono di piangere per il clima impazzito e la deforestazione galoppante (ma figuriamoci pure, per due settimane di slittate milionarie e vuote di senso si fa qualunque cosa, anche l’impensabile.)
E non si tratta solo di ambiente devastato: l’impronta di CO₂ complessiva è stimata in un milione di tonnellate, senza nemmeno un dato preciso e verificabile per singola opera infrastrutturale, e ben il 60% delle infrastrutture manca del tutto di una valutazione di impatto ambientale completa e adeguata, in palese e sfacciata contraddizione con il dossier di candidatura che prometteva trasparenza assoluta e rigore scientifico.
Sul fronte economico rappresenta un manuale completo del disastro pubblico annunciato: dalle stime iniziali di 1,36 miliardi si è arrivati a quasi 6 miliardi totali gonfiati all’inverosimile, con appalti opachi e nebulosi, indagini serrate della Procura di Milano su turbative d’asta e corruzione diffusa, e un decreto ad hoc subdolo che sottrae la Fondazione allo status di ente pubblico per rendere infinitamente più complicati i controlli necessari.
La favola consolatoria dei “fondi privati” è una bufala totale, con 2 miliardi di costi organizzativi di cui 400 milioni pubblici non previsti nei piani originali, e un deficit patrimoniale già oltre i 150 milioni accumulati a metà 2025. Lo Stato interverrà come sempre a tappare i buchi enormi, mentre le scuole in montagna chiudono i battenti e i servizi essenziali vengono tagliati senza scrupoli per “mancanza di fondi”.
L’eredità promessa per i territori è una collezione di cattedrali nel deserto inutili, proprio come la pista di Torino 2006 che marcisce abbandonata da anni. Invece di investire con intelligenza in ripristino post-Vaia o in progetti seri di riduzione emissioni, si buttano decine di milioni in un impianti iper-specialistici con un impatto climatico devastante e irreversibile in un’epoca di inverni sempre più miti e incerti. Prioritizziamo lo spettacolo globale effimero sulle vite reali e concrete dei cittadini.
È tempo di dire le cose come stanno prima che sia troppo tardi. Milano-Cortina resterà il simbolo della nostra incapacità di coniugare intelligenza e realismo, in una farsa ipocrita che rende felici solo albergatori e politici.
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At the 39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3), German author Marc-Uwe Kling helped launch the idea of a monthly “Digital Independence Day” with a broad coalition of civil society organisations. On the first Sunday of each month, participants explore alternatives to dominant digital platforms, share experiences using #DIDit, and support one another through volunteer-led online and in-person meet-ups. To date, 189 organisations have joined the initiative, organising over 400 meet-ups.
The European Commission’s new Digital Networks Act threatens to dismantle nearly a decade of net neutrality protections in Europe. What is being presented as a technical update could actually give politicians control power over the open internet, create paid fast lanes, and weaken independent regulators.
"Filosofia per la missione. Filosofia per il mondo". Questo il tema di un ciclo di incontri pubblici, in presenza e online su Zoom, proposto dalla Facoltà di Filosofia della Pontificia Università Urbaniana.
As the UK adequacy renewal comes to an end, EDRi member Open Rights Group reflects on its outcome and the broader implications for the future of EU-UK relatiopnships.
Every Thursday of the week, Bastian’s Night is broadcast from 21:30 CET.
Bastian’s Night is a live talk show in German with lots of music, a weekly round-up of news from around the world, and a glimpse into the host’s crazy week in the pirate movement.
The Commodore VIC-20 was a solid microcomputer that paved the way for the legendary Commodore 64 to come. If you’re a fan of the machine and want to revisit its glory days, you could hunt one down on an auction site and hope that it’s in working order. Or you could just emulate the VIC-20 in your browser thanks to the work of [Lance Ewing].
The project is called JVic—because it’s a VIC-20 emulator written in Java. It’s primarily intended for playing old VIC-20 games, and is designed with mobile devices front of mind—so it works well on a phone screen. You can enjoy the built-in library of games, or you can even direct JVic to boot up a ROM from a ZIP file hosted on a given URL or attached to a forum post. You can also install it on your own device rather than running it online, if so desired. [Lance] provides a range of setup options for running it locally or putting it on your own web server if that’s how you like to do things. Files are on Github for those eager to dive in.
We get lots of VIC-20 hacks around these parts. Even if it’s not the most popular machine that Commodore ever built, it’s certainly up there in the rankings. If you want to learn Forth, or even build a VIC-20 from scratch, we’ve explored that before. If you’ve got your own retrocomputer hacks kicking around, don’t hesitate to let us know!
Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a technique in radio astronomy whereby multiple radio telescopes cooperate to bundle their received data and in effect create a much larger singular radio telescope. For this to work it is however essential to have exact timing and other relevant information to accurately match the signals from each individual radio telescope. As VLBI is used for increasingly higher ranges and bandwidths this makes synchronizing the signals much harder, but an optical frequency comb technique may offer a solution here.
In the paper by [Minji Hyun] et al. it’s detailed how they built the system and used it with the Korean VLBI Network (VLB) Yonsei radio telescope in Seoul as a proof of concept. This still uses the same hydrogen maser atomic clock as timing source, but with the optical transmission of the pulses a higher accuracy can be achieved, limited only by the photodiode on the receiving end.
