Tom Thorley

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

As the Trump administration continues its crackdown, millions across the US are expected to hit the streets for this weekend's "No Kings" protest. If that includes you or your loved ones, here's a 🧵 of guides to follow to protest safely in the age of surveillance.

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#BlueskyArtShow
#Vertical
#Caturday

It’s a two twofer this week!

Companies are beginning to see that as AI is so pervasive and the systemic biases that it has built in are so powerful that it is shaping culture and so responsible AI development is critical to building the culture companies need. It needs to become and economic imperative.

I spent much of the day with #AmericaOnTech at @nbcuniversal.com today talking about the future of work and how AI impacts that. My takeaway was that employers want and need diverse perspectives and so programs like AOT are critical. Also …

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow from a soundbath in the Santa Monica mountains above Malibu.

“Better” Screen Time is More Than Just Minutes: Quality vs Quantity What makes some screen time for kids “better” than others? Turns out, “better” isn’t always better. Learn how to balance screen time quantity (time) with quality (content).

Currently managing a preteen who is preteening and so rereading @drkowert.bsky.social ‘s article on Better Screen Time: Quality vs Quantity and I’m reminded of my old home economics teacher’s mantra “There are no bad foods, only bad diets!” nurture.is/academy/bett...

Second ML classifiers can be more accurate than humans and have less bias but they are not always better in either way - it really depends on how they are trained and used. Often we don’t do a good job of measuring bias in either human or ML moderation systems

@rahaeli.bsky.social I broadly agree with what you are saying in this thread but I think there is some nuance that should be injected. First you can be upset at classifiers making mistakes and your data being used for training - we need to do better at informed consent, privacy and data ownership

#Relax #BlueskyArtShow

My happy place at sunset

Needed this reminder this morning! #Breathe

How the Fork Did We Get Here? We took the government's deferred resignation because our morals and our ethics were being pushed to the limit...

How the fork did we get here? In this episode, Jill and I discuss how morals and ethics were pushed to the limit by changes in the new administration. We'll be releasing new episodes every Monday.

#ForkingOff #FedExit #AltGov #DRP #ComeysHomies

forkingoff.com/how-the-fork/

Jane Goodall Thinks It’s Not Too Late to Save the World The world, the famed primatologist says, isn’t what it used to be—but there’s still time to save it, if we treat crises like climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty as one.

Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist.

Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚

#BlueSkyArtShow
#TheRoad in Cirencester on my way to Bath many years ago. It was so dark driving these Cotswold lanes and I couldn’t resist pulling over to take shots of the light trails.

Tonight at #HollywoodBowl was an amazing tribute to Minnie Riperton with Aloe Blacc, George Benson and Stevie Wonder… such a privilege just to be present.

Going for the most #LA day - Brunch in Malibu followed by Pickleball in Calabasas if only I could surf or beach…

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From inside the public library in Seattle - Sharp #angles creating a lattice over the Seattle skyline. This place holds a special spot in my heart.

What do Ruth Asawa’s sculptures have to do with Keeping Developers online?
Let's talk about it! Catch my session as part of the Secure Track at #GitHubUniverse.

🗓️ Oct 28 -29 | San Francisco + Virtual
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Driftwood

I didn’t have anything for #BlueSkyArtShow #Home this week instead here is this…

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Personally I’ve be quiet and reflective today, I always find 9/11 hard. But I’m trying to remember that every action we take is part of a larger effort. Let’s keep showing up with compassion in how we treat each other.
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We’re living through a time of global pain and complexity. From political violence here in the U.S. to the genocide in Gaza, it’s a deeply difficult moment with hate and division driving much of the public discourse. I have no ambition for hot takes or simplifying. None of the solutions are easy.

Today is 9/11 —a day that holds deep personal meaning for me. It’s one of the reasons I entered Intel work, a long career countering terrorism, and ultimately led me to the role I’m in today. That moment shaped my sense of purpose: to help protect people and make the internet a safer place.

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Gentle reminder for a rocky time

@joyoladokun.bsky.social #lookup

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#BlueSkyArtShow
#Summer at Zuma Beach in Malibu

GitHub is enabling broader access for developers in Syria following new government trade rules With the relaxation of sanctions and export controls on Syria, GitHub will once again be broadly available to Syrian developers.

GitHub is the home for ALL developers. I spoken to quite a few Syrian developers who had been affected by the trade restrictions and know the positive impact that this change will have.

Thanks for making the world a more collaborative place - one pull request at a time

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GitHub Universe GitHub's global developer event is back. Join the world's fair of software.

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at #GitHubUniverse in October! If you care about how we keep developers safe @Github, I hope you’ll join me live in San Francisco or virtually!

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This has to be a material from season 2 of the Residence… Uzo Abuda is about to pop out of the bushes with some binoculars.

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#Shiny

The reflecting pools at the 9/11 memorial - a place of deep grief, sadness and trauma but also a place of hope and renewal. This place is very personally important to me and this morning that dichotomy particularly resonates.

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*Resists urge to go map out the networks and build a classifier to identify bots on bsky*

In fairness to @aaron.bsky.team and team this is normally an asymmetry issue. Creating accounts is cheaper than accurately detecting them. There are loads of ways to solve for it but it’s all tradeoffs and for a platform that has grown rapidly deciding where to focus 1st can be really hard.