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trying to make tech a bit more responsible / cryptography and governance (she/her)
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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

Abortion funds are buckling under the weight of need. Meanwhile no one can say what Big Repro is doing with their millions. It’s just infuriating on every level. I’m feeling particularly salty about of all of this for specific reasons.

Ok, I'm doing a version of this thread for 🧪 who are new to political conditions where info security is a safety issue: 1. Don't make public lists of people who are engaging in acts of resistance 2. Be weary of calls to advertise acts of subversion 3. Don't live post resistance meetings

lmao, jesus

Is there a full list of major colleges/universities that have scrubbed diversity mentions from their websites in the last few weeks?

thinktankfundingtracker.org

trumpcostsamerica.com -- it's in real time!

For a US government that hates DEI, it's curious that the Secretary of State is Cuban, the FBI director is Indian, the DNI head is Samoan-Indian, and the President is South African.

Nazis shocked to discover they are in the company of Nazis

Friends in the DC area: I will be giving a Profs and Pints talk about the science of sustainable seafood. It's based on my upcoming book on the topic. Please share with interested folks! Get tickets here: profsandpints.ticketleap.com/net/ 🧪🦑🌎🐟

@koltai.bsky.social delves deeper into Clothoff. The app notorious for generating non-consensual deepfake pornography now claims it is funding an organisation to support those affected by AI. The ownership of this organisation, or how it helps victims, is unclear. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02...

ok class -- discuss

The depressing part is not the sudden "appearance" of expertise, it's the fact that our species is hardwired to believe & follow those signals as a rule. This is why social media algorithms copy this default, prioritizing who you 'follow' & the latest thing said. Quality & merit aren't considered.

The funniest part about this is that the ISS is already scheduled for deorbiting in 2030. The company that won the contract to do the deorbiting: SpaceX

Canadians on here actually being like "I can't believe how bad things are getting in the US" without acknowledging Alberta just passed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws and are about to vote Doug Ford back into power. Wakeup because the far right are in inside the building

The AACR issues a Call to Action. www.aacr.org/about-the-aa...

them: wyd me: listening to this with a massaging, heated eye mask www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iq8...

Students & faculty fought for cultural centers @thisisUIC and at campuses across #Illinois to provide spaces for students to celebrate one another’s differences. Under the Trump administration, they worry these spaces will be taken away. @wbez.org @opencampus.org www.wbez.org/education/20...

Trump FTC getting ready to go after social media companies (I'm sure it will skip ExTwitter, and possibly now Meta) for their First Amendment protected editorial discretion. www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...

Trump has begun his overhaul of government, signing scores of executive orders that channel his MAGA vision. Here's an overview of his executive orders during his first 100 days ⤵️

A union contract makes all the difference for farm workers. It means better pay, benefits, safe working conditions & someone who has their backs. This is especially important in these uncertain times. Your donation helps more workers organize. ufw.org/ufwcontract #WeFeedYou

hey @mattyglesias.bsky.social, the piece that you link to here — my piece — does not say that “all DEI critics want to reimpose segregation” and i would appreciate it if you didn’t lie to your audience about what my work says.

Ahead of Germany's snap election, I spoke to researchers about how rising rents are driving voters to the far right and organizers about how they're pushing back and bringing communities together around progressive solutions. Read my reporting at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/exp...

Among the potential consequences of this could be that asylum claims from CentAm and LatAm (if and when admin even begins accepting asylum claims again) might get much harder to win as judges deem applicants ineligible on material support grounds for paying smugglers or even getting extorted

This should go without saying, but none of this is about efficiency; it’s about breaking the wills of anyone earnest enough to view public service as a worthy calling and, by extension, to undercut the draw of service for a generation.

"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making" "Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"

so theyre banning vps book? taskandpurpose.com/culture/dod-...

DOJ lawyers argue, in their brief in opposition to motion for restraining order in Electronic Privacy Information Center v. OPM, that plaintiffs should not be able to sue until DOGE operatives actually steal their personal information. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When I was postpartum, some of my favorite baby products went from "must buy" to "get these out of your house now." So I asked @brycecovert.bsky.social to look into what the heck is going on with regulation in the baby product industry for @inc.com. www.inc.com/bryce-covert...

SCOOP: USDS Engineering Director Resigns Anne Marshall, who was only promoted to the role in December, resigned from USDS/DOGE on Wednesday following dozens of terminations at the organization. "This is not the mission I came to serve." More here: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

My colleagues and I decided we would pull together a tracker of all the education-related activity of the new administration so far and uh, it's a lot. Did we forget something? (probably.) You can email [email protected] or my Signal address is cas.37. hechingerreport.org/tracking-tru...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtu...

TIL about the backstory of ex dot com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com_(...

i love an open source tool gone viral