Di Luong's Avatar

Di Luong

@fourthletter

I am my ancestors' wildest dream, and probably their worse nightmare.

111
Followers
100
Following
5
Posts
27.07.2023
Joined
Posts Following

Latest posts by Di Luong @fourthletter

Video thumbnail

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world.

To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧡‡️

24.04.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 13
Preview
URGENT: Stand with AmeriCorps now! AmeriCorps -- the community service agency of the American people -- is being dismantled by Elon Musk and DOGE. We are AmeriCorps staff, alumni, and supporters of its important mission of service to A...

JOIN US: We stand with the 748 young AmeriCorps NCCC service members thrown into jeopardy by DOGE/Musk yesterday. We will not let them stand alone with no employment and no housing, their service cut short just a month before graduation. Will you join us? 🧡
actionnetwork.org/forms/urgent...

16.04.2025 17:51 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Are implying US egg policies are not un oeuf?

13.04.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
A Threat Model for Opposing Authoritarianism Hi friends – The morning after the presidential election in November, I jolted awake in a panic. A thought was blaring in my brain: β€œMy threat model is...

So @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I began interviewing foreign dissidents, domestic activists, and scholars who study pro-democracy movements.

We asked them what we needed to know about how to stay safe while opposing authoritarianism.

Here’s what we found:
buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...

12.04.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 13
Post image

to AI or not to AI

21.11.2024 17:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The surveillance state suppresses NGOs and networks which address social discontents in a constructive manner. Now individual grievance takes form in random attacks targeting the weak ones.

20.11.2024 04:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
International Digital Dialogues Conference – Shaping digital policy together - Digital Dialogues

More info on the conference can be found here: digital-dialogues.net/en/events/de...

20.11.2024 11:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This starter pack has a whole bunch of public interest tech folks (including yours truly) that work on making things a little better every day. Highly recommended . go.bsky.app/MP12ryM

19.11.2024 07:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook – The Markup The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive data

The Markup has done incredible work on this. Also, doesn’t matter If person has FB accountβ€”they collect it anyway. themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2...

25.08.2023 17:53 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores Gizmodo's tests find the College Board website shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other information with Facebook and TikTok via tracking pixels. The College Board has a years-long history of sharing and se...

β€œTests by Gizmodo found if you use some of the handy tools promoted by College Board’s website, the organization sends details about your SAT scores, GPA, and other data to Facebook, TikTok, and a variety of companies.” gizmodo.com/sat-college-...

25.08.2023 12:57 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 26
Post image

Even my horoscope doesn't buy into the AI hype

03.09.2023 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do we still say β€˜tweet’ or is it β€˜xeet’ now?

28.07.2023 13:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

hate to break it to you, but putting the word "responsible" in front of your tool/"AI" DOES NOT make your tool or "AI" responsible

27.07.2023 14:51 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Reporting a bug Fixing a bug

27.07.2023 03:12 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0