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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/08/2026

Numerous studies, including from the FBI itself, show that invasive mass surveillance tech like Flock and Axon's automatic license plate readers don't help police fight crime. Surveillance is not safety.

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Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows

New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.

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Marie In Atlanta @marie-atl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

👇🏼In an age of vibe coding and monetizing, Electronic Frontier Foundation's article below gives developers important information (so their users don't have to learn the hard way). Consider supporting their work at eff.org

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/08/2026

If you are heading to DEF CON this weekend don't forget to update your Rayhunter device to 0.12.0! Signal strength is now included in captures. Recordings are compressed. Some identity request events have had their severity lowered to reduce the number of false positives. github.com/EFForg/rayh...

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Release Rayhunter v0.12.0 · EFForg/rayhunter

What's Changed remove another instance of outdated docs by @bmw in #1060 fix(installer): improve error message when port 4000 is already in use by @DevenDucommun in #1062 fix(daemon): drain UI...

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ESPHome @esphome.io · 05/08/2026

🚀 T-minus one week to lift-off! The ESPHome Starter Kit launches next Wednesday, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. Join us as we celebrate with our commercial partner Apollo Automation, plus special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there! 🎉

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In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Technology is cool, too bad they made it evil

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 27/07/2026

“If you’re going to try and block all of those wonderfully creative humans, you’re going to make it very hard to print props or make social commentary,” EFF’s @cliffbraun.bsky.social told @theverge.com.

theverge.com

Is this e-reader case a gun?

A 3D-printed case for a niche e-reader illustrates why mandating gun-blocking software is an unwinnable task.

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cliffbraun.bsky.social @cliffbraun.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“ FBI conducted both open-source queries and artificial intelligence searches—namely, on Google AI and ChatGPT—about the term “86.” ” Amazing.

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slowfox @slooowfox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

YOU PASS LAWS TO FORCE KIDS OFF THE INTERNET AND THEN CREATE TASK FORCES TO PUNISH THEM FOR GOING OUTSIDE, WHERE THE FUCK ARE CHILDREN ALLOWED TO EXIST???

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Zoey Selman (V3rbaal) @v3rbaal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Shipping is also FREE if you’re in North America! Proceeds support #EFF!

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

It's not just daytime solar anymore. Solar around the clock (stored in batteries for later dispatch) is now on par with gas power on a per unit basis. Chris Wright can't even blame variability or grandstand about the wind dying or sun setting anymore. Solar is cheapest almost any way you measure it.

medium.com

The Last Gasp of Gas for Power Generation

As a companion to a piece earlier this week comparing the cost of dispatchable solar (solar + storage) to the cost of a barrel of oil, I…

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Announcing DOWNRIGHT SCOUNDRELS NEEDED. The Anarchist Cookbook meets Unforgiven in a story that is unapologetically about the means and methods one should use to interfere with the logistics and supply lines of those in power. March 2027.

reactormag.com

Announcing Downright Scoundrels Needed by Sarah Gailey - Reactor

Return to the world of Upright Women Wanted for an explosive train heist!

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 03/06/2026

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

When I first started using DuckDuckGo a few years ago it was not as good as Google search. It’s now far better than Google search. Unfortunately this is mostly because Google search has gotten way, way worse, not because DuckDuckGo has gotten so much better.

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

WHAT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELITON AT THERE COMPUTER " CANT BELIEVE I DIDNT LOOK UP MORE COOL SHIT WHEN THE INTERNET STILL WORKED" ,,, THE FUNNYEST THING ABOUT A SOCIETY IN DECLINE IS YOU DONT REALLY EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN TO YOU AND WHEN IT DOES IT FEEL'S LIKE A PERSONAL OFFENSE, WE WATCHED COMPUTERS AND NET GET BETTER AND BETTER FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT IT SEEMED OBVIOUS IT WOULD CONTINUE, WHY WOULD THINGS GET BAD ON PURPOSE, HOW CAN YOU MAKE MORE MONEY WITH WORSE PRODUCT'S , WELL THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT , THEY SOLD OUR COMMUNITYS AND RESOURCES UP THE DAMB RIVER TO MAKE A FEW MORE TRILLION'S, AND WHAT CAN THEY EVEN BUY WITH IT, OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ABILITY TO ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE IN PEACE - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN BBUT IM STILL KICKEN A$$ AND ADDING CUSS WORD'S TO MY GOGGLE SEARCHES SO THEY DONT SHOW ME AI SHIT !!!! - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/04/2026

Banning 3D parts based on their function is a doomed game of cat and mouse. Algorithmic print blocking will be circumvented by lawbreakers, and legal uses will be censored. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2

Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force “print blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states. This mandated censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/04/2026

3D Print-blocking laws hand monopolistic power to manufacturers and can criminalize open source alternatives. We need to reject these onerous restraints on creation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

eff.org

Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1

When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are in the crosshairs. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Excellent summary of the situation, including one pretty critical detail I had not seen reported yet: "The IRGC verifies vessels on VHF radio and charges up to $2 million per transit, payable in cash, cryptocurrency, or barter. At least eight ships have paid."

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The real problem here (as any engineer can tell you) is that "signing off on AI assisted changes" is not trivial. You're effectively having to do a review of something you know was written by a toddler. "Looks right at surface level" is a far cry from "is correct."

