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Malaclypse

@malaclyps3.eurosky.social
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Internet Freedom Lobbyist, IT Security Pro, White Hat Hacker, against mass surveillance, TTIP/TAFTA, safe harbor, forward data retention, censorship and ███████

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michael veale @michae.lv · 01/10/2026
The proposed social media ban, the EU KIDS Act, is perhaps the most chaotic law I have ever read! New paper: Are EU Kidding Me? Notes from a Poorly Drafted Social Media Ban. files.michae.lv/papers/veale_areEUkiddingme.pdf In the spirit of the proposal I have stayed offline and read no takes.
In September 2026, the European Commission published a proposed EU KIDS Act, responding to the demand for restrictions and further design obligations applying to digital services accessible to children, including social media. This Article argues that regardless of what one believes about the merits of this policy direction, the EU KIDS Act is not the legislative text we need. The scope and drafting are little short of chaotic, full of holes, enormous ambiguities, and unintended consequences. Recitals contradict articles. The use of scope borrowed from other pieces of legislation not designed for this purpose brings services into scope that should not be subject to the relevant provisions, like book-recommendation websites, music services, or exercise trackers. The infrastructural requirement for assurance of age and parental responsibility attestation simply omits enormous issues of complex families and childhoods. Complex design obligations are written in ways that can be plausibly interpreted as implicitly prohibiting entire swathes of products, such as voice assistants. This Article outlines these issues, and many more. The Commission should withdraw this proposal and reissue a workable and realistic text.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2026
Ola Bini’s rights are again at stake. Yesterday, the digital security expert was retained by Ecuadorean immigration authorities which ordered his immediate deportation under obscure accusations of being a risk to the country’s security. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
eff.org
Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations
In a new blow to Ola Bini’s legal guarantees, Ecuadorean authorities retained the free software developer and security expert yesterday in Quito and ordered his immediate deportation from the
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CCC @ccc.de · 01/10/2026
To silence journalists and activists in Morocco: High-tech spyware from NSO, Memento Labs, FinFisher www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... #Staatstrojaner
amnesty.org
Whistleblower reveals how Morocco used a web of surveillance to silence journalists and activists
An ex-security agent provides a rare first hand insight into how Morocco's surveillance system works and how it was used to silence journalists and activists.
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From Patrick Bryer “Late yesterday, the crucial trilogue negotiation on the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) concluded. The good news: The “dirty deal” to permanently legalize mass scanning of private communications did not happen.” The threat of #ChatControl remains & attempts will likely
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 27/09/2026
The Dutch government is creating its own national operating system based on Linux. The new OS will be called DAWO and will be based on NixOS, a Linux distro that started as a research project at Utrecht University in the early 2000s tweakers.net/reviews/1533...
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Nederland maakt soeverein alternatief voor Windows en Office op basis van Linux
De Nederlandse overheid maakt een eigen digitale werkomgeving op basis van de Nederlandse Linux-distributie NixOS. De ontwikkelaars geven een kijkje in de keuken.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027: Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024 AI bubble bursting Continued rise of fascism
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨🚨 Social media venues such as #facebook and #instagram's algorithms have been designed by #meta to filter out 'social topic' such as #civilrights and #feminism. #Freespeech my ass. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is what oppressive state surveillance looks like: “creating a ‘unified view’ of data on people’s race, religion, sex life, political opinions and genetic information.” This is outrageous ! And just kicking out Palentir is not enough ! democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
democracyforsale.substack.com
Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Douwe Korff @douwekorff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This extremely well-documented and researched and referenced article should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in the Ukraine war! thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/the-ukrain...
thespectaclemag.substack.com
the Ukrainian people are fighting for their survival...against Ukraine.
what the West calls a democracy, Ukrainians call a nightmare.
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epicenter.works @epicenter.works · 16/09/2026
🚨 Tomorrow the EU Commission unveils its new #KidsAct: this could be a doomsday event for the internet! Based on a first reading of the leaks, we see several major problems for online freedom: (1/5)
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leyrer @leyrer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The USA's data centre boom will need US$110 billion (S$140 billion) to build 45 gigawatts (GW) of new power generation through 2030. The vast majority of that new supply – more than 30 GW – will come from natural gas-fired units www.straitstimes.com/world/united... 1/2
straitstimes.com
America’s AI boom needs $140b in new power plants, new estimate shows
The vast majority of new supply – more than 30 GW – will come from natural gas-fired units. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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leyrer @leyrer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you are an EU citizen, please consider signing this citizen initiative: Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/... (this is not a useless change.org petition)
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Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative
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David TS Fraser @privacylawyer.ca · 13/09/2026
Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, prohibits people under 16 from having social media accounts. This restriction violates the freedom of expression guarantee in s. 2(b) of the Charter and is unlikely to survive a constitutional challenge. youtu.be/TmqjQgSCEWk
youtu.be
The Canadian Social Media Ban for Kids in Bill C-34 is Unconstitutional
YouTube video by PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/09/2026
The current situation in Saudi Arabia is pretty dire. The Houthis successfully targeted the east-west pipeline that supplied up to 7m barrels of oil/day to avoid the strait of Hormuz. The Houthis are rapidlt advancing on the Bab Al-Mandab strait and could block shipping traffic there soon.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
on the AI existential threat discourse v reality - excerpt
“Designing autonomous, malicious software is generally considered irresponsible and dangerous. If you showed up at Defcon and gave a talk about how your autonomous malware did something unexpected and damaged someone else's computers, the first question from the audience would be "Why are you so
shit at making secure sandboxes?" It wouldn't be "How are you so
awesome at making hacking tools?"
The fact that OpenAl is making it much easier for unskilled people to break into and damage servers is indeed very bad news, but it's not new bad news. Irresponsible parties have been doing this for years, most notably the NSA. The NSA has…” - Cory Doctorow
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 11/09/2026
“If adults are required to go through an ID check point to disable [nudity scanning] software then millions of people could be faced with either compromising their privacy or having a phone they paid for restricted by blocking software.” 💬 ORG's James Baker on the latest online safety announcement.
computerweekly.com
Government to force tech companies to verify age of users to protect children | Computer Weekly
Phone and tablet users will be required to verify their ages with credit card or official ID under government plans to prevent under-18s viewing nude images.  The government is to introduce legislatio...
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noyb – European Center for Digital Rights @noyb.eu · 10/09/2026
🍪 Tired of cookie banners? The #EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back. Now, we need YOUR help to #KillTheCookieBanner! 👉 killthecookiebanner.eu
Open Letter:

