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Zhi Zhu 🕸️Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten ‘interruption of benefits,'... <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/social-security-has-never-missed-a-payment-doge-actions-threaten-interruption-of-benefits-ex-agency-head-says/3686242/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/social-security-has-never-missed-a-payment-doge-actions-threaten-interruption-of-benefits-ex-agency-head-says/3686242/</a>"recent actions at the US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialSecurity</a> Admn by Elon Musk's so-called <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> are putting monthly benefit checks for more than 72.5 million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> at risk..."Ultimately, you're going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits," O'Malley said. "I believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️DOGE Is Not Here to Help With Your TaxesThe financial <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> of millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> is at risk as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> and his "team" bring their unlawful breaches of privacy to the IRS <a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/doge-is-not-here-to-help-with-your" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://contrarian.substack.com/p/doge-is-not-here-to-help-with-your</a>"the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> Act and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRS</a> tax privacy laws were enacted in the 1970s...If a private sector <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accounting</a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tax</a> preparation firm behaved this way, they would (rightly) get dragged into <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#court</a> by their customers."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Say what this is: a coup. <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/say-what-it-is-a-coup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://robertreich.substack.com/p/say-what-it-is-a-coup</a>"Elon Musk’s meddling into the machinery of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> is a part of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> & his muskrats have no legal right to break into the... sensitive <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> systems they’re invading...<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> have entrusted our private information to professional civil servants who are bound by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> to use it only for the purposes to which it is intended. In the wrong hands... it could be used to control or mislead Americans."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Pete Orrall<a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@flexghost</a> All <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> need to be disgusted by this. The blatant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a> which saturates our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#justice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#system</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> has been on full display the moment <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DirtbagDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DirtbagDon</a> stepped into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a>. Unfortunately, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#damage</a> has been done, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#confidence</a> has been lost, and there's no undo. Once this raging <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asshole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#asshole</a> is sworn in, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unhinged</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insanity</a> will <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reign</a> again.The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unitedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unitedstates</a> used to be the beacon of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hope</a> for many people. Now it's just the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punchline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#punchline</a> to any number of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jokes</a>.

h o ʍ l e t t→ U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694</a>“The hacking campaign, nicknamed SaltTyphoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in US history, and it has not yet been fully remediated.”“Privacy advocates have long advocated using end-to-end encrypted E2EE apps.” *sigh*👇<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#encrypted</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cyberattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberattack</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SaltTyphoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaltTyphoon</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a>

Pete OrrallThis nation's descent into the deepest cesspools of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> has commenced.While not surprising, the devastation our country will now experience will, undoubtedly, set us back generations. Given the red wave (more like red tide), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americans</a> prefer a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demented</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corrupt</a> bumbling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogynistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misogynistic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiot</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitesupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whitesupremacist</a> than a highly intelligent and well-qualified <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bipoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bipoc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woman</a>. Welcome to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#america</a>. We are so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/turbofucked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turbofucked</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dirtbagdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dirtbagdon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#election</a>

Pete Orrall<a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@flexghost</a> The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascist</a> message is loud and proud from these <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#assholes</a>. My greatest <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fear</a> is that too many people are unable to recognize it.At this stage, anyone who still supports <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> has willfully abandoned both their conscience and any/all capacities for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#empathy</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compassion</a>. They have chosen to accept and live a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delusional</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/divisive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#divisive</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reality</a> where, quite bluntly, anyone who doesn't share their beliefs is the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enemy</a>.The number of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#people</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corporations</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#religious</a> groups, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#organizations</a> willing to throw massive amounts of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#money</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#support</a> behind Trump and this <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maga</a> movement is simply staggering. We, as <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americans</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a>, are living in critically <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dangerous</a> time. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> is repeating itself in real time yet too many people are incapable of recognizing it and/or don't care.

