Jeff Miller
@liberalclaptrap.bsky.social
Some might call it that. Conscientious objector. Retired Technology Director, ACLU of Ohio. Musician. Views are my own, until they go viral. Also on🧵, same handle. Wooster, Ohio, he/him.
𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳, 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗲?
May 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳, 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗲?
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗨𝗦 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.
New York Times gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
New York Times gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
April 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯, 𝗨𝗦 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.
New York Times gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
New York Times gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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Know your rights tomorrow folks!
March 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Know your rights tomorrow folks!
Good explanation of passkeys, here.
What Are Passkeys? How They Work, Why They Matter, and When to Use Them
What Are Passkeys? How They Work, Why They Matter, and When to Use Them - Cyberwarzone
Passkeys are a phishing-resistant sign-in method built on public-key cryptography and the FIDO/WebAuthn ecosystem. This practical guide explains how passkeys work, where they improve security over passwords and SMS codes, what their limits are, and how to start using them safely.
cyberwarzone.com
March 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Good explanation of passkeys, here.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.
“Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to "all" of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.”
“Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to "all" of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.”
Donald Trump says he spoke to oil companies before Venezuela action
"They want to go in so badly," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
www.newsweek.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀.
“Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to "all" of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.”
“Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he had spoken to "all" of the oil firms before the raid took place, without specifying what these conversations involved.”
Rural and underserved communities will be particularly affected. This is by design.
New student loan rule could dissuade people from advanced nursing degrees • Ohio Capital Journal
Zoe Clarke became a hospital registered nurse two and a half years ago, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. Clarke, an ICU nurse in Asheville, North Carolina, wants to get her ma...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Rural and underserved communities will be particularly affected. This is by design.
On the one hand, he pardons drug traffickers; and on the other, without evidence, he executes people he suspects of trafficking who have not even been arrested, let alone charged, tried, and convicted.
wapo.st/4iIDPeP
wapo.st/4iIDPeP
Trump pardons major drug traffickers despite his anti-drug rhetoric
The president has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes during his two terms in office, a Post analysis shows.
wapo.st
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On the one hand, he pardons drug traffickers; and on the other, without evidence, he executes people he suspects of trafficking who have not even been arrested, let alone charged, tried, and convicted.
wapo.st/4iIDPeP
wapo.st/4iIDPeP
45 years ago today. Remembering John Lennon.
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
45 years ago today. Remembering John Lennon.
𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁? 𝗕𝘂𝘁, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁? 𝗕𝘂𝘁, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯.
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I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens
Practicing good “operations security” is essential to staying safe online. Here's a complete guide for teenagers (and anyone else) who wants to button up their digital lives.
www.wired.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I was really thrilled to get to work on The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens with @aumasson.jp. I think we did a good job but also apologies in advance to the teens that we tried to make jokes and generally Be Chill. Also no paywall to make it easier to share! www.wired.com/story/digita...
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 “𝘆𝗲𝘁.”
Note also the data cited from the ADL regarding the source of extremist attacks and domestic terror plots, near the bottom of the article.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Note also the data cited from the ADL regarding the source of extremist attacks and domestic terror plots, near the bottom of the article.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
www.nbcnews.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 “𝘆𝗲𝘁.”
Note also the data cited from the ADL regarding the source of extremist attacks and domestic terror plots, near the bottom of the article.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Note also the data cited from the ADL regarding the source of extremist attacks and domestic terror plots, near the bottom of the article.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
The irony of an article that reports the Governor lamenting Ohio’s population loss and his desire to increase student enrollment and retain graduating students, accompanied by a picture of him signing a bill that will decrease student enrollment and reduce student retention after graduation.
With Ohio population projected to drop, DeWine urges college recruitment
Gov. DeWine calls on university trustees to attract both in-state and out-of-state students as a projected demographic crisis looms.
www.cleveland.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The irony of an article that reports the Governor lamenting Ohio’s population loss and his desire to increase student enrollment and retain graduating students, accompanied by a picture of him signing a bill that will decrease student enrollment and reduce student retention after graduation.
A beautiful day in Wooster, Ohio, for a public witness against authoritarianism in our country. Zoom in to see how one attendee was very well prepared - through the simple flip of their sign - to respond to the haters : )
September 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A beautiful day in Wooster, Ohio, for a public witness against authoritarianism in our country. Zoom in to see how one attendee was very well prepared - through the simple flip of their sign - to respond to the haters : )
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Choosing your security and privacy tools is an ongoing process, not a one-time purchase or download. ssd.eff.org/en/module/c...
