Reposted by Jeff LandaleWashington Privacy Organizers @wa-privacy.net · 23/09/2026And that's it! The Seattle Fair Pricing and Transparency Ordinance passes 7-2, and surveillance pricing is now banned in Seattle!!!!!! 1177
Reposted by Jeff LandaleRiana @riana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW RESEARCH PAPER! With Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that somehow involve AI-generated or -morphed CSAM or child obscenity. Here's the SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comYes, It's Already Illegal: Federal Criminal Prosecutions for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material, 2022-2025<div> Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of creating realistic-looking images and videos with just a text prompt. This capacity has been mi 48036
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my personal dream is a remake of the first fast and furious film, except they're heisting a truck full of the complete Loeb Classics library. 000
Reposted by Jeff Landale"Chiji's" believer @shindleria235.bsky.social · 09/09/2026*extremely clippy voice* it sounds like a new world is struggling to be born - would you like help with that? 0425
Reposted by Jeff Landaleevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Is Flock the only mass surveillance tool/network that people should be worried about? No. But it is an entry point for people from all walks of life to the fight against mass surveillance and I'm glad people are paying attention and taking action. 12777171
Reposted by Jeff LandaleFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The other thing that really bothered me was a persistent sense that Nolan simply didn’t do that much research. I don’t expect fidelity to the source material, but I DO 100% expect deep knowledge of the source material, so that departures from it are informed choices and not accidents. 111
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026reading A Canticle for Liebowitz while playing Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader really shows how far the "sci-fi Catholicism but turn the dial up to 11" genre has come over the years. 020
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Building a machine to both constantly surveil your child while also absolve yourself from having any interaction with them is batshit. Future DSM editions are gonna have diagnoses we can't even dream of right now. 001
Reposted by Jeff Landaleevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I cannot overstate how much the revolution needs kind, reliable, people who show up when you need them and does not need drug-addled cut-rate Hunter S. Thompson impersonators. 640156
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's Catullus summer! I'm reviewing various translations of the Late Roman Republic poet and noted fuckboy Catullus over at Goodreads www.goodreads.com/review/show/... If enough people like my reviews, my Latin teacher may finally forgive me for not understanding what the pluperfect subjunctive is.goodreads.comSign inSee what your friends are reading 000
Reposted by Jeff Landalenaylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The world is not your backdrop. If you open yourself to it it is the source of every delight and terror. It's fine to experience these without having to narrate them for other people. 1203
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The absence of Lam Nai-Choi's The Cat is criminal 000
Reposted by Jeff LandalePortland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 04/08/2026A ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot.portlandmercury.comEnhanced Community Safety Initiative Won't Qualify For November Ballot - Portland MercuryA ballot initiative that sought to direct 25 percent of Portland’s Clean Energy Fund toward hiring additional police officers failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballo... 610427
Reposted by Jeff Landalegigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Hello my Seattle-area friends! I will be at City Hall for a rally in favor of Seattle's plan to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores if anyone wants to sign up and/or come by. The rally is Friday at 8:45 at the lobby in City Hall. action.consumerreports.org/20260807rsvp...action.consumerreports.orgSupport a Seattle Surveillance Pricing Ban! 1349
Reposted by Jeff LandaleEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context. 48980216
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 14/07/2026born to drink and read Catullus, cursed to write grant applications as the sun sets. 010
Reposted by Jeff Landalebijan @bijan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026every job i see these days is like: LEAD CONTENT ANALYST, Puppy Killing Factory (remote). $350,000 - $500,000. You will edit our internal newsletter (circulation 500). Associate Editor, Nonprofits, Global Good Magazine (in office, NYC). $27,000 - $28,000. Lead ALL of our fundraising efforts! 129100071848
Reposted by Jeff LandaleKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g... 4426571472
Reposted by Jeff Landale404 Media @404media.co · 29/06/2026Spotify competitor Tidal built a reputation by collaborating with musicians and focusing on audio quality. How will it handle the era of AI-generated slop?404media.coTidal Says It Won’t Pay Royalties for AI-Generated MusicSpotify competitor Tidal built a reputation by collaborating with musicians and focusing on audio quality. How will it handle the era of AI-generated slop? 221040
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 14/06/2026me and my brother just got our births displaced as the best thing that ever happened in my dad's life #knicks 010
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I need an app that tells me which tab or program just made a notification noise on my computer. 000
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Sending cake to someone who did a good post is possible and worthwhile. 110
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 28/05/2026this is the same guy that wrote an op ed decrying clicktivism like 10 years ago?? 000
Reposted by Jeff LandaleYael Grauer @yaelwrites.com · 27/05/2026Thanks to Daniel Spielberger at Study Hall for a fun written Q&A to delve into what it's like to work on a large and sprawling investigation with a major newsroom as a freelancer. studyhall.xyz/free-newslet...studyhall.xyzFrom Layoff To Pulitzer: A Q&A With Investigative Reporter Yae… | Study HallFrom Layoff To Pulitzer: A Q&A With Investigative Reporter Yael Grauer 1129
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 22/05/2026it won't happen, but it'd be helpful for the pro-privacy and anti-surveillance space to reflect on how many fascists from the left were elevated and supported in the movement. 000
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I have bad news about the continued existence of AskJeeves.com but I have good news about the continued availability of P. G. Wodehouse's 15 Jeeves novels, which continue to be the only work of literature adapted into a Web search engine.askjeeves.comA Farewell to Ask.com | 30 Years of Curiosity 000
Reposted by Jeff LandaleThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/05/2026Respect For Friend Drops After Reading Book They Recommended 292704367
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 13/05/2026media.tenor.coma man in a suit is running through a hallway with exit signs on the doorsALT: a man in a suit is running through a hallway with exit signs on the doors 000
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 06/05/2026He says this but didn't endorse Jimmy "The Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan against Cuomo in 2010 🙄 020
Reposted by Jeff LandaleBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 06/05/2026We’ve been told our content needs to be more informative so here you go 374699992
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Too much to hope that Zendaya's casting as Athena is a Martin Bernal reference and that Nolan is gonna go after the white supremacist underpinnings of classicism. 100
Reposted by Jeff LandaleFT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026The NYT is doing this on purpose. They must be boycotted out of existence. People to the left of the NYT have to stop proofreading the articles like they intended to report factually in good faith and somehow got confused along the way. 184
Reposted by Jeff LandaleYael Grauer @yaelwrites.com · 04/05/2026I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses. 41822204
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I hope the RightsCon team at @accessnow.org are getting all the support they need. I worked on RightsCon a decade+ ago and the baseline is incredibly stressful and exhausting. I can't imagine this on top of everything else. 083
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 16/04/2026if there are features about social media that are harmful to children (algorithmic content recommendation, infinite scroll etc.) maybe just ban those features for everyone instead of requiring easily circumvented ID checks. 000
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Not sure I can really enjoy Petrarch after a lifetime of pop feminism analysis, but also my boy was so whiny I'm not sure I ever would have enjoyed him. 000
Reposted by Jeff LandaleLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 01/04/2026Source Callout: for a story at the Guardian, I'm interviewing folks who were asked to keep working with someone after sexual assault or harassment or relationship abuse, and told to stay silent "for the good of the movement" (more info in pic with alt text). reach out on Signal @ lex_mcmenamin.68 0160105
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The quality of @yaelwrites.com 's work speaks for itself, but I can speak to how fun it is to work on projects with Yael! Do yourself a favor and get your company or nonprofit to hire her! Alternatively, if you're a funder, throw a grant our way so we can keep working on security and privacy ed! 020
Reposted by Jeff LandaleYael Grauer @yaelwrites.com · 01/04/2026A bittersweet announcement: I was impacted by the layoffs at Consumer Reports, alongside a number of extremely talented colleagues. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity and so proud of the work we did fighting for consumers and helping people stay safer online. 1611022
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 27/03/2026this may be the boston townie in me - the quality of education and the quality of students at Harvard is pretty low (and I've taken some classes there, officially and unofficially). 100
Reposted by Jeff LandaleLucy Parsons Labs @lucyparsonslabs.com · 27/03/2026**UPDATE 2: We have decided the fellowship stipend will be $15,000, with additional funds available for typical office expenses. Are you a researcher? Are you looking to gain experience with an organization that works for a better world? Apply for our summer research fellowship today! 11716
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 23/03/2026getting my wallet stolen from the gym really feels like a betrayal 010
Jeff Landale @jefflandale.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I'm so glad Pessoa et al. are finally getting their recognition. Cowards try to be great poets. The weak try to inspire a literary movement in their style. Pessoa, reaching for the stars and crashing so hard into the moon he knocked it off course, tried to write the whole movement himself. 010
Reposted by Jeff LandaleTrans News Network @transnews.network · 20/03/2026It is time to talk about a real problem within trans journalism. Breathless, fearmongering posts that wildly exaggerate a danger — or make one up entirely — while being incredibly vague about actual threats and ways to resist. As TNN's @davidforbes.bsky.social termed it: panicslop. So, a 🧵 4616238
Reposted by Jeff LandaleCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social 10958472
![An incredibly silly meme with an image of Buckinghamshire's waterways. The following text is around it.
'Can't remember the names of the rivers and waterways in historic Buckinghamshire? Try this handy mnemonic!
"Roman roads really ran right resiliently"
[The first letter of the following words (R) is highlighted]
River Thames
River Great Ouse
River Wye
River Thame
River Colne
River Ouzel'
There is an image of an otter in the bottom left with a speech bubble says 'It's easy!'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6xy5uc24pd5iuysvqqtbohds/bafkreiaebkvk4gu76vwm253u3okmsrgha43zw4v6karnphp6x3fxbkx4u4)
