The Kansas Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs has introduced SB 6, which would ban ranked choice voting in the state. No jurisdiction in Kansas currently uses ranked choice voting. Here is the text. … Continue reading →
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This year’s edition of the Free and Open
Source Software Developers’ European Meeting (FOSDEM) begins on
February 1 in Brussels. The event is widely regarded as one of
the most important open-source conferences. One of the reasons that
FOSDEM is held in high esteem by the community is its non-commercial
nature. It does accept sponsors, but
sponsorships come with few perks and no “pay-for-play” speaking
slots. Thus, the scheduling of a keynote by Jack
Dorsey—primarily known for his role in co-founding Twitter, and
currently CEO and chairman of FOSDEM sponsor Block, Inc.—raised eyebrows and led to plans for a protest. The
keynote has since been removed from the schedule, but there are still
a number of lingering questions.
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The expansion of technological tools in immigration enforcement represents a dramatic shift in how the United States government approaches border security and the management of undocumented populations. Agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have amassed an arsenal of cutting-edge technologies that include real-time tracking devices, data analytics systems, and biometric tools. These advancements have not only reshaped the operational landscape of immigration enforcement, but they have also raised significant concerns about privacy, civil liberties, and the ethical implications of mass surveillance. This arsenal is unprecedented in scope. A detailed review by the New York Times of nearly 15,000 federal contracts revealed that since 2020, the federal government…