Stop New York’s Attack on 3D Printing

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Rory Mir & Nathan Sheard

“New York’s proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware — software that surveils every print for forbidden designs. This policy would also create felony charges for possessing or sharing certain design files. The vote on the state budget could happen as early as next week, so New Yorkers need to act fast and demand that their Assemblymembers and Senators strip this provision from the budget.” (04/16/26)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/stop-new-yorks-attack-3d-printing

Thomas L. Knapp

Hungary Defeated Authoritarianism and So Can We

Source: Waging Nonviolence
by Daniel Hunter

“On Sunday night, the streets of Budapest were filled. Tens of thousands of Hungarians poured into the streets along the Danube River, singing folk songs and waving flags celebrating the end of Viktor Orbán’s rule. A young man named Mark Szekeres, his face painted with the colors of the Hungarian flag, told CBC News: ‘This election was about a clash of civilizations. Either you belong in a Western-type democracy or an Eastern-type dictatorship.’ For 16 years, Orbán controlled the country as the classic strongman. Orbán’s electoral defeat was sound—so much so that he conceded defeat before all the votes were counted. Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party captured more than 53% of the vote and approximately 136 of 199 parliamentary seats, a supermajority decisive enough to undo the constitution and other laws that Orbán rewrote. The turnout alone was a verdict: nearly 80% of all eligible voters.” (04/16/26)

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2026/04/lessons-from-playbook-defeated-viktor-orban-hungary/

Steve Trinward