Our weekly roundup of California news for the pirate-minded voter. #VotePirate open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
🏴☠️ Weekly CA Pirate Party News Roundup
Week of July 13th, 2026
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AB 1382 would fine CA labs $5,000 per glow-in-the-dark rabbit. A rabbit bred the slow way for the exact same look? Totally legal. That's not an animal welfare law. That's a technology ban wearing one's clothes, against a researcher they've targeted before. capirates.substack.com/p/california...
California Wants to Ban a Technique, Not a Harm. Meet AB 1382.
Every other year, California picks a genetic engineer to make an example of. This year it’s a rabbit.
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Sometimes the good guys win. And when this happens, we take the time to enjoy our victory because that is the only way to fight a long fight without burning out. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices
Reversing course, Flock Safety—the surveillance technology vendor most known for its extensive network of automated license plate readers—has announced that it will end a pilot for its acoustic gunsho...
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California just made privacy the default. DROP wipes you from hundreds of data brokers in one request. AB 566 makes browsers ship a real opt-out signal. open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
California Just Made Privacy the Default.
Here's Why That's a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds.
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Never forget the names of the people in the pundit class who worked so hard for so long to manufacture enthusiasm among liberals for a guy with a nazi tattoo. The whole Platner project was a disgusting endeavor from start to finish.
We've published a response to the SF Standard opinion piece about Scott Wiener, and we've submitted it to the SF Standard to see if they will publish it. In the meantime, you can read it here. Calling It Antisemitism Is the Bad-Faith Move Here open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
Calling It Antisemitism Is the Bad-Faith Move Here
(Note: This is in response to this opinion piece in the SF Standard.)
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They tried to rip 900 climate sensors off the ocean floor and call it savings. Both parties stopped them. The machine in DC is not omnipotent. New piece on what that proves — and why the California Pirate Party will be at Ephemerisle Jul 20–26. capirates.substack.com/p/they-tried...
They Tried to Unplug the Ocean. It Didn't Take.
A regime tried to rip 900 climate sensors off the seabed to call it savings. Both parties stopped them. That's the whole playbook, and we'll be talking about it on the water at Ephemerisle.
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Thanks to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social sounding the alarm on KOSA, we've got an update on what's going on with it. open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
OpenAI Wants to Censor Your Internet. Congress Is Happy to Help.
The Kids Online Safety Act is back. Again.
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The FBI can no longer spy on you without a warrant - let's make it permanent. substack.com/@capirates/n...
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Watch this space - we will report back when they try to restore this nonsense.
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The message from Washington is clear: frontier AI is infrastructure, and infrastructure answers to the state. The only rational response is to take your inference off their infrastructure. open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
The Kill Switch Is Real. Here's How to Cut the Wire.
Fable 5 is gone. Your inference stack shouldn't be next.
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Hunter Rand shares what he has learned from his city council race youtube.com/live/T4tfI54...
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A company is building a "Genetic Optimization stack" for human embryos and running subway ads saying "have your best baby." That's eugenics with a SaaS pricing model. open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
Your DNA Is Not Your Own. Soon It Might Not Be Your Children's Either.
Scientists at Columbia University have figured out how to edit individual genetic letters in human embryos with unprecedented precision.
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Balaji Srinivasan published the blueprint in 2022. He called it the Network State. CBS News, DOGE, Project 2025 — these are nodes in the network. They told you exactly what they were doing. capirates.substack.com/p/theyre-tel...
They're Telling You Exactly What They're Doing
The Network State, the Pirate Party, and the Playbook for Buying a Democracy
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A plea from us! We've almost got MORE followers here than on Twitter! We think we can double that here! Help us out by reposting our posts here. Recruit folks to follow us and join our pirate crew! Prove to us that the other place is dying!
Who Gets the Black Flag? Rating California's 2026 Governor Candidates Against the Pirate Party Platform open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
Who Gets the Black Flag? Rating California's 2026 Governor Candidates Against the Pirate Party Platform
Is anyone in California up to the challenge?
