Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>"But private schools operate largely outside those rules because they haven’t historically received direct taxpayer dollars. Now, as the state moves to spend at least $1 billion over the next two years on private education, lawmakers have imposed almost none of the accountability measures required of the public school system."</p><p><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/13/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/08/13/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrivateSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSchools</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vouchers</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/COI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COI</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/txlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>txlege</span></a></p>
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Winds Of Change = New track alert: Pure musical bliss! - #Music #Popular #Pop #Rock #Music #Song #EndlessWars #Corruption #MisuseOfPower #Accountability #Military #Integrity #Democracy #PublicTrust #Reform #Vigilance #Governance #Political #Transparency #Resources #Future #Freedom #Change #Truth #UnseenBattles #NewHorizon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi411XdUOOk
Voters feel frustrated when public representatives ignore their voices in new water distribution policies. It’s time for leaders to listen! 
#WaterRights Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world
"...FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has launched a series of ad hoc “expert panels” to discuss...topics with physicians and researchers who often have contrarian views and financial interests in the subjects.
Former agency officials worry the meetings are skirting federal rules on conflicts of interests and transparency, while promoting fringe viewpoints that align with those of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."
AP News · FDA shifts from expert advisers to ad hoc panels under Marty MakaryA series of panels convened by the Food and Drug Administration is raising concerns that the agency is skirting federal rules and promoting fringe views about antidepressants and other products. The FDA has more than 30 panels of experts specializing in drugs, vaccines and other products. But increasingly, the agency isn’t calling them. Instead, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is holding ad hoc sessions with outside experts who often have contrarian views and financial interests in the topics under discussion. The meetings have focused on issues of interest to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including depression pills and talc powder.
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@molly0xfff and even if said Person/Company disliked the reporting, unless they're doing #Monero it would be trivial to search and find said details, espechally since they're not some smol retail investor nor darknet drug lord, so yeah...
- That's why "#dusting" as a form of #harrassment is even possible: There is no #privacy with #shitcoins!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gaqhF-wrQ&t=4m48s
https://web.archive.org/web/20230407103343/https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1078
Embracing Distributed Ledger Technologies like DAOs can revolutionize water distribution! They ensure transparency in policies, promote accountability, and empower communities. #WaterEquity #Transparency #Blockchain Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world
VPNs sell themselves as tools of privacy, but Citizen Lab’s new report shows that some of the biggest names in the app stores are doing the opposite. Services like Turbo VPN, VPN Monster, and Snap VPN look independent, but are secretly tied to the same operators and, in some cases, linked to firms with national security concerns. 
The study found these VPNs not only share ownership but also share dangerous practices: weak encryption, outdated protocols, and even a single hard-coded password across apps. That means if one app is compromised, all of them are at risk. And worse, some apps collected user locations while promising not to.
The larger problem is opacity. If consumers can’t tell who runs their VPN or how secure it really is, they’re taking privacy risks blind. App stores like Google Play aren’t doing enough to vet providers or audit security claims. Transparency and accountability need to be the baseline, not the exception.
TL;DR
Hidden VPN ownership
Weak encryption, unsafe protocols
Hard-coded shared passwords
Millions of users exposed
https://hackread.com/citizen-lab-vpn-networks-sharing-ownership-security-flaws/
#VPN #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Transparency #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
Hackread - Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto · Citizen Lab Reports Hidden VPN Networks Sharing Ownership and Security FlawsFollow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread
Victory! Pen-Link's #Police Tools Are Not #Secret
In a victory for #transparency , the government contractor Pen-Link agreed to disclose the prices and descriptions of #surveillance products that it sold to a local #California Sheriff's office.
The settlement ends a months-long California public records lawsuit with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the #SanJoaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
#privacy @eff #PenLink #foia
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/victory-pen-links-police-tools-are-not-secret
Electronic Frontier Foundation · Victory! Pen-Link's Police Tools Are Not SecretThe records disclosed in the settlement show that in late 2023, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office paid $180,000 for a two-year subscription to the Tangles “Web Intelligence Platform,” which is a Cobwebs Technologies product that allows the Sheriff to monitor online activity.
Ah yes, the classic "403 Forbidden" argument that truly elucidates the complexities of electoral processes. 
Apparently, behind this digital velvet rope lies the secret to accurate hand counts. 
If only we could access it... oh wait, we can't. 
https://votingrightslab.org/2024/02/27/ballot-hand-counts-lead-to-inaccuracy/ #403Forbidden #ElectoralProcesses #HandCounts #DigitalAccess #Transparency #HackerNews #ngated
Voting Rights Lab · Ballot Hand Counts Lead to InaccuracyThe growing push in some states to ban electronic tabulation machines and force the hand counting of ballots.
Environmental groups are suing over a clandestine climate-skeptic report, secretly used to reverse U.S. greenhouse-gas rules, bypassing transparency. #ClimateJustice #Transparency #EPA https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/groups-sue-trump-agencies-using-secret-report-reverse-core-us-climate-rules-2025-08-13/