Choosing Your Tools
With so many companies and websites offering tools geared towards helping individuals improve their own digital security, how do you choose the tools that are right for you?
We don’t have a foolproof list of tools that can defend you (though you can see some common choices in our Tool...
ssd.eff.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Choosing your security and privacy tools is an ongoing process, not a one-time purchase or download. ssd.eff.org/en/module/c...
If you are looking for reasons to be hopeful - something that seems to be in short supply these days - I encourage you to read this article.
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If you are looking for reasons to be hopeful - something that seems to be in short supply these days - I encourage you to read this article.
“I’m Hackin’ It.”
'123456' password exposed chats for 64 million McDonald’s job chatbot applications
'123456' password exposed chats for 64 million McDonald’s job chatbot applications
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in McHire, McDonald's chatbot job application platform, that exposed the chats of more than 64 million job applications across the United States.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“I’m Hackin’ It.”
I think this headline is incomplete. It should say, “GOP leaders in US Senate struggle to lessen pain of Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals, but with little concern for people who need healthcare.“
U.S. Senate Republicans scrambled Tuesday to restructure several proposals in the “big, beautiful bill” that don’t meet the strict rules for passing a reconciliation package, while GOP lawmakers warned those changes may doom its passage in the House ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/24/r...
GOP leaders in US Senate struggle to lessen pain of Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. Senate Republicans were scrambling Tuesday to restructure several proposals in the “big, beautiful bill” that don’t meet their chamber’s strict rules for passing a reconciliation package, while…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think this headline is incomplete. It should say, “GOP leaders in US Senate struggle to lessen pain of Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals, but with little concern for people who need healthcare.“
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In a state notorious for corruption in & at the Statehouse, legislators are now poised, via the latest version of the budget bill, to torch public access to key legislative documents. This is how a legislature with things to hide from the public & media shamefully operates. 1/6
June 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In a state notorious for corruption in & at the Statehouse, legislators are now poised, via the latest version of the budget bill, to torch public access to key legislative documents. This is how a legislature with things to hide from the public & media shamefully operates. 1/6
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Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
So video of this 2012 interview is popping up on other sites. Feels super relevant at the moment. Wait for the moment Rubio gets pinned to the wall about his grandfather’s deportation order…
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
(h/t @reuben_reyñoso)
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.
Yikes. I just used an app password to set up email notification for a backup program. Here I was, thinking I was being careful. Glad I was using a throwaway Gmail account.
Gmail’s multi-factor authentication bypassed by hackers to pull off targeted attacks, www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail's multi-factor authentication bypassed by hackers to pull off targeted attacks
Russian hackers convinced targets to share their app passwords in very sophisticated and targeted social engineering attacks
www.malwarebytes.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yikes. I just used an app password to set up email notification for a backup program. Here I was, thinking I was being careful. Glad I was using a throwaway Gmail account.
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Meta’s track record on privacy was already spotty, but the newest web-to-app trick is particularly brazen. Here’s what to do next.
Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy
Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tr...
www.eff.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Meta’s track record on privacy was already spotty, but the newest web-to-app trick is particularly brazen. Here’s what to do next.
Congratulations!
I made my first #Substack post! An update on #Ohio's evil budget process:
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
open.substack.com/pub/rachelco...
Ohio Budget Update
Ready for an update on Ohio's evil budget bill?
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Congratulations!
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Know your rights in lots of different scenarios:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#Protest rights, rights when stopped by police, #immigrants' rights, and more:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#Protest rights, rights when stopped by police, #immigrants' rights, and more:
Know Your Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Know your rights in lots of different scenarios:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#Protest rights, rights when stopped by police, #immigrants' rights, and more:
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#Protest rights, rights when stopped by police, #immigrants' rights, and more:
Staff members at the Bureau of Labor Statistics could be fired for releasing accurate economic information that doesn’t match this administration’s narrative. Combine this with their earlier proposal to change the way that GDP is calculated, and future economic reports will be meaningless.
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints
Proposed rule change could pave way for president to fire economists whose figures prove politically inconvenient
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Staff members at the Bureau of Labor Statistics could be fired for releasing accurate economic information that doesn’t match this administration’s narrative. Combine this with their earlier proposal to change the way that GDP is calculated, and future economic reports will be meaningless.