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Pay Wall Democracy could be coming to California if we don't defeat AB 1821.
Pay Wall Democracy: AB 1821 and the Receipt You'll Need to See Your Government
Pay-to-play democracy is not a democracy at all.
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Anyone who voted for Daniel Lurie is all-in on this class war and the bad-faith arguments that come with it. He's our own version of Donald Trump. open.substack.com/pub/capirate...
Mayor Lurie's War on the Poor
Killing SF's Pre-Trial Program Is Class War with a "D" Next to His Name
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Join us at the @uspirates.bsky.social 's annual conference on June 6th and 7th in Boston! support.uspirates.org/2026-confere...
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Join us in Boston for the 2026 National Party Conference from Saturday, June 6th to Sunday, June 7th! It is our 20th anniversary!
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Your government just called you a terrorist. Then they came for your guns. The White House named pro-trans advocacy a counterterrorism priority. One week later, the ATF proposed a perjury trap on Form 4473. This is coordinated. Read the full breakdown: capirates.org/2026/05/12/y...
ATF 4473 Rule Targets Trans Gun Buyers | California Pirate Party
The White House named pro-transgender advocacy a terrorism threat. The ATF proposed Form 4473 changes creating a perjury trap for trans Americans. Arm the Dolls breaks it down.
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New entry in our "Message in a Bottle" series, allowing supporters of the US Pirate Party to submit editorial articles to the United States Pirate Party website. Message in a Bottle #9: Liberian Blindspot uspirates.org/message-in-a...
Message in a Bottle #9 – Liberian Blindspot – United States Pirate Party
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California deserves a party that actually fights for digital privacy, open government, and your right to exist online without surveillance. We're the California Pirate Party and we just relaunched: capirates.org
California Pirate Party – The Party of Digital Rights
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A message from @armthedolls.com about the recent changes to 4437 by the ATF. www.instagram.com/p/DXzsESyIxxH/
Arm the Dolls on Instagram: "The ATF just officially announced they're changing Form 4473 to require sex assigned at birth. This is an unequivocal attempt to chill the Second Amendment Rights of tran...
44 likes, 2 comments - arm.the.dolls on May 1, 2026: "The ATF just officially announced they're changing Form 4473 to require sex assigned at birth. This is an unequivocal attempt to chill the Second...
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Come to the Frontier Tower Makerspace at 6th and Market in San Francisco this Saturday for our Burner 101 course and lab. You'll learn modern mobile opsec techniques and if you bring your own device you'll leave with a secure burner phone youi can use for travel. luma.com/burner-phone...
Burner Phone 101: Build Your Own Travel Burner (Hands-On Workshop) - Open Registration · Luma
Burner Phone 101 is a full-day, hands-on class designed for travelers, journalists, activists, and privacy-conscious individuals who want practical, real-world…
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If you are in the Bay Area, be sure to check out Burner Phone 101: Build Your Own Travel Burner (Hands-On Workshop) - Open Registration. Protect your privacy while traveling! luma.com/burner-phone...
Burner Phone 101: Build Your Own Travel Burner (Hands-On Workshop) - Open Registration · Luma
Burner Phone 101 is a full-day, hands-on class designed for travelers, journalists, activists, and privacy-conscious individuals who want practical, real-world…
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If you are in the Bay Area, be sure to check out Burner Phone 101: Build Your Own Travel Burner (Hands-On Workshop) - Open Registration. Protect your privacy while traveling! luma.com/burner-phone...
Burner Phone 101: Build Your Own Travel Burner (Hands-On Workshop) - Open Registration · Luma
Burner Phone 101 is a full-day, hands-on class designed for travelers, journalists, activists, and privacy-conscious individuals who want practical, real-world…
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Figuring out how to update your carry permit after a name change shouldn't require a law degree or wading through hostile forums. Arm the Dolls: Clear firearm guidance for trans people by trans people. 8 states live. More coming. armthedolls.org Follow @armthedolls.bsky.social
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