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This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

New US Congress Bill Proposal Requires All Operating System Providers To Verify Ages Enshrining age verification laws nationwide presents a series of perilous privacy concerns.

All age verification systems are identity verification systems, and identity verification systems are surveillance systems. @fightforthefuture.org @eff.org

Who could have seen it coming?

And the big cultural push around “big tech reform” is the idea that we’re protecting children from the harms of big tech, when we’re actually giving big tech the very power they seek to destroy the world for all children. And that is no longer hyperbolic when Palantir is announcing it via manifesto

A lot of our big “we’re gonna hold big tech accountable” bills actually hand them + the government unprecedented power to track, censor, and deplatform internet users—and would require us to link our identities to everything we do online, meaning no more privacy. Greatly reducing opposition to them

At a time when mass surveillance and autonomous weapons companies like Palantir are openly announcing their plans for violent world domination, it is crucial that our attempts at “big tech reform” don’t actually give them more power—ie via government mandated age verification/identity software

Lots of people in the Bay act like they have some kind of monopoly on smart weirdos. These people have never been to Somerville.

And THIS is why we love the alt text 🫡

On Android, notifications are cleared from storage after 24 hours. They also do not persist after app deletion (as far as I can tell.)

Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing New York's proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware—software that surveils every print for

Every 3D print in NY can be surveilled — from political speech to company prototypes — if these provisions make it into the state budget. We need to act NOW to stop it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Please explain

And as pointed out in other comments, there are different methods that compromise Signal notification privacy: Shoulder surfing, sharing data with other apps, and possibly additional forensic exploits we don't know about yet

No, the same issue is not shared right now. Android handles notifications differently than iOS, the same method of obtaining notification content isn't possible. However, notifications rely on infrastructure outside of Signal's control, which can change. If you are high risk, adjust your settings.

URGENT! The Massachusetts House just passed a "social media ban" that would force YOU to upload a government ID or submit to a face scan to post online. CALL YOUR STATE SENATORS! 978-485-4694

Okay bluesky I need your help

I live in Massachusetts. You might think we're a bastion of lefty intellectualism but our state government a clusterfuck of post-puritan real estate bros

Reskeet this. Text it to your "friends from home"

Help this find every masshole poster who will know what to do

Doesn't work for me...

Reform Section 702: End mass warrantless surveillance Defending press freedom for the next generation

The dangerous law known as FISA Section 702 is up for renewal in Congress. It allows government to spy on Americans’ communications without a warrant.

Use our action center to tell Congress to reform Section 702 and end mass warrantless surveillance!

EFFecting Change: Can't Stop the Signal Internet shutdowns have become a powerful weapon. Years of digital repression in Iran have intensified during the current conflict with Israel and the U.S.. The Iranian government has once again shut

Access to the internet is a human right. Yet governments around the world are pulling the plug to control narratives and crush resistance. Join EFF and @Amnesty.org / @AmnestyUK.bsky.social on Thursday, April 16 to learn how those affected can fight back. www.eff.org/event/effec...

THREAD: The Massachusetts House just advanced a draconian and unconstitutional social media ban bill.

"This legislation would have kicked Greta Thuneberg off social media before she organized her first climate protest. How does that make kids safer?"

www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04...

5/ American? Think you're protected by the 4th Amendment from ADINT?

"I know my rights, get a warrant..." Right?

Well, some sheriff is just going to pull out the credit card & buy

heatmaps from the report showing tracking

BREAKING: You checked the weather this morning.

And you just told a surveillance company where you sleep.

Meet #Webloc, used by ICE, cops & foreign govs to track 500m+ phones.

No warrant required.

Our @citizenlab.ca investigation + how to protect yourself 🧵/1
citizenlab.ca/research/ana...

Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost “The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

screenshot showing the different illustrated animals you can choose to welcome you to the Kagi search engine home page. There are numerous dogs, a cat, a kangaroo, and a capybara.

I love that @kagi.com lets you choose your little search engine buddy. Needs more cat options, tho. ☺️🐈‍⬛

Let’s…uh…maybe cool it on the Taco stuff. Not sure that double-dog daring Trump into war crimes is good

We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot.

We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.

For people intending this evening to publicly petition our government for a redress of grievances:

AM I FREE TO LEAVE?

and

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.

are the only things you say to police or law enforcement.

This App Makes Even the Sketchiest PDF or Word Doc Safe to Open When somebody sends you a document as an attachment, don't just open it. Use the free tool Dangerzone to scrub it clean of any malevolent code. Here's how it works.

Thanks to @jhpot.bsky.social for featuring our app Dangerzone in @wired.com.

This free app makes even the sketchiest PDF or Word Doc safe to open.

feeling like you want to try and reduce human suffering today? even if we, as an individual, can’t do everything we wish we could, we can do more than pretend everything is fine—wear a respirator and break some denial today.

Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.

If this woman has a legal defense fund, please link me to it. theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...

PHOTOS: Boundary-breaking Artemis II captures view of Earthset from moon's far side Humanity’s farthest-traveling explorers captured historic images of Earth on Monday evening.

Humanity's farthest-traveling explorers captured historic images of Earth from the far side of the moon Monday evening. https://to.pbs.org/4bX74Zv