Ring may be virtue washing with their new partnership with Watch Duty, a necessary tool for many during fire season. “It seems like they've tried puppies & now they're trying, ‘Is your house on fire?’" @liaholland.bsky.social of @fightforthefuture.org tells @kcrw.com www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r...

I so appreciate this review of my book from @liaholland.bsky.social in her newsletter, Touchgrass: "Frankly, we don’t think banks or their pearl-clutching shareholders or the governments pressuring them should be able to choose who gets to own the money that they’ve earned." 🔥

Friday in Brooklyn: the fantastic @reitman.bsky.social and her essential new book for human rights in the digital age, Transaction Denied!

Freedom of the Press Foundation@freedom.press · 5mo ago

📢 Brooklyn friends: Join us June 12 at POWERHOUSE Arena for a book panel on free speech and democracy. With @reitman.bsky.social, Christopher Finan, Ben Wizner, and @trevortimm.bsky.social — plus time to meet the authors and get books signed. 🗓️ June 12, 7 pm ET 🎟️ freedom.press/transaction-denied

Breaking: 20,000 people are calling on leadership at @theatlantic.com @nytimes.com @usatoday.com to be reasonable and let @archive.org preserve the news as it has for 30 years. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-06...

20,000+ Call on The Atlantic, New York Times, and USA Today to keep the news in the WayBack Machine

Major news outlets cited theoretical AI concerns and ended 30 years of journalism preservation. The public is asking them to be reasonable. Over 20,000 people are calling on leadership at major news o...

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News shouldn’t disappear. 🕳️ Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine, putting the public record at risk. Journalists are speaking out. Add your name. Stand for preserving the news. ✍️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

savethearchive.com

It’s World Press Freedom Day, and it’s important to make this point: the freedom of journalists isn’t only the freedom to write. This is the first WPFD in 30 years that the news at major media outlets isn’t being preserved. savethearchive.com/newsleaders

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

savethearchive.com

Sending so much love to the @accessnow.org team today. All your hard work is hugely appreciated. 💛

All the Writers of Rohan may now scream out loud instead of vigorously whispering… GET IT @bingewriting.bsky.social!!!!!

Nicholas Binge@bingewriting.bsky.social · 7mo ago

IT'S PUBLIC!!!! deadline.com/2026/04/bene...

“We cannot let the shortsighted pursuit of profit or AI training exclusivity strangle this irreplaceable resource. It’s important for journalists to speak up now and defend the archive.” - @liaholland.bsky.social Full statement : www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04...

100+ Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive’s Role In Preserving the Public Record

Rachel Maddow declares the Archive a “national treasure” as uncertainty mounts on whether today’s journalism will be preserved for future generations. Photos by Kenyatta Thomas Over 100 journalists in...

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Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

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Amazon’s Kindle e-book download & back-up restrictions gave users the push they needed to consider alternatives. Our Communications & Campaigns Director @liaholland.bsky.social spoke with @washingtonpost.com about privacy concerns as users make the switch. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Column | I broke up with my Kindle. My new e-reader treats me better.

After Amazon's Kindle removed my ability to download and back up my own e-books, I went in search of an alternative.

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Happy book birthday @reitman.bsky.social! 🎂

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 7mo ago

Out today: a book that NEEDED to exist. Transaction Denied from @reitman.bsky.social explores how financial corporations have too much power over online speech. Blurbed by @evangreer.bsky.social and featuring @liaholland.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/tran...

@allieeerose.bsky.social glad we got to spend some time together last week. Here's the website for the pretty kuffiyas! halapalestine.com/collections/...

The Nablus Keffiyeh

Reviving a 1950 legacy handwoven keffiyehs from Nablus, Palestine. 90% cotton, rich in heritage, crafted with pride. Wear the story of resilience.

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IMO what Flock really needs is a superbowl ad.

Out on the edge of the world doing book research and having the docents show me how they would hide things in the walls without destroying the lathe and plaster. 💘

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So little, so late. But it's still a beautiful fucking day.

Peter Jukes@peterjukes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What a momentous day for the British state. And what an iconic image to capture it

🧵TL;DR the biggest AI companies and the New York Times are destroying history and accountability at the same time. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is.

Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…

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“We cannot let this regime of data-supercharged fascist witness intimidation become the new normal. It is time to ban facial recognition for good and banning ICE from using it is a great start.” – ❤️Fight’s @liaholland.bsky.social

Cannot recommend this read enough. crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/r...

Rapid Response Networks in the Twin Cities

The rapid response networks people organize to defend their communities have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with ever-shifting ICE tactics.

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We’re urging lawmakers to do everything within their power in order to block ICE’s reign of terror in our communities and halt the build out of surveillance tech infrastructure that will make it impossible for everyday people to do anything at all w/o Big Brother watching. @liaholland.bsky.social

Here’s hope in bucketfuls Minnesota is making it themselves like they’re goddamn frost bees.

Margaret Killjoy@margaret.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Breaking: New bipartisan bill would make 2026 the year online protest organizing dies. Dems and R’s alike have just indicated they plan to end the first amendment of the Internet next year. Our statement: fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-12...

Statement: With 230 repeal bill, Dems target 2026 as year online protest organizing and reproductive healthcare info dies

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has just reintroduced a bill in the Senate and the House to sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, aka the Internet’s First Amendment, by the end of 2026...

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😈 Anybody else starting to see those Spotify Wrapped posts and having some feelings? We just launched a thing for that: fftf.link/spotifywhacked

Wanna experience one of the most bizarre and outrageous sagas from my time at @fightforthefuture.org (...so far)? Read today's piece on @linkletter.org's absolutely legendary legal heroism against garbage surveillance company Proctorio. Thank you for this story, @ashleybelanger.bsky.social

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 12mo ago

Reading the stats on how ICE is grabbing people in OR this week mostly by pulling over immigrants in cars, and shaking my fist at everyone who ever believed for a sec that surveillance = safety.

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 12mo ago

license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby. 🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...

Democrats are preparing to sacrifice our ability to organize online for a hollow political victory, and this impending collapse of digital speech protections will cripple social movements at the very moment they are proving most effective. READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...

Ever wonder what it would take as an organization to move away from Google? Our Campaigns + Comms Director @liaholland.bsky.social shared a bit about our de-Googling journey w/Stupid Sexy Privacy pod. We've got recs!

Speculative Friction has a cool series and they just spoke with our colleague, activist + author @liaholland.bsky.social, about challenging tech solutionism, navigating surveillance capitalism in the creative industry + more. Check it out! speculativefriction.substack.com/p/the-journe...

The Journey Matters: resisting tech solutionism, building community, and rewriting narratives

A conversation with Lia Holland exploring how storytelling opens space for meaning, equity, and imagination

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