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· Jan 10
"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
Next #ThemeThursday, pick your trope:
💗 We’re pretending it’s platonic (it is not)
🖤 This will end badly (and we both know it)
Choose your emotional devastation. Coming soon! 💌
💗 We’re pretending it’s platonic (it is not)
🖤 This will end badly (and we both know it)
Choose your emotional devastation. Coming soon! 💌
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Next #ThemeThursday, pick your trope:
💗 We’re pretending it’s platonic (it is not)
🖤 This will end badly (and we both know it)
Choose your emotional devastation. Coming soon! 💌
💗 We’re pretending it’s platonic (it is not)
🖤 This will end badly (and we both know it)
Choose your emotional devastation. Coming soon! 💌
Believe it or not, our comms team watches this video everyday as a pump up exercise 🫡
"I strongly feel that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an insult to life itself."
--- Hayao Miyazaki
--- Hayao Miyazaki
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Believe it or not, our comms team watches this video everyday as a pump up exercise 🫡
They're not even discreet about it. They're literally telling us TO OUR FACES (c.f any article on Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel— we're sparing our spirits and yours by not sharing one).
But the billionaires made a mistake if they think we'll stand by and watch it happen. Things are gonna change.
But the billionaires made a mistake if they think we'll stand by and watch it happen. Things are gonna change.
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
They're not even discreet about it. They're literally telling us TO OUR FACES (c.f any article on Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel— we're sparing our spirits and yours by not sharing one).
But the billionaires made a mistake if they think we'll stand by and watch it happen. Things are gonna change.
But the billionaires made a mistake if they think we'll stand by and watch it happen. Things are gonna change.
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Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
It's a well known fact that Big Tech scrapes plagiarized material to train their LLMs— but what does scraping actually look like? What exactly goes into it? 🧵👇
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It's a well known fact that Big Tech scrapes plagiarized material to train their LLMs— but what does scraping actually look like? What exactly goes into it? 🧵👇
"The document describes how the scanning company’s 'hydraulic powered cutting machine' would 'neatly cut' books, whose pages would later be scanned."
February 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"The document describes how the scanning company’s 'hydraulic powered cutting machine' would 'neatly cut' books, whose pages would later be scanned."
We like to think Ellipsus is... versatile 😆
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We like to think Ellipsus is... versatile 😆
Big Tech platforms are not a safe home for any content, least of all resistance activity. These companies exist to to surveil us and reap our data for profit. Now they're the go-to tool for authoritarian governments to track and censor us. #fckZuck
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Big Tech platforms are not a safe home for any content, least of all resistance activity. These companies exist to to surveil us and reap our data for profit. Now they're the go-to tool for authoritarian governments to track and censor us. #fckZuck
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
What's happening on TikTok (censorship, the new privacy (read: surveillance) policy) is extraordinarily fucked, but ultimately predictable. Big Tech has been certifiably MAGA for years, and these platforms will only continue to enshittify.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/26/t...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/26/t...
Why can’t TikTokers upload anti-ICE videos? | CNN Business
Some TikTok users are accusing the app of censorship after they attempted and failed to upload videos about ICE. TikTok says the ongoing glitches are related to a power outage.
edition.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What's happening on TikTok (censorship, the new privacy (read: surveillance) policy) is extraordinarily fucked, but ultimately predictable. Big Tech has been certifiably MAGA for years, and these platforms will only continue to enshittify.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/26/t...
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/26/t...
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wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
Welcome aboard! Good to see larger players like Comic con & SFWA taking a stand against gen AI in creative work. Art show head Glenn Wooten nailed it: "More strident language is necessary: NO! Plain and simple." We couldn't agree more. Cheers to the human resistance ✊
Some of the major players in science fiction and pop culture are taking firmer stances against generative AI.
Science fiction writers, Comic-Con say goodbye to AI | TechCrunch
Some of the major players in science fiction and pop culture are taking firmer stances against generative AI.
techcrunch.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Welcome aboard! Good to see larger players like Comic con & SFWA taking a stand against gen AI in creative work. Art show head Glenn Wooten nailed it: "More strident language is necessary: NO! Plain and simple." We couldn't agree more. Cheers to the human resistance ✊
The year is 2004. Google has just announced an exciting new venture: Google Print. With the blessing of five major libraries, Google sets out to digitalize the world's print material.
There was only one, teeny tiny problem— they didn't ask permission. 🧵👇
There was only one, teeny tiny problem— they didn't ask permission. 🧵👇
January 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The year is 2004. Google has just announced an exciting new venture: Google Print. With the blessing of five major libraries, Google sets out to digitalize the world's print material.
