Gotta say I agree with ya there, judge Reeves
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2h agoBREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
"We set out looking for a protein that suppresses the immune response, and we found the opposite"
Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 1h agoThe delta variant’s nucleocapsid protein was the most inflammatory tested. Signals from macrophages producing it caused significant breakdown in a coronary vessel-lining model. doi.org/hcdtgr
A chef with the name Gruel - this is not how nominative determinism usually works
NEW: DHS wants to pay private contractors bounties to hunt down people who already left the country, photograph their homes, and demand money. It told them leaving the US would wipe out fines. It was the pitch for self-deporting. Experts tell WIRED this is a pointless escalation of tactics.
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
wired.com
It's hard to read this and not think that this is Meta not wanting to be left out of the super-dangerous / super-powerful AI club.
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3h agoIt keeps happening... It'd be great if these companies could spend a little bit more time on network security and a little less time vibe coding.
A group of protesters is suing DHS for violating the First Amendment by surveilling their activities. DHS is now using that lawsuit to try and obtain those protesters’ Signal chats:
DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
A lawsuit accuses Homeland Security of violating protesters’ free-speech rights—but the agency is using it to try to get access to the plaintiffs’ encrypted communications.
wired.com
The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak.
I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.
43 people should be able to easily eat 14 large dominos pizzas the AI is not at fault here
Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 5h agoordering Domino’s and then blaming ChatGPT when nobody wants it
Congratulations to everyone who worked their asses off for something that any semi-decent and ultimately self-interested government should have done in penance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Education Dept. to Wipe Out Student Loans of 170,000 More Defrauded Borrowers (Gift Article)
The sprawling case, centered on students defrauded by for-profit schools, has now become the largest class-action settlement in American history.
nytimes.com
NEW: Cyberattacks on U.S. water supply now being reported in 12+ states and 100+ municipalities, though some may be unrelated to wave of suspected Iranian attempts. The nationwide threat follows years of ignored warnings and neglect to water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)
Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
nytimes.com
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
Every child deserves the opportunity to live up to their potential. Gutting Head Start would hurt the 10,000 Massachusetts kids who rely on its high-quality early learning programs. I won’t stop fighting to protect this vital lifeline.
Large US Cyclospora outbreak expands to 6 more states Although cases continue to mount, experts say it doesn’t necessarily mean that the outbreak is ongoing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fGM9Mh 📷: benketaro / Flickr cc
Researchers find a flaw in Apple's Private Relay that exposes users' real IP addresses, which also affects users of Tor's OnionBrowser in iOS: www.404media.co/apples-priva...
Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses
Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.
404media.co
New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed
"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.
404media.co
This is truly an excellent piece from @thebulletin.org on the incredibly troubling rise of Silicon Valley thought in Pentagon procurement, it highlights a lot of major ongoing issues: thebulletin.org/2026/07/the-...
The rise of the military-technology complex
How Silicon Valley tech firms remade US defense contracting. And then opened the Pentagon’s checkbook—wide.
thebulletin.org
Join the nationwide movement to stop Flock's surveillance of our communities.
Get The Flock Out
Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging...
aclu.org
You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock. www.gpb.org/news/2026/08...
Analysis: More 'guardrails' needed to prevent police misuse of Flock cameras
Inappropriate use of Flock cameras by law enforcement officials have raised questions about how much surveillance is too much.
gpb.org
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
theatlantic.com
Mmm...dengue. What other delightful diseases shall we invite back now that we are under new crank management?
Isaac Bogoch@isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 6h agoThere was just a locally acquired case of dengue fever reported in Virginia, USA. The climate is becoming more suitable, the compatible mosquito species (Aedes) is already there, and we’ll likely see more cases across a wider area. Link: tinyurl.com/2pu4xrc5
Less protein, more lifespan! A comprehensive review of the merits of protein restriction for healthy aging A flip from the proteinmaxxing craze cell.com/cell-press-b...
aww did someone get addicted to corruption and graft!!!!
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 23h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
