"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court

String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

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Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

Networks need spaces where a thought can form before it’s judged, dissected, optimized, and steered.

What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow? Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it) resonantcomputing.org

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.

resonantcomputing.org

Forcing ID verification on websites will kill the Internet as we know it today. It must be stopped. Get involved! www.stoponlineidchecks.org

ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET

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Our friend @elimisteve.bsky.social is hosting a 3-week residency/retreat called Cypherpunk Utopia. He's specifically invited all Unredacted community members. Apply here if you're interested: cypherpunkutopia.com More on Steve! tryingtobeawesome.com/about/

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The singularity is near. Many millions of jobs are about to disappear. And since AI alignment techniques are not even close to keeping up with the capabilities of frontier models, I do fear what the next decade will look like. Large-scale spear phishing and hacking are going to wreck shit -- soon.

Erin Gallagher@3r1ng.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I don’t think AI is going to go rogue or even steal all the jobs. I think AI is going to create an AI spam/slop heap that’s so colossal in size, it will corrupt everything online. Information pollution. A literal Internet of Shit. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Own your money. Own your name. Own your voice. Bitcoin. Handshake. Nostr. No middlemen. No masters. Just freedom. #DecentralizeEverything #FreedomTech #Bitcoin #Handshake #Nostr

Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations www.dropsitenews.com/p/betar-prot... from @dropsitenews.com

Leaked Chats Show Pro-Israel Extremist Group Betar Organizing Street Confrontations

The secret chat logs include plans to burn Qurans and attack pro-Palestine protesters with pepper spray.

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While it’s still February… the best Valentines from UAB Philosophy Instagram ♥️

Federal judge rules Trump violated federal law and the US Constitution when he seized control of the California National Guard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... from @democracydocket.com Link to court docs: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Seizure of California National Guard

Read more here.

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BIG STORY: FBI's WMD Office colluding with Big Ag lobby group to target animal rights activists as "bioterrorists" for conducting undercover investigations on factory farms, as revealed in intel documents we obtained & shared w/ @dell.bsky.social @wired.com. #FOIA www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm...

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

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Is it still legal to create software that protects people rather than exploiting them? Will our corrupt institutions allow for We the People to join forces more effectively, or will they crush every attempt to amplify democratic power? Later this year, we'll find out.

I’m a little disappointed this doesn’t have a shock collar

Can social media be transformed from a divisive echo chamber into a vibrant marketplace of ideas? Imagine a platform where free speech isn’t stifled by top‐down speech restrictions but is empowered by community-driven context.