In the demonstration up to 50 GHz was possible, but commercial 100 GHz photodiodes are available. It’s also possible to send additional signals via the fiber on different wavelengths for further functionality, all with the ultimately goal of better timing and adjustment for e.g. atmospheric fluctuations that can affect radio observations.
L’Associazione avvocati per la libertà (ÖHD) ha pubblicato il suo rapporto sugli interventi della polizia e dell’esercito nelle proteste svoltesi nelle province di Turchia e Kurdistan tra il 1° gennaio e il 2 febbraio 2026 contro gli attacchi al Rojava.
Il rapporto è stato annunciato durante una conferenza stampa tenutasi presso la sede di Diyarbakır dell’Associazione. All’incontro hanno partecipato numerosi membri dell’ÖHD.
Il rapporto è stato redatto sulla base di osservazioni sul campo, interviste con detenuti, avvocati e familiari, registri ospedalieri e giudiziari e documentazione visiva. Il rapporto ha sottolineato che le violazioni non sono state episodi isolati, ma una pratica sistematica che si estende dal momento dell’arresto al processo.
Secondo il rapporto durante questo periodo sono state detenute almeno 842 persone, 118 sono state arrestate (tra cui 25 bambini) e 106 persone sono state sottoposte a percosse e maltrattamenti.
Violazioni contro i bambini
Secondo il rapporto, durante le proteste almeno 99 minori sono stati trattenuti e 25 sono stati arrestati. I minori sarebbero stati picchiati, ammanettati in senso inverso e trattenuti insieme agli adulti, una pratica considerata contraria ai principi fondamentali del sistema giudiziario minorile.
Violenza, diviti e pressioni digitali
L’Associazione (ÖHD) ha dichiarato che la maggior parte delle detenzioni e degli arresti è stata effettuata esclusivamente sulla base di conferenze stampa pacifiche e della partecipazione a proteste. Ha osservato che in molte province il diritto di riunione e di manifestazione è stato di fatto sospeso da divieti diffusi imposti dai governatorati, e persino la distribuzione di manifesti, striscioni e volantini è stata impedita.
Il rapporto ha inoltre evidenziato che i giornalisti sono stati picchiati e detenuti, che la loro capacità di occuparsi delle notizie è stata ostacolata e che il diritto all’informazione del pubblico è stato violato. Ha inoltre rilevato un aumento delle detenzioni e delle aggressioni contro gli avvocati.
Le violazioni dei diritti umani sono una scelta politica
L’Associazione avvocati per la libertà di Turchia (ÖHD) ha affermato che gli eventi costituiscono una grave violazione del diritto alla libertà personale e alla sicurezza e che le detenzioni e gli arresti sono una scelta politica volta a reprimere la resistenza sociale sorta contro gli attacchi al Rojava.
L’associazione ha invitato le istituzioni nazionali e internazionali a intervenire chiedendo la fine delle detenzioni e degli arresti arbitrari e un’indagine indipendente sulle accuse di tortura.
Mehmet Öner, direttore del Quartier Generale dell’Associazione (ÖHD), ha dichiarato: “I divieti al diritto di riunione e manifestazione pacifica devono cessare, le detenzioni e gli arresti arbitrari devono cessare immediatamente, devono essere condotte indagini indipendenti ed efficaci sulle denunce di tortura e maltrattamenti e i responsabili di gravi violazioni dei diritti umani contro i minori devono essere chiamati a risponderne. Come ÖHD, dichiariamo ancora una volta che continueremo a documentare le violazioni dei diritti umani, a sostenere le vittime e a portare la verità al pubblico”.
Part of traveling the world as an Anglophone involves the uncomfortable realization that everyone else is better at learning your language than people like you are at learning theirs. It’s particularly obvious in the world of programming languages, where English-derived language and syntax rules the roost.
It’s always IF foo THEN bar, and never SI foo ALORS bar. It is now possible to do something akin to OS foo YNA bar though, because [Richard Hainsworth] has created y Ddraig (the Dragon), a programming language using Welsh language as syntax. (The Welsh double D, “Dd” is pronounced something like an English soft “th” as in “their”)
Under the hood it’s not an entirely new language, instead it’s a Welsh localisation of the Raku language. A localisation file is created, that can as we understand it handle bidirectional transcription between languages. The write-up goes into detail about the process.
There will inevitably be people asking what the point of a programming language for a spoken language with under a million native speakers is, so it’s worth taking a look at that head on. It’s important for Welsh education and the Welsh tech sector because a a geeky kid in a Welsh-medium school Pwllheli deserves to code just as much as an English kid in a school near Oxford, but it goes far beyond Welsh alone. There are many languages and cultures across the world where English is not widely spoken, and every single one of them has those kids like us who pick up a computer and run with it. The more of them that can learn to code, and thrive without having the extra burden of knowing English, the better. Perhaps in a couple of decades we’ll be using code from people who learned this way, without our ever knowing it.
