New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online
I mean the real issue is that bodily autonomy is a threat to the abuse and control model of government, society and capitalism
but they can't articulate that but that IS what they are scared of
Data brokers &Big Tech can do almost anything they want with our personal info. These practices endanger all of us!
Join our friends at @aclum.bsky.social in pressuring lawmakers to put the safety of the public over Big Tech profit 👇
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These attacks, like all phishing, rely on social engineering. Attackers impersonate trusted contacts or services (such as the non-existent “Signal Support Bot”) to trick victims into handing over their login credentials or other information. 3/7
NO NO NO YOU DON’T
GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA
federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL
tell everyone you know
www.freetaxusa.com
me 🤝 Proton's comms person
explaining that you cannot simply decide a court order doesn't apply to you just because you don't like it
You can use this tool to contact your lawmakers: badinternetbills.com
Yes, Proton has a VPN. And, as others in this thread have stated, Proton isn't really the problem. In fact, Proton accepts cash. (As does other good VPN options, like Mulvad.) Using that option would have prevented payment info from being in Proton's systems, and available to the Swiss gov.
Worried about the feds getting your payment info from Proton?
Proton has free accounts, and accepts cash for paid tier accounts. 💵
Tldr: You payment info isn't safe. Proton accepts cash. Do that.
A gray shorthair cat at the moment of release upside down, with its tongue out looking derpy
A new paper on falling cat science came out and I just have to draw people's attention to this image
NEW: Contractors for Meta say they've been tasked with reviewing smart glasses footage in order to train the company's AI.
The contractors say they've seen videos showing wearers having sex, undressing & using the bathroom.
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My new Strange Horizons essay is up! With a deliberately provocative title!
WHY ALL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ARE HISTORIANS
Yes, *all*
And, no, it isn't just for the reason you think...
I've been working toward this one for a while, very excited to share it!
The first time I tried it out I discovered it had all the software I needed for the project I was working on just ready to go - so thoughtful!
Tails OS is pretty darn cool and more folks should know about it
New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...
[deep sigh] Section 230 doesn’t immunize platforms for violations of federal criminal laws.
I am no friend of platforms. But Section 230 is key to enabling *users’* ability to freely impart and receive information. Look up any number of articles explaining the “moderator’s dilemma.”
Beauty is not in and of itself resistance and there are fascistic and police modes of beauty, but any beauty that falls outside the profitable, the ordained, the dominant is an affront to them, a fearful sign of a world without them
do this to your wolf friends
Anthropic is not your friend, but OpenAI is your enemy
This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data"
This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11
DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org!
Enjoy 🧊🔨 ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...
I just threw together a website visualizing this ICE contract data! You can browse through the companies and their contracts, and filter them by state micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts/
The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it
we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
“How many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?" June Jordan, 1984
If you're looking for a summary of the Anthropic/DoD public debate & the safety, legal & ethical issues @jessicadorsey.bsky.social @elkeschwarz.bsky.social @profbode.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social & I summarised the debate in our @opiniojuris.bsky.social article 👇🏼
opiniojuris.org/2026/02/26/t...
What a wonderful time. I walked a mile in like 20" of snow to my friend's apt in Davis where 30 people holed up all cozy, baking cookies and working from laptops. We went sledding the middle of the night. I did not see the Somerville Yeti, but he was out there.
Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
