This book is a favorite of mine

Coup Caught On Camera: Myanmar Woman Goes Viral For Dance Video With Surreal Backdrop In the video, Khing Hnin Wai performs aerobics to upbeat music, seemingly oblivious to the convoy of military vehicles streaming down the road behind her as Myanmar's army carries out a coup.

www.npr.org/2021/02/02/9...

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.

A WIRED investigation has identified multiple members of the paramilitary units behind some of the most egregious immigration enforcement actions of the last year. from @awinston.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social

one of my key objections to this tech is it's "anti-computing", it's a deployment of catastrophic amounts of brute force to do things that either should not be done, or can be accomplished by much simpler means

The Olympics Has a New Sex Testing Policy. The Evidence Doesn’t Add Up I’ve spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t.

New today: @reveleth.com has spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t. www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...

I'm re-listening to the entirety of @djrupture.bsky.social Mudd Up! show on WFMU (2007-2013) from the beginning; it's impossible to exaggerate how big an influence this show was on my musical taste. www.wfmu.org/playlists/DR

People walk out the main entrance of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego on Feb. 20, 2026. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters

Exclusive: San Diego County Sheriff’s officials failed to investigate at least seven reported sexual assaults at the privately run Otay Mesa immigration detention center in 2025 cal.news/4lOKYvF

California arrests thousands on minor drug charges, but few get treatment Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little help

California residents are now being sent to prison for shoplifting.

In the first year of Prop 36, shoplifters have been charged with felonies + imprisoned for stealing diapers, hygiene supplies, a $13 belt, groceries and soda.

DAs filed 15,000+ felonies for thefts previously treated as misdemeanors

They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth. Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...

“Both women had three prior C-sections… And both women are Black.
They had argued that compelling them to have C-sections violated their rights to make medical decisions. Hospital staff said their medical decisions threatened the health of the fetus. It would be up to the courts to decide”

The Troubling Personal Side of Public Surveillance Law enforcement cameras are popping up everywhere, but many agencies have little safeguards to prevent abuse by individual officers.

I don’t think we should categorize examples where these systems are used by individuals for stalking or harassment as “misuse” of the technology. This is very much literally why the tech exists, and there are no meaningful ways these uses are prohibited.

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Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

I consider this a loss rather than a win, as just a few years ago the redline was any military use, now it’s the most extreme use case of LAWS. AI companies have successfully moved safety thresholds without effective internal pushback.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/t...

If you, like me, have Peacock for a limited time so you can watch the Olympics and Paralympics, give yourself the gift of watching We Are Lady Parts as many times as possible before you cancel your subscription. We Are Lady Parts. Just over and over again. Your life will improve.

The Nazi tattoo, like Rahm’s candidacy, and Newsom’s podcast, are all different variations of the same message.

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Can you share some recent examples of "AI will go away on its own" or "it doesn't work and is fake" criticism?

Correction: This story originally misstated the book's title. The book is called "I Need a New Butt!," not "l Have a New Butt!" We apologize for the error.

Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it “The industry is no longer willing to self-regulate.”

wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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the bill says the data is collected so that the state can better understand and deliver services to LGBT people, and it prohibits agencies from publicly disclosing identifying information

collecting this data is required by the 2017 LGBT Disparities Reduction Act: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...

according to the CA EDD, this has been part of the form since 2019: edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_...

Rosario Dawson, Van Jones, and Others Star in a 21st-Century Remake of Norman Rockwell's Famous "Four Freedoms" Series—See Them Here Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur have remade Norman Rockwell's famed "For Freedoms" paintings with a diverse cast to reflect the US in 2018.

news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...

Former USDS Leaders Launch Tech Reform Project to Fix What DOGE Broke The plan, which is still in its early stages, is spearheaded by former USDS administrator Mikey Dickerson.

USDS/DOGE’s tools will never dismantle USDS/DOGE’s house.

DOGE could *only exist* via the unaccountable pathways forged by USDS. Those gaps need to be filled & corrected. We don’t need a different Project 2025 (tech edition), we need a functioning democracy.

Here's a good place to start freedom.press/digisec/blog...