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Software dev. Perpetually curious.
Very excited about Crash Course's new Scientific Thinking course. Second episode just dropped today! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
27.01.2026 19:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is the most disconnected-from-reality statement I've seen this week. And considering the times we're living in, that is a high bar. Are there bots writing for the NYT now? That's the only explanation that makes sense for what you just posted. Did Perry send this in from a different timeline?
27.01.2026 04:00 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0i hope i never hear that encryption is only for criminals βi have nothing to hideβ ever again
27.01.2026 01:27 β π 179 π 40 π¬ 3 π 1Felt a piece of my soul leave my body when I reactivated LinkedIn last year. I was really hoping it would be possible to job-hunt without it, but alas.
27.01.2026 03:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Apple, get on that.
24.01.2026 20:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Burner phones do not do anything to keep you anonymous if you take them back to your house
21.01.2026 21:43 β π 255 π 38 π¬ 5 π 0All the copies of Little Brother at my public library have circulated in the last few months. On one hand, yay for caring about opsec? On the other, wow those books are old.
21.01.2026 21:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT [a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision] "In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors! See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/ https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
19.01.2026 20:15 β π 13226 π 8180 π¬ 48 π 197Be the goose you wish to see in the world
14.01.2026 16:19 β π 96 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0
The guy behind Focus Friend (an amazing ad-free focus app) is at it again with a new white noise channel that supports charities, Zonderia: youtu.be/p2nqlEBOsU4
27.12.2025 20:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Make sure your Boomer parents know that Song Sung Blue isn't an actual Neil Diamond biopic, folks.
24.12.2025 22:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
23.12.2025 06:31 β π 671 π 339 π¬ 7 π 9Well I will definitely be using the phrase "deliciously squidgy energy" all day today
04.12.2025 17:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Big week over here: Our new Justice Initiatives division has won an AWS Imagine Grant. This will help fund the creation of the Litigant Portal we're building, so that the justice system is more accessible to people without lawyers. π free.law/2025/12/03/a...
04.12.2025 17:32 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 2
We are launching a Justice Initiatives Division within Free Law Project focused on turning open law into real-world impact.
Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice.
This is a big one. 𧡠free.law/2025/12/01/j...
When encountering anything that expects me to plan out further than four months: "Bold of you to assume I'll be alive then..."
30.11.2025 21:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Badge of honor?
28.11.2025 21:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wish I could remember where I got it. I think it might have been back in the day when Willamette Valley Pie Co. sold mini pies.
26.11.2025 19:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But have you ever tried straight rhubarb pie?
26.11.2025 04:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Good. More conferences should be doing this. Universal protections for all!
22.11.2025 00:12 β π 76 π 25 π¬ 1 π 0
Alice Wong's axe-con keynote earlier this year: www.youtube.com/live/GgwCNHV...
20.11.2025 17:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Know someone making an obscene amount of money in AI? Direct them to the John Oliver's memorabilia auction to support critical emergency services provided by public media around the country that have lost their funding. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
17.11.2025 18:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Lawyers working Uber to pay debts. Drug dealers being released without trial. Lawyers refusing cases. Indefinite detainment. Judges writing to Congress to beg for relief.
The shutdown has ended, but your right to a fair trial remains in shambles. fortune.com/2025/11/15/c...
To any tech nerds who managed to hang onto their jobs amidst all of this: Please go support small local businesses who are suffering in the current economic situation (freezes, cost spikes, losing customers who lost their jobs etc.). There are many of us who desperately want to but can't.
15.11.2025 21:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh dang, some of my new coworkers were singing the praises of their Keychron keyboards (not ergo models unfortunately) but they advised not buying directly from the company itself and going through Amazon instead because of customer service issues. But the keyboards themselves aren't holding up now?
15.11.2025 21:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@deque.com Would you please post Alice Wong's keynote from axe-con on YouTube so we can share it?
15.11.2025 20:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You can still find Alice's work on her contributor page at the time I'm posting this, but erasing a disability column in a sweep of everything "political" is gross and a denial of reality. Disability is a part of the human experience that always exists, regardless of the state of politics.
15.11.2025 20:09 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0bringing this statement over from Aliceβs Twitter. it appears the below was Aliceβs last post before passing. I am heartbroken
15.11.2025 14:37 β π 2489 π 573 π¬ 23 π 34Rest in power, Alice Wong
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