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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 27/09/2026
It’s a very minor point amongst the far greater injustices of the situation, but the Cornell case has also just reminded me how much all of society seems to have just accepted the fact that big tech won’t allow people to use the word “rape”. (Or at least people *believe* so — nobody knows!)
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026
I implore all cis people to read this.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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charlotte 🐇 @char.lt · 13/09/2026
new blog post char.lt/blog/2026/09...
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what if my git host were a static site generator? - charlotte!
introducing: sorcery, the source-ery..
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
See, this is good. This is how you do it. It's not Glonzo; it's addressing a real problem with real regulations.
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aly @aly.codes · 09/09/2026
Yeah so maaaaaybe dont use DigitalOcean omarchy.org/news/2026/09...
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DigitalOcean joins as a Founding Corporate Patron with $3 million - Omarchy News
DigitalOcean is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron, contributing $1 million a year for three years! That’s a $3 million commitment to the development, maintenance, and spread...
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 06/09/2026
Funniest thing about the replies to this is people talking about how it requires logging in via oauth as being suspicious because they think they're providing their credentials to the website 😭
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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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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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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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 27/08/2026
i am anti-anti-data-center in a broad sense but i also think that if you build out a bunch of illegal and unpermitted gas generation instead of drawing from renewable sources you should be sued into dissipated interstellar atomic dust
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jae (hallowed) @fubarchitect.com · 24/08/2026
pro or anti data-center is a stupid thing to be. each dc buildout is wildly different from the next. you'd probably enjoy having several more level3s in your downtown buying up disused office towers. in turn, colossus is abhorrent and should be destroyed. please have some sense
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 19/08/2026
Up to eight players can play Knuckle Creek together. We provide the bombs, chickens and general disorder. Any subsequent arguments remain a private matter. Wishlist today!
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Knuckle Creek on Steam
Knuckle Creek is a slapstick comedy brawler designed for friends, fun and light-hearted play sessions.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 16/08/2026
"BBC planning to change news output to ‘win over Reform voters’" How would anyone notice? www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/bbc-pla...
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BBC planning to change news output to 'win over Reform voters'
BBC bosses have drawn up plans to win over Reform UK voters to address "low trust issues" they have with the broadcaster.
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 13/08/2026
In Germany buying a sim card for EU roaming and lowkey insane that you need to provide ID and verify your identity to get one?? Like damn ok surveillance state
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 10/08/2026
The universe has to be trolling because wdym my ISP decides to put me behind a CGNAT the morning that I go on holiday
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 07/08/2026
Clueless Googlers have never heard of NixOS.
Excerpt from the ChromeOS recovery script which calls `echo` using the hardcoded path `/bin/echo` with a comment above saying "builtin echo may not grok '-n'. We should always have /bin/echo, right?"
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: I wrote for MSNBC about how Madison Square Garden turning off their facial recognition cameras for Taylor Swift is a perfect encapsulation of our dystopian present: where the wealthy can use surveillance to consolidate power, and the rest of us live in a privately owned panopticon.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got to buy MSG's privacy. Her fans aren't so lucky.
Reports that Madison Square Garden temporarily shut off its facial recognition system for Swift’s wedding expose a glaring problem with how the elite wield and control mass surveillance.
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 21/07/2026
Eight players. One battlefield. Several chickens with no union representation. Knuckle Creek delivers slapstick battles, solo unlocks and enough farmyard chaos to alarm a local village council. Available on Steam to Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4652930/...
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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 18/07/2026
I can’t describe the feeling I get when I watch someone interact with something I’ve built and it makes them smile. Outweighs 1000 mean comments from sweaty nerds on the internet.
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aly @aly.codes · 07/07/2026
"Programmers working on the Internet have a moral responsibility to the entire world, not a single country. The Internet has been designed[...]as a universal system for the sharing of knowledge without censorship." this goes hard tbh nym.com/blog/anti-pa...