As your scribe, this needs to be added: Mae’n ddrwg gyda fi ffrendiau Cymraeg, mae Cymraeg i yn wael iawn. Dwi’n dôd o’r Rhydychen, ni Pwllheli.
Some time ago, Lego released a beautiful (and somewhat pricey) typewriter set that was modeled after one used by company founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen. To the disappointment of some, it doesn’t actually work—you can’t really write a letter with it. [Koenkun Bricks] decided to rectify this with their own functional design.
Right away, we’ll state that this is not a traditional typewriter. There are no off-the-shelf Lego components with embossed letters on them, so it wasn’t possible to make Lego type bars that could leave an impression on paper with the use of an inked ribbon. Instead, [Koenkun Bricks] decided to build a design that was Lego all the way down, right to the letters themselves. The complicated keyboard-actuated mechanism picks out flat letter tiles and punches them on to a flat Lego plate, creating a plastic document instead of a paper one.
It’s not perfect in operation. It has some issues unique to its mode of operation. Namely, the round letter tiles sometimes rotate the wrong way as they’re feeding through the typewriter’s mechanisms, so you get sideways letters on your finished document. It looks kind of cool, though. Outside of that, sometimes the letter pusher doesn’t quite seat the letter tiles fully on the document plate.
Overall, though, it’s a highly functional and impressive build. We’ve seen some other great DIY typewriters before, too, like this 3D printed build. Video after the break.
Two phases installed on the stator. (Credit: FarmCraft101, YouTube) As part of his quest to find the best affordable generator for his DIY hydroelectric power system, [FarmCraft101] is trying out a range of off-the-shelf and DIY solutions, with in his most recent video trying his hands at the very relaxing activity of rewiring the stator of an alternator.
Normally car alternators output 12VDC after internal rectification, but due to the hundreds of meters from the turbine to the shed, he’d like a higher voltage to curb transmission losses. The easiest way to get a higher voltage out of a car alternator is to change up the wiring on the stator, which is definitely one of those highly educational tasks.
Disassembling an alternator is easy enough, but removing the copper windings from the stator is quite an ordeal, as they were not designed to ever move even a fraction of a millimeter after assembly.
With that arduous task finished, the rewinding was done using 22 AWG copper enamel wire, compared to the original 16 AWG wire, and increasing the loops per coil from 8 to 30. This rewinding isn’t too complicated if you know what you’re doing, with each coil on each of the three windings placed in an alternating fashion, matching the alternating South/North poles on the rotor.
Each phase’s winding is offset by two slots, leaving space for the other two phases, which then correspondingly are 90° out of phase when running, creating the three-phase AC output. This is further detailed in the video.
To make sure the windings do not short out on the stator, each slot has a bit of Nomex insulating paper placed into it, and a PETG 3D printed slot holder makes sure that none of the windings sneak out of their slot after installation.
The phases were connected in a Wye configuration, which gives it the maximum possible voltage rather than optimizing it for current as in a Delta configuration.
With the rewinding done, the alternator was reassembled, and the three-phase output of the new stator tested. After some trial and error it was able to do 200 VDC after passing it through an external rectifier, for a total of 700 Watt.
While not an unmitigated success, it seems quite possible to use this alternator as a higher-voltage generator with the hydro setup, especially after the upcoming replacement of the rotor’s electromagnet with neodymium magnets to further simplify it. As a bonus, if he ever needs to rebuild a broken alternator from scratch, rewinding a stator is now child’s play.
The Department of Homeland Security secretary calls leakers a threat to national security and wants to prosecute them.
But much of what the public knows about DHS, which includes its agencies Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, is thanks to whistleblowers and leakers who have exposed the government’s increasingly unlawful conduct as it aggressively enforces immigration law across the country.
In recent months, a series of major investigations into DHS, ICE, and CBP have relied on insiders who provided documents and information to journalists. Journalists, in turn, published what the public would otherwise never see.
Here are just a few recent examples of the journalism that leaks have made possible:
ICE claims the power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant
In January, The Associated Press reported on an internal ICE memo instructing officers that they could forcibly enter people’s homes to make arrests without a warrant signed by a judge. Instead, the memo claimed that an administrative warrant — issued by the executive branch and never reviewed by a court — is sufficient.
The news story was based on a whistleblower complaint sent to Congress and shared with the AP by an anonymous congressional official. The complaint and memo were later made public.
Because of this reporting, based on a leak, the public learned of a major constitutional violation. ICE is reversing its own past practices and training materials, which had long instructed officers that a judicial warrant was required to enter a home.
Yet, as one legal expert noted, challenging ICE’s new interpretation of the law in court could be difficult, because courts have made it so hard to sue federal officers for violating constitutional rights. That makes public scrutiny one of the few tools available to challenge ICE’s claim that it can knock down your door without a warrant. And that scrutiny is possible only because of a leak.
DHS is labeling protesters “domestic terrorists.”
Journalist Ken Klippenstein has repeatedly exposed internal DHS activities using leaked government documents. One of his most recent revelations shows that DHS has labeled American citizens who protest against ICE as “domestic terrorists.”
