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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~Philip K. Dick Confidence is what you feel before you really understand the problem. ~Jerome Powell Not looking for followers, don't + me to lists.
Laws against image-based abuse protect people only when images are sexual. Eva Blum-Dumontet argues that's the wrong threshold: any photo shared without consent can be a weapon, and legislation should reflect that.
Consent, Not Nudity, Should Define Image-Based Abuse Laws
Eva Blum-Dumontet argues image-based abuse laws should focus on consent, not nudity, to protect people from non-consensual image sharing.
techpolicy.press
Hate it when that happens...or do I? apnews.com/article/braz...
Capybaras keep their chill while crashing Brazilian legislature
Capybaras have been making surprise visits to a Brazilian state legislature. These chill rodents strolled into the legislative building in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, last week, catching lawmakers off guard.
apnews.com
Congratulations to ECU-endorsed Rep. Rashida Tlaib on her primary win for #MI12. She’s a fierce advocate for working people across the country and has been on the frontlines of the fight to get Big Money out of politics. We look forward to helping reelect her.
If you can vote in a Primary today in Michigan or elsewhere, please do. Voting in the General Election is important, but if you only vote then, you're letting other people decide who your candidate choices are.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · yesterdayMichigan: polls are open until 8pm local time. Visit iwillvote.com to look up your voter info, and report any issues at the polls (federal agents, being turned away, etc.) to 866-OUR-VOTE. Save that number now, folks! If you have friends in Michigan, now is the time to call them.
NEW: In 2025 ICE obtained DNA from nearly one million people and funneled it into an FBI criminal database. The collection likely included DNA from young children and was backed by the threat of criminal prosecution. The raw genetic material is stored indefinitely. Free to read:
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
Internal documents show ICE's DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
wired.com
This is what Stephen Miller hopes will happen to all the people he's responsible for deporting. Not sure how the US can ever atone for the evil these fuckers are doing, but we need to try.
St. Louis Public Radio@stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 2d agoHundreds gathered outside Overland City Hall to honor former residents Glendy González de la Cruz and Nixon Perez Paz. The couple was found bound and shot to death in Guatemala weeks after reuniting following his deportation.
The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
The smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will Bunch
In just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world.
inquirer.com
Trump will *never* forgive Walz for (accurately) calling him 'weird'. Just like he'll never forgive Comey for being taller than him.
A Tampa Bay area library was set to be closed. Residents spoke up and saved it
A Tampa Bay area library was set to be closed. Residents spoke up and saved it
But county commissioners and staff are still looking for budget cuts ahead of a November referendum that could lead to less money coming in.
tampabay.com
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
digitaldigging.org
Climate activists accuse the fossil fuel industry of profiting from war while Europe is burning on the back of its business. Shell faces backlash as profits soar 70% on back of Trump's Iran war. news.sky.com/story/shell-...
Shell faces backlash as profits rise 70% on back of war
Climate activists accuse the industry of profiting from the effects of the US-Iran conflict at a time when Europe is burning on the back of its business.
news.sky.com
If you have a uterus, or know someone who does, this PBS explainer about uterine fibroids may be helpful: www.pbs.org/video/why-ut...
Horizons from PBS News | Why uterine fibroids are so common yet misunderstood
Why uterine fibroids remain misunderstood despite affecting most women
pbs.org
The bombing of a theater in Mariupol came to symbolize Ukrainian sacrifice and revealed Russian President Vladimir Putin's true intentions. https://to.pbs.org/3RNjeNh
How the Mariupol theater strike exposed Russia's brutality in Ukraine - Compass Points
It was perhaps the single worst act of civilian killing in Russia’s war on Ukraine. The bombing of a theater in Mariupol came to symbolize Ukrainian sacrifice, and revealed Putin’s true intentions. Co...
to.pbs.org
All of this said - if any other freelancers want to get together to put some kind of outlet together, I’d love to have the conversation.
I am 53 and have been essentially forced into retirement. I thought it was just me, until I found an entire community of women in the same situation on Instagram. So many of us have just been told that we simply have nothing to contribute to society anymore.
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last wk.I keep thinking about how often the mass layoffs in media, government and big companies, especially women and people of color, will lead to poorer outcomes for years because the people who would point out potential problems or blind spots were deemed non-essential, a "bad fit", and/or too expensive.
Probably worth reposting this from time to time as a reminder...
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · last yr.Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Love to see this. In my experience, AI in search is the opposite of useful.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2w agoAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
A study found that there was a dramatic spike in cancer diagnoses when Americans hit age 65. Why? Because they finally qualified for Medicare and could afford to see a doctor. People should be able to go to a doctor when they need to, not when they age into coverage. It’s time for Medicare for All.
#Brazil denied #visas to 2 senior #State Dept officials that the #Trump admin planned to dispatch on a mission to cast doubt on the fairness & integrity of the country’s electoral system before millions of Brazilians vote in a presidential #election on Oct 4, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday […]
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I hope Dems can now focus on the shared goal of giving Susan Collins much to be concerned about. And plenty of leisure time in which to do that...
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2w agoNEW: I’m being told by a member of the MDP that Troy Jackson has been elected as the Maine Senate nominee with 583 of the 601 delegates.
oh, and adequately fund publicly-owned media, which is a firewall against authoritarianism in every country where funding and support is healthy
America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
University of Pennsylvania media scholar Victor Pickard explains why a robust system of public media is essential to strengthening American democracy.
newrepublic.com
