Di Luong

Di Luong

@fourthletter.bsky.social

I am my ancestors' wildest dream, and probably their worse nightmare.

112 Followers 100 Following 5 Posts Joined Jul 2023
10 months ago
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In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world.

To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

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URGENT: Stand with AmeriCorps now! AmeriCorps -- the community service agency of the American people -- is being dismantled by Elon Musk and DOGE. We are AmeriCorps staff, alumni, and supporters of its important mission of service to A...

JOIN US: We stand with the 748 young AmeriCorps NCCC service members thrown into jeopardy by DOGE/Musk yesterday. We will not let them stand alone with no employment and no housing, their service cut short just a month before graduation. Will you join us? 🧵
actionnetwork.org/forms/urgent...

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11 months ago

Are implying US egg policies are not un oeuf?

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11 months ago
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A Threat Model for Opposing Authoritarianism Hi friends – The morning after the presidential election in November, I jolted awake in a panic. A thought was blaring in my brain: “My threat model is...

So @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I began interviewing foreign dissidents, domestic activists, and scholars who study pro-democracy movements.

We asked them what we needed to know about how to stay safe while opposing authoritarianism.

Here’s what we found:
buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/...

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1 year ago
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to AI or not to AI

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1 year ago

The surveillance state suppresses NGOs and networks which address social discontents in a constructive manner. Now individual grievance takes form in random attacks targeting the weak ones.

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International Digital Dialogues Conference – Shaping digital policy together - Digital Dialogues

More info on the conference can be found here: digital-dialogues.net/en/events/de...

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1 year ago

This starter pack has a whole bunch of public interest tech folks (including yours truly) that work on making things a little better every day. Highly recommended . go.bsky.app/MP12ryM

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2 years ago
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Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook – The Markup The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive data

The Markup has done incredible work on this. Also, doesn’t matter If person has FB account—they collect it anyway. themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2...

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The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores Gizmodo's tests find the College Board website shares GPAs, SAT scores, and other information with Facebook and TikTok via tracking pixels. The College Board has a years-long history of sharing and se...

“Tests by Gizmodo found if you use some of the handy tools promoted by College Board’s website, the organization sends details about your SAT scores, GPA, and other data to Facebook, TikTok, and a variety of companies.” gizmodo.com/sat-college-...

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Even my horoscope doesn't buy into the AI hype

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2 years ago

Do we still say ‘tweet’ or is it ‘xeet’ now?

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2 years ago

hate to break it to you, but putting the word "responsible" in front of your tool/"AI" DOES NOT make your tool or "AI" responsible

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Reporting a bug Fixing a bug

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