According to documents leaked to Klippenstein, ICE branded a Portland, Oregon, man, Chandler Patey, and “countless other American protesters” as domestic terrorists based on minimal and dubious evidence. (The unsubstantiated rumor that Patey is the leader of antifa — whatever that even means — was started by a right-wing influencer, for instance.)
The leaks also revealed a DHS-wide portal that aggregates personal information about alleged terrorists, including protesters, allowing authorities to centralize surveillance of them.
Without sources willing to leak these documents, the public would have no idea that DHS is transforming constitutionally protected activity into domestic terrorism.
ICE’s expanding surveillance state, built with big tech
Some of the most detailed reporting on ICE’s surveillance infrastructure has come from leaks and information via confidential sources provided to outlets like 404 Media and Wired, which have exposed how major tech firms are helping build ICE’s spy tools.
Next time DHS talks about cracking down on leaks, think about all you wouldn’t know without leakers.
404 Media, for instance, recently relied on internal ICE materials to report about a tool developed by Palantir for ICE called “Elite.” Elite helps ICE decide what neighborhoods to raid by mapping the addresses of people targeted for deportation, using sensitive personal information from agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services. 404 Media even published a copy of an internal Elite user guide.
Similarly, Wired relied on confidential sources to report that the Department of Government Efficiency was working on a “master database” in April 2025 to help DHS track and surveil undocumented immigrants, built on Palantir software and stitched together from vast pools of government data. Experts warned of sweeping privacy violations affecting not only those who are undocumented, but citizens, too.
ICE’s propaganda machine
In addition to exposing DHS’s tactics and surveillance, leaks have also revealed how the government is working to shape public perception. In December 2025, The Washington Post reported on ICE’s internal “media machine” using leaked chats and other documents from within the agency.
Those messages showed ICE officials coordinating with the White House to push propaganda celebrating immigration arrests, mocking immigrants in private chats, and selectively curating videos and images to fit a political narrative. They illustrated how ICE is manufacturing and distributing content to flood the internet with its own propaganda and overwhelm independent sources of information.
While many believed, based on what they could see online, that the government was pumping out propaganda, these leaks confirmed it and gave the public inside information about how it operates.
Protect the whistleblowers who make this possible
These are just four examples of journalism — based on leaks — that have been essential to informing the public about America’s growing surveillance state.
These stories share a common thread: Without whistleblowers and leakers, the public would never know how DHS is breaking the law and abusing our civil rights and civil liberties.
So the next time DHS talks about cracking down on leaks, or the government actually prosecutes a whistleblower, think about all you wouldn’t know without leakers. If the government succeeds in silencing leakers and whistleblowers, it won’t make us safer. It will only help the powerful operate in the dark, without accountability.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address, 404 Media has learned. ICE is using it to find locations where lots of people it might detain could be based.
The findings, based on internal ICE material obtained by 404 Media, public procurement records, and recent sworn testimony from an ICE official, show the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. The tool receives peoples’ addresses from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) among a range of other sources, according to the material.
“Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE) is a targeting tool designed to improve capabilities for identifying and prioritizing high-value targets through advanced analytics,” a user guide for ELITE obtained by 404 Media says. The tool aims to be nearly all encompassing when it comes to finding ICE targets, from identifying subjects in the first place, to building a list of people, to supervisors approving selections for officers to ultimately go into the field and apprehend.
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One feature of ELITE is the “Geospatial Lead Sourcing Tab,” according to the user guide. This lets ICE see people it may potentially want to detain on a map interface, based on various criteria such as “Bios & IDs,” “Location,” “Operations,” and “Criminality.” An ICE officer can then select people one by one, or draw a shape on the map to see people in that selected area.
ELITE has already been used by ICE to target specific areas, according to sworn testimony from an ICE official in Oregon. In October, immigration officers waited in three unmarked SUVs outside an apartment complex in Woodburn. They went on to bust a driver’s window and pull a 45-year-old woman from a van, used ICE’s facial recognition app Mobile Fortify on her, and agents had the goal of making eight arrests per team per day, Oregon Live reported. Lawyers representing the woman say authorities arrested her and more than 30 other people in a “dragnet.”
“One of our apps, it’s called ELITE. And so it tells you how many people are living in this area and what’s the likelihood of them actually being there,” a deportation officer with ICE’s Fugitive Operations Unit, identified in court records as JB, testified about the raid in early December. 404 Media purchased a transcript of JB’s testimony from the court. “It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.”
“It pulls from all kinds of sources,” JB continued. “It’s a newer app that was actually given to us in ICE.” JB said ELITE is what ICE sometimes uses to track the apparent density of people at a particular location to target. “You’re going to go to a more dense population rather than [...] like, if there’s one pin at a house and the likelihood of them actually living there is like 10 percent [...] you’re not going to go there.” For that raid in Woodburn, JB suggested the immigration officers used ELITE to generate leads. Additionally, in a text thread of immigration officers, someone described the area as “target rich,” which JB explained meant the officials had run multiple license plates in that area and found vehicles registered to people “who had either a criminal or immigration nexus.”
Screenshots of the ICE official's testimony. Image: 404 Media.
JB and other officials were testifying in the case of MJMA, the woman pulled from the van during the Woodburn raid. She is being represented by attorneys from Innovation Law Lab.
