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It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby
Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.
www.theverge.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...
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People have a First Amendment right to criticize the government.
This is meant to intimidate people into censoring themselves.
This is meant to intimidate people into censoring themselves.
NEW: The ICE office that customarily probes employee misconduct is being refocused to investigate ICE critics, opening hundreds of "doxing and threat" cases and subpoenaing tech companies to unmask anonymous posters. Detention facility inspections, meanwhile, are plummeting.
by @regret.bsky.social
by @regret.bsky.social
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
www.wired.com
July 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
People have a First Amendment right to criticize the government.
This is meant to intimidate people into censoring themselves.
This is meant to intimidate people into censoring themselves.
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Exclusive: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups
The Department of Justice has tapped two prosecutors with expertise in organized...
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June 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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They left out admin keys for govcloud accounts for 6 months in a public github repo in a file called importantAWStokens. Any script kiddie could have compromised critical government systems with that. Who knows how many state actors did so.
gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...
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‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub
Passwords were stored as plain text in a public GitHub repository.
gizmodo.com
May 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
They left out admin keys for govcloud accounts for 6 months in a public github repo in a file called importantAWStokens. Any script kiddie could have compromised critical government systems with that. Who knows how many state actors did so.
gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...
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When you think it can't get stupider or more vindictive.
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
scim.ag
May 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
When you think it can't get stupider or more vindictive.
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Liz Carolan: Social media was once the future for big tech. Now it’s a liability. Meta is accused of using ‘dark patterns’ to exploit users, in a deceptive design that stops users opting out of social media feeds curated by algorithms.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Liz Carolan: Social media was once the future for big tech. Now it’s a liability
Meta is accused of using ‘dark patterns’ to exploit users, a deceptive design that stops users opting out of social media feeds curated by algorithms
www.irishtimes.com
May 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Liz Carolan: Social media was once the future for big tech. Now it’s a liability. Meta is accused of using ‘dark patterns’ to exploit users, in a deceptive design that stops users opting out of social media feeds curated by algorithms.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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“The Sorrow and the Pity,” a four-hour documentary from 1969 about Nazi-occupied France, chronicles the way that many ordinary citizens simply lived their lives as if nothing had changed—and the film is more relevant than ever, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Film That Explains Contemporary America
The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it.
bit.ly
April 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“The Sorrow and the Pity,” a four-hour documentary from 1969 about Nazi-occupied France, chronicles the way that many ordinary citizens simply lived their lives as if nothing had changed—and the film is more relevant than ever, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
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Phillips is completely right here. It is absurd to repeat an obviously false framing. And it is harmful, because once stated in the NYT it becomes credible.
Very disappointed by the @nytimes.com framing here. Two allies of the Russian economy had their sanctions lifted, using the pretense of the oil price. Lifting sanctions on these two individuals will not make any difference to world oil prices. It’s ludicrous and a gift to Putin.
March 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Phillips is completely right here. It is absurd to repeat an obviously false framing. And it is harmful, because once stated in the NYT it becomes credible.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 3/5
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We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do.
The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.
The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We hate this shooting as much as conservatives do.
The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.
The difference is we hate all the other ones, too.
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This is an obvious violation of reporters' rights.
Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.
Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.
Secret Service agents searched and read through Cincinnati Enquirer reporter @eringlynn.bsky.social’s notebook, which included unpublished work product, during a security screening ahead of an event with Vice President @jd-vance-1.bsky.social in Lima, Ohio, on June 24.
Ohio reporter’s notebook searched by Secret Service at Vance fundraiser
Erin Glynn, a reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer, had her reporting notebook searched by Secret Service agents during a security …
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August 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is an obvious violation of reporters' rights.
Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.
Secret Service members should have basic First Amendment training, especially if they are going to be dispatched in the field.
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did 🚨🚨🚨
July 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did 🚨🚨🚨
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This will be my next protest sign. I am just one human of the huddled masses but you will hear me ROAR! And Im not going away.
May 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This will be my next protest sign. I am just one human of the huddled masses but you will hear me ROAR! And Im not going away.
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Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...
April 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...
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A 19-year-old US citizen from Albuquerque visiting friends in Tucson is picked up by ICE and locked away for 10 days because ICE agents are convinced he's not a US citizen... because his skin is the wrong color, apparently. No International border was crossed or approached at any point.
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
news.azpm.org
April 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A 19-year-old US citizen from Albuquerque visiting friends in Tucson is picked up by ICE and locked away for 10 days because ICE agents are convinced he's not a US citizen... because his skin is the wrong color, apparently. No International border was crossed or approached at any point.
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April 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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NLRB whistleblower claims Musk’s DOGE potentially caused significant security breach
www.reuters.com/technology/c...
www.reuters.com/technology/c...
Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog
A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog.
www.reuters.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
NLRB whistleblower claims Musk’s DOGE potentially caused significant security breach
www.reuters.com/technology/c...
www.reuters.com/technology/c...
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Incredibly relieved to see confirmation that Kilmar is alive. Now we need to bring him home.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Incredibly relieved to see confirmation that Kilmar is alive. Now we need to bring him home.
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False statements made by Columbia administrators who are colluding with Trump are used to arrest a star philosophy department student. More evidence of the deep rot inside the Columbia administration that badly needs to be rooted out.
The State Department Relied on Columbia University’s Mischaracterization of Protests to Arrest Mohsen Mahdawi
Columbia University refused to retract its statement calling pro-Palestine protests “intimidation.” Now, the Trump administration is using it against Mohsen Mahdawi.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
False statements made by Columbia administrators who are colluding with Trump are used to arrest a star philosophy department student. More evidence of the deep rot inside the Columbia administration that badly needs to be rooted out.
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38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
38 of the 43.
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.
"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Evolution works! How about that? Very cool demo, but it makes you wonder that if it only takes 11 days to overcome 1000x a killing dose of antibiotics, why are we feeding so many antibiotics to livestock as a routine part of their feed?
In 2016, the Kishony Lab at Harvard Medical School put together this demonstration of acquired antibiotic resistance in E. coli bacteria, creating a mega-Petri dish (2' x 4') with a stepped gradient of antibiotic.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
Seeing the mutants emerge & spread is an elegant demo of evolutionary change.
The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish (Kishony Lab)
YouTube video by Harvard Medical School
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April 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Evolution works! How about that? Very cool demo, but it makes you wonder that if it only takes 11 days to overcome 1000x a killing dose of antibiotics, why are we feeding so many antibiotics to livestock as a routine part of their feed?