Jason Schadewald (He/Him)
@jschadewald.bsky.social
Radical optimism means *working* to create a better world. Mere belief in its possibility is insufficient and often counterproductive.
Pinned
Liberals are (understandably) flocking here to flee ignorant conservatives, but it would be nice if they left their own ignorant conservatism behind.
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The way that encrypted chat apps handle backups can be a loophole, so knowing how they work—and how those you communicate with use this feature—is very important. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Signal, WhatsApp, Apple, and Google Handle Encrypted Chat Backups
Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up,
www.eff.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The way that encrypted chat apps handle backups can be a loophole, so knowing how they work—and how those you communicate with use this feature—is very important. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Read this thread. This is what @katmabu.bsky.social was protesting, and why she repeatedly says getting beaten up by ICE outside is nothing compared to the torture and crimes being committed inside Broadview. These thugs must be held to account.
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The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.
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Israel’s top military lawyer has resigned after taking responsibility for the leak of a horrific video showing the sexual abuse of a Palestinian prisoner by Israeli guards, after the military launched a investigation into the leak this week.
Israeli Lawyer Resigns for Leaking Video of Sexual Abuse of Palestinian Prisoner
The arrest of the guards in the video launched protests from far right Israeli groups last year.
truthout.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Israel’s top military lawyer has resigned after taking responsibility for the leak of a horrific video showing the sexual abuse of a Palestinian prisoner by Israeli guards, after the military launched a investigation into the leak this week.
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In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In addition to L.A. food banks, pantries, community fridges, and other food donation programs, we see free Cambodian chicken rice porridge, kids goodie bags, and a program that allows you to buy a meal for someone at a growing chain.
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
The full story: lataco.com/free-food-la...
By Hadley Tomicki
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Sudan’s paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say
Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN, displaced re...
www.ctvnews.ca
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"UN refugee agency official Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee"
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
this keeps getting worse
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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EFF urges governments not to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention. “It creates expansive cross-border surveillance and data sharing channels without enforceable human-rights safeguards and applies far beyond cybercrime,” Katitza Rodriguez told SC Magazine. www.scworld.com/news/us-abs...
US absence from UN Cybercrime Treaty praised by groups over privacy abuse
Digital rights advocates and industry execs worry that treaty would lead to abuse by authoritarian regimes.
www.scworld.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
EFF urges governments not to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention. “It creates expansive cross-border surveillance and data sharing channels without enforceable human-rights safeguards and applies far beyond cybercrime,” Katitza Rodriguez told SC Magazine. www.scworld.com/news/us-abs...
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Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
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An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
An understated reason figures like Newsom are so dangerous is because what really advances the most violently reactionary parts of the American state aren't just the openly far-right rulers, it's their successors entrenching what they did. Newsom types aren't an end to fascism but its completion. 🧵
Dude, I post like this because I'm *not* a fucking senator. You have power. Use it!
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
The President is building an army to attack his own country.
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Dude, I post like this because I'm *not* a fucking senator. You have power. Use it!
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Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer
Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as device encryption) encrypts everything on your computer so it cannot be viewed without first entering a password when you log in.
Just to instructions for:
Windows
Mac
Linux...
ssd.eff.org
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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Reminder that the US under both R and D administrations sent billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia, including illegal cluster munitions, to kill Yemeni kids.
And the US, under both R and D administrations, is still sending billions of dollars in weapons for the UAE to do genocide in Sudan
And the US, under both R and D administrations, is still sending billions of dollars in weapons for the UAE to do genocide in Sudan
October 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Reminder that the US under both R and D administrations sent billions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia, including illegal cluster munitions, to kill Yemeni kids.
And the US, under both R and D administrations, is still sending billions of dollars in weapons for the UAE to do genocide in Sudan
And the US, under both R and D administrations, is still sending billions of dollars in weapons for the UAE to do genocide in Sudan
Hey. Random question: Why are more folks saying "comfortability" when they mean "comfort?"
"Comfort" is the feeling. "Comfortability" should be about the ability to provide comfort or the ability to be comforted.
"Comfort" is the feeling. "Comfortability" should be about the ability to provide comfort or the ability to be comforted.
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hey. Random question: Why are more folks saying "comfortability" when they mean "comfort?"
"Comfort" is the feeling. "Comfortability" should be about the ability to provide comfort or the ability to be comforted.
"Comfort" is the feeling. "Comfortability" should be about the ability to provide comfort or the ability to be comforted.
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New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
Purge, Merge, and Surge
Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
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we need to abolish this shit
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we need to abolish this shit
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This is why neither the companies profiting from a technology nor the agencies deploying it can be trusted to tell the full story about how it's being used. 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 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is why neither the companies profiting from a technology nor the agencies deploying it can be trusted to tell the full story about how it's being used. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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"Rafa" is a Merced county farm worker. He does 2 shifts in 2 different jobs as rent is so expensive. He harvests tomatoes in the am. Then he sorts sweet potatoes under a hot sun - working 13 hours total. He worries about driving home because of lack of sleep. #WeFeedYou
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Rafa" is a Merced county farm worker. He does 2 shifts in 2 different jobs as rent is so expensive. He harvests tomatoes in the am. Then he sorts sweet potatoes under a hot sun - working 13 hours total. He worries about driving home because of lack of sleep. #WeFeedYou
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85 percent of Khan Younis flattened by Israeli attacks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/85-percent-khan-younis-flattened-israeli-attacks
85 percent of Khan Younis flattened by Israeli attacks
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October 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
85 percent of Khan Younis flattened by Israeli attacks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/85-percent-khan-younis-flattened-israeli-attacks
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In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
Something you should not need to be told:
* You cannot trust the people in power to tell you how to protest "the right way."
If you *actually* do it right, they won't be in power. Hence, their "right way" is not in your interests.
* You cannot trust the people in power to tell you how to protest "the right way."
If you *actually* do it right, they won't be in power. Hence, their "right way" is not in your interests.
October 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Something you should not need to be told:
* You cannot trust the people in power to tell you how to protest "the right way."
If you *actually* do it right, they won't be in power. Hence, their "right way" is not in your interests.
* You cannot trust the people in power to tell you how to protest "the right way."
If you *actually* do it right, they won't be in power. Hence, their "right way" is not in your interests.
Fascists win because liberal shitbags like Newsom abandon liberal values.
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Fascists win because liberal shitbags like Newsom abandon liberal values.
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Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.
October 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.
It's a shame when a politician tricks hopeful journalists into writing and sharing puff pieces. Mayor Thompson sided with ICE the very next day, as reported by a different journalist.
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's a shame when a politician tricks hopeful journalists into writing and sharing puff pieces. Mayor Thompson sided with ICE the very next day, as reported by a different journalist.
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Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.
The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.