Hackernews posts about polkit

Polkit is an open-source library that provides a framework for controlling access to system services and actions in Unix-like operating systems, allowing administrators to define and enforce policies for user privileges.

Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science (reason.com)

486 points by Bostonian 4 days ago | 990 comments
All political ads running on Google in the US (adstransparency.google.com)

392 points by cellis 29 days ago | 334 comments
Google will stop serving political ads in the EU, including on YouTube (www.engadget.com)

89 points by thunderbong 7 days ago | 107 comments
X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content Whether They Want It or Not (www.wsj.com)

88 points by amadeuspagel 24 days ago | 91 comments
Iconic gun-makers gave sensitive customer information to political operatives (www.propublica.org)

86 points by rbanffy 21 days ago | 101 comments
The Political Afterlife of Paradise Lost (www.newstatesman.com)

59 points by drdee 3 days ago | 15 comments
I Replied 'Stop' to a Political Text Message. I Got 100 More (www.wsj.com)

46 points by pcl 22 days ago | 41 comments
Google CEO forbids political talk after firing 28 over Israeli contract protest (finance.yahoo.com)

27 points by basilgohar 17 days ago | 12 comments
Political bias can subvert your rational thinking [video] (www.youtube.com)

26 points by belorn 18 days ago | 21 comments
Bcachefs technical and political troubles in the kernel (www.patreon.com)

20 points by icefo 1 day ago | 4 comments
Ask HN: Did Elon Musk buy Twitter for a political agenda?

18 points by chirau 20 days ago | 13 comments
Politicians are Jungian symbols, policies are facades (ofthetwodreams.substack.com)

17 points by SherryFraser 16 days ago | 4 comments
Nearly half of Americans think members of the opposing political party are evil (phys.org)

14 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 35 comments
Musk's political tweets appear in X users' feeds whether they want it or not (fortune.com)

13 points by cf100clunk 22 days ago | 2 comments
Trump's Victory Is a Major Win for Elon Musk and Big-Money Politics (www.nytimes.com)

12 points by mitchbob 16 days ago | 6 comments
Politics Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk PAC to stop $1M lottery for voters (www.cnbc.com)

11 points by donsupreme 25 days ago | 6 comments
NYT: Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says (www.nytimes.com)

11 points by janandonly 29 days ago | 2 comments
Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists (www.bbc.com)

10 points by Brajeshwar 19 days ago | 2 comments
U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says (www.nytimes.com)

9 points by yasp 29 days ago | discuss
Italian president tells Musk to quit meddling in Italy's politics (www.reuters.com)

8 points by belter 8 days ago | 1 comments
Be Polite to ChatGPT and Other AIs (www.forbes.com)

7 points by aard 17 days ago | 3 comments
Political betting markets expect to pay out –$450M total on Trump win (www.reuters.com)

6 points by bhouston 16 days ago | 1 comments
Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel's politics (arstechnica.com)

6 points by anticensor 27 days ago | 1 comments
Political Fetishism (grognoscente.substack.com)

6 points by paulpauper 20 days ago | discuss
Politics Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he's withdrawing (www.cnbc.com)

5 points by donsupreme about 20 hours ago | 6 comments
A Political Misdiagnosis (www.nytimes.com)

5 points by hitekker 16 days ago | 2 comments
Party on the Bridge: Political Commissars in the Chinese Navy (quanticle.net)

5 points by cwillu 20 days ago | discuss
Musk's X to undershoot revenue goals from political advertising (www.ft.com)

5 points by cannibalXxx 26 days ago | discuss
Elon Musk's employees don't share his politics (techcentral.co.za)

4 points by unripe_syntax 22 days ago | 3 comments
The Painted Protest: How politics destroyed contemporary art (harpers.org)

4 points by mellosouls 1 day ago | discuss