There was only one, teeny tiny problem— they didn't ask permission. 🧵👇
There was only one, teeny tiny problem— they didn't ask permission. 🧵👇
Last week, we discussed Google's not-so-great habit of … selling our data for profit (🫠) and how Google’s ‘robber baron’ techniques have earned it the title: Duke of Data Theft, Arch Villain of The Internet™.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Last week, we discussed Google's not-so-great habit of … selling our data for profit (🫠) and how Google’s ‘robber baron’ techniques have earned it the title: Duke of Data Theft, Arch Villain of The Internet™.
P.S.A. We’re seeing communities across the U.S. organizing to keep each other informed about… ICEy winter conditions. 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 6:41 PM
P.S.A. We’re seeing communities across the U.S. organizing to keep each other informed about… ICEy winter conditions. 🧵
As surveillance capitalism has expanded over the years, so has the data Google collects.
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
As surveillance capitalism has expanded over the years, so has the data Google collects.
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
Biometric data (face, voice), location, private medical data—if it can be used to identify you, to sell to you, it creates value for Google. 🧵👇
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I wanna say goodbye to Google Docs for good, tbh. At least with my creative work. I haven't trusted it since people have lost their entire Google Accounts for things a squinting, tipsy, AI bot would think looked like anti-TOS material (though in all those cases, it never was).
It Reads Your Docs.
It Reads Your Docs.
In case you missed it, our most recent blog post examines the devastation of online privacy norms under Google:
ellipsus.com/blog/the-wor...
ellipsus.com/blog/the-wor...
The world Google built: Privacy, data, and the surveillance machine
In the second post in our series on Google and our discontents, we trace how Google’s long history of privacy erosion produced an internet built to observe and control its users—that is, all of us.
ellipsus.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I wanna say goodbye to Google Docs for good, tbh. At least with my creative work. I haven't trusted it since people have lost their entire Google Accounts for things a squinting, tipsy, AI bot would think looked like anti-TOS material (though in all those cases, it never was).
It Reads Your Docs.
It Reads Your Docs.
The idea behind surveillance capitalism is super simple: 1. collect as much data as possible. 2. fashion behavioral predictions from said data, tied to user profiles, 3. sell the predictions as a product to interested parties (advertisers; governments; whomever's buying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The idea behind surveillance capitalism is super simple: 1. collect as much data as possible. 2. fashion behavioral predictions from said data, tied to user profiles, 3. sell the predictions as a product to interested parties (advertisers; governments; whomever's buying. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Google claims they don't sell your personal data—and technically that's true: they don't sell raw data. Rather, they sell predictions of your behavior fashioned from your data.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Google claims they don't sell your personal data—and technically that's true: they don't sell raw data. Rather, they sell predictions of your behavior fashioned from your data.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
From its war on privacy, to data extraction: surveillance capitalism started with Google.
Big Tech spends millions ever year on lobbying efforts in the US and EU to water down data protection laws, with Google at the front of the pack.
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
![A graph showing Alphabet's annual lobbying spending by million.
[Source: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2025&id=D000067823]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v7tyodqlespayktabsxq4cz/bafkreigau7jlad6dq54tkhxbrtvrhiodjanvchswm75scrupobbyxvaztq@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Big Tech spends millions ever year on lobbying efforts in the US and EU to water down data protection laws, with Google at the front of the pack.
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
(Source:
www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobb...)
Hey all! We had a brief hiccup with the synchroniser earlier today, but it’s been resolved.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Hey all! We had a brief hiccup with the synchroniser earlier today, but it’s been resolved.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
Ellipsus stores your work locally in your browser, so your writing should be a-ok. If you’re having trouble opening the tool, please reach out to support and we'll get on it right away.
"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"At the end of the day, the gap between what Google says and what it does—its brazen violations of its own policies; its freedom to unilaterally change its terms and conditions; […] its sneaky attempts to opt you in to data-scraping initiatives—makes real privacy on their platforms impossible."
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Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
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Switched to Ellipsus early last year for writing. Zero regrets. Easy to use, easy to share, easy to work with someone. Fun themes, drafts, templates, organization. Plus their stance on Ai mirrors mine.
Let’s set the record straight: the em dash doesn’t belong to ChatGPT. Gen AI has been around for two years—the em dash has been around for centuries. History time! 🧵👇 [1/11]
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Switched to Ellipsus early last year for writing. Zero regrets. Easy to use, easy to share, easy to work with someone. Fun themes, drafts, templates, organization. Plus their stance on Ai mirrors mine.
"Once upon a time, Google 'wasn't evil.' Now it's too big not to be. When a company has this much power—too embedded to boycott, too rich to punish, too essential to regulate—it becomes a monster of itself, mowing down anything that stands in the way of profit." 🧵👇
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"Once upon a time, Google 'wasn't evil.' Now it's too big not to be. When a company has this much power—too embedded to boycott, too rich to punish, too essential to regulate—it becomes a monster of itself, mowing down anything that stands in the way of profit." 🧵👇