Civil society coalition urges EU to kill the cookie banner.For once, EU legislators have an opportunity to deliver genuine simplification for people: a solution to the ongoing issue of misleading cookie banners.

As part of its highly controversial Digital Omnibus package, the EU Commission has proposed legally binding automated privacy signals.These would allow you to set your privacy preferences once, and very rarely see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back.Therefore, a coalition of currently 
19 civil society organisations, businesses and academics has joined forces. We urge the Commission, the Council and Parliament to support automated signals for privacy choices and a strong Article 88b in the Digital Omnibus.
For more info, visit: killthecookiebanner.eu
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Far right victory in Saxony-Anhalt. German Security Services: “Risks for national security”. Trump: “Hail AfD!”. How much longer will Europe pretend the US are on our side? How much longer will national politicians sacrifice our security to the fiction of national sovereignty?
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Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com · 08/09/2026
"Tomorrow I will discuss Astra’s lack of monitorability, and the potential contributing factors to that. The situation is alarming and should freak you out" This would seem like FUD but it's coming from a die-hard Silicon Valley AI booster and cultist. thezvi.substack.com/p/an-alien-m...
thezvi.substack.com
An Alien Mind: Jakub Pachocki Warns Us
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki is dropping truth bombs.
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Malaclypse @malaclyps3.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
"There is no safe age verification. There is no age verification that doesn’t put people at risk."
techdirt.com
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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CCC @ccc.de · 03/09/2026
Full collective solidarity against the US government’s designation of the Italian non-profit organisation #Autistici /Inventati as a „Specially Designated Global Terrorist“ edri.org/our-work/edr...
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EDRi stands in solidarity with Autistici/Inventati after “terrorist” designation by the US government - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The United States government has designated the Italian non-profit organisation Autistici/Inventati as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" for providing digital infrastructure. EDRi stands in fu...
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ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stuff like this is why the under 16 social media ban is a bigger problem than the ignorant handwringing Nat and Labour muppets understand. Our health system databases aren't even secure from attacks. Really think the SM giants give a fuck about your ID security? #votegreen #nzpol
arstechnica.com
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/09/2026
BREAKING: We're suing the Concord Housing and Redevelopment Authority over its installation of invasive surveillance devices known as Minut Monitors in hundreds of residents’ apartments. Since late 2024, CHRA has amassed hundreds of millions of data points from inside people’s homes.
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lady jae grey @mariahscary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I literally work in medical infosec and uh, what the hell
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My agnostic (i.e. scientific) self is actually relieved to note, just now, that Hurricane Dolly is no longer a hurricane, and won’t be hitting Florida, let alone any particular shit-hole there.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is exactly why privacy advocates have pushed back against age verification measures. These companies are reckless with their data and it can easily be compromised. It can leave people vulnerable to identity theft, doxing, and targeted harassment.
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Śéáń @fiercemilder.com · 02/09/2026
All the ID scanning anti-privacy measures and technology that were ostensively implemented to do this apparently failed job can stay around though.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is an absolutely catastrophic data breach of an identity verification vendor 150+ million drivers license scans that includes photos, address, license numbers etc. It includes Pete Hegseth, security researchers, and even the deputy director of the FBI. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
A screenshot of a search result on a website titled "NEXUS | Identity Document Database" showing a locked Minnesota driver's license record for "PETER HEG******." A driver's license portrait of Peter Hegseth appears on the left, next to mostly redacted information fields, including ID number, birth date (1980), and address, followed by a prompt to purchase the full record for $100.00.
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Daragh Ó Briain @daraghobrien.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If only someone had pointed out that it wouldn’t work. In fact, I don’t think it’s actually worked anywhere it has been done.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Sigh.
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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Silicon Valley surveillance companies are about to facilitate the largest transfer of power from citizen to state in the history of humanity. www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-surveil...
transformernews.ai
We’re sleepwalking into an AI surveillance dystopia
The technology needed for industrial-scale observation exists — and is already in widespread use
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 26/08/2026
The US government has designated the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati, which produces the infrastructure of NoBlogs.org, a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist," freezing their assets and prohibiting all transactions with them——citing their "far-left" politics for justification.
cryptobriefing.com
United States sanctions Autistici/Inventati for supporting far-left terrorism
The US designated Italy-based tech collective Autistici/Inventati as a global terrorist entity, freezing assets and banning transactions over
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 26/08/2026
Autistici/Inventati is a tech project offering encrypted communications tools, email, web hosting, secure chat, and video conferencing platforms for users who prefer to stay off corporate grids. This is what the US government is shutting down as "terrorism." Screenshot from the press release.
A screenshot from 