Once a person is selected on the map interface, ELITE then shows a dossier on that particular person, according to the user guide. That includes their name, a photo, their Alien Number (the unique code given by the U.S. government to each immigrant), their date of birth, and their full address. ELITE notes the source of the address (such as the government agency that supplied it), and gives an “address confidence score.” One address confidence score example in the guide is 98.95 out of 100; another is 77.25 out of 100. This score is based on both the source of the address and how recent the data is, the user guide says. (ICE is paying skip tracers, private investigators, and bounty hunters to help verify peoples’ addresses.)
Those sources can include HHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and “CLEAR.” The guide does not provide any more specifics on what CLEAR might be, but ICE has repeatedly contracted with Thomson Reuters which sells a data product called CLEAR. Thomson Reuters did not respond to a request for comment. HHS did not respond to a request for comment.
The documents don’t say if those are the only entities providing data for ELITE. The user guide says ELITE is “integrating new data sources” to reduce officer workload.
ICE can also use ELITE to look up people based on an unique identifier, such as their Alien Number, name, or date of birth. ELITE also lets ICE do this in bulk, selecting up to 50 people at once, according to the guide. playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TBIEA2… ICE can filter the map by what the guide calls Special Operations. These are “groups of pre-defined aliens specifically targeted by Leadership for action.” ICE officers are told to consult ICE leadership or “broadcasts” on when to use these operation filters. DHS’s surge in Minneapolis is focused at least in part on the city’s Somali community after renewed focus on a COVID-19 fraud case. The overwhelming majority of Somalis who live in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area are U.S. citizens, PBS reported.
“These records give us behind-the-scenes insight into the kind of mass surveillance machine ICE is building with help from powerful tech companies like Palantir,” Laura Rivera, senior staff attorney at Just Futures Law, told 404 Media. “When combined with what we know from ICE testimony and other public information, it gives us a blueprint into how ICE is going into communities and identifying people for arrest in real-time.”
Senator Ron Wyden, who represents Oregon where ELITE was discussed, told 404 Media in a statement, “The fact ICE is using this app proves the completely indiscriminate nature of the agency's aggressive and violent incursions into our communities. This app allows ICE to find the closest person to arrest and disappear, using government and commercial data, with the help of Palantir and Trump's Big Brother databases. It makes a mockery of the idea that ICE is trying to make our country safer. Rather, agents are reportedly picking people to deport from our country the same way you'd choose a nearby coffee shop.” Screenshot of the Palantir contract, via highergov.com. The ELITE user guide does not say who developed the system. But the tool’s distinctive title—Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement—exactly matches one included in an addendum to a Palantir contract from last year. It says Palantir should “continue configuration and engineering services” for ELITE and some other ICE tools. That supplemental agreement for $29.9 million started in September and is planned to go on for at least a year.
Palantir has worked with ICE for years and was focused on criminal investigations, supporting Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Investigative Case Management (ICM) system. That changed in the second Trump administration, with Palantir now working on ICE’s deportation efforts.
After participating in a three-week coding sprint, ICE updated an ongoing Palantir contract related to “Enforcement Prioritization and Targeting,” to “support the development of an accurate picture of actionable leads based on existing law enforcement datasets to allow law enforcement to prioritize enforcement actions,” according to an internal Palantir wiki previously obtained by 404 Media. The goal was to find the physical location of people marked for deportation, and Palantir said it believes its work with ICE is “intended to promote government efficiency, transparency, and accountability.”
The leaked material described Palantir’s deportation-focused work as “concentrated on delivering prototype capabilities” and lasting around six months. It left open the room for more work with ICE, and said “Palantir has developed into a more mature partner for ICE.” Documents ICE published described Palantir’s work as building a tool called ImmigrationOS.
More than eight months have passed since Palantir discussed the issue internally. Neither Palantir nor DHS responded to multiple requests for comment.
In their testimony, JB said, “it’s a tool that we use that gives you a probability. But there’s never [...] there’s no such thing as 100 percent.” The user guide adds, “As always, make sure you do your due diligence on each target to confirm removability prior to action.”
The Trump administration is using a years-old scandal first prosecuted under the Biden administration to justify its immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
Cascina Torchiera - Piazzale Cimitero Maggio 18, Milano (martedì, 10 febbraio 19:00) GallinƏ! Da questo mese partono ben tre nuovi corsi, per cui correte in cascina, vi aspettiamo con gioia e voglia espressiva!
To kill a war machine (aperitivo e proiezione | benefit 100x100 Gaza)
Piano Terra - via Federico Confalonieri 3, Milano (domenica, 15 febbraio 19:00) Vi aspettiamo a Piano Terra per una serata a sostegno di 100x100 Gaza, una mobilitazione straordinaria di solidarietà nata nel 2025 per rispondere collettivamente alla catastrofe provocata dal genocidio inflitto da Israele sulla popolazione di Gaza [100x100gaza.it]
A partire dalle 19 ci sarà un aperitivo a offerta libera per sostenere concretamente la campagna. A seguire, proietteremo “To Kill a War Machine” (2025), un documentario che racconta le azioni del collettivo Palestine Action e il loro impegno nel denunciare il ruolo dell’industria bellica nel Regno Unito.
