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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 5h
www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi... Palantir, the data surveillance company at the heart of the British state, has warned its most outspoken parliamentary critic, the Labour MP Clive Lewis, that it has been surveilling his anti-Palantir activities. @labourlewis.bsky.social
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'We’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 6h
Wow, @timnitgebru.blacksky.app! So well-deserved! The Right Livelihood Awards are what the Nobel Peace Prize should be. This is fantastic! And congratulations to the other winners too. I *will* read about them all.
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 6h
If you in any way into #music, popular culture, cultural history etc. and are not a supporter of Andew's work, then you should be... it's an incredible, enlightening, painstaking project. #500songs
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 6h
#Sports #megaevents are, more often than not, a curse not a blessing. They mean crackdowns on the most marginalized people and places, increased security and #surveillance, and mass commodification and commercialization. #Morocco is next to experience this...
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 6h
It is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation here in Canada today. Sadly, every year it becomes more institutionalized, more lip-service gets paid, and less changes for the better for #Indigenous peoples. So, please read Larry's link...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7h
New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h
Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
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Data Driven
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 7h
Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 8h
Japanese actor, Tsuda Kenjiro, wins case against #TikTok over non-consensual #AI voice-cloning. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, Tokyo court rules
Kenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark Japanese verdict to protect publicity rights
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 8h
#AI #surveillance and performance rating called “horrendous” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work
Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 18h
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 18h
The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...
None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 12h
Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen are gaining ground with developers in Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria, not because of geopolitics, but because they are cheaper and more flexible. Information Society Law Center's Melissa Ninsiima on the strategic consequences that follow.
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How China-Africa Relations Are Shaping the Geopolitics of AI
With China's investments, Africa is not simply a spectator of global AI developments but an emerging actor in the geopolitics of AI, writes Ninsiima Melissa.
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 13h
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 19h
Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....
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Surveillance Watch
This interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.
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Justin Walsh @jstpwalsh.bsky.social · 20h
Shane Ross at Virginia Tech created a simulation of what 500k orbital data centers, as proposed by SpaceX, would look like from your home latitude sdross0.github.io/orbital-data...
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What would orbital data centers look like from your sky?
500,000 satellites from SpaceX's FCC filing, two published brightness models and the real stars, for any latitude, date and time. Computed in your browser.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...
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ICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - Enforce
Landmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory. Read the full story by Matthew Hoare: www.newarab.com/news/israeli...
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 29/09/2026
This is pure useless bullshit designed to bolster #Trump & the Republicans in the midterm #elections. #AI
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 29/09/2026
The articles have been out online first for quite a while, but it's fantastic to see the full special issue of @sciasculture.bsky.social together. Thanks to Les and @keanbirch.bsky.social for putting this together! #techoligarchy #platformcapitalism
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kelly pendergrast @kellypendergrast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pretty pumped about our new research project, about people's experiences with once-ubiquitous technologies & what happens when they disappear. First up: the landline. We just expanded the project website big time! Take a look & get in touch if you might want to collaborate: www.everyobject.org
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Every Object an Archive
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 29/09/2026
This hearing is absolutely damning to Trump and other Republicans. What did they think they were doing holding these hearings just before the midterms?
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those who were wondering « why would someone go to that trouble » in the matter of my unidentified writer. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...
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Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We invite everyone (nonscientists) to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Add your name and share widely. Endorsement helps show public concern about the future of our planet. forms.gle/vAARd7mv2yS7...
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My episode with Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social where we talk about what happened in Ceuta and why anti-immigrant narratives are so crucial to fascism. open.spotify.com/episode/3Hee...
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After Ceuta
It Could Happen Here · Episode
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 29/09/2026
This doesn't seem that much different from the trials of #facialrecognition 25 years ago in London.... #surveillance
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 28/09/2026
Independent #media are under massive threat right now from the #AI -driven strategies of #platform corporations. What do we do? How can we save or rebuild, or even replace, the #WWW (or the entire #Internet)?
