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I fall for #Aprilfools stuff way too frequently...

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@andypiper very hollow advice, considering she doesn't appear to be on Mastodon/fedi herself...

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Hanging out in #Seguin #Texas

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Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent as part of a recent wave of administrative subpoenas the Department of Homeland Security has been distributing to Big Tech the past few months, according to an anonymously sourced New York Times report. Those three companies, plus Discord, have received “hundreds” of such requests that have come from DHS recently. Meta, it should be noted, is the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Administrative subpoenas used for this purpose represent an escalation. This tool, which comes not from a judge but from DHS itself, was formerly reserved for situations like child abductions, according to the Times. The users were targeted because their posts “criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents,” the Times says. A Google spokesperson replied to the Times with a statement, saying “When we receive a subpoena, our review process is designed to protect user privacy while meeting our legal obligations,” and “We inform users when their accounts have been subpoenaed, unless under legal order not to or in an exceptional circumstance. We review every legal demand and push back against those that are overbroad.” Gizmodo requested comment from Meta, Discord, and Reddit. We will update if we hear back. According to the Times, one or multiple of the relevant companies have stated that they notify users of these requests from DHS, and give them a 14-day window to “fight the subpoena in court” before complying. Amazon has also been accused of at least some degree of participation with ICE’s ongoing mass deportation efforts. In October, Amazon-owned Ring announced a partnership with Flock that would loop the AI-powered network into the content coming from users’ doorbell cameras. According to a 404 Media investigation, that network feeds information to law enforcement agencies at the local and federal levels, allowing for reasonable concern that ICE has access to all that footage. Protesters have launched an effort called “Resist and Unsubscribe” targeting ten tech companies they perceive as exceptionally supportive of ICE. That list includes Meta, Google, and Amazon, but not Reddit.

Still "have nothing to hide"?

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Winter storm #Fern 2026. A thick sheet of ice covers absolutely everything. No relief in sight until Tuesday afternoon.

#austin #texas #winterstorm

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Testing out #fitotrack

#opensource #foss

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Christmas Day 2025 I'm alone because I'm sick 🤢. Also why is the friggin' AC running? 🥵

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Original post on social.brookslawson.com

Pop!_OS + COSMIC Beta Review

Today we're checking out Pop!_OS and (more specifically, really) COSMIC Beta. COSMIC is the "desktop environment", or the "GUI", if you will.

@pop_os_official @opensource @linux

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#Popos #Cosmic #Linux […]

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It seems that I enjoy #Playstation games on #Steam...

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30 degrees in the morning and 70 degrees in the afternoon. WTF #Texas 🥶🥵

#Austin

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Original post on social.brookslawson.com

Tesla Model 3 Review

I realize I'm a bit late to the party here but I just got this blog up and running so it seemed like a good time to jot down my thoughts on this vehicle. !RealTesla@Lemmy.World !Tesla@Lemmy.Zip

https://publish.brookslawson.com/tesla-model-3-review/

#Tesla […]

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How the EU is contributing to the Google/Apple Duopoly

In recent years the EU has been wading deep into digital regulation. Let's talk about a couple of somewhat-recent developments, and how they're legally mandating the use of monopolistic products and services. @opensource […]

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Why I've gone from a tech enthusiast to a luddite

Growing up I was always obsessed with tech. Computers and video games and various gadgets. I used to read the Sharper Image magazine just for fun to see what kind of new gadgets and gizmos they were selling. I had a very privileged […]

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Why I've grown out of car enthusiasm

BackgroundGrowing up in the most car-centric city in the world, Houston, TX and being a bit of a "speed freak" I have always been absolutely enamored with cars. I had the stereotypical Lamborghini magazine posters pinned to my bedroom walls.Being a bit of a […]

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#Pixelfed is dumb.

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#Slate Truck with some #MTB in the bed

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How is it that every corporate phone line ever is perpetually "experiencing a higher call volume than normal" and "current wait times are higher than expected"?

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The vast majority of TV shows go downhill pretty quickly after season 1 & maybe 2. #StrangerThings seems to be a huge exception, where every season seems to be better than the last...

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#SteamOS on #ARM has interesting implications. I'm imagining a #Snapdragon X Elite #Steamdeck 🤔

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Episode 15: Freedom Boat Club In this episode of the Electrified Marina podcast, hosts Brooks Lawson and Erick Pinzon, and guest Matt O'Hara from Freedom Boat Club discuss the evolution and current state of electric boating. Ma...

Episode 15: Freedom Boat Club

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If you want a Mazda3 with a red interior, you have to change the EXTERIOR color to NOT BE RED!? WTF

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I feel like someone hacked my account and is playing some sort of joke on me because I most certainly did not put a hold on this book...

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Movie Night 2025 with the Austin Ridge Riders went exceptionally well!

#mtb #austin #mountainbiking #mountainbike

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HE COULDN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THE WORD OF THE THING THE ENTIRE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS ABOUT. HE SAID IT WAS BASED ON HIS FEELINGS. WHAT FUCKING INSANE PLANET AM I ON!? I really didn't think he could 1Up injecting bleach and "putting light inside the body" but he just proves me wrong every day.

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Question: something I've always wondered but never even heard anyone ask: why would you ever turn off cruise control?

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28th annual #Austin #Museum day. The photos below are from Austin History Center, Chateau Bellevue, The Contemporary Austin, the Mexic-Arte Museum, and Susanna Dickinson Museum! All #free (as in beer 😉)!

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What if we took like 5 fucking percent of the budget to build interstate highways through a metropolitan city and used it to build a vast cycling infrastructure network?

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Original post on social.brookslawson.com

I got a new job. And along with it an Outlook account. With Copilot, of course. Decide to give it a go. First thing I ask Copilot to do is to look at an event in my inbox and add it to my MS calendar. Tried 5 or 6 different ways. Couldn't do it. It cannot even complete the most menial of agentic […]

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And then they came for free speech - but I had nothing to say.

“I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk. I’m also going after their business […]

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Original post on social.brookslawson.com

Let's talk about "politics". What is "politics"? I think, on a fundamental level, it's one's opinion of how you think others deserve to be treated. So should you judge others by their political opinions? Abso-fuckin-lutely. In my opinion, there's nothing that says more about a person's character […]

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