I do hope Green Day donates all their Super Bowl money to the right causes.

Last month, the Trump administration pulled out of 3 key global #cybersecurity organizations. Former #cyber diplomat Chris Painter warns that the withdrawal will hamper intelligence-sharing, coordinated response, and capabilities, leaving both the U.S. and its allies vulnerable:

Happy Black History Month

“Rand Hammoud, the surveillance campaigns lead at Access Now, said Pall Mall leadership needs to set up “clear criteria for industry engagement … to protect the credibility of an initiative that depends on good faith participation.” therecord.media/spyware-make...

Mail for my 10 month old telling her that the hospitals and doctors who've treated her no longer will. Thanks so much @mountsinaigi.bsky.social and Anthem for failing your patients.

I see you Brooklyn

Friday massacre for press freedom and democracy

People should follow Tom Homan with big bags marked $50K

The Last Action Hero soundtrack had no business being this good.

Uganda shut down its internet at 15:00 UTC (6pm local) today as a security measure during national elections. #UgandaElections2026 Not the first shutdown in Uganda. They did the same thing five years ago, @lawyerpants.bsky.social and I wrote up a post about it: www.kentik.com/blog/from-eg...

NEW: NSO Group has released a transparency report that is even less transparent than its own previous transparency reports, as it contains no data or information on customers at all. Experts say the report is just an attempt to appease and push the U.S. government to be removed from a blocklist.

Primary any Democrat who supports ICE. Enough. They're killing American citizens.

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

BREAKING: The US has seized the Russian-flagged tanker “Marinera,” according to a US official.

George Saunders has hopeful thoughts for the US of A, from Lincoln in the Bardo ...

NEW: Meet the folks at AccessNow's Digital Security Helpline, who have been investigating government spyware for more than a decade, helping journalists and dissidents all over the world. I spoke to Hassen Selmi, who heads the incident response team, to learn how his team fights spyware abuses.

NEW: Apple, Google, and WhatsApp now regularly notify their users if they suspect they have been targeted or hacked with government spyware, such as that made by NSO Group or Paragon. We spoke to experts and wrote a guide on what to do, and where to go, if you receive one of those notifications.

If US investors maintain a client base with the infamous NSO Group, the country becomes complicit in its abuses, turning a blind eye to authoritarian surveillance while losing moral authority to condemn it, David Hatami argues

So the word drop is getting close to having two opposite meanings, like sanction and cleave do.

can someone with a genAI account please make me: a burly lumberjack type man daintily sipping espresso out of a Yeti-branded European sized cup with pastel flower designs.

Someone needs to tell the AI note takers that no one is going to show up to these optional meetings in December

I dont speak french but this seems a bit harsh

I know there's a lot of news tonight @wajali.bsky.social but I got our 8 month old to sleep by 730pm by myself, so

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist Amazing news!!

#freeAlaa yesss!

UNGA80

Trump admin doesn’t want anyone to hear what Jimmy Kimmel said: “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

Blue sky in Beacon

Fun one.

“If confirmed, the strike would constitute a clear violation of the right to life under international human rights law and set a dangerous precedent. The use of lethal force in this context has absolutely no justification."

Say what you want about NYC, but I've lost my wallet twice in 15 years. Both times, strangers found my wallet and returned it to me within 24 hours. Both times they refused (but ultimately accepted) a reward. Good folks here.

In June, Russia carried out more than 650 internet shutdowns. From throttling WhatsApp to disabling emergency alerts during drone strikes, the Kremlin is increasingly tightening its control over the online space. Learn more: www.accessnow.org/russias-reco...

Filling out a Missing Receipt form while the world burns around me

Thinking of subscribing to Salon and starting a weblog. Who's with me?

The best coffee shop in my wife's hometown is run out of the basement of a church. It's called Holy Grounds. No notes.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's comptroller, mayoral candidate Brad Lander, has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.

In case folks are wondering when World Press Freedom Day is scheduled for the year 2103, the UN has you covered: www.un.org/en/observanc...

Happy almost Juneteenth

This could have been Skype's big moment. #googleMeetdown

An #Internet outage in #Syria is reportedly affecting ADSL networks across multiple provinces. We observed a drop in traffic at 8:15 UTC. A concurrent drop in annc. IPv4 space, combined with an observed increase in DNS resolver requests, has also been seen in the past during intentional shutdowns.

Awaiting tariff announcement on wildfire smoke

The Catholic Church played a major role in supporting and bringing down several authoritarian regimes. I doubt this is a coincidence.

Yup. Enjoy the Peru Pope content

Putting my money on Villanova for March Madness next year eh @wajali.bsky.social

@wajali.bsky.social feels so good to win without Curry. But I'm worried he's overworked. You think we stand a chance in the series without him ?

Curry's ball was silent last quarter, and now he's out hurt. If we can win this one too, it's a new dynamic. Maybe a new dynasty!

Well done Perkins Coie. Thank you for standing up to the bully in Chief. Regrettably, Paul Weiss, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Washington Post, Columbia University, the Supreme Court, Susan Collins, ABC News, and so many others lack your courage and principles. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...