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Become Ungovernable

we're all indoctrinated in anti-monarchism in grade school when they get to the history of the revolutionary war. anti-monarchism is basically the definition of america as a country

Coloring Books are the only acceptable form of literature besides the dictionary, smut, and the periodic Table of Elements.

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.

We love to see it.

Blockchain technology has built-in incentives for speculation that get in the way of its positive uses, @molly.wiki told EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”

if you can’t handle me at my hot dog then you don’t deserve me at my bagel

Tired: Ok boomer Wired: Ok computer

Imagine all the money we could save if we imprisoned these corrupt fuckheads, fired every ICE agent and rehired the actually competent people who know how to do the shit they were hired for.

US Customs and Border Protection is asking tech companies to pitch real-time facial recognition technology that can capture everyone in a vehicle—not just those in the front seats.

I have a Short Stack on BlueSky as well as Mastodon and you can use it to get some news n stuff about the ongoing cybersecurity apocalypse if you want bsky.app/profile/did:...

how every dem elected official isn’t losing their damn mind right now is beyond me. they want to arrest all of you!!!!

UFTW

Jeanine Pirro is the latest Fox News personality to join the Trump administration. She will serve as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., replacing Ed Martin whose confirmation ran into problems in the Senate. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

Trump Calls for 20,000 Babies to be Fed into Machines Making Energy Drinks for Cops, Critics Share Funding Concerns

DOGE’s creation of one massive, omnipotent database could let authorities retaliate against critics of the government, undermine political foes or personal enemies, and target marginalized groups, EFF’s Tori Noble told @gizmodo.com.

Via Brilliant Maps.

Oh my God, so many reasons! Internet access, free use of books, stuff to learn... I just got an article idea today just perusing the graphic novels today!

I also spoke with a former employee of 18F, the federal tech support agency gutted by DOGE. He discussed how DOGE used its "AI-first strategy" and the hype around genAI in Silicon Valley to help justify their job-killing program. *This* is the AI jobs crisis—not any far-off robot apocalypse.

Here is an otter snoot to start your day.

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

The communications app and Signal clone TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security advisor Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” following reports of hackers stealing data from the app.

The Senate votes tomorrow on Trump's pick to lead Social Security. Trump and Musk are putting us on a glidepath to privatization, and Frank Bisignano is the yes-man that will help them do it. Republicans will be to blame when seniors and folks with disabilities start missing checks.

NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it. By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com

Unless it's JK Rowling. She can just go, girl.

What would encourage you to add to the baby supply?

The concept of "warm rain" is still bizarre to me. It is currently 72° and raining in Pittsburgh. Like, why? I can take a hot shower at home, thank you.

*slams fist on table* “MORE WOKE!!!!”

Gen X doesn't fuck around because our party music was still party music, but it was made by NWA, Rage Against the Machine, House of Pain, Cypress Hill and Public Enemy. When they say "set the roof on fire" we were all like "We tore that shit off just to get the kegs inside. Fuck that roof."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF3a... NWA said it best when they stated...

NEW: A Treasury Department inspector general is probing efforts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE to obtain private taxpayer data and other sensitive information, internal communications reviewed by ProPublica show.

As a benefit for the Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health, the public is invited to knit "watch cap"-style hats, inspired by headgear Jack Nicholson's character wears in the Oregon-filmed "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Just droppin' in to remind people that Shaq tried to rap and it was the worst thing that happened to America before Trumple Foreskin.

HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters have now gathered outside a federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee to support Judge Hannah Dugan

EFF joined the ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations today in filing an amicus brief in support of Susman Godfrey LLP, another law firm targeted by President Donald Trump. This is the fourth such brief we’ve filed so far. www.eff.org/document/04-...

I just watched a clip of Candace Owens saying she finally disagrees with Trump, then read comments saying if we can get people like Candace on our side, we’ll win. What I need people to understand is that influencers like Candace are dishonest. They will only ever say things that make them money.

Hey fellow ao3 authors... I'm crushed. This sucks. So fucking much. 🤬 I hope whoever did the scraping gets jock itch inside their anus. Permanently. No cure.

Hi... gay white male here. Blerds 111% belong in the Kingdom of Geek. What doesn't belong are asshats. It's a real shame that his email and phone number are in this screenshot. What if someone were to do something to move him from FA to FO? 😉

Kash Patel has deleted this post on X, but arrest is confirmed: www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...

he’s right and he’s right to say it

Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.