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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's the opposite. On Mastadon you can make a new account on a better server ie mods more aligned with you. On bluesky if you make a new account and say a similar bannable thing again you'll be banned again.

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We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected (sh.itjust.works)
 

We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected by the current legislation and are gaoled instead.

"As an ADF lawyer, McBride was a respected expert on the rules of engagement, and he also taught the PID Act to soldiers."

Paul Gregoire explains the David McBride case in the below article, extensively quoting McBride's lawyer Eddie Lloyd https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/mcbrides-appeal-is-in-jeopardy-as-the-respected-lawyer-needs-finances-to-fund-it/

How to access WikiLeaks data in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Go to https://wikileaks.org and enter a keyword into the search bar.

Is there any good private messenger at all? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Conversations for android is an example of a good XMPP client.

Assange's first speech since 2018 streaming live tomorrow! - PACE hearing on Julian Assange's detention and conviction and their chilling effects on human rights in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yea, nah...

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The protocol is worse for privacy

'Trust me bro'

The problem is, you're comparing apples with orchards. Analogous would be: 'email is worse for privacy than yahoomail'. Plus in this scenario yahoomail only lets you send emails to yahoomail addresses.

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Phone numbers are no longer required iirc

Phone numbers are still required to register and maintain an account. Only difference now is you can choose to hide it from other users and give people a 'username' to look you up with instead.

Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Matrix and XMPP are not alternatives and are worse for privacy and security

XMPP is exactly as good or bad for privacy as the servers and clients you choose. It's a protocol, not a service. Unlike Signal, which is a brand/app/service package.

100 days too long! Free McBride. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Mate, come on... Why would you say such a libellous thing about my 'countrymen' (and -women)? Nobody likes serial killers and mass murderers. And what we loathe even more is corrupt top brass and politicians washing their hands of their responsibility in the war crimes. All we want is to live our lives in peace but we keep getting dragged into bloody wars by our [censored]* foreign partner and puppet politicians.

*this information I gather lives on 'documents in the safe' which were scooped away from the court and the judge's eyes due to 'national security' concerns.

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100 days too long! Free McBride. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Today, the 22nd of August 2024, marks 100 days since army lawyer David McBride was imprisoned in Canberra for exposing war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan.

David stood up for truth and integrity, yet now he endures death threats and solitary confinement, while those responsible remain free.

This is not how we should treat our whistleblowers in Australia! ⚖️

Demand justice! 📢 Take Action:

  • Contact Mark Dreyfus or your local MP today to express your support for David.

  • Create and share a social media post or a short video using the hashtag #SpeakUp4McBride to spread the word.

  • Donate to support David’s legal appeal to help get him out of jail: https://chuffed.org/project/davidmcbride

  • Hang the provided poster in a high-visibility location, take a photo, and share it online to encourage others to join the movement.

  • 👍 Like, 💬 comment, and ↪️ share this message!

#FreeMcBride. #Justice4Afghanistan.

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. in c/weirdnews
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, so where is the collusion with a foreign power in the Manning publications? Tell me, which charges did they drop that alleged espionage, rather than talking to a source and publishing information?

Again, Assange pleaded guilty to journalism. Your Espionage Act criminalises encouraging sources and publishing info about war crimes.

Russia is now doing the same thing to a US journalist for the WSJ, accusing him of being a spy.

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. in c/weirdnews
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Someone hasn't read the plea deal...

You do realise that his source, Manning, is American. It's the Manning leaks he was prosecuted for. There is no mention of collusion with any country in the indictment or plea.

She exposed how the nation's poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail. in c/weirdnews
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Assange pleaded guilty to journalism. You should change your Espionage Act so that talking to a source like journalists do all the time doesn't land people in prison. Tyvm, the world.

Assange: guilty of journalism in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

While we're at it, free Dan Duggan, imprisoned on behalf of the US with no local charges, awaiting extradition accused of something that isn't even a crime here.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (sh.itjust.works)
 

Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

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Assange: guilty of journalism (sh.itjust.works)
 

Distinguished journalist and publisher Julian Assange is free and finally home, but he spent 13 years in detention, of which over 5 years in a high security prison before being sentenced to time served. The empire's clutches reach far and wide. Australia and the United Kingdom accept the US' jurisdictional overreach. The precedent set by his decade and a half of persecution and torture will have lasting consequences for our right to speak and hear of US government crimes. Julian was coerced to plead guilty to the crime of journalism as criminalised by the Espionage Act (1917) even as he believes it is in contradiction with the First Amendment of the US constitution. Today we celebrate Julian's return home to us. Tomorrow we declare our independence.

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Israel and US have lost | The West Report (www.youtube.com)
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Our friend is going to jail. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

Video by Boy Boy, features David McBride, Afghanistan war crimes whistleblower.

update: David was sentented and put in prison on Tue 14 May. 5 years and 8 months prison, of which a non-parole period until mid-August 2026.

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David McBride vs Goliath: chapter infinity minus 5000: sentencing. Come to Canberra Supreme Court May 14, 8am rally. #operation500 (sh.itjust.works)
 

-> ALT: a Poster incl a picture of David with a x drawn over his mouth.

MISSING

THE LONELY WARRIOR

WANTED

FOR HUNTING GENERALS

WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOULD GET REWARDS NOT JAIL

WHERE'S HURLEY?

14TH MAY 2024 SUPREME COURT ACT

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David McBride vs Goliath in a nutshell (sh.itjust.works)
 

-> Alt text:

David vs Goliath in a nutshell:

Government: 'he stole [newspeak for copied] information but we can't tell you what it is, so we took it off his lawyers and put it in a safe. We'll all refer to it as the docs in the safe.'

Judiciary: 'oh, ok, np!'

Defence Department Whistleblower: 'Those docs showed what I believed to be leadership misconduct. I have no defence now; I plead guilty.'

6 months later...

Government: 'Please jail him with non-parole period'

Judiciary: 'lemme think about this for another week 🤔'

-> end alt-text

-> https://twitter.com/BeeDemocracy/status/1787773353438413019

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