I read this with a colon and was like FUCK YES but now I'm disappointed

@iucounu.bsky.social

US immigration agency explores data loophole to obtain information on deportation targets US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has contracted with private data brokers to get around some areas’ sanctuary laws, documents show

The Government Surveillance Reform Act would also close the data broker loophole. which a growing number of law enforcement & intelligence agencies use to buy sensitive Fourth Amendment-protected info about Americans without a warrant www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022...

This week, Congress will vote to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), one of the US government’s most objectionable, widely abused surveillance policies. Section 702’s abuses were exposed by Edward Snowden.

stateofsurveillance.org/articles/gov...

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

We told Meta their new glasses will be weaponized by stalkers, abusers, federal agents and sexual predators to harm some of the most vulnerable in our communities. www.wired.com/story/meta-r...

@acluwa.bsky.social @accessnow.org @epic.org @civilrightsorg.bsky.social

The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer,

Compared to other 3D printer laws proposed this year, California’s is the most troubling. It criminalizes open source, reduces consumer choice, and creates a new bureaucratic burden. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Cartoon titled "Motorgrotesque" from 1905. Not sure if a robot or a wheeled humanoid.

Interior magazine art for "The Drug" by Aleister Crowley.

Interior magazine art for "The Secret of the Horeb Ra-Men" by Edward Wooten

Interior magazine art for "The Mermaid" by TS Morton

Some illustrations to stories from 'The Idler' magazine 1905-1909 (Artist: [can't decipher signature], [initials perhaps CGT?], "Miss CJ Turner" and Herbert Pizer). The 2nd is for a tale by Aleister Crowley no less!

If I have to have reoccurring subscriptions, I buy a prepaid card at the post office or supermarket and then link the account to it it. Account details get popped or the account double bills? Only to a prepaid card with limited money on it

EU Parliament Blocks Mass-Scanning of Our Chats—What's Next? The EU’s so-called Chat Control plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption breaking measures, has had some good news lately. The most controversial idea, the forced requirement to

The EU blocked mass scanning of messages, but the fight is far from over. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Any attempts to run it on RISC-V SBCs? RasbPi and their ceo has shown how little they care about the community that built them up in favor of prioritizing corporate contracts and prioritization for years now

Upgrade Your C64 Ultimate: The "Spiffy Patch" is a Game Changer! YouTube video by MonroeWorld

C64 Ultimate Spiffy Patch.
#C64 #Commodore
youtu.be/iZJElldTyos?...

Banner for DWeb Camp showing three panels: at left, two people sitting outdoors speaking during a discussion; center, an abstract glowing root-like network with the text “Root Systems >> what connects us is mostly underground”; right, a group gathered under a white canopy tent in a forest. Text reads “Join us at DWeb Camp,” “July 8–12,” “near Berlin,” and “dwebcamp.org.”

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🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems is a five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web ( #DWeb ).

Early bird ticket sales, volunteer applications, and Call for Proposals are open on dwebcamp.org 🎉

@getdweb.net @dod.ngo

Woman with three deadly diseases has ‘remarkable’ recovery after cell therapy Treatment reset wayward immune system of patient with life-threatening conditions, say scientists, in a world first

A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system.

#ShareGoodNewsToo

www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/09/auto...

I'm a computer now

The cover for French experimental electronic producer Aho Ssan's "100 Suns Pt. III" single, showing a man in a blue shirt sits by stacked computer towers, another stands near crutches. An orange car passes in front, creating a busy urban scene.

French experimental electronic producer Aho Ssan in black shirt and cap holds blue patterned fabric against his face. Green wall and window in background, evoking a contemplative mood.

"a playful, distinctly forward-looking duet between the not particularly obvious violin & the pleasing machine noises"
www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/aho-ssa...

Companion Playlist:
www.submithub.com/link/slowtro...

#electronicmusic #neoclassical #independent #alternative #artist #paris

not sure how many people will find this interesting but some of the international spelling alphabets before the NATO phonetic alphabet were crazy! what do you mean they were saying "khartoum" and "xaintrie"? what do you mean "lmao" started with "love mike"!

If you're on signal & haven't already, maybe go to

Settings → Notifications → Content → Name Only or No Name or Content

Because apparently phone forensics can scrape msgs from notifications storage.

Not just a signal problem, btw. Any encrypted messaging service w/ a "msg preview" type of setting

illegal trade, live animal markets, and time in trade predict the number of pathogens shared with humans

Two things we can do to stop the next pandemic:
1️⃣ Reduce wildlife trade.*
(👉 *But: criminalization drives trade underground, and we find that illegal trade accelerates spillover. We need new ideas.)
2️⃣ Ramp up disease surveillance in wildlife markets, farms, and supply chains.

Everyone have a good day? I had a good day

Lunch break? You mean solder time to prep for prototyping after work? That’s it

Mass. House passes bill to ban kids under 14 from social media The legislation would also prohibit cellphone use during the school day.

🪡🧵The MA State House advanced HB 5349, a draconian, unconstitutional bill to ban minors from social media, force platforms to enable parental surveillance of teens’ online activity & subject everyone to online ID checks to access info or speak out online. www.wgbh.org/news/politic...

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...

Your existing vendors are adding AI features without updated security controls. Learn how to evaluate third-party AI risk and protect your data from model poisoning and leaks.

Read the full article here: destcert.com/vendor-ai-se...

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The Spring issue of 2600 is out! www.2600.com/content/spri...

Film Review: "John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office" - A Sober Look at a Psychedelic Mind - The Arts Fuse Faced with the bizarre evolution of John Lilly’s life and ideas, the directors were wise to refrain from sensationalism.

Oh I'd watch a movie about John Lilly. I wonder how deep and far out it goes. artsfuse.org/326330/film-...

I forget the one that has a touch screen and around the same pricepoinf but I’ll look it up and send it after work today. I haven’t tested it but I want to get it for a portable movie player (flights, train rides, etc) so I don’t have to worry about streaming those or the storage space on phone

Not sure if they’ve fixed it yet but in the past firmware updates seemed to do a factory reset and wipe all on device music that wasn’t on an SD card (bonus of it is ability to use SD card, can have different libraries on different ones)

I’m a command line junky and also like the style of menu and button usage it has. Takes some learning the button functions but I use it daily and it becomes muscle memory quickly. Word of advice though, any time you update the firmware back up your music and playlists