Matrici Aperte - Via Elia Capriolo 41C, Brescia (martedì, 10 febbraio 15:00) Tutti i Martedì e i Giovedì dalle 15:00 alle 22:00 apriamo il laboratorio per chi ha bisogno di stampare ma anche per chi vuole solo sbevazzare! Potete venire a fare serigrafia, incisione calcografica, xilografia e tecniche grafiche sperimentali (cianotipia, gum print, monotipia, stampa bianca a rilievo). Per l'utilizzo del laboratorio chiediamo un contributo libero a supporto del progetto. Portate carta e matrici da casa, noi mettiamo a disposizione strumenti e spazio di lavoro. Ci sono due postazioni serigrafiche, due torchi calcografici, sala acidi e piani da inchiostrazione. Dalle 18.00 (ma anche dalle 15.00 per lx ubriaconx) apre il baretto con vino, birrette, pirli e gin tonic di pessima qualità! -c'è pure il pinkanello! Sarà aperto e consultabile anche l'archivio con libri serigrafici, fanzine e distro a supporto di movimenti e collettivi!
Teatro Coppola - il teatro dei cittadini - Via del vecchio bastione 9, Catania (sabato, 7 febbraio 21:00) SABATO 7 FEBBRAIO | ORE 21:00
St. Pangolin X Desperate Housewaifus
(noise, avantgarde / Catania)
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screening by Catania Hauntology
ST. PANGOLIN
Claudio Palumbo - chitarra, feedback
Simona Strano - chitarra, feedback
Davide Iannitti - Synth autocostruiti
St.Pangolin è suono, terapia, preghiera, forse musica. Un lunghissimo monologo in una lingua sconosciuta anche a chi parla. Un'invocazione all'ignoto. St.Pangolin è al di là delle parole e dei significati. Esiste, per qualche strano motivo. St.Pangolin fa paura e può dar fastidio, ma poi se ne sente il bisogno.
Nascono a Catania nell’ottobre del 2014, immaginati e catalizzati dalle visioni di Claudio Palumbo. Presi a bordo Simona Strano e Davide Iannitti, i tre si ritrovano in sala/studio un pomeriggio di ottobre senza particolari idee sul da farsi, ma con un solo microfono aperto ed il computer che registra.
Concepito nel 2019 come duo di teatro-canzone, DESPERATE HOUSEWAIFUS evolve in un collettivo che unisce performance, teatro contemporaneo e musica elettronica sperimentale. I comuni processi di scrittura scenica e composizione musicale vengono accantonati in favore di sperimentazioni elettroacustiche, live electronics, cut-up e scrittura automatica, per decostruire i classici e creare testi inediti. La prima opera, La Macchina Amleto, debutta nel 2023 al Teatro Coppola di Catania ed è presentata nel 2024 a Umana Festival (Patti, Messina), viaraffineria (Catania), L’Asilo (Napoli), Fanfulla (Roma) e Tempio del Futuro Perduto (Milano).
Strike s.p.a. - via Umberto Partini 21 (venerdì, 6 febbraio 16:00) 666 invitatx ad un appuntamento audiofilo kamikaze
🛠️Dalle ore 16: Laboratorio a offerta libera / costruzione di un subwoofer kamikaze per contrastare la macchina repressiva: assemblaggio cabinet, saldatura connettori e taratura impianto
🔊: Questo laboratorio nasce dalla necessità di escogitare nuove strategie per resistere alla morsa repressiva che dalla legge “anti rave” all’ultimo ddl 1660 colpisce anche chi cerca di creare spazi e momenti di autogestione. Spesso infatti la difesa dell'impianto sonoro o il suo possesso diventano elementi determinanti per isolare e colpire presunt* “organizzator*” con pene fino a sei anni e il sequestro del sound. Da qui l’utilizzo alternativo di strumenti sacrificabili, riciclati o a basso costo, che possano essere abbandonati o distrutti prima che consegnati agli sbirri
🌶️ Cena vegana Red hot chili per tuttx!
🛠️Banchetti informativi / Distro e riduzione del rischio
🤖 Spettacoli e giochi ad alto voltaggio!
Benefit per Progetto Noise Pills / Tetto Strike & spese legali BFP
MASTODON by CheGuevaraRoma APPUNTAMENTI GANCIO DE ROMA: agenda condivisa della Roma ribelle e autogestita APPROFONDIMENTI SINISTRAINRETE: Archivio di documenti e articoli per la discussione politica nella sinistra
Online - Online (mercoledì, 4 febbraio 20:00) Assemblea Non una di meno Palermo
Verso l'8 Marzo
4 febbraio ore 20
ONLINE - scrivi alla mail nonunadimenopalermo@gmail.com per avere il link di accesso, oppure in dm nei social
In queste settimane la violenza patriarcale continua a riversarsi sulle nostre vite, la repressione rimane l'unica risposta delle istituzioni al dissenso e agli spazi sociali, mentre il consenso viene cancellato da una legge che dovrebbe proteggerci torniamo ad incontrarci e organizzare la nostra lotta.
