If you're still using Twitter as your main channel for announcements, here's a wakeup call to find somewhere else to post/share from. Remember, people without an account are VERY limited to what they can see when you share a Twitter link. You're closing the rest of the world off.

patak@patak.cat · 3h ago

nitter.net is down. xcancel.com may go soon, too. all the respect to the folks at nitter for their services so far, but to be honest, X completely locking itself out of the web is probably a net positive for us all in the long term

If you're still using that nazi site owned by an actual fucking nazi, you're an irredeemable piece of shit tbh

Gooporeal@gooptopia.nekoweb.org · 2h ago

twitter is unusable without an account, sad to see nitter.net go down but also people should just not use twitter to begin with

We need to stop calling them anti-vaxxers and start calling them pro-plague.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 10h ago

Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years, it reports

This situation is so crazy. Man arrested for breaking cop's hobby 3d printing art project / sting operation then charged with felonies. Police are dedicating so many resources to protecting surveillance tools that people hate. Can't imagine these charges stick: www.404media.co/man-charged-...

Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera

Police are devising sting operations to catch Flock vandals, then charging them with felonies.

404media.co

What Hakeem Jeffries teaches us is that establishment Dems run on progressive policies when they know they won’t have the power to enact them, And scurry over to GOP policy when they have the power to do ANYTHING! This is why voting for progressives matters so much!

#Indieauthor #writingcommunity #amwriting #authorsky #writersky

The mass warrantless surveillance law FISA Section 702 has expired. They'll try to tell you the sky is falling. Don't believe them! Instead, tell your reps: NO spying on Americans without a warrant. Period.

📣 Take Action: Reform Section 702: End mass warrantless surveillance

Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.

freedom.press

The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability. www.wired.com/story/teache...

They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started

The deepfake epidemic in schools is affecting more than students. Four teachers tell WIRED about becoming targets of sexualized, AI-generated content—and how difficult it was to find accountability.

wired.com

The defence and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists. 🌱💚 We surveyed climate activists on their use of tech and created a guide to mitigate information shared online & limit social media monitoring.

How to avoid social media monitoring: A Guide for Climate Activists

The defense and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists and human rights defenders.

pvcy.org

It's the company's "fastest growing business unit." I can't stress enough how much it's us vs. them. futurism.com/future-socie...

Flock Is Quietly Selling Powerful Drones That Scan License Plates From the Sky

Flock is selling "Drone as First Responder" tech, in the form of drones that are equipped with cameras that can read license plates.

futurism.com

Gary, Indiana is Trump's Katrina

Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez@ramirez.house.gov · 4d ago

Residents in Gary, Indiana remain without power for more than a week after devastating storms. Residents are facing desperate conditions – spoiling food, no break from the heat, no way to keep medical devices charged. It is unacceptable!

I can't even begin to count the number of things terrifying about what has just happened here. Don't be distracted by the content or the foreign corporation: this is Ken Paxton declaring himself King of the Internet, and a Texas court so annointing him. Imagine what he'll do next to your site.

Riana@riana.bsky.social · last wk.

@daphnek.bsky.social global orders, Texas edition reclaimthenet.org/texas-locked...

Adult creators should know the laws affecting their business the same way any other professional knows their industry regulations. Here is what is happening right now and what to watch buff.ly/VGdnYlx

BIG news this morning: Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer “vaccine” worked in a late-stage melanoma trial www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/m...

Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial

A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.

statnews.com

I don't think the people wholesale banning books ever end up on the right side of history, in either fiction or real-life. Just sayin cmf.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-...

Dallas County jail ban on physical books, magazines is illegal, publisher says

The Dallas County jail has “a near-total ban” on printed literature, violating a 2007...

cmf.dallasnews.com

As an RN: ICE's "shock" gloves could kill someone with a heart condition, pacemaker, or implanted defibrillator. They could also trigger a lethal arrhythmia or tonic-clonic seizure, leading to cardiac arrest, anoxic brain injury, or death.

“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”

The National Park Service Is Using Flock. Rangers Are Pissed

“I fear for the day when a visitor's National Park experience is interrupted by being pulled over and held at gunpoint because a license plate reader misread their plate.”

404media.co

I don't have a lot in the way of physical media, but I insist on downloading copies of digital stuff to a hard drive. Fuck some corporation deciding I can't have something anymore after I've paid to own it.

Yes, I have seen the "smut doesn't count as reading" post and yes, it is bullshit. Take it from your friendly, neighborhood, smut-loving librarian. All reading counts as reading. Stop worrying about tallies and totals and what other people think about your reading. Enjoy yourself.

Shock gloves don't belong in our schools.

🚨BREAKING: 4th Circuit STRIKES DOWN South Carolina law that only allows voters to vote absentee if they are over the age of 65 or fall into several limited categories for violating the 26th Amendment by denying the right to vote to many voters under 65. www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...

🚨 Grant v. Knapp

Learn more.

democracydocket.com

A Russian court on Monday convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and one month in prison in the latest crackdown leading up to next month's parliamentary election. https://to.pbs.org/3Sk9fiP

Russian court jails Kremlin opposition politician for opposing war in Ukraine

A court in Russia convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead o...

pbs.org

Hey, good reminder as always, yelling at websites is cathartic and all but if you actually want to avoid and maybe even roll-back on various inteenrt enshittification, one place to start thats actually productive is contacting your representatives www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

badinternetbills.com

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

404media.co

The company that killed bookstores is now killing books, literally.

404 Media@404media.co · last wk.

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

🚨NEW: Hakeem Jeffries declared his opposition to Medicare For All 72 hours after a Yale study shows it would save 100,000 lives & $1 trillion. Context: Jeffries raked in $391k from health PACs in 2026 & faced no primary pressure to hold the line on Dem priorities because a primary was blocked.

Hakeem Jeffries’ Betrayal Shows Why Democratic Voters Are So Enraged

House Dems’ leader declared his opposition to Medicare For All on the same day a new poll shows almost all Democratic voters support it.

levernews.com

Solar is about to overtake wind. Generation is set to rise ~600 TWh in 2026, matching last year's record, putting it second only to hydro among renewables. And renewables together are on track to out-generate coal this year.

"Perhaps no journalist has endured such a sustained sequence of violence, prosecution, and imprisonment at the hands of the U.S. government." Read more from FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social about the alarming abuse endured by Carlitos Ricardo Parias.

ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.

With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody.

theintercept.com

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.