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Big news at WISP! Please welcome our new Chair-Elect @thenalyssasaid.bsky.social and Vice Chair @imokx.bsky.social! Learn more here: www.wisporg.com/blog-posts/l... and join us in congratulating them by making a donation to WISP: wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

"Violence" in Social Movements • 111 They Will Call You Violent If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because "violence" is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent. Even as people experience the violence of poverty, the torture of im-prisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to "peaceful protest," they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.

for no reason, an excerpt from "let this radicalize you"…

Early Support Key To Fixing Legal Profession's Diversity Gap - Law360 Pulse A lack of early support and systemic barriers continue to block underrepresented students from entering the legal profession, attorneys and legal educators warned at a Friday panel, calling for expanded investment in pipeline programs despite recent legal challenges to diversity initiatives.

A lack of early support and systemic barriers continue to block underrepresented students from entering the legal profession, attorneys and legal educators warned at a Friday panel. www.law360.com/pulse...

but hey if u feel twitter is more your kind of people u should definitely stay there lol

Yes, agreed. FAFO is the perfect Pride flag.

Your local police don’t answer to federal agencies. They answer to you.

Someone AI voice cloned the White House chief of staff & asked for: list of individuals the President should pardon, cash transfer, questions about President.
If your team doesn’t know how to verify identity to avoid getting tricked by voice clones, now is the time to prep them.

Maverick!!! 💕

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath Hardly anyone is paying attention.

At a time when people are understandably focused on the daily chaos in Washington, these articles describe the rapidly accelerating impact that AI is going to have on jobs, the economy, and how we live.

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Hacker Summer Camp Donation Form Women in Security and Privacy (WISP)’s Hacker Summer Camp scholarship aims to increase representation in the cybersecurity field by providing opportunities for women and underrepresented folks to atte...

I just donated $1,000 to send 1 WISP (Women in Security and Privacy) scholar to DEF CON, etc!
The 1st person to match me is @0xTib3rius -- thank you so much!!
The goal is 45 scholars covered total & we have 2 so far!
You can write this off on your taxes ◡̈
wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/hacker...

. @wisporg.bsky.social is gearing up for my favorite time of the year: #HackerSummerCamp! We’re trying to send 45 scholars to @blackhatevents.bsky.social, @defcon.bsky.social, @dianainitiative.bsky.social, and @blackgirlshack.bsky.social!

Donate here: wisporg.app.neoncrm.com/forms/hacker...

When you’re at RSA and you see @defcon.bsky.social GOONs in their “corporate” cloths… 👀

Just had translate for my mom via FaceTime during a govt benefits meeting, where she was entitled to have a govt-provided translator present. We had 2 options: finish the meeting or have benefits stopped.

The narrative that the govt spends too much on providing services and benefits is gaslighting.

Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

An Administration that bans the Associated Press from White House briefings for using the term “Gulf of Mexico” cynically argues about the need for Germany and Europeans to accept neo-Nazi viewpoints in the interest of “free speech”

For those who sneer at this:

It doesn't fucking /matter/ if lawsuits like this are meritless. It doesn't matter if it'll get dismissed.

What matters is that companies now know that they will have to spend money defending expensive lawsuits like this from state AGs.

Because they hire women & POC.

A bear wouldn’t do this.

All of these stories of all of these firings are true — and everyone should share and tell their families and friends about every one — but I think everyone needs to understand that this is exactly what we have been reporting that they are doing as a systematic operation. These are not rogue actors.

Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password The list includes budget claims like "$3.4 million for Malaysian drug-fueled gay sex app" and "Disbursed $15,000 to 'queer' Muslim writers in India."

A German researcher captured the contents of "DEI.gov" before it was put behind a password wall. It contained a list of things USAID was funding filtered through the worst possible light:

www.404media.co/dei-waste-go...

Definitely did not anticipate being so interested in this thread + comments about watermarking court docs on a Saturday morning…lol

My personal TL;DR from the thread: Support the @free.law with a monetary donation and/or use their RECAP extension on Pacer.

Call for DC33 Hotline volunteers!!! A good candidate might simply be that one person all of their friends come to when they need someone to talk to. This will be a full-time con goon position, working a full shift each of the 4 days of con. Please contact me to interview! 🙂 1/2

I *know* this the meme in everyone’s head when the meeting ends with “I know you’re probably right, so go ahead and do XYZ, but you’ll have to explain all of that to me again in the future.”

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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A closer look at Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.

From @pewresearch.org
‘52% of U.S. TikTok users say they regularly get news on the site, yet fewer than 1% of all the TikTok accounts that Americans follow are journalists or news outlets. So, how are Americans getting news on the app? ⬇️’

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Don’t worry, I’m the dumb one in my own eyes too. 🖤

2025 Privacy Day Event · Luma Join an extraordinary Privacy Day event with privacy leaders and experts across Northern California's most influential tech corridors. The event will explore…

Join WISP San Francisco Bay Area for a Privacy Day event on 1.29.25 to explore rapidly evolving landscape in privacy, cybersecurity, & AI. Free event. Register Here: lu.ma/9htzlvyj

But they’re not getting the OG hoodie back right?

This is what happens when “not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet” decide the fate of the internet

Having been in the room, 20 feet away from Alito, I'm less sure this him being obtuse. I heard it as teeing up a question for the creators' lawyer to use to make an important point for the record: no, it appears TikTok is not fungible. Creators have not been able to find a workable substitute.