Patrick Freeland
@patrickfreeland.bsky.social
Just some guy in #Bellingham #Washington, sharing a bit of my personal perspectives, along with art, music, culture, politics, economics… shouting into the void and echoing the sound.
Our WA-02 campaign built a free tool to help you remind friends, family, and neighbors to vote. Anyone can use it, regardless of which candidate they support. Nothing is sent automatically. #GOTV #WA02
WA02 GOTV
Public, privacy-oriented WA-02 relational GOTV application.
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Under a $46.5 million Israeli government contract, several websites were engineered to launder propaganda into #AI training data and inject disinformation about the #Gaza genocide. Confirmed major chatbots, notably #PerplexityAI, now repeat false claims without disclosing their state sponsorship.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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If you use #Waze you are subject ti Israeli law, in Canada and the US enforcement is a grey area. Nonetheless, they have your data. Deleting the app alone isn’t sufficient, you must send an email to privacy@waze.com The insidious nature of user data collection is hidden in the ToS. Be vigilant.
The History Of The Waze App & Its Israeli Ties
We take a closer look at the Waze app and its ties to Israel, which has alarmed many on social media due to a recent update.
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Evidence that permanent DST holds up stronger across disciplines than the case for standard time, health impacts (modeled) are less than 1%, yet the real-world benefits of evening light are measurable and immediate: fewer robberies, safer streets for pedestrians, and more people outside and active.
How WA lawmakers vote on switch to permanent daylight saving time
The U.S. House voted to make daylight saving time permanent. But if that passes the Senate, states can opt out — and there are reasons Washington might want to, some say.
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“Autonomous, AI-driven offensive tooling is no longer theoretical… Defending an online platform now means treating the data and model surface as a first-class attack surface, and using #AI on defense to keep pace.” — Hugging Face, July 16, 2026
The Hugging Face Breach of July 2026: The Full Story
The Hugging Face Breach of July 2026: The Full Story A Joint Research Analy...
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“This isn’t happening to steal your money… it’s happening to steal your autonomy.” @bennjordan.bsky.social Thank you for putting so much effort, thinking, and intelligence into these types of videos. It’s important work, and more people need to understand what we are facing. Mvto
The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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“Since 2020, the cost of groceries has spiked over 31%, and there’s no indication that they’re on the way down. In fact, experts are bracing for just the opposite.”
A Pound of Ground Beef Now Costs More Than the Federal Minimum Wage
The typical American consumes nearly 60 pounds of beef each year. Widely available and easy to prepare, ground beef serves as a grocery mainstay for many families — which means skyrocketing prices mat...
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Considering the mess we are in, we have not “heard” from you at all at ground level. We risk sliding into authoritarian rule, with clear contravention of law and violation of our constitution. We’re ever mindful of who is actually being listened to. Fight back against tyranny. We are watching.
Patrick Freeland@patrickfreeland.bsky.social · 2mo ago@cantwell.senate.gov I have a feeling that have you not heard my concern, let alone listened. Public engagement with congress is often limited, most don’t know that they can contact you, and many have no faith that congress actually cares about Us. But know that my “thoughts” are far from unique.
@cantwell.senate.gov I have a feeling that have you not heard my concern, let alone listened. Public engagement with congress is often limited, most don’t know that they can contact you, and many have no faith that congress actually cares about Us. But know that my “thoughts” are far from unique.
Tell the United States #Congress to strip section 224 from the defense authorization bill, that binds US and #Israel into shared military technology and training. No more US taxpayer money to fund Israeli war crimes! @repricklarsen.bsky.social @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
The REAL Reason Benjamin Netanyahu Supports Ending U.S. Aid to Israel
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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@murray.senate.gov @repricklarsen.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov I did not know about the unprovoked attack on a United States Naval vessel by the Israeli military in 1967. You may not have been aware of this either, but we all know. Act accordingly; not just your vote, but also your message.
The Attack on the USS Liberty | Phil Tourney
YouTube video by misesmedia
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We were never taught these things in school, but looking back learning more, the Israeli Military actions, since 1948 have been marked by war crimes… I didn’t realize that in 1967 United States soldiers were murdered, shot in lifeboats, firemen killed, the American flag flying high.
Sacrificing Liberty - The Full Trailer
YouTube video by Sacrificing Liberty
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@rob-sheridan.com If you haven’t seen Backrooms, would strongly encourage you to do so. And then even more strongly (yet humbly!) encourage you reach out to the folks that made this and say, “hey… heard you like vhs-like stuff. Me too. We should hang out.” This would be so cool it hurts.
