Politics, tech, and philosophy.https://astra.buzz/https://astra.buzz/posts/federal-voter-purges-are-being-scaled-up-before-the-midterms/https://astra.buzz/posts/federal-voter-purges-are-being-scaled-up-before-the-midterms/The Trump administration is trying to build a federal voter purge machine before the midterms. Reuters reported this week that voting rights groups have sued the Justice Department over its demand…Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/trumps-doj-is-putting-the-anti-hate-movement-on-trial/https://astra.buzz/posts/trumps-doj-is-putting-the-anti-hate-movement-on-trial/The Trump administration is not just indicting the Southern Poverty Law Center. It is trying to teach every anti-hate group in America a lesson.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/immigration-court-is-being-packed-to-industrialize-deportation/https://astra.buzz/posts/immigration-court-is-being-packed-to-industrialize-deportation/When the White House starts bragging that the president has "replaced activist judges" and that there will be "no more activist judges shielding criminal illegals", you do not need to squint to see…Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/oracle-ai-layoffs/https://astra.buzz/posts/oracle-ai-layoffs/Oracle would like you to believe this is what the future costs. I think it looks a lot more like a billionaire's infrastructure binge financed with other people's rent money.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/google-ice-surveillance/https://astra.buzz/posts/google-ice-surveillance/A Cornell Ph.D. student briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest at a campus career fair in September 2024. Months later, Homeland Security Investigations, the intelligence arm of ICE, subpoenaed…Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/how-the-doj-is-unwinding-the-january-6-convictions/https://astra.buzz/posts/how-the-doj-is-unwinding-the-january-6-convictions/Trump already pardoned or commuted the January 6 defendants he cared about. Now his Justice Department wants the record cleaned up too.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/orban-lost-because-maga-politics-fails-when-people-have-to-live-under-it/https://astra.buzz/posts/orban-lost-because-maga-politics-fails-when-people-have-to-live-under-it/Viktor Orbán finally lost, and the American right should be forced to stare at that result until the fantasy wears off.Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/save-act-voter-suppression/https://astra.buzz/posts/save-act-voter-suppression/The SAVE Act keeps making headlines, and it should. It is a brutal piece of work that would strip millions of Americans of their right to vote. But if you only focus on the SAVE Act, you miss the…Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/meta-sold-ai-glasses/https://astra.buzz/posts/meta-sold-ai-glasses/People bought Meta's AI glasses thinking they were buying a little bit of the future.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/if-tiktok-can-read-your-dms/https://astra.buzz/posts/if-tiktok-can-read-your-dms/TikTok told the BBC it will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages because it thinks encryption would make people "less safe." The thing that keeps hackers, the company, and governments out…Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://astra.buzz/posts/any-lawful-use/https://astra.buzz/posts/any-lawful-use/When the Pentagon tells AI companies it will only work with vendors who agree to "any lawful use," that's the leverage play. It forces the vendor to pre-approve future uses (surveillance, targeting,…Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT