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Josh Richman

@joshrichman.bsky.social
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(he/him) Comms for @eff.org; formerly in Dem politics, before that 24 years in newspapers (Oakland Tribune/Mercury News, Easton PA Express-Times). Mizzou journalism. Booze, books, cats. Opinions here are mine all mine. linktr.ee/joshrichman

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12h
EFF and @aclu-norcal.bsky.social have demanded records from the Marin County Sheriff’s Office following a news report that it has shared Flock data with out-of-state and federal agencies – a violation of the 2022 settlement of our lawsuit, and of state law.
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We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data from their Flock Safety system with out-of-state and ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9h
VICTORY: A lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration's social media surveillance program will move forward. eff.org/press/relea...
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Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media
NEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by three labor unions against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected expression online can move
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Voting against a would-be tyrant and his lackeys isn't insurrection. It's democracy.
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a bit of a bummer that the story today has been "look at this absolute doofus of a senator" and not "Jack Smith once again credibly accuses the president of many serious crimes"
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No more “ambassador” in your chyron. We’re going with “sniveling bootlicker” now, Mike.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/09/2026
Some of us in San Francisco first heard of the Network State and related tech cults from Emily Mills. She documented how these ideas had infused our local politics. It sounded odd at first, but her work sparked mine. On Tuesday, we're onstage together in SF. Tix here: semaphore.thd.org/954-2/
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THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS PRESENTS: GIL DURAN with Emily Mills
Join Telegraph Hill Dwellers for an evening with journalist and author Gil Duran, in conversation with Emily Mills, discussing his new book, The
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Add it to the articles of impeachment. Should be about 1,500 pages by now.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
Americans have a First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements, and President Trump violates that right when Truth Social sells early access to his posts, EFF told a federal court.
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EFF to Court: Trump's Use of Truth Social's Pay-To-See-Posts-First Scheme Violates Americans' 1st Amendment Equal Access Rights
Americans’ First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements is violated by the Trump administration’s use of Truth Social’s preferential treatment scheme, which blocks people wh...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/09/2026
EFF is excited to be a part of #OaklandTechWeek, and joining @mediajustice.bsky.social on Wednesday 9/29 to focus on building the future we want.
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Oakland Tech Week 2026 - Where Innovation Meets Community
Join Oakland Tech Week September 27 – October 3, 2026. Connect with founders, investors, and builders. AI-powered matchmaking, killer sessions, and authentic community.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dear Bibi, Not everyone who believes you’re a corrupt thug and a war criminal is antisemitic. Regards, Millions of Jews
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As someone who reported on cybersecurity for a decade, reporters not focused on cybersecurity are very bad at reporting on cybersecurity.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Overt contempt of court.
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White House Still Bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico Despite Court Blocking Trump’s Ban
A federal court ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on the three news outlets around 1 a.m. Thursday, but none were granted entry later that morning.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What a cancer we have loosed upon the world.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Praxis, you say?
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Captain Kirk: Don't Believe Them
ALT: Captain Kirk: Don't Believe Them
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They think they're at their best when they're killing people.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good luck getting off that sinking ship
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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 22/09/2026
weird day to be worried about state-run tv, gavin!
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Let's see if we can get it into the teens! We know how much he likes teens.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Next up: ❎ Axon ❎ Celebrite ❎ Palantir LFG!
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI is like any other tool in late-stage capitalism. It could be used to advance the public good, but most will just use it to make fast money.
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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I can’t imagine what you have to do to a human’s soul to make them believe that this is justified or worse yet to lie about it being pretend.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Laughably ridiculous as a legal justification. For sane people, the arch being both a masturbatory vanity project AND a means of turning our capital into his personal armed bunker is even more reason to ensure it’s never built.
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404 Media @404media.co · 19/09/2026
EFF’s investigation found cops across dozens of jurisdictions writing “LMAO,” “LOL,” “Hehe,” “Haha,” “idk,” “blah,” “TBD,” and “robbery I don’t remember the case number leave me alone” in Flock’s “reason” box for searches.
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Either end for him is fine with me, so long as it's pay-per-view.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I fully expect to see this mad fucker literally wearing a tinfoil hat sometime in the next year.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Having this murderous warmongering fascist's name on the Institute of Peace is a sick joke. If it's removable - then fucking remove it.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Only thing he knows about fish is the McDonald's Filet-O-Fish.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/09/2026
I mean, sure, welcome, big tent, but also...
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
Alt: Hot dog suit "we're all trying to find the guy who did this"
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 16/09/2026
EFF is honored to announce today that Alexander "@amac0.bsky.social" Macgillivray — a former White House official who also served in top legal capacities at Twitter and Google — has joined EFF’s Board of Directors. (1/5)
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EFF Welcomes Alexander Macgillivray to its Board of Directors
Macgillivray Brings Perspectives on AI, Policy-Making, Social Justice, and Trust and Safety to the Board of Directors
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This isn't a snot-nosed, sobbing toddler taking his toys, leaving the sandbox, and going home. He's taking OUR toys.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just saw someone on Instagram say that we now have the pet cemetery version of Mitch 😳😂
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/09/2026
When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Weekend at Bernie's Party Scene
ALT: Weekend at Bernie's Party Scene
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15/09/2026
if you're a reporter "barred from recording video" by the government, you goddamn better record video
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Gene Wilder: "It's Alive!" (Young Frankenstein)
ALT: Gene Wilder: "It's Alive!" (Young Frankenstein)
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Insanity. Species suicide.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026
"i will shoot myself in the gut if you do not let me cut off my dick!!!"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Watching over us.
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Josh Richman @joshrichman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m a few episodes behind, and while Star Trek: Strange New World remains somewhat uneven (just as TOS was), I’ll admit I chortled aloud at a karaoke version of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in Klingon. My kinda dorks right there.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 11/09/2026
We are New York City and we always fucking will be.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 11/09/2026
LISTEN: EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social joined @npr.org’s Code Switch to discuss how the surveillance state got built, who it was built on first, and why opposing it suddenly now unites so many factions.
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Why we’re all being watched : Code Switch
There’s a growing backlash to the surveillance systems that have quietly wired themselves into American neighborhoods, with concern growing among people who have never felt watched this way before. Ge...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yes. Worth adding that JD Vance again lied about what El-Sayed has said about Sharia (to paint him as a scary Muslim) while doing a fake outrage dance about being labeled as racist (which El-Sayed hasn't even done).
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
thinking about this quite a bit right now
Mass suicides in Nazi Germany
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During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War I! in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide. In addition to Adolf Hitler and many high-ranking Nazi officials like Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, and Philipp Bouhler, others chose suicide rather than accept the defeat of Germany.!"! Motivating or triggering factors included fears of execution for Nazi war
crimes or reprisals and atrocities by the Allies and the Soviets, Nazi propaganda glorifying suicide as preferable to defeat, and despondency after Hitler's suicide. For example, in May 1945, up to 1,000 people killed themselves in a mass suicide in the German town of Demmin, before and after
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2026
this is a man so hollow, pathetic and power hungry that he is actively trying to ingratiate himself with neo-nazi groypers who think he is a race traitor
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're TIRED of being called RACIST for saying RACIST SHIT ALL THE TIME!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
BAIER: What about the president's pledge to give every American adult citizen a $5,000 dividend if Republicans maintain control of Congress - where are you on that? PAXTON: I clapped. This is way to help people with higher gas prices B: But on your site it says you're a strong fiscal conservative
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm sure there's a clip of Republican Senator Ted Cruz pausing his speech to say, no, these Democratic officials should *not* be shot and I disavow and denounce the Republican in the audience who is calling for assassinations at a Republican political event.
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