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Stephen K 🔑☢️⚛️🏳️‍🌈
@commiegir.bsky.social
Your neighborhood Hacker and Nuclear Nerd. Enterprise Hardware Obsessed. Environmentalist. Progressive. RomCom/Isekai Manga Dork. USAF Veteran
Audi Quattro mechanic, Carl Sagan-ista

He/Him. DC404/DC423
https://infosec.exchange/@CommieGIR
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As we face into the despair of another despotic Presidency, please keep your skepticism sharp especially in relation to pseudoscience and woo that will no doubt come forth from his Departments

Recommend reading Carl Sagan's "A Demon Haunted World"
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NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.

“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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A sheriff told the media that his team searched a license plate reader database because they were worried about a woman's safety. Records show it was an abortion investigation. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and
www.eff.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Cancel anything Disney now - HBO, Hulu, Disney+

Piracy is better than giving money to those appealing to fascists for a merger.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Going to a drag show should not mean you forfeit your anonymity. It should not open you up to surveillance. And it absolutely should not land your name in a government database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name
If you thought going to a Pride event or drag show was just another night out, think again. If you were in Florida, it might land your name in a government database.That’s what’s happening in Vero
www.eff.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Jeff Daniels is so right and is speaking out on the current state of affairs in the US. He says the people should be electing the best of us not the worst of us! “He’s everything that’s wrong with not just America but with being a human being”!

#USDemocracy
July 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Make no mistake its both Trump wanting Colbert shutdown and likely because Paramount is taking bribes to get what they want.

Insomuch as it is bribery, it was very much a "Financial Decision" to end of of their most popular and largest grossing shows.
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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🍑 Peter Hubbard has been declared the winner in the Democratic runoff for Georgia Public Service Commissioner 3! Now we have a progressive, clean energy pro who could win in November, and make a big difference for GA. Thank you, voters & supporters! Congrats to @peterhubbardga.bsky.social ! #GAPol
July 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Oscar the Grouch is just Diogenes in New York.
July 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I was testing a theory with Grok when an internal error cause it to break and reveal that it searches both my account and Elon Musk's for posts on a given issue before responding. While any reference to Elon Musk is left out of the "thought process" window, reference to my account are not. 1/2
July 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is absolutely going to end up in the public sphere and I'm here for it.
rarely have I had a more immediate sickosyes.jpg reaction to a piece of news

ken paxton deserves everything he has coming, I hope this becomes a huge public mess and I cannot wait
July 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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“Whenever you have a lot of very personal data like that, it usually ends up becoming a target for someone, whether that is hackers, bad actors who want to compromise your device, or even law enforcement,” EFF's @mguariglia.bsky.social told @thecut.com about wearables.
Can RFK Jr. Track My Oura Ring?
The HHS secretary says he wants all Americans to start wearing health-tracking devices. Here’s what that might mean for your private data.
www.thecut.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Time for a lot of boycotts

vm.tiktok.com/ZMSg4BfU2/
July 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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"The nation has faced, many times, a conservative Court aligned with bigotry and big business. But the nation has not previously faced a conservative Court aligned with helping the president become a king." — @snipy.bsky.social
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Federal kindergarten vaccination data shows national rates for four major vaccines, which had held steady before the COVID-19 pandemic, have fallen significantly since.

In fact, measles vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in 2023.

➡️ Read more: propub.li/40KnM8n
July 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Bad Company by @greenwell.bsky.social is a must read for all kinds of organizers but especially housing. Clear and concise explanations of private equity practices that I will be referencing regularly (see: the post-its)
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The carnivorous plants hospital, they are all recovering well
July 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview.

Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.
July 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
July 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM