Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Mildly amusing that Trump NFTs were more fulfilling than Trump phones. Well, at least the orders were fulfilled, I assume. The TOS said non-refundable $100 downpayments gave you the opportunity to purchase if they "elected" to make the phone. They elected not to, but your $100 was appreciated.

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Just realized the excellent @murmel.social is available for Bluesky with your same account. If you're looking for a digest of all the links on your timeline (Bluesky and/or Mastodon) or popular with friends (Bluesky), it's worth checking out. Daily digests in your inbox.

Lost all my stickers when I got my screen replaced. Good thing I have piles.

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No 2.0 release has been more full of bugs, malware, and ransomware than the Trump one. Huge resource drain, and definitely not quantum encryption ready.

Dem leadership better read the fuckin' room because if they don't, they will continue to lose. It's is not Chuck Schumer's party anymore. Progressivism can win. Socialism has a chance.

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HHS Secretary: Good food is expensive, just eat shittier food. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

MacVoices #26113: The Road to @macstockexpo.bsky.social with @ttscoff.bsky.social macvoices.com/macvoices-26...

Non-exvangelicals just don’t understand. I’m never as at ease as I am with people who are 15-30 years behind in their emotional development due to cults. Especially queer exvangelicals. Those are special to me.

It’s day 121 of the ICE occupation of MN. Rent is due today - and thousands of our neighbors still face eviction without mutual aid. StandWithMinnesota.org to contribute or to adopt a rent.

I’m not saying every non-capital-holder that argues for Capitalism is brainwashed by their own system, but… no I am.

All right, we're still at it, because ICE is still fucking with Minnesota. So if you donate to the fund to help families pay their rent, you'll get entered into a drawing to have me review your resume. I'll pick three* people. www.standwithminnesota.com/rent

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Land Day flash sale at PM Press, 40% off books, 20% off merch: pmpress.org/index.php?l=... (Use coupon `LANDDAY`) Also a Trans Visibility sale with coupon `VISIBILITY`: pmpress.org/index.php?l=... Big fan of PM Press “Fuck your spaceships, we sell books" giving voice to some great authors.

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Crimethinc tour! crimethinc.com/2026/03/23/b...

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“There is no time to beg the complicit international governments…We will not waste our breath asking nicely. Instead, we will take necessary action to quash their means to kill.” - Earthquake Faction

Kash Patel has confirmed that the FBI is buying data to track Americans' movement and location history without obtaining a warrant.

Gee, what could they possibly want with that? Is ICE building a DNA database of political protesters? : NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

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Couldn't agree more.

I guess if you wait a couple thousand years for something your prophetic book said would happen within the lifetime of the people who wrote it, you might think, “God must be waiting for me to kill people.”

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Of all of the explanations for war against Iran, this one is the most chilling. Simultaneously absurd (but Hegseth is on video saying as much) and terrifying. www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2026/03/unit...

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Don't believe the hype. Noviolence is not the whole movement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22O...

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This attack on Iran is an attack on all of us. crimethinc.com/2026/02/28/t...