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This will likely kill more Americans than any other foreseeable move by the Trump regime

It’s not yet known whether Waymo vehicles were deliberately targeted. This year the LAPD revealed it had obtained footage from a Waymo driverless car as part of an investigation, indicating that they are being used as potential sources of surveillance footage. Waymo has been contacted for comment.

A stylized mural-like illustration shows a large, hooded figure shielding a group of distressed people, including children and a woman, who sit huddled together. The protective figure is drawn in black silhouette with a solemn face. In the background, two armed ICE officers in riot gear advance with batons raised. Above the artwork, bold pink text on a white background reads: “SOLIDARITY WITH LOS ANGELES.” The image conveys a message of protection and resistance against immigration enforcement.

to be clear, research shows “nonlethal” tools are not safe—and can be deadly

Union leaders are calling for a strike to shut down LA. 🔥

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly common, more people feel the need to verify every interaction they have online.

Welcome to the Age of Paranoia, when someone might ask you to send them an email while you’re mid-conversation on the phone, slide into your Instagram DMs to ensure the LinkedIn message you sent was real, or request you text a selfie with a time stamp.

I've read 26, you?
I also don't agree with done of those choices lol

In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically-made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.

The US Department of Transportation is significantly loosening crash reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today.

It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.

Words to live by.

Regular reminder that Richard Dawkins is not an expert on sex, gender, or human sexuality

He is talking over thousands of scientists who have studied trans health for decades

He is an ignorant bigot who never recovered from the atheist movement politely asking him to respect women and brown people

Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

Thoughts on 23andMe | Jey McCreight "It is painful to think what could have been." As someone who was inspired to become a geneticist because of 23andMe and ended up working there for nearly 6…

"I hope the field of genomics can learn from this, and come together to create better solutions around privacy, data sharing, transparency, compensation of research participants, and healthcare access."

My thoughts on the 23andMe situation as a former employee: www.linkedin.com/posts/jey-mc...

Two unqualified-for-their-job freeloaders call Europe a freeloader. From Jonathan Goldberg of the Atlantic's story about their massive incompetent infodump.

Finished Robert O. Paxton's book "The Anatomy of Fascism" today.
Times are bleak.

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

I've observed this reasoning from tech powers over & over

outsize, vague mission --> performing absolute commitment ("de facto good") --> even deadly harm is justified in pursuit

(cf. Crisis Text Line deciding a mission to "end mental illness" meant using intimate data for profit was fine)

I can’t tell you the amount of contempt real coders have for Musk’s stolen valor at pretending to be technical. His years (decades?) of pseudo-code revealing that he doesn’t actually know how software works are so offensive to genuinely talented developers that they’ve always hated him.

This is incredibly bad— a CDC website clone but w fake and misleading health advice (especially about vaccines), brought to you by the NGO formerly run by the current HHS secretary.

Things COVID has proven:

1) The job you were told couldn’t be done remotely, can be done remotely.

2) Many disabled workers could have been working from home, but corporations just didn’t want them to.

3) Internet is a utility and not a luxury.

4) Universal healthcare is a necessity.

‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!

Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.

Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!

action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

always ready for a good resource

when you and the buckaroos start showing off which of your ebook holds just came through

there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.

(Art by Greg Hildebrand)
#skybrarian #💙📚