The whole concept of 'kick ball change' was first invented by Morgoth as a torture for captured elves #firstdanceclass

Vernor Vinge: In my book, I invented the library-shredding scanning machine as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created the library shredding scanning machine from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create the Library-Shredding Scanning Machine.

Cathy Gellis@cathygellis.bsky.social · 7d ago

I'll defend AI's ability to scan books for training. BUT NOT DESTROY THEM. And this "rationale" is insane. It's not true, and it offers no defense for training.

Trans people are our siblings, their rights are our rights Their safety is our safety Their dignity is our dignity

Disincentivizing widely-used online services from offering strong encryption. During a war with Iran. A country that's been conducting cyber operations against U.S. targets for years. That's what both parties think belongs in the NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL.

John Perrino@johnperrino.com · 3w ago

There's another effort to break encryption in the US Senate! The STOP CSAM Act was added to the current version of the annual defense spending bill, known as the NDAA. If passed, it could require Internet infrastructure services and online platforms to break encryption to scan all data.

I need an oracle, some prognosticator. I must know the future! I must know: will the dogs be good again this week? @weratedogs.com

Aurora is now visible on-camera from Sedona, Arizona looking to the north! WILD! go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

i am losing all control at ‘springtime for frankenstein’ (from mel brooks’ memoir)

Stripping me of my insanity? They haven't the power!

mattie lubchansky@mattielubchansky.com · last mo.

hey is the word “eliminate” good when they’re talking about You. just wondering

Cool. I, too, was in Terminal 4 that day. Luckily in the evening, not the morning. So add that to the horrors of the year

KJZZ Phoenix@kjzz.org · last mo.

Maricopa County has officially confirmed a 16th case of measles this year. The public exposure occurred at Sky Harbor on June 17. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nick Staab said this number of cases is not normal.

Aikido master vs. MMApro

According tot he FDA, "compassionate use" is only available "for a patient with a serious or immediately life-threatening disease or condition" www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Lizzy Lawrence@lizzylawrence.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...

I painted the trans sea.

Hello #PEPR, #MiniSquish is here! #pepr2026 #usenix

BREAKING: The Kenosha Kickers have backed out of Freedom 250.

BREAKING: Emmet Otter's Jug Band has backed out of Freedom 250.

I have re-purpled to prepare for #PEPR next week in Santa Clara!

Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!

Trump’s refusal to release any of his medical records has reporters wondering just what it is that Joe Biden is hiding

Even as I figured for three decades it would be the most likely outcome, I am still surprised that my parents would jump straight to hatred for me, learning I'm nonbinary. And to claim that Christ would approve of their hate.

J.C., keeper of MiniSquish 🏳️‍⚧️@insufficient.coffee · 2mo ago

I gave this toast last night at a party we hosted: To the family we're born into, and to the family we build. Tonight I'm grateful for the second kind. To everyone who's ever had a door close behind them and found a patio full of people waiting -- you are not turned out. You're taken in. Cheers.

Companies are much more transparent about security and reliability bugs than privacy bugs. I've wanted solid data on this for a decade, but it's effectively impossible to get. 1/🧵 Obligatory notice: I'm not speaking about or on behalf of my employer. I'm speaking as someone who founded PEPR

Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈@dataandpolitics.net · 2mo ago

Tech engineering normalized transparency (status pages, postmortems, bug disclosures) partly to encourage other industries to do the same. Decades later it’s backfired: people hear our issues but not their own industry’s, so they assume engineering is worse rather than more transparent.

I gave this toast last night at a party we hosted: To the family we're born into, and to the family we build. Tonight I'm grateful for the second kind. To everyone who's ever had a door close behind them and found a patio full of people waiting -- you are not turned out. You're taken in. Cheers.

A fun* update is coming to @howsmyssl.com! * only if you care about the cryptographic security and privacy of the software ecosystem we're all swimming in now

How's My SSL?@howsmyssl.com · 3mo ago

Ranking updates! TLS 1.2 connections and also TLS 1.3 connections without post-quantum key agreement will be marked as Improvable on June 14th 2026. And then as Bad on December 14th, 2026. Here's why: blog.howsmyssl.com/2026/05/18/t...

I should make a label service so we can label ourselves on here as "Radically Pro-Transgender".

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3mo ago

WELP! We're all transgender extremists now, at least according to the White House, which we regret to inform you has been taken over by far-right extremists. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Let this radicalize you

A bright edge of the sky. Hurray to Dr. Q Manivannan and Iris Duane on their election victories!

Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 3mo ago

A nonbinary icon now represents transphobic children's author JK Rowling in the Scottish Parliament, and @alyssaur.bsky.social is not above a little gloating, today on the newly redesigned Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

These fascist attacks on the privacy of young people receiving gender-affirming care should be alarming to all of us. It really is a moment of “First, they came for the trans kids.” (1/3)

Christopher Street Project@christopherstreet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NYU Langone has a moral and legal obligation to stand up to this power grab and hold the line to protect their patients.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May TJA Trans Journalist Assn does an excellent deep-dive on the administration's new counterterrorism strategy on imaginary problem of trans terrorism. www.transjournalists.org/resources-fo...

Resources for covering Trump counterterrorism strategy

The Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy and officials describing the strategy have invoked misinformation related to transgender people and “left-wing violence.” The Trans Journalists Ass...

transjournalists.org

Living on the East Coast means my radio-controlled atomic wall clock is completely deaf to the atomic (WWVB) signal from Colorado. In the attached video, I am using my smartphone to force the clock to sync to exact Internet time via a clever hardware hack. 1/4

Fab new sticker and enamel pin from this issue of @lookoutnews.bsky.social ! News _is_ tea! #lgbtq #arizona #lgbtqaz