Ci riuniamo mercoledì 4 febbraio in una assemblea online per continuare a costruire le nostre pratiche e il nostro percorso verso e oltre un 8 marzo di lotta, e un 9 marzo di sciopero transfemminista!
Candelo - Biblioteca Civica "Livio Pozzo" - via Matteotti, 48 - Candelo (sabato, 7 febbraio 16:30) L'autore presenta il suo romanzo: un thriller ispirato a una storia vera di ostaggi, pirateria e corruzione internazionale.
Pervin Buldan, membro della delegazione di Imrali, ha affermato che Abdullah Öcalan ha sottolineato che il processo ha raggiunto un punto morto e ha chiesto la ripresa dei negoziati e del dialogo, aggiungendo che l’accordo tra il governo di Damasco e le SDF è stato raggiunto in linea con tale richiesta.
L’accordo firmato tra le Forze democratiche siriane (SDF) e il governo di transizione siriano è considerato più di un semplice accordo tecnico: è il risultato di un nuovo equilibrio di potere creato sul campo e in politica dalla resistenza multidimensionale del popolo curdo nel corso di molti anni.
La realtà militare, sociale e politica sul campo ha rivelato l’insostenibilità delle politiche che ignorano il popolo curdo, mentre l’inclusione dei diritti identitari, culturali ed educativi nel testo dell’accordo dimostra che la politica di negazione e annientamento perseguita per quasi un secolo ha ampiamente fallito.
Pervin Buldan, membro della delegazione di Imrali del Partito per la democrazia e l’uguaglianza dei popoli (DEM), ha commentato l’accordo firmato tra le SDF e il governo di transizione siriano e il ruolo del leader del popolo curdo Abdullah Öcalan in questo processo.
Ha sottolineato che il processo di accordo tra le SDF e Damasco è in corso da molto tempo e che è importante raggiungere questa fase.
Pervin Buldan ha affermato che l’accordo ha impedito la perdita di migliaia di vite umane, aggiungendo che quanto accaduto nei quartieri di Şêxmêqsûd (Sheikh Maqsoud) ed Eşrefiyê (Ashrafiah) è stata una grande cospirazione che potrebbe portare al massacro del popolo curdo in Siria.
Ha dichiarato che durante il loro ultimo incontro con Abdullah Öcalan sull’isola di Imrali, il 17 dicembre, gli scontri continuavano nei quartieri di Şêxmêqsûd ed Eşrefiyê, aggiungendo che questa situazione ha causato grande preoccupazione e rabbia ad Abdullah Öcalan. Pervin Buldan ha dichiarato: “Abdullah Öcalan ha fatto importanti osservazioni che hanno aperto la strada al negoziato e al dialogo.
Non sarebbe sbagliato affermare che questa fase è stata raggiunta dopo aver trasmesso i suoi messaggi alle parti interessate. Pertanto, la missione, il ruolo e gli appelli del signor Öcalan su questa questione, basati sulla prospettiva di impedire che il popolo curdo venga nuovamente massacrato, sono stati decisivi per portare l’accordo a questa fase .”
Ha affermato che i curdi si trovano davanti a una grande cospirazione
Pervin Buldan ha affermato che la sicurezza del popolo curdo è molto importante per Abdullah Öcalan: “Il signor Öcalan ha detto: ‘Non vedo nulla di male nel dire che questa è in realtà una nuova cospirazione del 15 febbraio’.
I curdi sono di nuovo sull’orlo di una nuova cospirazione per massacrarli. Per questo ha fatto importanti osservazioni sulla loro sicurezza, sul loro futuro, sulle loro vite e sulla tutela delle conquiste che hanno ottenuto in ogni parte del mondo in cui si trovano attualmente.
Pervin Buldan ha riferito che Abdullah Öcalan ha sottolineato la grande importanza della preferenza del popolo curdo per la negoziazione e il dialogo, affermando: “Ha compiuto grandi sforzi in tal senso e, in linea con i risultati di questo sforzo, l’accordo o la riconciliazione tra il governo di Damasco e le SDF è entrato in vigore oggi con questo appello”.
Sottolineando che la lotta non è finita, Pervin Buldan ha affermato che il processo è in corso e continuerà, ricordando che il governo di Damasco è un governo di transizione.
Pervin Buldan ha concluso: “Guardando all’accordo ci sono molte discussioni: è sufficiente o insufficiente? Non dovremmo guardare la questione solo in questo modo. La lotta del popolo curdo continuerà; di conseguenza, il popolo curdo continuerà a portare avanti la sua lotta.”
La campagna “No alle esecuzioni di martedì”, che ha annunciato che più di 2.350 persone sono state giustiziate dall’inizio dell’anno, ha richiamato l’attenzione sui massacri e sulle sparizioni forzate commessi dal regime repressivo, insieme alle proteste in corso in 56 carceri.
La campagna “No alle esecuzioni di martedì”, lanciata contro la pena di morte in Iran, prosegue in 56 carceri per la sua 106a settimana. La campagna ha annunciato che 123 persone sono state giustiziate a gennaio. Secondo i dati pubblicati dalla campagna, dall’inizio di quest’anno sono state giustiziate più di 2.350 persone.
