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U.S. Postmaster General Louis #DeJoy’s Thursday announcement that the independent United States #Postal #Service is partnering with the Department of Government Efficiency on a cost-cutting crusade that includes a
🔥planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that one of America’s most trusted and relied-upon federal agencies is on a path toward #privatization.
In a letter to congressional leaders, DeJoy said #DOGE will help the USPS “in identifying and achieving further efficiencies.”
The postal chief listed “mismanagement” of the agency’s #retirement #assets and workers’ compensation program,
“unfunded mandates imposed on us by legislation,” and “burdensome regulatory requirements restricting 'normal' business practice” as issues to be addressed.
commondreams.org/news/dejoy-do

Common Dreams · Alarm as DeJoy Teams Up With DOGE to Gut US Postal Service | Common DreamsOne Democratic congresswoman called the partnership "a blatant move toward privatization."

Europe’s powerful tool against #Russia? Seizing its frozen #assets - theguardian.com/business/2025/ "Russia should not be allowed to claim that the assets are legally protected at a time when it is shredding the rule of law and freely confiscating western assets within its own jurisdiction" do it now

The Guardian · Europe’s powerful tool against Russia? Seizing its frozen assetsBy Joseph Stiglitz
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@energyecon🧵

"The degree to which a borrower/investor institution can leverage additional finance (debt) depends almost entirely on the value of the asset or collateral that backs the borrowing."

"Big Government interventions in transforming industries and economies, have a long history": annpettifor.substack.com/p/big

System Change · Big Government & The Threat of Stranded AssetsBy Ann Pettifor
#cars#money#finance

Para este año, voy a intentar hacer packs de assets para las stores de unity, itchio, unreal, etc...

Aun es un work in progress, pero he tenido la idea de fotografiar todos los graffitis de mi pueblo, limpiarlos y extraerlos para convertirlos en stencils para materiales 3D o para hacer pinceles en programas de edición de imagen : )
De momento tengo cerca de 130 fotos de paredes con todo lo que he creido rescatable, así que sacaré como 300 stencils o más.
#Assets #blender

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(19/N) Let's now turn to the third question of the #ThreatModelingManifesto:

3. What are you going to do about it?

It pays to first establish a few contraints for what you can do, in theory, by #classifying your #assets. Again, for an individual human being, opposed to organizations or companies, it's nearly impossible to impose principles like #ZeroTrust or #NeedToKnow on personal relationships, the closer they get.

So, avoid recycling terms from popular, but less intuitive schemes: Fanciful intelligence labels like “top secret”, “confidential”, or “unclassified” do not tell you what goes into the respective box, and how to handle access to it.

Add another column to your assets spreadsheet, label it "Classification", and pick a more human-centered approach for its values, like:

  • For Your Eyes Only (FYEO)
  • Intimate
  • None Of Your Business (NOYB)
  • Shared
  • Public

Let's briefly go through these suggestions:

For Your Eyes Only (FYEO)

Assets that are only accessible to, and controlled by nobody but you, because they need to be resilient, even in the face of the closest of your close people misbehaving. Preferably, these assets are kept publicly undetectable and unknown. When you are gone, these assets will be gone, too. FYEO does not make a good default class, though.

Start of this thread:
mastodon.de/@tuxwise/113503228

MastodonDEtuxwise (@tuxwise@mastodon.de)(1/N) With more challenging times ahead, the #4D​s will become more important, too: ✋ **Defend** your boundaries: know what matters to you, and properly safeguard it – instead of being an alert-driven option tinkerer. 🪪 **Define** yourself: use multiple identities that focus on a single purpose each – instead of having everything you do, have and think linked back directly to you. 👑 **Decide** like a sovereign: get to know your needs, and what meets them best – instead of sacrificing them to the interests of others. 🌐 **Dwell** the space: seek community, practice solidarity and citizenship – instead of being beaten a little later than others, in a glorious bunker. In the future, I'll post a few ideas and suggestions based on the 4Ds. BTW, I have dropped the adjective "#digital" from my vocabulary. There is no more separate "digital sphere" or "cyberspace" that wasn't part of our everyday lives. #privacy #security #anonymity