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The Anti-Palantir Manifesto
Nym CEO Harry Halpin responds to Palantir manifesto with one that defends human freedom and privacy against techno-fascism.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 15/06/2026
Introducing Knuckle Creek - Our slapstick comedy clay brawler! You can grab our demo for Steam Next Fest through June 22nd 👊 store.steampowered.com/app/4652930/... #KnuckleCreek #IndieGame #GameDev #SteamNextFest
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/06/2026
Laws restricting social media access based on age are spreading across the globe—from Australia and the UK to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, and the EU. These policies create serious risks for privacy, free expression, and access to information. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Internet Age-Gates Are a Growing Global Threat
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet governments around the
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International Cyber Digest @intcyberdigest.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
‼️🚨 BREAKING: Sony PlayStation's age-verification partner Yoti is reporting GrapheneOS users to authorities for using GrapheneOS, due to "past security concerns."
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For @aftermath.site: Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, threatened a developer for trying to restore their product's functionality using their own open source code. The blowback was enormous and may have exposed something far more consequential. aftermath.site/bambu-lab-ag...
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The Battle Over 3D Printer Software Licensing Matters For Everyone
Bambu Lab, a giant in the 3D printing space, took a swing at a smaller developer over open source code. The fallout may have exposed an ancient violation.
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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 14/05/2026
in case you were wondering how the EU's regulation of Big Tech is going
This makes it both incredibly funny and frustrating that the EC opens the report by saying that the DMA exists because “a small number of very large platforms were able to restrict competition including by imposing unfair conditions both on their business users and on end users”, only to then claim that this is now being addressed. According to the report, “alternative messaging services can now interoperate with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which has already led to new providers, including a European SME entering the market with innovative new functions”. The European SME that the EC proudly points to as evidence of a healthy interoperable market is a chatting app with a single rating on the Apple Store. Single rating, as in, one (1) individual person has bothered rating this app. This is the only app currently operating that allows for WhatsApp interoperability. Meanwhile, the report says nothing about why other apps like Matrix, with significantly larger userbases and real interoperability work behind them, are not actually interoperating with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 14/05/2026
"At Filton trial, reality is barely a defence" – a useful summary from @freedompress.bsky.social of the absolute absurdity of where we find ourselves right now freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/14/a...
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At Filton trial, reality is barely a defence - Freedom News
The state is crushing the tenets of UK law to silence opponents of genocide ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ Dogs savaged children.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/05/2026
We can’t rely on tech oligarchs, especially when these same companies and governments are the ones to sever our access to the internet and telecommunications. Here’s a guide for preparing to stay connected to the services you need and people you love during a shutdown. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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A Hackers Guide to Circumventing Internet Shutdowns 
Internet shutdowns are devastating for human rights. We can’t rely on tech oligarchs to save us, especially when these same companies and governments are the ones to sever our access to the internet
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A cause for national shame. This is the Rainbow Map for LGBTI+ rights across Europe. Until 2015, the UK was top. We've now collapsed down the rankings - and are the worst in Western Europe. We're now near Albania.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/05/2026
When people are disconnected from the internet, it can impact everything — access to essential info, how they receive medical care, or communication with loved ones. Whether it’s from the government or natural disasters, you can prep in advance to limit the impact of such shutdowns. 🧵 (1/9)
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Anna Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @annatleigh.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Remote attestation is a heavily underdiscussed threat to computing freedom. People often mistakenly dismiss it with "I will run my own fork (of the OS or browser) / Magisk", not understanding that with hardware attestation, you're literally unable to 1/
Remote attestation explained with wojaks.
A bunch of normies' computers/phones are sending a cryptographic proof that their hardware+software is FAANG-approved and signed.

So the cloud service returns the content they're asking for.

