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"If free speech is the bedrock of democracy, fear and paranoia lay the groundwork for authoritarianism." Our new report details how the Trump administration’s 100-day assault on free expression has created a five-alarm fire for free speech: pen.org/report/trump...

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The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now, The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 28 days ago • 68 comments

Powering off your phone or laptop erases the key that unlocks its encryption, and so protects against unwanted searches, EFF’s Will Greenberg told @apnews.com. “This is why a border agent can’t simply turn a device on to use a tool like Cellebrite.”

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

All of this yes, all of this, and still the pandemic as well.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

There’s been some alarming news about honeybees so here’s some important context. If you want to help bees, help native bees - bumbles in particular. Instead of honey bee hives, plant native plants. Contact your local native plant society or garden shop and every where you can, plant native.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

"The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with authoritarian tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective resistance. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

submitted 37 days ago • 789 comments

Another good reminder to donate to @archive.org today.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Folks, they have less than 1k comments so far. Posts arguing about which way to hang toilet paper have more comments in facebook groups. If you are in any way involved in art: writing, music, acting, film MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

submitted 53 days ago • 40 comments

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is not obscure, it's essential. There is a 100% chance that whatever your local library or museum is they have benefitted from IMLS money in the past, they are the largest grant funder of local libraries in the US.

submitted 53 days ago • 17 comments

Presumably, most people following this account are already fighting back against the outrages of the Musk/Trump regime. Thus, learning about a new outrage may not be able to spur you to further action, because you're already doing everything you can. Right? newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

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"Arresting and threatening to deport students because of their participation in political protest is the kind of action one ordinarily associates with the world’s most repressive regimes." knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

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Watch the Sci-Fi Short Film “I’m Not a Robot”: Winner of a 2025 Academy Award. Great short film to watch this weekend...

submitted 61 days ago • 3 comments

I did. Because it does. techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s...

submitted 61 days ago • 23 comments

"As information professionals, open advocates, and communities who just give a damn, it’s important to educate ourselves on the tactics pro-censorship advocates have used to push their agenda forward so we can effectively fight against it" @librariansreed.bsky.social in our latest:

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DOGE’s access to our personal information is an unprecedented invasion of privacy. Tell your Congress members to protect our data NOW.

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The mass firing of the federal tech workers at 18F is already being subsumed by fresh hells. But it's important that we take a beat to understand what just happened—that elimination of 18F is one of DOGE's most extreme political acts yet. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-mass-f...

submitted 65 days ago • 12 comments

Sam Altman says GPT-4.5 has "a magic to it i haven't felt before." I'm reminded of Peter Nagy and Gina Neff's article about "the conjuration of algorithms—a strategically deployed narrative device that uses the principles of magic to manipulate the public perception of technologies."

submitted 68 days ago • 12 comments

My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents. The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity. We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."

submitted 135 days ago • 5 comments

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

submitted 68 days ago • 661 comments

One of the best texts on organizing I have ever read. Movements with just 3.5% participation have toppled regimes. Organising needs: trust, creativity and tactical planning. @theradr.bsky.social www.lifeisasacredtext.com/organize/

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

😭😭😭

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

The “killer app” is to forcefully embed these systems into education and government so that there become few ways to meaningfully reject them.

submitted 92 days ago • 7 comments

Got to see Ani play live last week for the first time in 20 years or so. This was my favorite of her new pieces for anyone who needs some righteous babe energy these days: m.youtube.com/watch?v=sGo6...

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

An excellent piece by @timothysnyder.bsky.social and recommended strongly by @hcrichardson.bsky.social - Please read and spread the word!

submitted 94 days ago • 4 comments

Almost 1% through

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The social vulnerability index, which was also taken down, is a key dataset for disaster relief planning to help communities that most need resources before, during, and after a disaster.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 98 days ago • 1260 comments

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

submitted 101 days ago • 47 comments

This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it

submitted 104 days ago • 101 comments

Imagine having this much contempt for humans

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

The new White House site, on WordPress, also uses blue-on-blue footer text which is not WCAG compliant.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Part of the overall project with these systems in addition to eliminating critical thinking, is to water down anything transformative or radical.

submitted 109 days ago • 117 comments

Sharing what I spent some of my precious time figuring out how to do today in case you, too want to turn off Gemini: www.dailydot.com/debug/how-to...

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“The thing that makes me worry is how much these people are giving up the very mental tasks that make them human.” chuckpearson.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

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