Techni-Calli
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Privacy, law, tech fights, memes. Got locked out of the @ Iwillleavenow account, so recreated.
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Bringing back the thread of threads: an easier-to-find compendium of threads I keep adding to, referring to, or spewing all my thoughts on.
over 1 year ago
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Letās gooooooooooooooo
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Genuinely cracking me up that pro-AI folks keep trying to frame opposition as a ālack of AI literacyā when the entire reason many of us oppose it is because we DO understand what it is (and isnāt).
4 days ago
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Itās hard to be optimistic these days, but I am looking forward to Nuremberg 2: Electric Boogaloo
5 days ago
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Love that a carcass-desecrating lawyer who gets his health facts from conspiracy sites and episodes of Parenthood is in charge of the health of the country. What could go wrong.
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6 days ago
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If any candidate in the midterms and elsewhere made their platform anti-AI, thatās a populist hero. I cannot overstate how overwhelming their public support would be.
9 days ago
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Fuck directly and entirely off.
www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
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Idaho says it can use DNA testing to enforce anti-trans bathroom ban
Idaho Solicitor General Michael Zarian said law enforcement won't necessarily need a warrant either.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/idaho-dna-trans-bathroom
10 days ago
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Annalee Newitz
13 days ago
In Germany, Google is liable for false answers in its AI "overviews" that pop up at the top of search results. I wish we had this in the States. Make them pay for misleading users.
the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
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āWould you like to be haunted by a moronic ghost?ā
12 days ago
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Me: ok, so the most unrealistic part of Jurassic Park is that the lawyer is on board for this horrific concept- TB: Iām sorry, THATāS the most unrealistic part??!
13 days ago
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Maybe RFK Jrās voice is like that because his throat is haunted by the furious souls of every animal corpse heās defiled.
19 days ago
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No.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/s...
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Can These Ads Make You Love A.I.?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/style/chatgpt-advertising-campaign-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
20 days ago
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As a straight myself, what the genuine hell is wrong with the straights?
21 days ago
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emma best š³ļøāšš“āā ļøš³ļøāā§ļø Mxy
23 days ago
The leopard has eaten the face that you wear every day and which you were probably hoping wouldn't be eaten Forgive him he is a leopard so unhinged but so predictable
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Unfortunately for the White House, we do, in fact, have functioning eyes.
25 days ago
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Please end each other.
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25 days ago
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For the love of fuck.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year
The Home Office says the tool will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game the system".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3pe36qe7ro
25 days ago
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The whaty what spider now
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28 days ago
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The copy of The Scarlet Letter I read in high school had the helpful margin thoughts āthe āaā stands for āaffairāā and I just-
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29 days ago
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Well, this is delightful.
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29 days ago
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Guess again, motherfucker.
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about 1 month ago
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Hypervisible
about 1 month ago
Not nostalgic at all, but they used to at least pretend to be giving you what you want and now itās just āthis is inevitable,ā which among other things, is the language of abusers.
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Doctora Malka Older
about 1 month ago
"the evidence actually shows that cameras cluster in neighbourhoods where opposition parties organise, where protests have happened and where the press has āmade troubleā for ruling regimes."
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How AI is upgrading African dictatorship
A March 2026 study by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the African Digital Rights Network found that 11 African governments had collectively spent more than USD 2 billion on AI-powered s...
https://globalvoices.org/2026/05/22/how-ai-is-upgrading-african-dictatorship/
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On top of the breathtaking cruelty, this is some of the most impractical, nonsensical, unworkable shit Iāve seen published (and I say that as an American).
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about 1 month ago
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Itās been a fascinating week learning that the people who pick commencement speakers either completely misunderstand or deeply dislike the students involved. That or theyāre literally using ChatGPT to decide on speakers.
about 1 month ago
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If someone thinks Iām AI because of my em dashes and sets of threes, thatās on them. Iām not changing my writing style to stay a step ahead of the theft machine nobody wants.
about 1 month ago
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The most patriotic Iāve ever felt is when GBBO tries to do anything āAmerican.ā Paul Hollywood talking shit about American pies being ātoo sweetā the week after he was guzzling caramel fills me with rage (and let me assure you that not a single pie in that episode was American).
about 1 month ago
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Do we think Kyle at least got to pick the style of boot before licking or�
about 1 month ago
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Iām sure I should respond professionally to yet another abjectly spineless, feckless complete abdication of the most basic standards by Polis but what the fuck is wrong with you, man.
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about 1 month ago
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Hypervisible
about 1 month ago
āFor three years, everything that happened in the entryway of Willie Banksā Westbrook home was captured by his neighborās security camera.ā āWhat he didnāt realize until recently was that a state drug officer was using the camera feed to watch him in real time without first obtaining a warrant.ā
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Police watched a suspect through a neighborās camera for 3 years
Until last week, an attorney believed the camera just happened to catch the shooting. Then she learned there was more to the story.
https://themainemonitor.org/police-watched-suspect-neighbors-camera/
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My office decor IS a vibe, I just never claimed it was a chill vibe.
about 1 month ago
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Why is so much of tech STILL just phrenology whak-a-mole? To answer the headline question: no.
www.economist.com/business/202...
