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anthropologist currently a postdoc at @datasociety.bsky.social & co-chair at @castac.bsky.social | views my own [contain typos] πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ she/her

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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

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Well that’s great @proton.me . Congratulations.

06.03.2026 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Truly impressive.

05.03.2026 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This cover is gorgeous

04.03.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I missed it during the aaa but won’t miss it at 4S

04.03.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oregon bill to move gas tax referendum heads to governor’s desk β€’ Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon House passed a bill that would move the date Oregonians can vote on a controversial 2025 transportation law from November to May.

Update: Gov. Tina Kotek late Monday signed Senate Bill 1599 into law, clearing the way for the gas tax referendum to take place on the May primary. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/02/o...

03.03.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.

They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.

Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.

Watch how they vote this week.

03.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 18615    πŸ” 7890    πŸ’¬ 576    πŸ“Œ 382

Just filled my taxes πŸ«£βœ…

01.03.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Robyn, our three legged dog who is brown and black, asleep on a blue sofa

Robyn, our three legged dog who is brown and black, asleep on a blue sofa

Oh, to be a dog, sleeping in a world of peace, not knowing hate and evil

28.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

But that can also be funny, I guess. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

27.02.2026 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not funny just a message for other companies/and anyone really: servitude or punishment.

27.02.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really appreciate this! πŸ™πŸ™

27.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kotek's rep directs the Data Center committee to start with considering tax implications, since that's a hot topic. Seems like starting with that leaves a lot of context out of the discussion!

27.02.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Why does @signal.org requires so much space on my phone’s memory? I constantly need to delete apps to be able to open the app. Ugh. πŸ˜‘

25.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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25.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gen Z is reviving DVDs and Blu-rays, with local video rental shops reporting record months and membership numbers as young people embrace physical media.

Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

24.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2255    πŸ” 633    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 502

β€œWe don’t actually view AI investment as strongly growth positive,” said Hatzius. β€œI think there’s a lot of misreporting, actually, of the impact AI investment had on U.S. GDP growth in 2025, and it’s much smaller than is often perceived.”

24.02.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

If you have global entry you also have tsa pre check (it comes as a courtesy). So this is tricky, the officer at the airport will still see your card and notice that you used to have global entry. I’m so confused and I think that is the point. Hope I’m not sharing info you already know.

22.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna repeat my comment.

Talking about nonexistent "super intelligent" machines is like talking about the Cookie Monster rather than corporations creating real things causing harm. A non existent machine god bringing apocalypse or utopia is a framing that is harmful. Period.

19.02.2026 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 955    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 14

Killer of sheep is a gem. The film wasn’t available for years bc of music copyright laws in the US. The film is an academic thesis as well as it was the directors final product at his MFA program at UCLA.

19.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

18.02.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 23721    πŸ” 5066    πŸ’¬ 486    πŸ“Œ 641
What It’s Like to Be a Data Labeler Training AI
YouTube video by 404 Media What It’s Like to Be a Data Labeler Training AI

Data labeling is notoriously brutal and underpaid work. Workers sometimes earn as little as a few dollars a day, work under algorithmic management, and, because they’re sometimes trying to train AI what not to do or show, they are often shown graphic, violent, or sexual content for hours at a time.

17.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

lol or not

13.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! Lucky you!

13.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I hurt my back at the gym. That has never happened before. I’m definitely in my 30s and accepting the aging process is not easy. 😩

12.02.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Writing and Editing Towards a better future for the humanities.

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10.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The hype is material if you think of data centers.

11.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just learned about something called recency bias.

It's my favorite thing ever.

03.02.2026 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Ana’s office. Pic shows a desk with a computer, books, coffee and water bottle, a lamp and a big window welcoming natural light.

Ana’s office. Pic shows a desk with a computer, books, coffee and water bottle, a lamp and a big window welcoming natural light.

I’m so much happier and productive working from an office! I need a work & life balance usually not afforded by β€œwork from home” arrangements. Highly recommend!

05.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We gotta come up with a better system than β€œeverything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

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