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We're walking the walk and knocking the knock. Thanks for hosting and canvassing with us, Appleton and Oshkosh! Have you checked to see where I'll be next on the GOTV Canvass Tour?⁠ Let's talk to our neighbors about the issues that matter to us. 3 days down. 3 to go! ⁠ ⁠ Sign up at the link in bio

If you use Signal to work with sensitive contacts, it’s not a “set it and forget it” app. You do need to maintain the safety of your account. Our digital security team walks through foundational account security settings to help.

What journalists need to know about Signal account safety

There are a few straightforward steps you can take to make your account and identity much more secure

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“I think she’ll be in her Kate Bush era for quite a while “ When young people break up (or not, they seem to not know these days).

Another day, another voice lost with someone assuring you that you must be ai.

MEDI Cycle 2 is coming August 9th 7pm to Ballet U in Verona #wisconsin. Come see new #dance works

If you're in the Bay Area and want to check out a prerelease PicoIDE in action, go to VCF West and check out Xodium's booth!

Xodium@xodium.net · 2w ago

All set up. Tomorrow comes. Also come try out @polpo.org’s amazing PicoIDE! With the web interface pulled up on an iPad! It’s Pretty Neat™.

The next cycle of the #Madison Experimental #Dance Incubator is on August 9th 7pm at Ballet U’s Black Box Theater. 5 new works from 5 artists. Jazz funk, contemporary to classical Indian dance fusion. $10 tickets available here - medi.catmachinesdance.com/event/cycle-2/

What I know about my honey is that they would do almost anything for me.

Whoa… next season from @sfballet.bsky.social has this piece… I cannot wait. Gonna take a trip back. youtu.be/wCR6WGA29PE?...

Faun - Original

YouTube video by Daisy Phillips

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FYI if you use one ring to rule them all is not the way to sell your product. I feel like maybe you didn’t understand the lesson of Lord of the Rings.

This is a wonderful documentary that you should see whether you'd heard of Joybubbles or not and whether you identify as a, um, phone enthusiast, or not.

Exploding The Phone@explodingthephone.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Rachael Morrison's wonderful Joybubbles documentary, a heartfelt story about a blind whistling phone phreak, will be showing in San Francisco, San Rafael, Boston, Ann Arbor, and having an international premiere in Warsaw, Poland in the next few weeks. Details in thread!

Enjoy #jigsaw #puzzles? In the #madison area? Miss the in-person reality-driven experience in an #AI world? Well… come tonight to the Fitchburg library 6-8pm www.eventbrite.com/e/puzzle-soc...

Puzzle Social - Fitchburg - Hosted by WI-JPA July

Come join WI-JPA for a FREE fun evening of puzzling!

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You go Verona! #FlockDown youtube.com/shorts/t_ewI...

Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Cameras

YouTube video by 404 Media

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It’s that time again. August 9th 7pm, I’m putting on another MEDI salon to engage artists with the public. Come check it out at Ballet U in Verona #wisconsin #dance #music $10

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply? I’m gonna go with those “employees wash hands” and a pandemic did nothing. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/w...

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply? (Gift Article)

The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”

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In case you were bummed about the air quality canceling this month’s texture. #madison #eletronicmusic

Oh right, we're in Hudson News now! Get an Onion while your flight is delayed because of the things likely outlined in the paper.

Catesby Holmes@catesby.bsky.social · 3w ago

Spotted at LGA @bencollins.bsky.social

Things in my list of hope: Healthcare as the minimal for everyone Just like in the military (reason why we don’t start companies) Investment in education include media literacy & science & tech. Heavily subsidized public education starting at the university level (you want tech job in the US)

i'm at siggraph for the next few days! anyone else i know attending?

We’re at Open Sauce! Come say hi :)

TODAY! EFF is at Open Sauce, chatting about our recent work pushing for your rights to privacy and free speech online. Stop by our booth in the Fiesta Building, booth f.133 at 12:30 pm to say hi to our Executive Director, Nicole Ozer! www.eff.org/event/eff-o...

EFF at Open Sauce

EFF is excited to be back at Open Sauce in San Mateo, CA! If you're attending the event, be sure to stop by EFF's table where we'll be spreading the word about our efforts to protect digital privacy

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Didn’t we do this in the 90’s with “Falling Down”?

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Described as the “feel-good movie of white-boy summer” by one extremist, the movie Citizen Vigilante has been hailed by the far right as a way to convert moderates to their cause.

#mundial2026 in Atlanta where you get the US anthem, the fifa anthem aka US #eurovision (who knew?!), a presidential booing, a random speech, then the actual teams playing anthems… Oh I gusss the game started…

The vast majority of my work life has been in Silicon Valley business lasy and while I like it, I’m not excited about men in shorts either. I don’t want to see anyone’s legs. I don’t want to see anyone’s tattoos or other stuff. I swear I’m not a prude. Just wear linen www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/w...

Why Tokyo’s New Shorts Policy is Sparking Debate in Japan (Gift Article)

The Tokyo government is allowing workers to wear shorts for the first time this summer, prompting delicate questions about etiquette and hairy legs.

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When you try a free tool versus a paid one… same prompt

Whether they've been sitting in the basement, attic, or right next to your modern hardware, we believe nothing should stop you from being able to power-on your retro consoles. Watch our friend Camran (IG: superlevelz) give this Sega Genesis an extra life.

Catch up on digital rights news during your commute with the EFFector podcast! This week: the KIDS Act and what it would mean for the open internet. Listen here: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

🚫 Don't Let Congress Age-Gate the Internet | EFFector 38.13

The effort to age gate the internet is back in Washington—and now it has a new name. Recently passed by the House of Representatives, the KIDS Act is a sprawling package of proposals to control what

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Before I forget (again), #Madison is trying to make #synthesizers and their related counterparts (what up my modular, #chiptune, and retro #music people) So we made a discord because that’s faster than finding a space to meetup in and plan. Plus you needed one more thing discord.gg/uuXGFmvgs

I can’t imagine how this will be weaponized to push people out during war deployment www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...

Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone (Gift Article)

Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.

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