That means unborn fetuses, very young #calves, and any #dolphins they deem "unfit" are excluded from the tally. These lives — many torn from their mothers — vanish without acknowledgement. Discarded with no thought or respect.
This isn’t just a numbers issue. It’s about #transparency, #ethics, and #accountability. Every life taken should count. But in the #Faroes, many don’t.
#DOGE affiliates Kenneth Jackson & Nate Cavanaugh “disabled & restricted access to the Institute's #FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, & restricted the use of Institute financial resources.”
#law #Trump #Musk #transparency #FreedomOfInformationAct
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-13/secret-service-still-probing-james-comey-s-86-47-instagram-post
Many users report #GitHub shadowbanning accounts — making repos & profiles invisible to others without notice. New accounts often flagged automatically, sometimes requiring #phone or ID verification to regain access. This opaque system disrupts legitimate work and social logins, with poor support and unclear appeal processes. #Transparency and better user communication are urgently needed to fix these harmful automated bans. #Shadowban
https://gitlab.aiursoft.cn/anduin/anduinos-home/-/merge_requests/11#note_19758
Attribution is hard, Thursday edition...
NEW by me: A guilty plea in the PowerSchool case still leaves unanswered questions
#PowerSchool #hack #extortion #attribution #transparency #incidentresponse
…the local ecosystem.
And now the real kick in the crotch - Bumblebee colonies produced and traded for pollination services are ‘disposed of’ after 8 weeks.
The industry recommended procedure:
Wait until evening until all the the workers have returned from foraging to…
11/14
#bees
#horticulture
#nature
#bumblebees
#food
#transparency
Almost one year later, U.S. Dermatology Partners is still not being very transparent about their 2024 breach:
Judge #Xinis GRANTS a motion by #news organizations to unseal certain records in the #KilmarAbregoGarcia case. Some remain under seal. Some will be unsealed with redactions. Some will be unsealed without redactions.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.180.0.pdf
Ransomware group Gunra claims to have exfiltrated 450 million patient records from American Hospital Dubai.:
To make matters worse, AHD communicated about the breach and their incident response while the attackers still had access.
#databreach #ransomware #healthsec #cybersecurity #transparency #incidentresponse #Gunra
Warning over loophole as #ReformUK open crypto donations
Anti-corruption organisation Transparency International warned that “integrity of our #democratic process” is at risk unless the UK Govt brings in reforms.
#Transparency campaigners have warned that “unlimited anonymous donations” could flow into UK politics as #cryptocurrency adoption grows.
It comes as #ReformUK have announced they will begin accepting donations in cryptocurrency.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25203859.warning-loophole-reform-uk-opens-crypto-donations/
Bradford Health Systems detected abnormal network activity in December 2023. They first sent out breach notices this week.
#government #finance #spreadsheets #transparency #OpenSource
'Now, users will only have to download an Excel template, input their financial data and upload it to the online tool. The tool will convert the information using eXtensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL, a royalty-free, open source international framework that communicates financial data on the internet.'
How state and local governments in the United States use Federal secrecy measures, harming transparency and accountability
Behind CloudFlare: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-podcast-christina-koningisor-secrecy-creep
"The decision is purportedly based on concerns about operational security. But the #Pentagon Press Corps has had access to non-secured, unclassified spaces in the Pentagon for decades, under Republican & Democratic administrations, including in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, without any concern about #OpSec from #DoD leadership," the stmnt said.
#Hegseth called the protection of #classified national #intelligence information & operational security "an unwavering imperative for the Department” [not in this admin].
The #Pentagon Press Association, a membership organization representing the interests of the #press corps covering the US #military, said the new rules appeared to be a "direct attack on the freedom of the press."
GO & book your (free) seat: https://pretix.eu/passthesalt/2025/
Program discovery continues with our #Transparency session 
- Philippe Boneff & Roger Ng from Google will present us next gen #transparency logs engine Tessera & TesseraCT along RFC6962 evolution, Static CT API. + insights on real life deployments directly from the devs 
- Usage of #transparency for online archiving by The terrible archivist! 
- Thibault Meunier from Cloudflare will introduce us with Key Transparency technology, its usage at scale and standardization progress at IETF & C2SP 
program: https://cfp.pass-the-salt.org/pts2025/schedule/
July 1 to 3, 2025 
Lille, FR
Relays appreciated 
Ecosystem Mapping For Carbon Credit Schemes
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https://ethicalgeo.org/ecosystem-mapping-for-carbon-credit-schemes/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.northernkenyacommunitycarbon.org/where-we-work <-- shared link to case study, Northern Kenyan Rangelands Carbon project
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https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i74265 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #carboncredit #carboncreditmarket #Kenya #NorthernKenyaRangelands #CarbonProject #rangelands #geoethics #bloodcarbon #EthicalGEO #carbonsequestration #spatialanalysis #ethics #ethical #grassland #communityconsent #businessinterests #economics #business #transparency #indigenous #landrights #localcommunities # #commodity #commoditisation #ecology #ecosystems #management #planning
In March, #Musk’s personal lawyers said in a court filing that he’s “in charge of Establishing & Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency..”
They then linked to the executive order creating the U.S. #DOGE Service, which Solicitor General #JohnSauer now says Musk is “not part of.”
Solicitor General #JohnSauer has now officially told #SCOTUS that #ElonMusk is “not part of” the U.S. #DOGE Service.
#Trump described Musk’s role on Feb 19 as follows: “I signed an order creating [DOGE] & put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
#Trump / #PamBondi #DOJ runs to #SCOTUS [AGAIN] over #DOGE-related #FOIA case, seeking to keep DOGE records from the public.
Docket No. 24A1122
U.S. Doge Service, et al., Applicants
v.
Center for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington [#CREW]
#law #transparency #accountability
Docket:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docket/docketfiles/html/public%5C24a1122.html
#Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
Telegram gave authorities the data on 22,777 of its users in the first three months of 2025, according to a GitHub that reposts Telegram’s #transparency reports.That number is a massive jump from the same period in 2024, which saw Telegram turn over data on only 5,826 of its users to authorities. From January 1 to March 31, Telegram sent over the data of 1,664 users in the U.S.
#privacy #tracking #security
https://www.404media.co/telegram-gave-authorities-data-on-more-than-20-000-users/
Greg Cocks 