Since 1948, #Israel settler and military action has killed over 250,000 people, stolen 7,300+ km² of land, and displaced 11+ million people. Beyond verified reporting, the true totals are likely far higher; total war crimes (including infanticide, rape, torture, ecocide…) may never be fully known.
Born in Deir Yassin 2017 Complete Film with English Subtitles
YouTube video by مؤسسة الشيخ حسن للثقافة والعلوم
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The culprit isn’t just “boomers,” or even “the wealthy.” It is intergenerational… a predatory fraction of the capital class who use their position to force policy, rig financial systems, and socialize military and environmental debt downward. Wealth is the prerequisite. Extraction is the choice.
YOU Need to be MAD NOW
YouTube video by The Infographics Show
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I cannot understate how vulnerable your software and internet browsing is. It’s not going to get better anytime soon, especially without real policy to address these insecurities. What do you think @tomasscheel.bsky.social? You’ve got a lot of experience with cybersecurity. What’s our path forward?
Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API — claim FROST attack requires no permissions or user interaction to identify which apps and websites you'r...
The technique correctly identified visited websites with roughly 89% accuracy and running applications with roughly 96% accuracy on a test Mac
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I like the idea of decarbonizing. How about we start there first and then we can talk more about the whole massive electrification part. We need to (re)learn the whole, “turn the lights out when we’re not usin’em,” part a little better first.
Electrification emerges as COP31 priority
The Turkish COP31 President has called for "a truly global conversation" about shifting the global energy system to electricity
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"This technology turns every router into a potential means for surveillance… Turning off your smartphone is not enough to avoid detection.” "This works similar to a normal camera, the difference being that in our case, radio waves instead of light waves are used for the [spatial] recognition."
Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy
Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, resea...
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The GKN Aerospace Garden Grove facility, has a history of OSHA equipment maintenance and inspection violations, and most notably a prior violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. The chemical MMA is used to manufacture plastics and can potentially cause respiratory harm.
Officials race to cool down tank containing toxic chemical as 50,000 residents remain under evacuation in California | CNN
Emergency crews are working nonstop to prevent an overheating tank filled with a toxic chemical from leaking or triggering what could be a catastrophic explosion as approximately 50,000 residents in O...
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I voted for @repricklarsen.bsky.social I used to call his office and talk to his great staffers… but things here have only gotten worse. He hasn’t stood up when leadership really matters. We need opposition to tyranny, active resistance to mass surveillance; we need you to fight. He’s lost my vote.
Tomas for Congress
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No surprise @repricklarsen.bsky.social voted for this. He hasn't seen a surveillance program he wasn't a fan of. Reminder, he saw ~20 years of the patriot act's abuses and said "yes please, may I have some more?" Must be nice not having a spouse or family who has been literally in fear of #ICE
Demand Progress@demandprogress.bsky.social · 3mo agoJust now, Dem Rep. Rick Larsen & other members of the House Transportation Committee voted to reject an amendment to block federal funds for states & cities that misuse automated license plate cameras for mass surveillance. It’s shameful to prioritize Flock’s profits over the American people.
After an Oklahoma family’s home was flooded with sludge, signs pointed to an unplugged oil well as the culprit. The state’s oil regulatory agency, however, continues to push explanations other than oil and gas. With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...
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I haven’t used Meta products in nearly a decade… I recommend you pull out to. “I use it to stay in touch with my family, tho!” Nonsense. Call them. Text them. Write them. Don’t contribute to this trash tracking your habits, making you addicted, and making us all worse off.
Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Staff Ahead of Mass AI Layoffs
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Statistically insignificant change in grades, eh? These poor kids… an environment where children have cellphones to begin with I would argue is not an environment conducive to learning. We’re at a point where it is hard to see what the future may bring… but it seems so very dark.
The Effects of School Phone Bans: National Evidence from Lockable Pouches
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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This will keep happening… more and more. Some day, a vulnerability will be exposed and exploited at such a scale that entire operating systems will be compromised. It is shocking how insecure and under-engineered our information systems truly are.
Mini Shai-Hulud Worm Compromises TanStack, Mistral AI, Guardrails AI & More Packages
TeamPCP’s Mini Shai-Hulud campaign used hijacked GitHub OIDC tokens to spread a credential-stealing worm through TanStack npm packages.
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Things falling apart… So much of our reliance on such frail systems has been through the great cost of value-based messaging and very public illustrations of stability. As the visibility of information changes, these old techniques fail as experience becomes the most palpable sense; especially bad.
Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub
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Israel has killed over 38,000 women and girls in Gaza, according to the U.N. Another reminder the war on Gaza is about collective punishment not self defense.
