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aeva.online
former open source software security lead at CISA. vibes: smól spoon, big brain, very gé. all opinions 💯 mine. @aevavoom on Xitter
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me in 2009: ah social media may be helpful for protests. let's study it me in 2025: oh

We told you. It was never really about sports, or kids, or bathrooms…

"It is no exaggeration to say this will kill people—mainly people who are elderly, disabled and/or poor. Society’s most vulnerable sit in the crosshairs of our nation’s wealthiest people who have absolutely everything, but somehow always want more."

Our democracy was not prepared for the gamergate’ing of Congress — or of republicans by their own leadership, no less.

In this age of AI bot scraping, there’s a new rule: If data is publicly accessible even for a few minutes — assume it’ll live on the internet for years.

Thanks so much to @watchcatsshow.bsky.social for having me! Listen, I’ve never bragged about being an auditor in my life but I am one, and what’s happening at USG is no audit. Listen to us talk about what is happening with DOGE in terms of cybersecurity. And get a lil spicy.

If you have paid subscriptions on Substack, you are asking your readers to take a portion of their money to fund racist, antisemitic, and anti-trans speech. Substack takes ten percent of people’s revenue and then gives it to people like Bari Weiss who said Nazi salutes aren’t really Nazi salutes.

Reposting and pinning this. If you’re thinking, “operator, I need an exit” — because you’re trans & live in the US — this a great resource.

Our friends from Nexus Moving Company offer free relocation for trans people inside the US. Get to a blue state or sanctuary city now! nexusmovingcompany.com

The Martin Roth Initiative offers temporary support for artists and cultural actors at risk, allowing them to relocate to Germany and continue their work within a safe cultural environment. 👇 callforcurators.com/call/tempora...

WARNING for those who are a non-American & trans, it seems the Trump regime is attempting to declare being trans a permanently disqualifying bar to entering the US, which means a lifetime ban from traveling there. Pay attention to how this unfolds, it will impact non-Americans and Americans alike.

All nonbinary people deserve legal recognition. Ryan has been fighting for all of us, and deserves to win.

THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US. This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Warren: "Our best strategy is to make sure everybody knows exactly what the Republicans are trying to do, and that is they want to give literally trillions of dollars in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, and they want to pay for it on the backs of seniors who are living in nursing homes."

I wonder what companies / countries will scoop up all that talent? … 🤔

I can’t stress enough how much this is going to impact the tech sector. Many of the brightest engineers I’ve ever worked with are trans and gender non-conforming. What a pointlessly cruel brain drain on this country! 😤

This. This, this, this. Elected Dems are throwing us to the wolves.

unleashing social media on the world at large was like inflicting smallpox on immunologically naive peoples. Only psyches scarred over by endless stupid flamewars on usenet or IRC were truly ready for it

When you see trans people being erased, do not look away. Speak up. Push back. Refuse to let it happen in silence. Whether it’s in politics, media or even within our own community, trans erasure is dangerous and it requires action. Make it clear that we will not let this happen on our watch.

If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Anti-DEI is an attack on civil rights by segregationists. Most white "allies" are completely silent while segregationists attack Black people and our civil rights. These silent "allies" without a shred of shame or self-awareness, fully expect Black voters to make sacrifices to save them at midterms

This sucks and is extremely dangerous in a moment when authoritarianism is rising worldwide www.bbc.com/news/article...

Please use an abundance of caution if you are protesting anything right now. Posting photos is dangerous for so many. Consider your threat model & those gathered with you. Do not do your comms on social media. Have alt means of comms. It. Is. Not. Safe. www.lockdownyourlife.com/essential-sa...

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

🤔 … would I rather be alone on an island, or with my friends in the torment nexus? … 🤔

I see we’ve reached the “knocking on doors to demand papers” phase of things … :-/

The infrastructure of the Internet would run longer without electricity than without trans folks tbh

Just in case people don't know the context, this is a policy called splitting the letters, developed by fundamentalist Christians to use feminist and queer language and culture to split the T off and then turn the others against each other. You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.

lmao seeing cis woman post that scene from the handmaids tale where all the woman get fired bc they're not legally allowed to work anymore is making me feel insane, like you do realize that's not happening to you but it is happening to trans people, right? it's happening RIGHT NOW?

We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...

TAKE ACTION: Support the People's Privacy Act! (Washington state, 1/5) The People’s Privacy Act limits how much data companies can collect, prohibits the sale of sensitive data without opt-in consent, and bans targeted advertising to kids and teens. That's good! wa-privacy.net/take-action-...

I was wondering how the Treasury filings claiming no change to the mainframe code might have aligned with the reporting from Crises Notes, WIRED, and TPM. The most innocuous possible explanation is a Constitutional crisis but not a technical one - auto-denier being written instead of manual review.

sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/a...

-= We hoped we never had to do this but here we are and we now have to do this. =- American trans humans are under threat and like in 1930s Germany, they now have to GTFO of their home country. We have decided we need to collect some information on the possible ways out. So we made a wiki.

Finally a little good news!

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got: