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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start

If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street

This is increasingly common and absolutely tragic.

The simplest reason why the Trump administration is cutting off SNAP, despite adequate reserves, is that they hate the program and don't care about the people who depend upon it.
They are breaking the law not to provide SNAP while also enforcing the "equal treatment rules" to hurt SNAP users.

= Forward JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT. Support Us A few days later came another night I'll never forget - the Israelis for Peace vigil marking two years since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023. Hundreds gathered - Israelis, Palestinians, Jews, Arabs, Americans - huddled together on folding chairs in Union Square in chilly weather, under an open sky. As part of a wide-ranging lineup, from the stage, I read a message from Liat Atzili, whose husband Aviv was killed that day; a short, piercing story by Etgar Keret; and a poem by Mahmoud Darwish that hung in the air like a spell. And there was Mamdani again, sitting quietly in the front row next to Lander. He didn't take the microphone. He didn't try to center the event on himself. He was just listening. Bearing witness. His presence wasn't performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up. That's when it hit me: This is what safety looks like. Not fences or slogans, not solidarity-as-branding - but the radical act of standing with people in pain, without needing to own or edit it.

“[Mamdani’s] presence wasn’t performative. It was pastoral. In a city that so often divides its grief by identity, he crossed the invisible line and simply showed up.”

i love this forward.com/opinion/7805...

I canceled my own "hometown" paper and subscribed to the Inquirer at the beginning of the year. They are covering local and also national news well in my opinion.

Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy

There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

What a great resource. Spread the word.

A VPN is not a tool for anonymity, and while it can protect your location from some companies, there are many other ways companies may track you. ssd.eff.org/module/choo...

“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!

it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.

it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:

cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.

Relatedly, EFF has a cellular spying tool called Rayhunter that’s fairly easy to setup. It’s a portable device but does not run on your phone, so not quite the same thing as this Android feature below.

This two-parter, and the internet's reaction to it, is so delightful. The internet can be fun!!

"Such technofixes for the climate, in fact, lead us down a dangerous road, both because they displace far safer and more reliable options—namely the clean energy transition—and because they provide an excuse for business-as-usual burning of fossil fuels."

Pretty sick of a status quo that allows corporations to destroy the environment, oligarchs to commit fraud, theft, graft, sexual assault and smash the constitution to pieces but people on SNAP are the problem

I'm thinking about the mass disabling events in Gaza, Sudan and the Congo and all the people who will become disabled and have less resources to navigate that.

Happy Trans Awareness Month! This month, and every month, we celebrate the beauty, strength, and brilliance of trans lives.

We honor the resilience of our trans ancestors who paved the way and continue their legacy as we carry it forward today.

A golden retriever if s bumble bee costume jumping.

Here’s my amazing 18 month old doggo as a bumble bee mid flight. We passed out treats to trick or treaters after this.

As a kid, SNAP and food banks helped my family. It was tough, but it would have been so much tougher without it.

A golden retriever if s bumble bee costume jumping.

Here’s my amazing 18 month old doggo as a bumble bee mid flight. We passed out treats to trick or treaters after this.

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.

In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:

Guillermo del Toro’s New Frankenstein Adaptation is Life-Giving One of the most recognizable words in our modern culture is “Frankenstein.” But in Guillermo del Toro’s magnificent new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, another name…

"Del Toro... deftly reads Shelley’s text as a story of parental abandonment, building out a wider story of parental abuse and neglect, emphasizing the tragic dehumanization and alienation that the Creature experiences after being forced into existence."

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

As someone who loves technology but has developed incredible levels of skepticism about technology today and specifically technology under capitalism, absolutely this.

A poster that says Did you see: -a tent in the woods? -someone shoplifting? -a person sleeping in their car? NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT people are struggling don't make it worse

This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me.

Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.

A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.

Out of curiosity, I looked to see if Chewy had a pet food donation program, and they do:
www.chewy.com/g/give-back

Enter your location and it lists area organizations, including pet food pantries, and their needs. Also seems to be a good place to start if you are in need of pet food too.

Super critical. Also an important time to remind people that primary care docs and other community health workers in many states can provide utility shutoff protection letters if you have a qualifying medical condition, an infant <12 months old, or are 65+

Remember, the White House and GOP Congress are intentionally starving Americans for the sole purpose of raising the cost of our health insurance by ending ACA subsidies. They’re starving Americans to RAISE our taxes.

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

A major book distributor is shutting down and libraries are warning there may be disruptions until new sources are in place.

A hero for our times