A fourth wojak is unable to provide such cryptographic proof (because he runs non-FAANG-approved local software), and gets denied access
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/05/2026
EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online harm—rather than undermining the open web through blunt restrictions www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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EFF and 18 Organizations Urge UK Policymakers to Prioritize
EFF joins 18 organizations in writing a letter to UK policymakers urging them to address the root causes of online harm—rather than undermining the open web through blunt restrictions.
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 29/04/2026
Microsoft losing the plot to the extent that games running on Linux through a compatibility layer are now not only faster but *assumed to be faster* than games running natively on Windows should be an even bigger story than it already is
For gaming, Microsoft views steamOS as the benchmark, and is working to optimize the platform so that steamOS and Windows gaming performance are comparable. Within the next year or two, it believes that Windows will be able to truly compete head-to-head with steamOS in gaming performance on identical hardware due to foundational changes that are being made to the platform in the coming months.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 08/04/2026
3D printing has been an engine for grassroots innovation—from life-saving medical devices to everyday repairs. New mandates threaten the open commons that made it all possible. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Print Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1
When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are being targeted. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
happy trans day of visibility to all of the incredible trans people in my life. the world is better with you in it and I'm never going to stop fighting for you, because your fight is my fight. we're in this together.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/03/2026
New York’s public hospitals dropped Palantir this week. Is it time the NHS did the same? www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK
The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government deals
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Netpol @netpol.org · 25/03/2026
We've just launched our State of Protest 2025 report! You can find it online here: netpol.org/SOP25
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 20/03/2026
People always doom about the internet being Bad now, and yes, it is worse - but the Good things still exist and you can still use them! People are making more Good things!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/03/2026
The writing is on the wall. The UK is going to attempt to ban hormones for trans adults. This is just one of the steps they're taking to limit access slowly. www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/n...
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NHS England to review private HRT prescriptions for trans adults
A new report from NHS England suggests that the public health service will review whether to continue shared care ageements for trans adults.
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Natalie Washington @transsomething.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Rachel, you're trying to make it illegal for a decent percentage of your tech talent to go to for a piss, and threatening to report the families of another decent percentage
A BBC headline saying "Reeves vows to stop UK tech from 'drifting abroad'"
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Murrax @murrax.dev · 15/03/2026
Just found this in the USB specs
Technical diagram of a "Dual Screw USB Type-C Locking Plug", which looks like a VGA connector but with USB C.
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm deadly serious with this. A huge reason we're in the mess we're in is because the media treats evidenced policy like housing the homeless and decriminalising drugs as absurd, outrageous nonsense, and "you can't even say blackboard any more because of woke" as serious and meaningful.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 13/03/2026
We are excited to announce our second annual State of Protest 2025 report: How Repression Became Routine. The report launches with a free livestream on Wed 25 Mar 2026 7:00-8:30 pm GMT. Link in bio to book OR www.tickettailor.com/events/netpo...
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Today I asked ministers to deny* that the number of jury acquittals in protest cases was a factor in the Government’s dangerous attack on jury trials. *They did not do this
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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 10/03/2026
⚠️ Update: At 240 hours, #Iran's internet blackout is now among the most severe government-imposed nationwide internet shutdowns on record globally, and the second longest registered in Iran after the January protests, with the country having spent a third of 2026 offline.
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity in Iran from 24 February 2026 to 10 March 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The green line representing Iran's connectivity is high through the initial time period, with a sharp drop on the morning of 28 February. The continued drop in connectivity aligns with a nation-scale internet blackout imposed by authorities after joint military strikes by the US and Israel. The minimum and current connectivity levels are indicated as 1% and 1%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red horizontal arrow labeled 'SHUTDOWN' indicating the disruption period, and the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner with the Mapping Internet Freedom slogan.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Telling that this article is written by a BBC social affairs editor and not their health editor. The BBC thinks being trans is a social contagion problem QED
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 09/03/2026
People should be REALLY scared by this, it's normalising refusing healthcare to a section of the community for entirely ideological reasons with absolutely no medical reason
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