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 28/09/2026
"No explosives were found." This seems to be just standard rural fuel theft, nothing to do with #terrorism or #Iran. But I am still not surprised that the British authorities leaped to a conclusion here given the #UK government allowing the #USA to use its bases for an illegal war against Iran.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Journalist and former MEP Stelios Kouloglou has filed a lawsuit against the Israeli executives of NSO Group, the manufacturer of Pegasus spyware. In July, @citizenlab.ca discovered Stelios' phone had been hacked with Pegasus spyware citizenlab.ca/research/mem... www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/pol...
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Νέα διάσταση στις υποκλοπές: Μήνυση Κούλογλου σε βάρος των Ισραηλινών υπευθύνων για το Pegasus - Dnews
Νέα τροπή στην υπόθεση των τηλεφωνικών υποκλοπών δίνει η μήνυση του Στέλιου Κούλογλου κατά των υπευθύνων της ισραηλινής εταιρείας NSO Group για την παρακολούθησή του με το κατασκοπευτικό λογισμικό Peg...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨🚨Quite a scoop: A #US based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from #Russia has worked on #EU-backed projects and sold its services to European #lawenforcement agencies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
politico.eu
Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies
The same technology used by Western police was allegedly being developed in Russia and sold to Russian security services.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Mustafa Barghouti: "We would not have reached this level of fascism [in Israel] if it wasn't for the silence of the international community."
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
By allowing the #USA to use its airbases for an illegal war vs. #Iran, the #UK government opened the UK to attack. Is this just random #terrorism, or is it a direct response (and one that Iran might argue is justified and proportionate in international law)? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Five arrested for alleged terrorism offences after ‘major incident’ near RAF Fairford
Men held also suspected of explosives offences as homes evacuated near British airbase used in US attacks on Iran
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
This x100. Music is probably more diverse and less popularly shared than it's ever been right now. One person's musical experience and internal sonic landscape it likely to be very different from another's. And let's not forget the USA-centric assumptions embedded in the discourse...
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
This what Garfield Benjamin called “squeeveillance” in his excellent piece on cuteness and surveillance in Surveillance & Society from 2024: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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Squeeveillance: Performing Cuteness to Normalise Surveillance Power | Surveillance & Society
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
It seems that Jacob Coxon is indeed a plant. #AI www.piratewires.com/p/jacob-coxo...
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
I would like everyone to observe the difference between 6 #police arresting one man peacefully holding a hand-drawn sign in support of Palestine Action, and the police taking no action at all when hundreds of black-uniformed #fascists blocked the port of Dover a few days ago. #UK
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 27/09/2026
LLMs are predictive language models. They do not 'think' or 'feel', they are designed to produce output that looks / sounds like human language. If an LLM produces the phrase, "I feel pain," it is still just output that looks / sounds like human language. There is nothing to explain here.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/09/2026
A U.S. libertarian network called Atlas Network has been funding at least 11 Canadian think tanks that have been fuelling, climate denialism, support for the oil and gas industry, and Alberta separatism.
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets.
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 26/09/2026
In memory of our friend, David Corley, who died suddenly last night. It has been such a year… youtu.be/Fb7V1XZHUzU
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David Corley "Easy Mistake" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by David Corley
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 26/09/2026
People are free to like and do what they like, but as I get older, and with so many great books and films in the world, I rarely read or watch something twice anymore, unless I am sharing it with someone else who is new to it, it’s for work, or I have little choice because my kid wants to…
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 26/09/2026
US nuclear non-proliferation policy: Iranian nuclear bombs are bad, Saudi and Israeli nuclear bombs are good. I hope this helps…
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t know why it took me so long to see the parallel between the Tech Bros’ “network state” strategy (“parallel institutions”) & the “7 mountains mandate.” But now that I see it, I can’t unsee it. 1/
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI #slopaganda is not so much about fakes or disinformation. It's about aligning the world with your preformulated descriptions of it, making reality disappear behind its formulaic image, rendering visible all your fears at once in order to enjoy them more. It's a technology of fascist daydreaming
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 25/09/2026
The journalist who didn't exist... "he" seemed very concerned with security, crime and pro-Israel / anti-Palestinian solidarity opinion pieces.
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