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/ 

reading:

RISKS POSED BY VIOLENT FAR-LEFT TERRORISM

The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy identifies violent far-left terrorist groups as one of the three major terrorist threats facing the United States today.  Building on the State Department’s November 13, 2025 action targeting so-called antifascist groups (“Antifa”) engaged in violent and criminal acts, Treasury is targeting Autistici/Inventati, Palestine Action, and Masar Badil, including two of its senior leaders, as part of a U.S. government-wide effort to protect Americans from the risks posed by far-left terrorism.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
It just keeps getting better.
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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 26/08/2026
88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data
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88 ID Verification Breaches Show the Cost of Collecting Identity Data
88 ID-verification breaches exposed billions of records, highlighting the growing risks of collecting sensitive identity and biometric data.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/08/2026
I think every major company is looking at open weight AI models and realizing they can just bring them in house with an internal engineering team and cut out the frontier model companies to save money. They have more control and privacy. I really don't see frontier labs surviving this.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton
article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indianaarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentuckyarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouriiarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
12-15 years olds using TikTok, before and after Australian u16 social media ban: Before: 27% After: 26% ‘The rate for children between the ages of 10 and 12 is higher now than before the ban, according to the data.’ www.independent.ie/world-news/a...
independent.ie
Australian teens return to TikTok after world's first ban, new data shows
Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If Marine Le Pen wins the French presidency, which current polling suggests is likely, France will not defend anyone against Russia. That makes a Russian invasion of the Baltics or Finland far more probable, and Europe must prepare immediately. Time is rapidly running out
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This isn't getting enough attention. The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level since 1983. Why? Trump and the GOP have been selling it off to try to keep oil prices low and artificially hide the real impact of the Iran War.
Storage of oil in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 1980 to the present, showing a dramatic drop as oil's been sold to suppress the price.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026
As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege": pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... 1/
A Canadian flag, its elements replaced with circuit boards. In the foreground, a bent-double, exhausted Uncle Sam trudges over rocky terrain, shlepping a giant sack on his back. Centered in the maple leaf is the word SORRY.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Solar panels bolted over 2 working irrigation canals in California’s Central Valley cut evaporation beneath them by as much as 70 percent, and the aquatic weed that fouls those channels dropped by about 85 percent”
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WIRED @wired.com · 22/08/2026
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So you think you have solved your age verification problem with zero-knowledge proofs... www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Zero-Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, a...
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fuck my *office* not being ready for this - I don’t care about my office. I care about my *everywhere*. “Your privacy only matters if spying might hurt your company” is a bullshit message.
inc.com
Apple's Next AirPods May Have Cameras. Your Office Isn't Ready for the Privacy Implications
A new video suggests AirPods with cameras in them are coming soon. Could they open the door for IP theft?
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Marlboro Reds for Teens is 'an experience designed to help teens learn to smoke without a filter, safely encounter the joys of nicotine and tar, and use Marlboros with the savoir-faire befitting a proficient smoker,' Phillip Morris said in a blog post published Tuesday."
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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If, ten years ago, someone had told you that people could subscribe to a service that can authoritatively fake everything from legal opinions and expert witness reports to determinations about recidivism and insurance claims you’d have said, “ban whatever that is immediately.”
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