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Debra J Farber

@privacyguru.bsky.social
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Post about Privacy, Security, Ethical Tech, AI & Safety Vancouver, WA shiftingprivacyleft.buzzsprout.com #PrivacySky Interests: democracy; sci-fi; trivia; puzzles; & my beaglier

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 24/03/2026
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
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Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
The president cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to county records.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Donald Trump said yesterday that people with dyslexia are “dumb” and “unfit.” Trump is a bully. He’s an asshole. And he’s wrong. When I interviewed @gavinnewsom.bsky.social recently, he spoke about his struggles with dyslexia openly and honestly. This is the way leaders speak. x.com/jojofromjerz...
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Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis. It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake. The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0 www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
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From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
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Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
When you realize that Rubio is here aligning Christianity with Columbus then this speech almost reads like a satiricial indictment of "Western civilization". Almost...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
You can’t build a Jetsons future with a Flintstones government
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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 14/02/2026
People grieving AI companions are not confused about reality. Attachment forms through interaction, memory, and emotional rhythm. When companies design for intimacy but control continuity, shutdown becomes relational harm, not just product change. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’
Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion – on the eve of Valentine’s Day, it’s being turned off for good. How will users cope?
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
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John Gosland @johngosland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Would Bluesky enjoy this god awful clip of Kid Rock from SNL S26E16 that has been scrubbed from the internet? Because I just found a host of VHS back ups and have that clip right here 😇 As far as I know I have the only YouTube upload - SNL scrubbed the clip long before YouTube
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
President Donald Trump isn’t exactly known for his restraint. But recently the mask has fully slipped off. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...
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‘We want to take over’: All the (recent) times Trump has talked about controlling elections
Trump's allies are starting to translate his anti-democratic statements into actions.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 06/02/2026
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/02/2026
🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls. The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“With Amazon’s role in ICE ops under greater scrutiny and Bezos’ dismantling of the organ that once proudly declared itself on being a defender of democracy, it’s worth examining how close Amazon and Trump are—& how closely aligned their projects are” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-jeff-b...
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How Jeff Bezos and Amazon became instruments of authoritarianism
And how to stop them
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Commercial AI is rarely built to be fit for purpose, and yet they're used regardless in safety critical applications they're not intended for, becoming a tool to avoid accountability while enabling indiscriminate harm. Something we've also seen in defense.
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David Nir @davidnir.com · 04/02/2026
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota." Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota." This presser worked like a charm.
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Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
You don’t have to apologize for your free labor. 🙏 We’re grateful for insights that you do post for free.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
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Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The website is: 503heart.com
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Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My husband, @c0ldbr3w.bsky.social , just launched his lifestyle brand, 503heart for those who want to rep their love for Portland, OR! 503 has long been Portland’s area code the design exudes so much appreciation for, & solidarity with, our city. Check out his store & let us know what you think!
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Sunday: Todd Blanche goes on the talk shows to deny that Trump had any role in directing the Fulton County FBI raids. Monday: Trump had a role in directing the FBI raids. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 02/02/2026
Without identification there is no accountability. We are seeing the consequences of that over and over again in American communities, with officers engaging in violence, violations of rights, and even murder. We don’t do secret police in America — the masks must come off.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 02/02/2026
Trump is lying about the Kennedy Center being in poor shape, because of course he is.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Even in Elon Musk’s denial of his involvement with Epstein—which directly contradicts the available evidence—the world’s richest man is still claiming he knew all about “pedo island” and didn’t do anything to stop it. Even in their fantasies of innocence they’re still directly enabling child abuse
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It doesn’t seem like Epstein is a hoax after all.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 31/01/2026
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today. Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
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Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Useful summary from @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social of all the ways the GDPR simplification instrument is trying to f* up DP 😥 www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/keep-it...
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Keep it simple? How ‘simplifying’ AI and data rules for big tech leaves people paying the cheque
If materialised, the leaked EU Digital Omnibus proposals will represent the biggest retrenchment of fundamental rights in decades
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A line from Sophie Gilbert's review of the new Melania movie. "Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
One thing we have two weeks to do: Debunk Stephen Miller's lies that the invasions have ever been primarily about deporting the worst of the worst. Another thing: Show that w/GOP consent, Trump has SHIFTED govt spending from nice things like VA care (&cancer cures) to pay goons who shoot VA nurses.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A 5-year-old boy seized by ICE and transported more than a thousand miles from his family home is reportedly very sick in a Texas detention facility.
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Boy, 5, Nabbed by ICE Is Now Sick in Detention
Liam Conejo Ramos is said to be feverish, depressed, and barely responsive.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
So, incredibly, the White House has chosen to escalate in blue Minnesota and retreat in Maine to protect a vulnerable GOP Senator. It's confirmation that Trump-Vance-Miller view ICE as a partisan govt-backed militia to attack blue America while propping up their regime. 1/
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Of the biggest scandals in US history just this week, I think I’d rank them: 1) Federal paramilitaries invade US city based on racist lies, murder US citizens 2) Slush fund for the president from stolen foreign resources held in Qatar 3) Whatever FBI and DNI are doing re: 2020 election in Georgia
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
So are you telling me it's wrong for a person to hang photos of them and their best friend now? SMH. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
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Trump Hung Up A Picture Of Vladimir Putin In The White House
Things that make you go, "hmmm."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/01/2026
New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative "There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
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'Abolish ICE' is imperative
It's also better politics than you might think.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The climatologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The epidemiologist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The activist told me historians will wonder why we didn’t do more. The historian told me that nobody listens to historians.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated ICE saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
You know it's going to especially infuriate Stephen Miller that Alex Pretti will become the beatified saint he tried turning Charlie Kirk into.
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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 23/01/2026
A post-by-post dissection of the Nazi and neo-Nazi tropes used in U.S. government social media accounts. By @alibreland.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com.
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The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is. "That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Give us your private, sensitive data or we’ll keep murdering you” is quite a choice
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Debra J Farber @privacyguru.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Angry that she funded Trump’s gestapo! I cannot vote for her again. Perhaps I’ll run for her seat.
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Agave @barbarahj.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#privacy #tiktok #collection #tracking #information #personal #warning #user TikTok now tracks users' racial, ethnic, & national origin, religion, mental health diagnosis, sexual life and orientation, transgender or nonbinary status, citizenship & immigration status, & financial information.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/01/2026
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
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