I know, I know, allow people to change etc but saying “before I got thrown in a concentration camp I just assumed all the people being thrown in concentration camps deserved it” is CRAZY

We're in the 'first they came' period of US history.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

"If you could pass along a brief message to [CONGRESSPERSON], I would like to express my support for plunging the universe into an eternal and dreamless sleep."

"Now, there are people who believe that I should not take a stand such as this" "There are others who have taken stands, and they, too, have been vilified. Dr. [Martin Luther King] King went to jail for taking a stand. Rosa Parks went to jail for taking a stand. Sometimes you have to take a stand."

Not only is xAI a threat to life because of its AI weapons development, its datacenters are poisoning the community. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

100% and it has a measurable and persistent impact on peoples politics, particularly conservatives and right leaning independents. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"It's better to just stand alone than not stand at all." - Al Green

Oh hey, this sounds familiar encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

"... most of these new platforms won’t erase social media’s common challenges. The problem with social media isn’t that we need more platforms or a better one. The main issue lies in the underlying model, which was historically attention-driven and algorithmically mediated."

Persona's verification included facial geometry, passport data, national ID number, email, phone number, IP address, location and more. Persona then cross-referenced that data against government databases, consumer credit agencies, utility companies, postal address databases and additional sources.

"Elon Musk’s controversial artificial intelligence project xAI has reportedly signed a new deal with the U.S. Department of Defense. Through the deal xAI will allow the DOD to incorporate Grok models into classified U.S. military systems."

Remember how "Glassholes" got shamed in the early 2010s? Time to make social pressure great again.

“I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech,” Jeanrenaud told 404 Media. The app’s Play Store page says after identifying a device, a user “may act accordingly.”

is everyone ready for the eternal panopticon

imagine a world where regulators would actually fucking do something about this

Feel like people forgot about this story from 2022?

The man discovered “that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries.”

I'm judgemental AF about anyone that remains on that site. The folks that act like they are obligated to hang out there are not serious people. If you aren't supporting the fascist regime, your posts are suppressed or ridiculed. Hanging out there just boosts twitter and Musk. You're a foolish tool.

Another example of why I hate so much the folks who tell us this stuff is inevitable. It doesn’t have to be this way! Often when communities see the stakes, they reject ubiquitous surveillance.

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power." The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited

Need a #TikTok alternative now that it's under new ownership? Want to see how #BlueSky stacks up? (Hint: it's not as good as you think) Check out my latest article on social media alternatives. I recommend @upscrolled.bsky.social! cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/social-med... #socialmedia

Want to ditch your #Ring camera after that crazy #SuperBowl ad? Check out my latest article for Ring camera alternatives, with tips on how to keep your security footage and feeds safe. cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/ring-camer... #ringcamera #googlenest #homesecurity #surveillance

News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz). They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Here’s the result:

This is part of the reason why fascists love AI.

Save some of that hate in your heart you have for Palantir and direct it towards Microsoft.

What’s one way we can rein in ICE? We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the agency’s cruelty. Watch.

every day, every time

"Are there any downsides to such intricate, constant, widespread surveillance? Well, we struggle with finding cats. All cats, scientifically speaking, look the exact same."

The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration. Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net. This is what oligarchy looks like.

"OpenAI currently faces several lawsuits related to its products’ safety, making this change newsworthy." theconversation.com/openai-has-d...

New update, including my reasoning that getting off US tech means deleting Uber and going back to taxis instead of jumping to another labor-violating ride-hailing service.

Paris, please reconsider Proton. They made an AI chatbot: aidirtylist.info/entities/pro... On the other hand, Tuta claims they won't add any AI to their email service: aidirtylist.info/entities/tut... We need to make sure our dollars are going to companies that align with our values.

the guide 👇

“Paris Marx has offered a guide for how people can get off U.S. tech, highlighting the challenges while supporting individual effort. Doing so should be a national ambition, especially as we consider the risk of the U.S. blocking access to tech.” Thanks to @vassb.bsky.social for the Globe mention!

According to a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Microsoft installed cookies on a student's device illegally. Both the school and the Austrian Ministry of Education stated that they were unaware of the tracking prior to noyb's complaint. www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/m...

A new social media directive issued by the Trump administration to its border force has alarmed experts, a new report revealed.

Still have partnership with the police. Still using and expanding their facial recognition AI technology. Still worth resisting and boycotting Amazon and their spyware technologies.

“…this is something to keep in mind if you’re using a Google camera. Even if you aren’t paying for storage, every event recorded by the camera is going to Google’s servers, and it’s probably recoverable long past the deletion timeline stipulated in the company’s policy.”

Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity. America deserves better.

"This is verbatim the playbook that Google and Meta have used over the years," ...They started collecting small amounts of data and grew that into an empire that has massive visibility into your daily life..." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Way-hey! After concerted local pushback, New Jersey company decides not to contract with ICE: "The contract with ICE will not move forward, a Holman spokesperson told Patch. "I have been informed that we declined that particular body of work," the spokesperson said... patch.com/new-jersey/c...

"As a consumer, saver-investor, taxpayer, and voter, you keep these corporations going. Together, we’re even more powerful. We need not tolerate their complicity in the inhumane acts now being done by ICE, Border Patrol, and Trump’s Department of Homeland Security."

Wow, they shared their process. Now we can replicate the project in our own areas. projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/using-data...

On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project! www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

“No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values.” There is always a choice. apnews.com/article/gram...

“No matter how Ring and other surveillance tech companies may downplay it, there’s no world in which finding lost dogs is the final end-use for this technology.”

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."