I joined 300+ security and privacy academics in calling for a global pause on online age verification: www.politico.eu/article/age-...

“That’s not a very nice thing to say.” Boss changed subjects. I realized then that people understand a ‘personal responsibility’ approach to Covid is bullshit. Because when you suggest they take personal responsibility for causing harm to others, they can’t handle it. (3/3)

[update] Investigating: AO3 is now fully down. After performing a software upgrade a few days ago, we've been unable to keep our server cluster healthy due to what we believe is a bug or issue with the new release of our database server software. We're working with our ve...

Presented without comment, the technical explanation for the repeated AO3 unavailability windows over the last two days www.reddit.com/r/AO3/commen...

[update] Investigating: We are investigating reports of errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down, which seem to be related to the previous incident. We will update when we have more information!

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents."

THIS is the true state of the union. This address was given at a town council. This matters. #pinks

By promoting the writer who says Blacks need to be policed harder and dismisses Epstein concerns as a hysterical attack on age gap relationships, Jared Polis, Matt Yglesias, Gavin Newsom etc. signal their anti-woke bonafides. Basically “I’m not like those other libs, I’m one of the cool ones.”

Ireland: a proper country.

Friendly reminder for no specific reason whatsoever: Change your Venmo transactions setting to private. Solidarity means protecting our friends, their privacy, reducing risk to them however we can. Even small ways.

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

The fascists lamented that they lost the culture. Where many saw bigger, better, more, they saw replacement and reduced position. They thought they could use the state to force the culture into their small, sad, restricted vision, to return to a past that never really existed. They were wrong.

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

Me: do those two kiss? Sean: no Me: do *those* two kiss? Sean: no. Me: do tho—- Sean: YOU ARE RUINING THE HOCKEY GAME! Me: YOU ARE RUINING LIVE-ACTION HEATED RIVALRY!

@parkroseperma.bsky.social Hullo!👋 I love all of your knits, but especially the green/maybe multicolored cowl you often wear! Is there a pattern you used for it? My favorite part is how it doesn't seem to be 'hugging' the front of your neck the way other cowls of that size/shape tend to.

They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.” So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances… It was always a lie.

Damn right!!!

If you thought energy prices were bad, just wait until Trump makes them worse. Trump and House Republicans's budget proposal is going to increase the average family energy bill by as much as $400 per year. So much for bringing prices down!

"ICE agents are being doxxed at a horrible rate" is just one of the many lies this administration tells us. Like "Iran is just about to have a nuclear weapon," "our strike on Iran was a complete success," "many immigrants are murderers," and "Donald Trump cares about the American people."

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

The US used to have free to low tuition until schools couldn't discriminate based on race

Now talk about how the deadly diseases cuts to the FDA, USDA, inspections/tests, medical care, and insurance are going to kill thousands before they even have the chance to give s shit about plastics.

“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves and above all, we have to take care of each other” - Mark Carney

NEW: Trump admin officials revealed today how ICE’s “student criminal alien initiative” led to targeting of 1000s of law-abiding foreign students — sparking a nationwide court backlash and, eventually, a complete reversal Details w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

After the assassination of Pres. Lincoln, VP. Andrew Johnson was sworn into office. Johnson opposed full rights for the newly freed, vetoing a Civil Rights Act. Congress overrode him, sending a message: justice cannot wait. 113 days to Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountdowntoSRD

Q: “Everyone gets due process. Right?” TRUMP: “They get a process where we have to get them out.” This President yet again shows he has zero concern for the constitution. 🇺🇸

Trump and DOGE are planning to cut nearly 7,000 jobs from the Social Security Administration while shuttering field offices. SSA staffing is already at a 50-year low. If you or a loved one have trouble getting Social Security benefits, remember who is to blame.

Israeli government: were doing genocide, it's great Israeli media: we're doing genocide, it's great Zionists On Here: How dare you call it genocide

Oh wow... just hit 250,000 followers! Thank you so much, everyone! I am so grateful for your enthusiasm and support every day. If anyone has ever wondered if I've always been like this, here's Me of Yore - about 40 years ago (with Harry and Henrietta). ☺️

KEILAR: Why are you saying tariffs are not in effect? MEUSER: Because we did a 90 day pause KEILAR: They are still at 10% MEUSER: Most of them are at 10% K: China is the biggest trading partner! M: We have not experienced any inflation as of yet

I’ve been around welfare, SSI, food stamps, section 8 & other “benefits” for low-income & disabled people & I’ll tell you they’re BARELY livable. We are talking POVERTY “wages”. The only “welfare queens” in this nation are banks, corporations, Corn Husk, Jeff BOZO, ZuKKKerberg and their EVIL ilk.

this list should be posted everywhere so people know who to blame for things too often they blame politicians on one side for everything without realizing what they are and are not responsible for

I suspect that the relatively low cost of Treats in the U.S. has made many people more willing to accept batshit housing costs, and if the Treats start to dry up….

Fascism is here. Everyone needs to learn how to improve our #infosec and opsec on the internet. Especially if you're marginalized or a political activist. My #Kickstarter just launched! My upcoming book is "Digital Safety in a Dangerous World." 🧵 1/x (Plz share) www.kickstarter.com/projects/kim...

The reason you have less money isn’t the previous administration, or the immigrants in your town, or the single mothers who need help, or the programs that help the kids with special needs. The reason you have less money is because the people with the most money decided you were less than them.

Internet in one line: "to be clear, we don't know what caused X, but it was definitely the thing I already hated."

The reason they make it so difficult to get out of student debt, out of medical debt, out of rent, out of your auto loan, out of your mortgage — is because the more you owe, the more of your income that goes to paying off debt, the more docile you are. Debt is a discipline.

A bad sign, not just because of what it recalls historically, but for what it promises about the future. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

One reason for skepticism towards AI hype is many of the same people insisted the Metaverse was definitely the future and you're dumb if you didn't get that, and before that insisted NFTs were definitely the future and you're dumb if you didn't get that. LLMS seem to have more use cases, but still.

The media reports on idiot Trump supporters as if their stupidity is a fact of life rather than a direct result of their poorly funded educational systems.

UPS announcing that it is cutting 20,000 jobs because of fewer Amazon deliveries is just the first of many reports like this to come. Empty ports = less goods to sell coming from overseas. Less goods from oversees = layoffs across the transportation industry.

Trump on @JeffBezos caving on @amazon showing Trump’s tariffs as a line item because they’re a tax on consumers: “Bezos was great. He solved the problem very quickly. He did the right thing. He’s a good guy.”😕 Welcome to the oligarchy. 🇺🇸

I was a first-gen, working-class Black student who took on student loans to get here. This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations. We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.