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 14/03/2026

Happy #PiDay! π Last year, we shared a recipe that explained how you can bake Home Assistant onto a Raspberry Pi. This year, @adorablecyb.org shows you! 🥧 Ingredients list in the reply 👇🏼 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

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🌈 Missy @adorablecyb.org · 06/03/2026

i wouldn't change what i do for all the money in the world seriously come work for one of the best companies maintaining open source projects - it's a bonus that you'd work with me 😏

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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My favorite thing about Jack Dorsey how every iteration of his look is different genre of college campus drug dealer

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

A picture of a pipe that has been sawed in half with text above it that reads "A note reading “Hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks” was attached to one of the destroyed poles, and somewhat incredibly, broadcast on the local news.

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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 10/02/2026

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam

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Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020

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Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon

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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It is weird that we normalized keeping caged wild animals in our living rooms www.vox.com/the-highligh...

vox.com

The case against owning small pets

Your pet fish — or bird, or hamster — is probably miserable.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/02/2026

Pet Iguana Assumed He’d Move Out Of Starter Tank By Now theonion.com/pet-iguana-assumed-hed…

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

What the fuck Chuck

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Emily Taylor @emilytaylorscience.com · 03/02/2026

Today is my book birthday! This book on California amphibians was utter joy to work on from start to finish. I hope it is half as much fun to read as it was to write. Tonight I have my Amphibian Book Launch Party at a local brewery www.facebook.com/events/16251... ...

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cliffbraun.bsky.social @cliffbraun.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Amazing video from @techconnectify.bsky.social on the economics of our green energy revolution. The best part is post-credits: his incredibly clear view of fascism in the US and those responsible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/01/2026

I don’t know what I was expecting adult Elián González to look like but “could play Luigi Mangione in the movie” wasn’t it

Elián González as an adult, bearing much more of a resemblance to Luigi Mangione than I would have expected

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 28/01/2026

Consider whether you really need that app on your phone. You probably don’t! Third party apps leak a ton of data and we know people get tracked that way. If you don’t need it, delete it For the apps you do need, go through their privacy settings & turn location services to never or only when using

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"“I’m going to hand out big dicks to little-dick ICE agents.” The Geneva Convention disintegrated. The Founding Fathers wept. Somewhere, a federal HR manager clutched their chest and whispered, “No. Not like this.”" Fucking dying lmaoooo

closertotheedge.net

THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION

The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.

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WIRED @wired.com · 23/01/2026

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

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TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The news about people losing their eyes to less lethal rounds is a good time to remind people to buy goggles if you are going to a protest. Look for ones with an impact-resistant rating of ANSI Z87+ High-velocity impact rating or ANSI Z87.1+ High-velocity impact rating. Ideally, rubber not foam seal

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The tool uses commercially sourced location data from smartphones. Typically this is collected through code in normal apps, or the online advertising process. Data then provided to ICE via the Webloc tool where users can search specific areas for phones www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.

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cliffbraun.bsky.social @cliffbraun.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

This seems right to me. I have an ERV integrated with a CO2 monitor and home assistant. It’s great, but I think fiddling around in the single percentage points compared to just the vent fan controlled by CO2.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Got #FOIA questions? @laurenleharper.bsky.social @kevinok.bsky.social & @lizhempowicz.bsky.social have the answers. Join us for a FOIA AMA today at 1 eastern.

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BART @bart.gov · 14/12/2025

This was one for the books! BART supporters came from around the Bay Area to Rockridge Station to celebrate the holidays at SweaterFest. The lively energy filled the Rockridge Plaza with cheer. We crafted, danced, sang, took rides in the BARTmobile and snapped tons of pictures. It was a blast! 💙🚇

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore

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The other night I was driving in pouring rain, fully dark, and the car randomly lost GPS.
No location. No navigation.
Which also meant no FSD.
I tried two software resets while driving just to get GPS back. Nothing worked. So there I was, manually driving in terrible conditions, unsure of positioning, no assistance, no guidance.
And it genuinely felt unsafe. For me and for the people in the car.
Then it hit me.
This feeling - the stress, the uncertainty, the margin for error - this is how most drivers feel every single day.
No FSD. No constant awareness. No backup.
We've normalised danger so much that we only notice it when the safety net disappears.

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So true. I couldn't imagine trying to figure things out myself anymore
I feel it every time I have to take over to take a separate entrance or find an area different from the exact pin at a destination. 12.6.4 does 98% of my driving but that last 2% is tough
I couldn't imagine also being without GPS
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/12/2025

Don't mistake incompetence for accident. The degradation of your social media feed, the collapse of your news, the defunding of your school—it is all functional. They are happy to rule over the ashes, as long as they are the ones holding the match.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 14/12/2025

And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech. If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.

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How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans

Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …

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John Lindsey @johnlindsey-photos.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Last year, rain forced the annual Los Osos/Baywood Park Christmas parade to be canceled. This year, however, calm winds and overcast skies provided a beautiful backdrop for “A Beary Merry Holiday" celebration. A shout-out to Ted for creating a 9-foot bear for the Rotary Club of Los Osos float! 🎄

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Chris Ahuja @chrisahuja.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

@citizensimpeachment.com hell yes I do.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

[tapping earpiece] I'm just now getting a startling revelation about the shocking thing in common between those who work forces and those who burn crosses

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