I _do_ blame feckless Democrat leadership. The GOP have been lying, cheating, manipulative power mongers my entire life. For 50 years, Democrat leaders have played softball to promote "peace" over justice. As a result, we have lost rights and world standing, with more bleeding away every day.

Pithy political analysis: The difference between politicians and public servants is that public servants believe the oath they swear.

Black people Do Not lynch themselves.

It's kayfabe. Creative visualization. Aspirational engineering. Wish-casting vaporware snake oil.

Together with the Freifunk Berlin volunteers, Ester Jang from @seattlecommunitynetwork.org is setting up WiFi repeaters all over DWeb Camp! 🛜 Attend her talk to learn more about community networks, especially about her work in Seattle. ➡️ Full schedule here.

The new report from UW researchers came out right after that email. And guess what? The data is still being shared and it’s the reason there has been a massive uptick in these kidnappings. @governorferguson.bsky.social knows. @mayorofseattle.bsky.social knows. @atg.wa.gov knows.

@moneyontheleft.bsky.social, do you have any further info?

Paul Philion@acmerocket.com · 2mo ago

Speaking of divesting from ethically-questionable people running ethically-questionable companies: Are there any leftist finance/market nerds thinking about creating financial products/ESGs that focus on investing in companies making good ethical and environmental choices?

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi. The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges. America must secure her release NOW.

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

And finally, what about: - AI surveillance and false identifications - AI weapons targeting - suicides and school shooting planned with AI - AI medical misdiagnosis and treatments - AI insurance and benefit denials - AI security bugs and supply chain vulns None of these are fixed by open models.

ALL THESE CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE ILLEGAL. 5A: "no person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" ? 8A: no "cruel + unusual punishment" 14A: "nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

While mass arrests were being made last night outside of Delaney Hall, the courageous people imprisoned inside continue their strike. The problem isn’t just with Delaney. The entire US concentration camp system is rife with abuse, neglect, and loss of life. They should ALL be shut down immediately.

Elissa Slotkin, Abigail Spanberger, Chrissy Houlahan, Mikie Sherrill, and Elaine Luria:

Atrios@eschatonblog.com · 2mo ago

I am sure some of you don't remember this edition.cnn.com/2019/09/28/p...

s/the economy/my stock portfolio/g

Pam Bondi obstructed the release of the Epstein files, violated the law, & denied transparency to the public and survivors. The cover up continued today with Bondi’s closed-door deposition because this White House is afraid of the truth coming out. All to protect Donald Trump, not survivors.

“Data Center” is such a tame way to say “slop factory”. These huge warehouse complexes aren’t places Spotify stores our music preferences. These are places buying every last GPU so companies can replace customer service workers with chat bots. And our government is paying them billions to do it.

Each of these dimension has been subject to substantial critique: data extractivism, the devaluation of creative labor, large-scale exploitation of workers, neo-colonial expansion, the wasteful consumption of natural resources, as well as the TESCREAL ideologies fueling the development 4/

I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due

Raphael Satter@raphae.li · 3mo ago

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

All together class.... Ken Paxton is.... PROJECTING!!!

Kate Jackson@katejackson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The interracial cuck porn theory of everything is verified yet again by Ken Paxton

The Vatican could have told Anthropic to stop stealing data, exploiting labor, killing the environment, deceiving us with anthropomorphic designs & lying about product "capabilities." Instead they partnered with them, like partnering with Sackler family to discuss harms of oxy.

I can see where the old "enchanted sword will consume the souls of all who touch it" trope come from.

Old Sam@pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 3mo ago

archaeologists have unearthed what many are calling "the most metal shit anyone's ever seen"

Sommelier at metal shows. “A flinty Sauve Blanc pairs well with the Iron Maiden tribute tour. Don’t forget your earplugs.”

How will the State of Washington uphold it's laws protecting privacy, @governorferguson.bsky.social ?

University of Washington Center for Human Rights@uwchr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New reporting shows first confirmed cases in Eastern Washington where Department of Licensing and Washington State Patrol shared data with federal immigration agencies for civil enforcement, despite state laws prohibiting it. Reporting from Range Media, with data analysis support from UWCHR.

For sale Clown coffin Seats 18

butterfly. ☭@gothgf.rip · 4mo ago

send this to the ameriKKKans headed for Kharg island

We’re all in it together. - Archibald Tuttle, rogue plumber Brazil (1984)

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 5mo ago

You talkin' to me? Robert De Niro at #NoKings Manhattan.

LiteLLM, a package for standardizing API calls to LLM models, has been compromised by hackers futuresearch.ai/blog/litellm...

Supply Chain Attack in litellm 1.82.8 on PyPI

litellm version 1.82.8 on PyPI contains a malicious .pth file that harvests SSH keys, cloud credentials, and secrets on every Python startup, then attempts lateral movement across Kubernetes clusters.

futuresearch.ai

Support for the re-election of Orban’s corrupt, racist and pro-Russian govt in Hungary reveals the true fault lines of our new geopolitics. Putin, Trump and Netanyahu on one side- anti-liberal democracy- and UK, EU and Canada on the other, supporting it. Most likely to be the shape of our next era.