A 25-Year-Old Is Writing Backdoors Into The Treasury’s $6 Trillion Payment System. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Techdirt

Just months after we learned Chinese hackers had compromised US telecom systems through government-mandated backdoors, an inexperienced developer from Musk’s DOGE unit is pushing untested code directly into the Treasury’s payment infrastructure — a system that handles over $6 trillion in federal payments annually. It seems reasonable to call it one of the most dangerous…
— Read on www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/a-25-year-old-is-writing-backdoors-into-the-treasurys-6-trillion-payment-system-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/

California city [Fremont] wants to make it illegal to aid, abet a homeless camp – CalMatters

The move is alarming California activists who worry they could be placed in the ordinance’s crosshairs for helping their homeless neighbors.
— Read on calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/02/fremont-ordinance-aid-abet/

2/1/2025 SWC press release

Columbia University proposes cutting incoming PhD cohorts in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by up to 65%, according to faculty sources. Columbia University’s austerity measure furthers its ongoing divestment from its educational mission to maximize revenue from fossil fuels, military weapons, and Columbia’s real estate empire.

— Read on docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTcobK8i9hTMHxr7JOXsfB9GnfL7W7_pzLeAdSBU95T11vLAbnk7JLU3k1mrGtkILzfzsKiOik22-w7/pub

Ukraine’s military urges tough response after attacks on draft officers | Reuters

Ukraine’s army chief condemned a spate of violent attacks on draft officers, rallying in defence of a national call-up effort that has fuelled anger among some Ukrainians and struggled to generate sufficient frontline manpower.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-military-urges-tough-response-after-attacks-draft-officers-2025-02-03/