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How Surveillance Tech is Being Used to ID and Charge Portland Protesters Surveillance technology is helping criminalize resistance. On July 24, a criminal complaint was filed in federal court. Less than 24 hours later, FBI agents raided the defendant’s home in Portland, O...

Surveillance technology is helping criminalize resistance

ironically the education for its own sake, Enlightenment-coded, Great Books-ass liberal arts degree is one of the better employment bets you can make. learn how to read, write, think critically, develop curiosity so you can pick up new skills quickly, etc etc

Headlines: "Judge Orders Halt to Construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention..." "Trump Administration's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Suffers Legal Blow" "Judge stops work at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz.' What are they building there?"

Alligator Alcatraz has been halted because of the Miccosukee Tribe. But look at how it's reported.

Native people constantly fight for not only the land, but human rights -- and their contributions are consistently erased.

And everyone does it. Erasing Native voices is the true American pastime.

Mahmoud Darwish
Forever part of us.
3/13/41 - 8/9/08

i hate AI 👎

oh goddamn it

Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information

Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.

oh this is devious

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Many of us use this regularly, but for those who don't know about it, this tool is super handy for creating rough lighting references for faces in whatever angle you need: www.artstation.com/artwork/GX3Ax1
There's a female read version too: www.artstation.com/artwork/6a0Par

#FundamentalsFriday

I also take solace in the fact that even if the call is short or I stumbled or forgot some points to bring up, hey guess what? That's more motivation to call again, burn more of their dollars. Like I'm a bit biased, but even if you aren't getting 5 star call times, burning their money works!

SCREEN ACT: -full age verification. (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) -Deeply unsafe for personal and data privacy. Security/data breaches are rampant, and uploading so much sensitive data to every single we site is just asking for mass ID theft. -id verification is much, much harder on small websites than larger ones, creating a chilling effect and stifling speech for anyone that isnt a massive corporation -draw comparison to UK's OSA [online safety act] and the backlash it is receiving

KOSA: -creates "duty of care,” meaning that tech companies and platform giants would be required to take steps to prevent potentially harmful encounters, such as posts about eating disorders and instances of online bullying, from impacting minors. -who gets to decide what is or is not "unsafe for minors"? Especially under the current administration -it will block access to important info minors could use to keep themselves safe or advocate for themselves. Ex: sex ed. -the vague nature of the bill will almost certainly be used to target LGBT content under the guise of "protecting children"

CONGRATS SOLDIER, we've hit 2 weeks of solid #SaveSpeech pressure! Youre doing a great job! Reward yourself!

And keep on calling/mailing!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

www.congress.gov/members/find...

I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.

#SaveSpeech

its been a week, and while we cannot let up pressure on making phone calls, we need to start applying pressure elsewhere now as well!

PHASE 2: START MAILING PHYSICAL LETTERS

imgur: imgur.com/a/3pVupWQ

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

Be aware that another shitty bill has been introduced: The SCREEN Act.

If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification.

Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is.

Spread this pls.

Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

#screenact #badinternetbills
#stopkosa

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore it—my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored!

You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

The most problematic ship? Censorship

spent the morning upgrading my cyber security. moved all my gay as hell google docs over to cryptdrive so google doesn't yank them without warning, got a new VPN, DLed my top 10 fanfics and reorganized my external drive. fascist censorship is coming for us yall, do this stuff now

A picture of a skeleton dressed up like Carmen Sandiego. Text reads Just Leave (A COMMENT fest) August 4th 4-8TH every day: Hitting Every Major City - FILL IN BINGO CARDS oR MAKE YOUR OWN Day one: Airport Delays comment on fics over 20k Day two: New and exciting local cuisine comment on fics in a new fandom Day three: Learning a New Language - comment on fics that are not written in your first language Day Four: Breathtaking Vespa Ride - comment on as many fics as you can under 2k Day Five: Homecoming - reread your favorite fics and leave comments

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN EVERYONE! GET READY FOR OUR SUMMER FEST STARTING AUGUST 4TH!!

Fantastic news for artists: The lost functionality of Google Image Search as a reference image source has been recreated.

graphic showing crops from comic pages + text. "If you want to know when my comic is out I can send you an E-mail from my Newsletter that I have now."

buttondown.com/theo_plum

"Hey I read in [news outlet] that your company made Steam stop carrying adult-rated games. Are you taking them out of Playstation and Xbox too? What about R rated movies? Can we just. Not buy them any more? What's going on? Are Explicit albums banned too? Are you policing Spotify? WHY?!"

If you havent had a chance to call anyone thus far, now is actually a fantastic time to jump in with everyone else

Every single multinational turns into a smol bean when pressured, but Mastercard holding the actual keys to global ecommerce as a whole and acting like this makes me think you should call and specifically ask them what the fuck they mean by this.

'a garden of spheres' third pdf cover. a woman in a sort of wedding dress, heavy gold jewellery etc. she is holding a knife

OK the new .pdf is up on itch.

🌞 ✨🌞 ✨🌞 ✨

turndecassette.itch.io/a-garden-of-...

I WANT TO BELIEVE BELAUGH BELOVE

photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos meme guy

Obsessed with this photo of Mr. Rogers that looks almost exactly like The Onion sickos guy.

Heartworm - the retro, fixed camera survival horror inspired game I have been working on for five years is out NOW on Steam. Please check it out if you're into that sort of thing! And if you enjoy it, leave a review as it really helps! Thank you

store.steampowered.com/app/1257030/...

The Legacy of 'Scavengers Reign' Lives on Through Video Games From 'Destiny 2' to 'Ambrosia Sky,' HBO Max's gone-too-soon sci-fi series has left its mark: not just on animation, but on a slew of video games.

The Legacy of 'Scavengers Reign' Lives on Through Video Games

Damn you mean itch didn’t actually just abandon these creators but has been working hard with its limited resources to figure out how to continue supporting them? How surprising

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