Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web
Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.
Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
21.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 3834 🔁 2448 💬 57 📌 164
What's wild is Black people keep telling everyone else this but accepting that racial solidarity against mass incarceration is the baseline of meaningful resistance is a bridge too far for an overwhelming majority of the population, despite very obvious for-profit concentration camp plans.
20.02.2026 23:43 — 👍 230 🔁 91 💬 0 📌 0
Sunflowers, by Joan Mitchell, 1990-91, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
21.02.2026 00:37 — 👍 1528 🔁 140 💬 4 📌 5
*Would thou like to live deliciously?"
21.02.2026 00:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is that the one where the author gave the warships' truespace drives have zones of invulnerability except along a narrow axis so it's essentially ship-of-the-line combat in space?
20.02.2026 20:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Hey guys I got this idea that the only votes that should be attempted are those which are almost certain to pass. It's an idea only held by the most useless opposition this side of the Washington Generals.
20.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act.
The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."
20.02.2026 14:04 — 👍 5488 🔁 1690 💬 85 📌 386
I'm still outraged they didn't put him in the tower of London
20.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Every day, with each loss or rescinding of a Trump order or declaration, the companies and entities that immediately capitulated to him look worse and worse. We should never let them forget it either.
20.02.2026 16:58 — 👍 90 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 1
John Roberts saying "I can excuse molesting people, but I draw the line at molesting the money."
20.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 1969 🔁 422 💬 0 📌 5
Homestar Runner holodeck version
20.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Trust Trap
What do Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, and RFK Jr. have in common?
New from me: What do Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, and RFK Jr. have in common?
Each has used the trust trap: they bemoan a loss in institutional legitimacy as a justification for radical actions that further undercut trust in their institutions. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trust-...
20.02.2026 12:47 — 👍 1020 🔁 284 💬 23 📌 21
The UK arresting Andrew.
South Korea tossing their wannabe dictator in jail for life.
John Roberts better be getting a really nice Edible Arrangement from the White House.
19.02.2026 12:28 — 👍 22679 🔁 3991 💬 535 📌 153
really not a well thought out joke up top bc there never was a cancel culture, just consequences for being a piece of shit that makes the world a worse place and they bullied the country into making that a “free speech” issue
19.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 143 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 0
Oh that fucking win11 "enhanced" context menu. It sucks yes. (It can also be turned off but that doesn't mitigate the fact that it should not exist in the first place)
19.02.2026 23:09 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You can't vaguepost about this. If there is a thing we have to stop shoving them into lockers over it needs to be delineated in the narrowest possible scope.
19.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Good.
If we don't prosecute these fucks we should at least ramp up our efforts to ostracize them. bsky.app/profile/nyti...
19.02.2026 20:27 — 👍 81 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0
The surge in violence meted out by ICE absolutely should continue to be condemned, but I think a lot of people didn't realize or care that activists have been facing life-altering injury from cops for generations. "Law enforcement" has always been the violence. It ALL needs to stop.
18.02.2026 19:17 — 👍 5468 🔁 1245 💬 124 📌 47
Single instance of nuggage
18.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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18.02.2026 20:57 — 👍 189 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 1
I'm speaking up for the hater here. Hater is a reasonable, informed position when facing a multibillion dollar misinformation campaign. Nuanced discussion is useless and wrong when dealing with a tsunami of bullshit
18.02.2026 21:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
18.02.2026 13:07 — 👍 10947 🔁 2791 💬 147 📌 95
propaganda works. I suspect it probably works better on people who think they're immune to it
18.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 996 🔁 229 💬 14 📌 5
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
18.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 9673 🔁 3809 💬 157 📌 63
Communities nationwide push back against proposed ICE facility sites
A proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack is continuing to spark strong reactions from residents and local officials.
25 years ago, a bunch of libertarians moved to NH to take over state government. Jason Osborne, one of those "Free Staters," has since risen to be majority leader in the state house.
How is he fighting for "liberty?" By helping Stephen Miller build a 324,000-foot prison for migrants and refugees.
18.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 1695 🔁 640 💬 86 📌 49
Trump is very underwater on immigration.
There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
18.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 1858 🔁 474 💬 74 📌 45
Why are people always yelling at The Left, a group almost entirely shut out of public life, including mainstream news outlets. You are mad at people on social media. Get a life
18.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 2201 🔁 317 💬 41 📌 18
the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state
18.02.2026 09:08 — 👍 3849 🔁 1664 💬 37 📌 25
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
17.02.2026 14:51 — 👍 3103 🔁 1433 💬 136 📌 114
Yup. So many programs were left wide open for brazen corruption.
18.02.2026 04:08 — 👍 401 🔁 59 💬 6 📌 0
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