12-09-2012 PAKISTAN: 314 garment workers die the same day in 2 factory fires. www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/w...

4hrs into elections, we're already seeing various reports on machine errors, black propaganda, and voter disenfranchisement.

A male stoplight parrotfish strikes a pose for the Camera in slow motion #stoplightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #slowmotion #strikeapose #vogue #protogynoushermaphrodite #supermale #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Sharp decline in USD this past month.

The use of GenAI in art and literature should deepen discussions on intellectual property, and exploitation in art production and distribution.

EFF is heading to #RightsCon! Join us next week in Taipei. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Don’t know who needs to hear this but if you have stuff in the cloud that is not in your own country and is living on some US server, you need to fix that asap. If you’re in Canada, you need to move your data and servers to Canada.

Well, that explains why one of the exploit developers Paragon said he was having a "tough day" at work earlier this week. Can we please think of the exploit devs!!!! /s www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Just dropping this as a friendly reminder that you should be using Signal for secure messages. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware

Given all these critical webpages are being taken down, this might be a good time to familiarize yourself with the Wayback Machine on Internet Archive. It can pull up pages that are no longer active: web.archive.org

If you're civil society, an hrd or a journalist and got an alert from Whatsapp. We're happy to assist at the Amnesty Security Lab: securitylab.amnesty.org/get-help/

Impeach Sara Duterte Now! This is the resounding call of the Filipino science, technology, and engineering community, as we stand in solidarity with the broader Filipino public in condemning the worsening crises of poverty, corruption, and impunity that continue to plague our nation.

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Meta announced last January 7 that it is ending its fact-checking program with trusted partners and replacing it with a user-driven Community Notes feature similar to that of X, formerly Twitter.

USA: Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals www.labornotes.org/2025/01/nurs...

Many people reported having their accounts banned and content removed after commenting on the assassination of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, showing just how much control over our online expression social media and financial platforms have.

i opened threads and this was the first thing it showed me lmao @brandontsnider.bsky.social

If you’re not afraid of getting canceled, you fucking coward, why didn’t you let them print your name?

Now that Meta is actively rolling out its content policy changes, we are deeply concerned that they will harm vulnerable people. If the company truly values free speech—and its users—it’s moving in the wrong direction.

The recent settlement with Apple regarding allegations of eavesdropping using their virtual assistant Siri highlights growing concerns about surveillance capitalism. www.cbsnews.com/news/siri-ci...

Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using seecure technology and developing careful practices. Learn more today:

Antok na ako pero ang ingay sa labas

My talk, state of surveillance, can be streamed in 20 minutes from here: streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/zigzag #38c3

US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit www.reuters.com/technology/c...

Amnesty International is looking for a consultant to develop a draft policy paper for the organisation which evaluates how companies functioning as monopolies can affect people's ability to enjoy human rights. This is a 25-day assignment, in January 2025. #jobs careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...

“The most important issues in AI right now are its use to inform decisions about people’s rights,” EFF’s Kit Walsh told @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social, such as predictive policing and deciding who gets health benefits, housing, and jobs.

Not sure how much of it is shrinkflation and distorted chilhood memories, but fastfood servings look so much smaller than I remember from years ago

Held the 1st Digital Rights Summit in the Ph🇵🇭 last Saturday. Thanks to all who participated in the activities that were instrumental to the success of the event. Thanks also to all the volunteers, organizers, partners, and participants! #DigitalRightsSummitPH2024 #DigitalRightsAreHumanRights

Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now #RaspberryPi #RPi #Linux

Might actually assert a change of pace soon.

Ok so are we also working with bots here

I just regained the weight I lost prior to my 1-week vacation, despite not eating as much, walking 10k-26k steps daily during the week-long vacation and maintaining a level of physical activity. I've had difficulty gaining weight since childhood, but it's become a dilemma now bc...

Karapatan 'holds the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government accountable for the unjust arrests and filing of trumped up charges against 148 activists, rights defenders, farmers, and ordinary persons in the two years of its term, raising to 757 the total number of political prisoners nationwide.'

IN PHOTOS: Scenes from the Bonifacio Day 2024 mass action in Davao City earlier today, 30 November 2024. Workers from KMU's affiliate trade unions in Davao, along with other sectors, stood united in the calls to significantly increase workers' wages and to genuinely uphold freedom of association.

The fatigue of firefighters here are designed for intimidation and fascism, not for firefighting. There are usually firefights at big protest actions to intimidate, ready to bomb protesters with dirty water

Historic moment in Syria. The rebels have taken back nearly all of Aleppo in less than 72 hours, they’ve brought down the Assad regime’s flag in the city center. #freeSyria

Some possibilities, points to look at: 1. He's being cautious—playing the political long game OR 2. He's still politically weak to launch an all-out offensive versus Sara at this point in time. Marcos needs BOTH houses of Congress (House and Senate) to be fully on his side.

FINLAND / INDONESIA: Start ‘em young: Indonesian and Finnish unions introduce labour rights to students www.bwint.org/cms/start-em...

Papua protests over Indonesia's revival of transmigration program, my latest for @globalvoices.bsky.social globalvoices.org/2024/11/27/i...

The W in Wicked stands for WLW

Ganda raw ng pagkasulat ng Taglog sa slides ko. Yehay!

When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"

Nakakairita talaga yung mga di sumama sa discussion pero napakaraming kuda. Please

I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags. #woke

i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between

open source and free software is neat