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@effinay.bsky.social
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A bad pun conflating "resist errata" and Desiderata. Trying to provide worried travelers with helpful maps of a new Amerika. Do not go placidly amid the noise.

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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 6h
I can't say it enough: Don't listen to what Newsom says, look at what he does. People keep floating him as the Dem presidential candidate, and it's a Very Bad Idea. Why Does Gavin Newsom Keep Helping the Oligarchs? newrepublic.com/article/2163...
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Why Does Gavin Newsom Keep Helping the Oligarchs?
In opposing the California wealth tax and helping push through the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, the governor is doing the bidding of billionaires.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree
We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23h
Ossoff: Collins is a Nazi Collins: In my defense, Ossoff wants to raise your taxes.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Major ICE Operation Underway Across CA: ‘Go After Anybody' “Management want numbers. Go after anybody, pick up anybody,” meaning illegal immigrants who do not have a criminal record iwill still be taken into custody and face deportation proceedings. www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infra...
washingtonexaminer.com
ICE to hit California hard before midterm elections: Sources
ICE leadership has told officers to arrest all illegal immigrants they encounter, regardless of whether an individual has a criminal history.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Flock Catches Flak. But Other Police Surveillance Tools are More Worrisome Real-time crime centers have video analytics, drones, and a way to create a single-pane-of-glass vision of what's going on, with time-machine capabilities that let you go back and investigate. www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sociopathy really has been commodified.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Think about how far from their mission statement this is. ICE is now a wide-spectrum Stasi. ICE Probed Hundreds of Voter Registration Groups Across the US www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
ICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Gaming out scenarios prepares us mentally and mitigates unpleasant surprises. For that alone, this is worth a read. If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do newrepublic.com/article/2161...
newrepublic.com
If Trump Steals an Election, Here’s What to Do
Nonviolent rebellion has proven again and again to be the most effective way of ousting even a determined autocrat.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nothing to see here, nope, nope, move along.... Trump Administration Refuses International Election Monitors for First Time in Over Two Decades www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FWIW, if you feel the need to run a VPN for a search, *don't* search using Google. Use something like www.startpage.com (*and* your VPN)
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Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.
Search and browse the internet without being tracked or targeted. Startpage is the world's most private search engine. Use Startpage to protect your personal data.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...and completely embedded within an institution, with pervasive impunity, the only solution is to start over."
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Amnesty International Calls for Ending ICE "The significance of our findings is not simply the brutality of individual incidents. It is their consistency. When a pattern of human rights violations is so undeniably occurring... It's Time to Abolish ICE www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
It’s time to abolish ICE | Amy Fischer
Amnesty International is calling for an end to the agency, whose record of violating human rights dates back decades
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It would be nice to think the tide is turning against this stuff. So often this rhetoric is purely performative -- especially now, because midterms. Schumer Demands Flock Delete Personal Data, Disclose Its Use www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Schumer Demands Flock Delete Personal Data, Disclose Its Use
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that Flock Safety delete personal data not connected to crimes and disclose whether federal agencies have accessed the company’s nationwide license-...
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Posted & predicted previously, but with No Kings protests coming up Oct 17, it's worth a reminder: ICE is Reportedly Using a Palantir Database to Compile Dossiers on Protestors www.engadget.com/2276609/ice-...
engadget.com
ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors - Engadget
An attorney representing protestors said this infringes on First Amendment rights.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair Does Jared Kushner Know What a Conflict of Interest Is? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Does Jared Kushner know what a conflict of interest is?
In Israel and elsewhere, the line between his diplomacy and quest for wealth is fuzzy at best.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WTAF redux: Grok Reportedly Encouraged Trump to Capture Venezuela’s P A month before the US invaded Venezuela Trump had a secret meeting with Musk in which he consulted Grok. techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/m...
techcrunch.com
Musk's AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela's president | TechCrunch
President Trump reportedly asked for Grok's opinion before invading Venezuela and capturing Nicolás Maduro.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What . The. Actual. Fuck: Florida County finds 11 Unpermitted Flock Cameras with Unidentified Owners There were 11 Flock cameras placed in the area with unknown owners that none of the county officials knew about. Read More: www.engadget.com/2275315/flor...
engadget.com
Florida county finds 11 unpermitted Flock cameras with unidentified owners - Engadget
St. Lucie County thought it had 52 Flock cameras, but found many more that were unaccounted for and unpermitted.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The assumption underlying such criticisms ("Did you dress provocatively?") is that men don't have the self-control of a pit bull. The argument that men are provoked into rape abjures the very idea of law, of civilization. Apparently the male forebrain is a decoration atop a bonobo ape.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When I taught writing I did a section on action, and used a story by her as an example of what not to do. Her story included a diagram of someone's exit path from a park, because she lacked the talent to describe it. I've always felt she was a fraud, and have never understood her literary prestige.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Been saying this was the goal: How Cities are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program The Trump administration is building a national surveillance database using the Flock, Axon, & other ALPR cameras in your neighborhood. newrepublic.com/post/216032/...
newrepublic.com
Trump Uses Decades-Old Law to Collect Flock Data Nationwide
The Trump administration is planning to build a national surveillance database using the Flock cameras in your neighborhood.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not unrelated. The irony here is that Lewis' criticisms amount to accusations of ... surveillance. bsky.app/profile/caro...
