Adam Rice
@askadam.io
Does: Apple consulting
Supports: digital freedom and autonomy
Fights: white supremacy
Supports: digital freedom and autonomy
Fights: white supremacy
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Even in little ways, like saying "I'm sorry" when it makes a mistake. That is not true! Do not lie to me, robot!
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Even in little ways, like saying "I'm sorry" when it makes a mistake. That is not true! Do not lie to me, robot!
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yeah this is a thing I've felt about recently is that like, I don't necessarily have a problem with the machine doing stochastic reasoning or whatever, but it is actively programmed to *pretend to be a person* and that is dishonest.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
yeah this is a thing I've felt about recently is that like, I don't necessarily have a problem with the machine doing stochastic reasoning or whatever, but it is actively programmed to *pretend to be a person* and that is dishonest.
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
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You can be disappeared into a concentration camp or exiled for torture in another country if their app claims your face matches a non-citizen, even if you present a birth certificate or passport.
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You can be disappeared into a concentration camp or exiled for torture in another country if their app claims your face matches a non-citizen, even if you present a birth certificate or passport.
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
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“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
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To find out what kind of surveillance tech you may be facing at a protest, check out EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org/.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
To find out what kind of surveillance tech you may be facing at a protest, check out EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org/.
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to remove the flashlight from the lock screen
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
October 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
to remove the flashlight from the lock screen
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
Google Chrome is adding a new "AI" feature that monitors all of your browsing. When you update, you'll see the Gemini icon (a "sparkle" or "star") in the top right of your Chrome window. To disable this, right-click the top of the window (outside of any tabs), then choose "Unpin Gemini".
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Google Chrome is adding a new "AI" feature that monitors all of your browsing. When you update, you'll see the Gemini icon (a "sparkle" or "star") in the top right of your Chrome window. To disable this, right-click the top of the window (outside of any tabs), then choose "Unpin Gemini".
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I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
Gift link. This is one are where I think we need the federal government to take a much heavier hand. Like "stringing these guys up by their balls" heavy handedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
This article popped open a fake McAfee virus warning page on my iPhone. This is why ad blockers are a necessary part of your security stack, unfortunately. Publishers must insist on more secure ad networks rather than begging us to disable our security tools.
Bizarre app that pays you to share your audio calls hits #2 in App Store social apps
Bizarre app that pays you to share your audio calls hits #2 in App Store social apps
A bizarre app that invites you to record and share your audio calls so that it can sell the data to AI companies has become the second most downloaded social app in the app store.
Neon Mobile says that users can sell their privacy for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year by allowing their audio conversations to be used for AI training …
more…
9to5mac.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This article popped open a fake McAfee virus warning page on my iPhone. This is why ad blockers are a necessary part of your security stack, unfortunately. Publishers must insist on more secure ad networks rather than begging us to disable our security tools.
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8/ Unfortunately, “Cyberselfish“ predicted the future but did not sell well.
Borsook's writing career hit the rocks as tech fortunes skyrocketed astronomically in the 2000s. She is now elderly, disabled and struggling to survive as the rest of the world finds out what she knew a long time ago.
Borsook's writing career hit the rocks as tech fortunes skyrocketed astronomically in the 2000s. She is now elderly, disabled and struggling to survive as the rest of the world finds out what she knew a long time ago.
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
8/ Unfortunately, “Cyberselfish“ predicted the future but did not sell well.
Borsook's writing career hit the rocks as tech fortunes skyrocketed astronomically in the 2000s. She is now elderly, disabled and struggling to survive as the rest of the world finds out what she knew a long time ago.
Borsook's writing career hit the rocks as tech fortunes skyrocketed astronomically in the 2000s. She is now elderly, disabled and struggling to survive as the rest of the world finds out what she knew a long time ago.
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
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In case you didn’t know, I’m hosting a podcast about what happens after the fix: the time teams reclaim, the fires they stop fighting, and the strategic work they finally get to tackle. So grateful for the guests who have shared their stories. the-sequence.com/podcast
Patch Me If You Can by Kandji
Patch Me If You Can by Kandji
the-sequence.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
In case you didn’t know, I’m hosting a podcast about what happens after the fix: the time teams reclaim, the fires they stop fighting, and the strategic work they finally get to tackle. So grateful for the guests who have shared their stories. the-sequence.com/podcast
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As someone who has seen the entirety of The Savant, I can assure it is not incendiary enough to be pulled because of the political climate. It feels like an attention grabbing decision.
September 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As someone who has seen the entirety of The Savant, I can assure it is not incendiary enough to be pulled because of the political climate. It feels like an attention grabbing decision.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
So I decided to set up my new iPhone like new, instead of transferring over everything. This is going to be a journey!
September 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So I decided to set up my new iPhone like new, instead of transferring over everything. This is going to be a journey!
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7 hbcus evacuated for bomb threats, dnc threatened and evacuated, umass evacuated, a fox news host challenging his millions of viewers to go to war with their political opposition....not even a blip in the news cycle, not a word of condemnation from any politicians or op-ed sections that ive seen
September 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
7 hbcus evacuated for bomb threats, dnc threatened and evacuated, umass evacuated, a fox news host challenging his millions of viewers to go to war with their political opposition....not even a blip in the news cycle, not a word of condemnation from any politicians or op-ed sections that ive seen
This may be the first time I recommend waiting to update macOS not because of bugs or potential compatibility issues, but just to let Apple iterate and fix the legibility issues plaguing macOS 26.
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This may be the first time I recommend waiting to update macOS not because of bugs or potential compatibility issues, but just to let Apple iterate and fix the legibility issues plaguing macOS 26.
Safari's toolbar in the new Tahoe/Liquid Glass style is a visually incomprehensible disaster. Very disappointing that this is what's going to ship.
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Safari's toolbar in the new Tahoe/Liquid Glass style is a visually incomprehensible disaster. Very disappointing that this is what's going to ship.
Reading about battery testing on the new Apple Watch, I could only hear it in Tim Robinson's voice
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reading about battery testing on the new Apple Watch, I could only hear it in Tim Robinson's voice
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This is a big deal -- Apple has unveiled a comprehensive security system called Memory Integrity Enforcement in an effort to combat memory corruption vulnerabilities, a huge part what makes spyware successful
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...
security.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is a big deal -- Apple has unveiled a comprehensive security system called Memory Integrity Enforcement in an effort to combat memory corruption vulnerabilities, a huge part what makes spyware successful
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
well that's not great
Hahahahaha Apple really showing off the heteronormative assumptions of its AI summary when my wife texts me that she wants to hang out and eat dinner
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well that's not great