Il testo della campagna include le seguenti dichiarazioni:
“Sono trascorse più di tre settimane dalle brutali uccisioni di civili e dalla detenzione di decine di migliaia di cittadini indifesi nelle strade, nei quartieri e nei viali dell’Iran, eppure ampie fasce della popolazione iraniana rimangono completamente all’oscuro della sorte e dello stato dei propri cari. Queste azioni del regime repressivo sono un chiaro esempio di omicidio e sparizioni forzate sponsorizzati dallo Stato, e la responsabilità principale ricade sul Velayat-e Faqih.”
Molti dei detenuti vengono processati segretamente, senza il diritto a un giusto processo, e rischiano dure condanne e minacce di esecuzione. Le agenzie di sicurezza hanno minacciato molti avvocati indipendenti, chiedendo loro di non assumere la difesa dei detenuti durante la rivolta. Noi, come membri di questa campagna, invitiamo tutte le famiglie degli arrestati e di coloro che hanno perso la vita ad alzare la voce e a rendere pubblici i nomi dei loro cari. Invitiamo inoltre tutte le persone oneste e gli attivisti per i diritti umani, sindacali, civili e politici a farsi portavoce dei prigionieri e di coloro che sono stati recentemente arrestati, con più forza che mai.
Il regime dispotico continua le sue esecuzioni in modo sconsiderato e quasi isterico. Ad oggi, sono state giustiziate 123 persone, e oltre 2.350 dall’inizio dell’anno.
La legittima protesta del popolo iraniano e il ricordo delle migliaia di ragazze e ragazzi il cui sangue è stato ingiustamente versato dalle forze oppressive del regime fascista e religioso con proiettili e asce, hanno finalmente portato la Guardia Rivoluzionaria, principale responsabile di questi crimini, ad essere inserita nell’elenco delle organizzazioni terroristiche dell’Unione Europea. Questo sviluppo rappresenta un passo fondamentale nella lotta del popolo iraniano ed è la richiesta non solo dei membri di questa campagna e di tutti i prigionieri politici, ma di tutto il popolo iraniano che da anni chiede libertà e uguaglianza.
Nell’ambito della campagna, in 56 carceri si svolgono scioperi della fame per la 106a settimana.
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.#ICE #News
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Over the last few days hackers and trolls have targeted a slew of ICE spotting apps and their users in an apparent attempt to intimidate and stop them from reporting sightings of ICE. These hackers sent threatening text messages to users of StopICE, claiming their personal data has been sent to the authorities; attempted to wipe uploads on Eyes Up, which aims to document ICE abuses; and even sent push notifications to DEICER app users claiming their data has also been sent to various government agencies.
There is little evidence that hackers have actually provided data to the government. But it shows that apps like these, many of which Apple and Google have already kicked from their respective app stores, in some cases after direct government pressure, can be targeted by hackers or those looking to harass their users.
“Yes there is a targeted spike in attacks targeting similar [sites],” Sherman Austin, the developer of StopICE, told 404 Media in an email.
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Wedding Photo Booth Company Exposes Customers’ Drunken Photos
A photo booth company that caters to weddings, lobbying events in D.C., and engagement parties has exposed a cache of peoples’ photos, with the revellers likely unaware that their sometimes drunken antics have been collected and insecurely stored by the company for anyone to download. A security researcher who flagged the issue to 404 Media said the company, Curator Live, has not responded to his request to fix the issue.
The exposure, which also includes phone numbers, highlights how we can face data collection even at innocuous events like weddings. It’s also not even the only recent exposure by a photo booth company. TechCrunch reported on a similar issue with a different company in December.
“Even if you just wanted the printed photo, your data is being held by a third party unbeknownst to you,” the security researcher, who requested anonymity to speak about a sensitive security issue, said. “The fact that this third party leaks it freely is icing on the cake. It violates any reasonable expectation of privacy.”
In all, the researcher says at least 100GB of photos are exposed. 404 Media reviewed a smaller sample of photos. They show people at various weddings and engagement parties cheering and drinking. Some photos include children. Others appear to have been taken at a NASA branded event.
“You can attribute the phone numbers to photos of people in some cases. I think the greatest reasonable risk for photo booth users is that it could reveal intimate photos,” the researcher added.
Curator Live’s website says the company “delivers industry-leading enterprise photo and video capture solutions. From photo booth operators to zoos, sports events, attractions, and vacation destinations, we help your brand create unforgettable experiences and lasting memories.”
As for how they found this issue, the researcher said they went to a wedding where the DJ company had a Curator Live photo booth. “The booth was configured to take four or so photos, then printed them out. The machine promoted the user for a phone number to receive digital copies of the photos,” he said.
After reluctantly entering his number, the researcher received a text with a link to Curator Live’s API, he said. From there, he found the exposed data. The company is still exposing people’s data so 404 Media is not explaining the security issue in detail. But the impact is that a stranger could dig through other peoples’ photos.
The researcher shared a copy of his email he sent to Curator Live in November detailing the issue. The researcher said he never received a response. “Fix your shit,” one line read.
Curator Live did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment.
Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their back-end systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download customer pictures.
Screenshot of the Palantir contract, via highergov.com.