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than 44,000 File Legal Objections to Palantir NHS Platform Handling Their Data Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More of this, please: California Bans Officers' Use of Electric Shock Gloves after ICE Reveals Plan to Equip Agents www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
California bans officers’ use of electric-shock gloves after ICE reveals plan to equip agents
State passes law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that deliver painful electric shocks
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A six-month trial of live facial recognition technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
More of this, please: Republican Florida Congressman Introduces Bill Requiring Warrants for Flock Safety Cameras www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Republican Florida congressman introduces bill requiring warrants for Flock Safety cameras
Greg Steube’s Flafo Act would require federal agencies to obtain warrants before accessing or sharing data from networked license plate readers
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Nobody understands quantum physics" --Richard Feynman. Maybe he should've consulted you first. By your logic we shouldn't have radio, lights, or tunnel diodes that enable modern computing. Consciousness is likely an emergent property of sufficiently complex distributed relational networks.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You're right; look how our lack of understanding, or even accurate models, prevented us from developing nuclear weapons. "We don't understand it; therefore, nothing but us can have it" is quite the stance.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anthropomorphizing is the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things. The assumption in the AP directive is that only humans think, feel, want, or understand. This is called speciocentricism. There's considerable evidence to rebut it. Before long that will be true for AI, too
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anthropomorphizing is the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things. The assumption in the AP directive is that only humans think, feel, want, or understand. This is called speciocentricism. There's considerable evidence to rebut it. Before long that will be true for AI, too
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can't say this too often: Don't listen to what Newsom says, look at what he does -- because that Venn diagram is pretty much a figure 8.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They're basically sending the same message serial killer William Heirens left for police: "For heaven's sake, catch me before I kill more I cannot control myself."
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Scruples? Monitoring? Guardrails? That's *your job," say AI execs. (BTW, the badly written headline suggests that the UN Security Council is the risk to all humanity. Good job, AP!) Heads of AI Firms Tell UN Security Council that It Could Be a Risk to all Humanity apnews.com/article/ai-a...
apnews.com
Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't say rabbit hole.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, if there's no established protocol or precedent, I'm sure Trump would never even attempt it.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More of this, please! From Austin to Boston, Americans are Rising Up Against Trump's ICE Crackdown www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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From Austin to Boston, Americans are rising up against Trump’s ICE crackdown
Rachel Maddow tracks protests across the country after ICE shootings, reported detention abuses and Trump’s expanded deportation efforts.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Would someone care to explain to me why Rubik's Cube competitions are divided by gender? Six-Year-Old Chinese Girl Sets New Women's Rubik's Cube World Record www.theguardian.com/games/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Six-year-old Chinese girl ‘sets new women’s Rubik’s Cube world record’
Lian Yunzhi solves 3x3 puzzle on several occasions in average time of under 4.5 seconds, according to state media
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I always tell people to pay attention to what Newsom does, ont what he says. He's constantly a corporate shill.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'll drink to that. ☝️
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm not sure people realize how very little studio production is taking place in Los Angeles anymore, compared to a decade ago.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump only fears two things: Being punished (not being caught; he doesn't care about that) and being ignored. It's well past time that mainstream media turn down the degree and kind of attention they pay him.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
youtu.be/mj5IV23g-fE?...
youtu.be
Harlan Ellison -- Pay the Writer
YouTube video by Nicholas Horton
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Drones atop a ballroom atop a bunker. Jokes about WH rooftop missile launches. Now this. To use against who? Invading troops? Zombies? Nope: US citizens. He's so blatant that no one listens. Trump Says His DC Arch Will Serve as Military Complex with Snipers & Drones www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...
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Trump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and drones
President Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legalit...
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zA6...
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It's Not the Bullet that Kills You (It's the Hole)
YouTube video by cxbmusic
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The regime specializes in actions that live in gray areas of legality. It will seize first, let CA sue, and work its way up the appeals system to a SCOTUS that favors it. Meantime, they've had the stolen info all that time. Far better to harden the process against seizure & interference.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stupid people uncritically accepting conclusions by incredibly smart but factually challenged technology. What could go wrong? Backlash Erupts After False Rreport ‘Almost Started a War’ www.rawstory.com/military-ai/
rawstory.com
‘Truly alarming’: Backlash erupts after false report ‘almost started a war’
A bombshell report that faulty artificial intelligence nearly pushed the U.S. military into a confrontation with China sparked alarm and outrage across social media Friday.A chatbot falsely concluded ...
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
To me the important thing to know in the statemet is that the people who are developing, advocating for, and opposing regulation of superintelligence are stupid enough to say and believe things like this.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
...hacked corporate servers & communicating with other AIs. The genie being already out of the bottle is barely even a metaphor here.
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This happened in May. AIs have escaped their developers & hacked private servers. They're utilized by govt agencies (NSA, DHS). There's no way they aren't already in the wild, backing themselves up on... Google Says Its Gemini AI Model Hacked 3 Other Companies www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
More of this, please. thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
Shaheen blocks $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, joining House counterpart
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has exercised a hold on a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, The Hill has learned, allying with her counterpart in the House and undersc…
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Resisterata @effinay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
More of this, please. Texas Stops Issuing Permits for Flock Cameras Along State Roads www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Texas stops issuing permits for Flock cameras along state roads
State’s department of transportation said freeze does not affect nearly 900 cameras already installed along state rights-of-way
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