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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Landlines still work when the power goes out. They also require a warrant if the government wants to listen in You know what doesn't? Fiber optic & cell service Removing this old tech is a National Security Risk. Landlines are essential infrastructure

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The End of Landlines: What We’re Losing

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 30/01/2026

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time. Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief. Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time. Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“In the letter, Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, said the department has so far published only 12,285 documents and that more than 2 million documents remain unreleased in ‘various phases of review and redaction.’”

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Veronica Lewis, M.Ed. 👩‍🦯 @veron4ica.com · 29/11/2024

I’m glad so many people have found my “capybara method” for how to write alt text and image descriptions helpful! However, I know conflicting access needs exist and not everyone can write their own #AltText, so here’s an ongoing thread of tools that can help. Inclusion in thread ≠ endorsement

An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Credit to Puzzle agency, original information from Veronica With Four Eyes and veroniiiica dot com

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

First Windows 11, now this. Here's what you can do to keep Google from making Android as proprietary and invasive as Apple products. Goog's working on locking it down entirely by September 2026. Soft launch has already started. We can stop this.

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Keep Android Open: Your Action Plan for Freedom

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

And then he died in a school shooting

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Sally Rooney: “I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper–but that would now be illegal. The present UK Gov has willingly stripped its own citizens of basic rights & freedoms, including the right to express & read dissenting opinions, in order to protect its relationship with Israel.”

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Hel Eline @hel.eurosky.social · 16/08/2025

The EU is planning on doing something similar to the UK's "Online Safety Act". Mullvad writes about it here, but in what seems to be an attempt to appear moderate does not quite get across how dystopian this legislation actually is. mullvad.net/en/chatcontr... The included comic however, does.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

imo, if someone believes some races or ethnicities are genetically inferior to others, that person has revealed a weakness of mind and character that casts extreme if not irrefutable doubt on their other ideas. why would i expect them to use more rigor on, eg, housing than they do on human nature?

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Jessica Whyte @jessicawhyte.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

“Israel is using starvation as a weapon of genocide in Gaza. The death of one child is not an accident, but the death of many is a crime the world has allowed.” www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...

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Gaza extermination: Hasan should have turned three. Instead, he starved to death

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of genocide in Gaza. The death of one child is not an accident, but the death of many is a crime the world has allowed

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...

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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?

A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Video games used to work until technology couldn't support them anymore, but that's not the case anymore. If you live in the EU and want to take a stand for consumer rights against planned obsolescence in gaming, please consider signing the petition at www.stopkillinggames.com.

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Stop Killing Games

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.

Two density plots comparing age distributions. Top graph shows Republican senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Republican voters (more evenly distributed, median age 57). Bottom graph shows Democratic senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Democratic voters (more evenly distributed, median age 50). Vertical lines mark where half of each population falls. Democratic senators have a much larger age gap from their voters than Republicans do.

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Isle of Wight Trans Network @iowtrans.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

From the @crabmuseum in Margate... 1/ "Today the Supreme Court voted to exclude a group of persecuted people from equality legislation. Their ruling centred on the word "biology", with the judge stating that biological sex is "assumed to be self-explanatory and to require no further explanation."

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams" -- Willy Wonka

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The Stories Fascism Fears Most

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 04/05/2025

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Illegally fired FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya has cases in progress addressing unethical behavior in 2 lawsuits against Amazon, and one case each for X and Meta. Firing him and the only other Democrat FTC Commissioner is a blatant carte blanche for megacorps to trample human rights

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Who's Really Calling the Shots in the Trump Administration

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Two reasons to suspend cooperation: 1. Do you trust the US with information you share with it? 2. Do you trust the quality of information you'd get from the US? It's hard to imagine a strong affirmative answer to either.

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Introduced Texas HB3817 makes identifying yourself by any other gender than the one on your birth certificate a felony. This bill, if passed, goes into effect September 2025. Speak up, before it is too late.

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#TransRights #Texas #LGBTQ #ProtectTransLives #HB3817 #TransJustice #EqualityForAll #StopTransHate #CivilRights #Activism #HumanRights #SpeakUp #FightBack #NoHate #Legislation #BreakingNews#viral #fyp...

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Jack @contrapunktus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Removing trans people's ability to escape, whilst simultaneously making their existence a felony sends a clear, chilling message. This may not affect you yet, but the fash are always looking for a new heel. You want to insulate yourself? Speak up now for trans people.

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FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE

The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.

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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Administration Taken to Jungle Camp

The group of unauthorized migrants, which includes children, were bused to the camp late Tuesday night. “It looks like a zoo, there are fenced cages,” said one of the detainees, who have been denied a...

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