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a>Use your heart *and* your mindSome of you, your heart is in the right place, but your mind is AWOL- you are being controlled via your emotions to move against your own interests<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Ben Royce 🇺🇦<a href="https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Heliograph</a>a 2 party system is locked in by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FPTP</a> voting. 3rd parties can never win: duverger's lawcurrently, a 3rd party vote destroys interests adjacent to your own. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americans</a> : *never vote 3rd party today*but we want stable viable 3rd parties. we get that with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedchoicevoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rankedchoicevoting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rcv</a> / preferential votingrcv is slowly creeping in, mostly spearheaded by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a>so who are you going to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vote</a> for if you want robust 3rd parties?learn from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#australia</a> :<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleyX4oMCgM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bleyX4oMCgM</a>

matdevdugA lot of <a href="https://c.im/tags/americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americans</a> are nervous when traveling to <a href="https://c.im/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#europe</a>. They’re worried about being judged or whatever. As someone who just waited in line with a ton of American tourists, here’s the number 1 thing you can do to stand out less in Europe. Stop scream talking. The volume Americans talk at is frightening. Try whispering, then go like one step above that. That’s normal talking. If I can hear your entire conversation from 10 feet away, that’s too loud. Need to make a phone call? Put the phone up to your ear and talk into it at that one step above whisper volume. Never ever ever put the person on speaker and then scream into the bottom of your phone. My jaw dropped as not one but two people coming to Denmark from California started doing this inside of a coffee shop. Not old people, people in their 20s. Never fucking do this anywhere. For any reason. Unless your hands are like trapped by a car wreck and it is the only way to talk to emergency services. It’s not just rude it’s downright offensive. I cannot have a normal volume conversation with an employee because you are screaming about what bar you are going to. <a href="https://c.im/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tips</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vacation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vacation</a>

David B. HimselfOh no, somebody made me tap the sign again. Time to republish an oldie but a goodie from a previous instance : Dear American people, This is your semi-regular reminder that <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Americans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> are not the only people using the internet and that the <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/UnitedStates" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> - as lovely as it sometimes is - is not the only country in the world or on the internet. Actually, for the first time in the history of <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a>, you're probably not even the majority here, on the <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>. This is a great learning opportunity. So, a few tips: - Beginner level: Normalize using "Americans" instead of "we," using "the <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/US" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>" instead of "here" (it's "there" for us), the name of the place you're talking about instead of "there" (it could be "here" for us), and the name of the people you're talking about instead of "they" (which sometimes sounds a bit derogatory, as if you didn't really care about other people... you care, right?) It does make a difference. - Intermediate level: When you talk about something happening in the US, do not assume and express yourself as if the United States was the default country and as if everyone understands the context of what's happening. Background information helps. Contextualization is gold. Once again, just adding "in the US" when you talk about something makes a world of a difference. - Advanced level: Try to talk about other things than just American things. Open yourself to the rest of the world, and learn about it. It's an awesome place. And, in my opinion, the Fediverse is the perfect tool to interact with people from many other countries (you also could do that on your previous social media of choice, but I understand that it was easier to stay in your cultural bubble back then). - Expert level: Try to use the metric system... No, I'm joking here. I know you can't. You get a free pass for this one. You can still keep on measuring in refrigerators, or watermelons, depending on the scale. Well, maybe, just maybe, when you talk about temperatures, adding an "F" (or a "C" if you can) would help a bit. Thank you for your understanding and your efforts. If you have any questions, we're here to help. Love, The Fediverse and the World, and me, your friend, DavidB. Edit/Update/PS: Some people are commenting that "Americans" are not just people from the US. It's true. However, it is also the official English name of the citizens of the United States. Polysemy exists and is not a rare thing. It's not an issue when there is context. I think there is plenty of context here. 🙂

Voron<a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> kinda need more <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> to get louder in support of <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libraries</a> Ebooks cost basically nothing to produce per unit, it’s all on the shoulders of the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> & their team

DavidB🍥Dear <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Americans</a> of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>, you have a wonderful opportunity that is rarely granted to you. For the first time, you're in an online public space that is not American, that is not centered around the US, and as I'm typing this, a place where the majority of users are not Americans. You can open yourselves to the world as you've rarely been able to before.So please, stop expressing yourselves like the US is the default country here and that most users are Americans. We're not. Love.

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