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Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicantās personality
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/11/06/should-facial-analysis-help-determine-whom-companies-hire?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=690cda10f274f70001aa9b45&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
about 2 months ago
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So when we say the vibes are badā¦
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about 2 months ago
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EPIC
about 2 months ago
Everyone, including leaders in Congress, agrees that the U.S. needs a federal privacy law. But a bad privacy law would be worse than no law at all. Unfortunately, the GOP's recently released SECURE Data Act is worse than any privacy law we've evaluated.
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America needs a strong privacy law. The SECURE Data Act isnāt it.
Everyone, including leaders in Congress, agree that we need a federal privacy law in the United States. But a privacy law is only as good as the protections it offers.
https://epic.org/america-needs-a-strong-privacy-law-the-secure-data-act-isnt-it/
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Whelp.
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/i...
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Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/influential-study-touting-chatgpt-in-education-retracted-over-red-flags/
about 2 months ago
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This prompt reveals such a fundamental misunderstanding of what AI systems are and how they work. Gen AI systems are built to replicate patterns. They are not built for accuracy.
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about 2 months ago
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More lawsuits like this, please.
www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsyl...
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Pennsylvania suing Character AI, claiming chatbot posed as a medical professional
A Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number, the state said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-character-ai-lawsuit-chatbot-posed-as-medical-professional/
about 2 months ago
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The Rightscon chaos is not just devastating to all the
@accessnow.org
folks who have worked so hard to put this together but also all the academic and nonprofit participants who spent a (likely nonrefundable) fortune on travel as their budgets are being gutted.
about 2 months ago
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What in the pluperfect fuck are you talking about.
about 2 months ago
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Thank literally everything that I renewed my passport recently.
about 2 months ago
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Hypervisible
about 2 months ago
In news that absolutely everyone predictedā¦
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Police Are Using AI Camera Networks to Stalk Women
There have been 14 documented incidents where police officers used automatic license plate readers to stalk romantic interests.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-ai-surveillance-stalking
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Figured out how to fully turn off AI search in Google! (In Firefox, at least)  ⢠First, go to settings (in the drop-down menu when you click on the three lines in the upper right) ⢠Click āSearch" on the left-hand side
about 2 months ago
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Hypervisible
2 months ago
āIf you ask tobacco companies to help write your schoolās policy on cigarettesā¦youāre going to end up with guidance on how to smoke responsibly in school.ā
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What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
āI find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,ā Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/progress-report/what-will-it-take-to-get-ai-out-of-schools
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Me booking travel: Iāve done this a million times, itās an easy connection, I know how to navigate airports āŗļø Me in the midst of travel: AAAAAAHHHH! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
2 months ago
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I see way too many comments on the Patel story that his job is in trouble because āTrump doesnāt like drunks.ā He appointed Hegseth. He had ketamine bro running around stealing data and slicing budgets. He does not give a shit.
2 months ago
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Explain to me why I was looking at a pea pasta recipe and the first THREE comments were some variation of ābut what if I donāt like peas? š„ŗā Beloved, NO ONE is forcing you to make it! Accept that some things are not for or about you! Why are you making your personal tastes this personās problem?!!
2 months ago
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EPIC
2 months ago
On Wednesday at 5 p.m., EPIC Deputy Director and Director of Enforcement John Davisson will speak on a panel about building accountability into data systems at Georgetown Universityās McCourt School of Public Policy. Register to attend here:
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Trust, Privacy and Democratic Data: Lessons From the Breaking Point
UPCOMING EVENT
https://epic.org/events/trust-privacy-and-democratic-data-lessons-from-the-breaking-point/
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Brennan Center
2 months ago
President Trump is urging Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but lawmakers in both parties oppose extending it without reforms. Congress now has a chance to protect Americansā privacy.
bit.ly/4tASUmW
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
For too long, this law has allowed the government to evade privacy protections and spy on Americans. Reform is overdue.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act
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Iād prefer that fear actually stopping you from doing the horrific things youāll be indicted for, but thanks for the image of you all constantly miserable and anxious, vibrating with fear like anemic chihuahuas.
3 months ago
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Look, itās possible a family is actually this cooked, but this is giving āmy very real girlfriend who lives in Canadaā vibes.
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3 months ago
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I need this man to let me have a damn weekend.
www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...
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New White House App Delivers Unparalleled Access to the Trump Administration
Today, the White House launched its powerful new official mobile app ā delivering President Donald J. Trump and his Administration directly to the
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/new-white-house-app-delivers-unparalleled-access-to-the-trump-administration/
3 months ago
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