Profile avatar
shava23.bsky.social
Career activist, writer in retirement. Founding execdir, The Tor Project Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist. https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/ https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
1,394 posts 155 followers 378 following
Prolific Poster

You need to know a bit about LDS/Mormons to really appreciate this.

@tunaoddfellow.bsky.social

AfD message candidates?

#privacy

The start of this year's commercial fishing season could be a bust for fishermen who catch groundfish species like cod, haddock and flounder.

15y ago today, I was seeing my son off at his rook year at Norwich University. I got a buzz cut in solidarity.

"Now let him enforce it." Trump refuses demands of courts on Venezuelan deportations. 1/2 ncph.org/history-at-w...

I just got a tsunami warning on my phone. This is a test,it is only a test. My blood pressure is testy, too

Happy Tolkien Reading Day, all you furry footed friends! #jrrt #lotr www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...

Du jour. Maybe the month, even this month. Trump war room on @signal.org ends up including editor at @theatlantic.com What a bunch of undisciplined fools. I bet the IC is freaking the F out right now. Props to the editor, fwiw. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Let's see, if we give the US to the UK, we don't have to worry about Canada -- it's already in the Commonwealth...

So, Mr Musk -- going to condemn this dude with anything close to the fervor applied to people keying your customers' cars?

#Privacy lapses can kill a company. But then in bankruptcy, regardless of privacy, most policies allow sale of data by high bid. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

If you go by recent "select" polls, presidential approval is a fairly consistent picture: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Magic beans #cryptocurrency

We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and surprised us, capturing an industry at fundamental odds with itself. Here's a deeper look: www.wired.com/story/how-so...

Term of the day: the VIX or "fear index" www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vix....

Streisand syndrome: Trump wants his portrait at the Colo state house taken down because it's "distorted." He just looks fugly compared to the Obama portrait next door, heh. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

In 1945, US intelligence social engineered thousands of German (including Nazi and even SS) scientists to come work for the US gov. They'd lost their funding. Flipping must have seemed attractive. How much is that going to be reversed this year? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

Crowds at the airport sang a hero's welcome to a diplomat expelled for quoting US demographics in a scholarly address in his own country (that got picked up by Brietbart). Expelling diplomats is traditionally rare. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Behind a whirlwind of diplomacy is Starmer's true goal: Persuading Trump of the value of NATO.

What rule of law?

Killing foreign tourism and chilling foreign students may tank a significant slice of the US economy. m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Judge engages on political theater in chambers to protest large magazine ban, publishes video. www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-l...

Haitians are the backbone of nursing assistants and CNAs in Boston. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump revoked Kitzinger's clearance out of spite. Except he has none. So that makes it pure spite, lol.

Trade-in value of Teslas sinking under the weight of reputational damage

Military personnel swear an oath to the Constitution, not to any person or party. Trump's dismissals of senior leaders may test this principle across all ranks, according to a retired major general in the U.S. Air Force.

ICE ensures that undocumented immigrants will avoid paying taxes, social security. gift article wapo.st/4bS8SBs

The term for the day is healthcare inflation. Probably more important than the cost of eggs? www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/he...

Well either he's lying... ...or he does use auto sign. Or, you know, both. www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...

In 2023, one in six Americans sought food from a food bank. USDA is also borking school lunches. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Trump says the quiet part out loud -- we may want to make war on allies. The essence of diplomacy. Allies seem less than thrilled, across the globe. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-t...

Organizations rush to save govt datasets www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/21/n...

It's probably not fear of vandalism, but that's what the MAGAs will say. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

US declines to condemn IDF Gaza annexation. Probably Trump is already engaging resort contractors. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Freed hostages call for cease fire renewal. This has never been about the hostages. www.timesofisrael.com/israel-choos...

When people are being arrested/detained for visa irregularities, dept's deletion of visa history adds uncertainty and fear. www.financialexpress.com/business/inv...

Hilarious.

Headlines. And remember for most people they don't see multiple sources and many ONLY read the headlines.

And how many other agencies? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A useful cheat sheet “I never unfriend people over politics” (h/t; mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/...)

Orwell perverted into what he warned us about. daily.jstor.org/turning-orwe...

Opinion from fellow gamers: Is Bliz safe to put money into since Bobby left?

W00T! Here is a pocket guide to protecting your data from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Way to go, @eff.org !