Ann Hulton
@mizmo4.bsky.social
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This marvelous book about the importance of bookstores in the time of conflict, authoritarianism and war feels more timely than it should be.
February 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This marvelous book about the importance of bookstores in the time of conflict, authoritarianism and war feels more timely than it should be.
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
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For those of us who are increasingly in positions where we cannot count on the rule of law to protect our digital privacy or security, here are some thoughts on how to threat model for your community: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Building a Community Privacy Plan
Everyone's security plans and situations will always be different, which is why we often say that security and privacy are a state of mind, not a purchase. But the first step is always taking a look a...
www.eff.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For those of us who are increasingly in positions where we cannot count on the rule of law to protect our digital privacy or security, here are some thoughts on how to threat model for your community: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Philadelphia turned out! 💪 Workers, students, and allies from universities across the city rallied to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs!
Billionaires want to gut higher ed & lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd
Billionaires want to gut higher ed & lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd
February 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Philadelphia turned out! 💪 Workers, students, and allies from universities across the city rallied to say: Hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs!
Billionaires want to gut higher ed & lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd
Billionaires want to gut higher ed & lifesaving research to fund their tax cuts. We’re fighting back. #LaborForHigherEd
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Higher education workers are mobilizing against the Trump administration's assault on academics, scientists, researchers, & organized labor. Members of @aftpa.bsky.social rallied outside of Sen. Dave McCormick's Philly office to say: HANDS OFF our healthcare, research, & jobs! #LaborForHigherEd
February 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Higher education workers are mobilizing against the Trump administration's assault on academics, scientists, researchers, & organized labor. Members of @aftpa.bsky.social rallied outside of Sen. Dave McCormick's Philly office to say: HANDS OFF our healthcare, research, & jobs! #LaborForHigherEd
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Sadly true. If there’s one thing millenarian cults are good at, it’s blithely overlooking one broken promise after another.
counterpoint: no they aren't, they're going to come up with increasingly intricate and convoluted explanations for why things aren't lining up with their expectations of reality. Stop waiting for people to "come to their senses", you're not going to get to say "I told you so" to anyone
Interesting read - 'Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality' www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...
February 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sadly true. If there’s one thing millenarian cults are good at, it’s blithely overlooking one broken promise after another.
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"When reporters called this out, the DOGE team made a fascinating choice. Instead of fixing their error, they actually removed the correct document from their website and replaced it with the old, incorrect one. They are now deliberately posting false information to support the narrative." No words.
Wrote about how easy it is to claim you saved taxpayers billions when you just make shit up. But also how this is the Twitter Files all over again. The dumbest people don't know what they're looking at so it must be a conspiracy www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/i...
It’s Easy To Save Billions In Taxpayer Funds When Everything Is Made Up
Here’s a neat trick for saving taxpayers billions of dollars: just make stuff up! I mean, sure, you could do all the hard work of actually finding government waste and fixing inefficient proc…
www.techdirt.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"When reporters called this out, the DOGE team made a fascinating choice. Instead of fixing their error, they actually removed the correct document from their website and replaced it with the old, incorrect one. They are now deliberately posting false information to support the narrative." No words.
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📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally.
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com
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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
February 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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"This decision to erase the word 'transgender' is a deliberate attempt to erase our history& marginalize the very people who paved the way for many victories we have achieved as a community!"-The Stonewall Inn on “T” & “Q” being removed. My LGBTQ+ family & I will fight!🌈🏳️⚧️
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
Park Service erases 'transgender' on Stonewall website, uses the term 'LGB' movement
The website deleted all mentions of "transgender" and "queer" in its history of the Stonewall riots, and only referred to the riots' impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"This decision to erase the word 'transgender' is a deliberate attempt to erase our history& marginalize the very people who paved the way for many victories we have achieved as a community!"-The Stonewall Inn on “T” & “Q” being removed. My LGBTQ+ family & I will fight!🌈🏳️⚧️
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Friday in Munich with the leader of Germany's far-right AfD, his office confirmed, after endorsing the party as a political partner. German defence minister calls Vance's comments unacceptable.
Elon Musk supports AfD. DISGUSTING!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Elon Musk supports AfD. DISGUSTING!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.npr
February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Friday in Munich with the leader of Germany's far-right AfD, his office confirmed, after endorsing the party as a political partner. German defence minister calls Vance's comments unacceptable.
Elon Musk supports AfD. DISGUSTING!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Elon Musk supports AfD. DISGUSTING!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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I wish that journalists would stop uncritically buying into Musk's framing of what DOGE is doing as an audit. You can tell it is not an audit because it is being done by people with zero experience in auditing and the methodology is "poke around in files, looking for keywords without any context."
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wish that journalists would stop uncritically buying into Musk's framing of what DOGE is doing as an audit. You can tell it is not an audit because it is being done by people with zero experience in auditing and the methodology is "poke around in files, looking for keywords without any context."
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Tech companies are thrilled because we are about to enter a golden age of grifting.
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tech companies are thrilled because we are about to enter a golden age of grifting.
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events. What happened to "Don't be evil"?
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events. What happened to "Don't be evil"?
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BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
www.eff.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
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Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
Agency says reporter not allowed to go to signing in effort to ‘punish’ its style guide on upholding use of Gulf of Mexico
The Associated Press said it was barred from sending a reporter to Tuesday’s Oval Office executive order signing in an effort to…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Associated Press barred from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
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Again, more excellent acts of journalism. Keep it up. The people carrying out Musk's orders deserve public scrutiny.
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Again, more excellent acts of journalism. Keep it up. The people carrying out Musk's orders deserve public scrutiny.
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I have Lupus & chronic illnesses & disabilities & have subsisted on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & currently recovering from surgery. I DEPEND on Medicaid & SNAP. I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting until my last breath.💜
February 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I have Lupus & chronic illnesses & disabilities & have subsisted on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & currently recovering from surgery. I DEPEND on Medicaid & SNAP. I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting until my last breath.💜
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Actual common sense in a single video.
February 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Actual common sense in a single video.
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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel Took $25,000 From Russia-Linked Firm to Appear on an Anti-FBI TV Series
The documentary was produced by a filmmaker tied to Russian propaganda efforts.
www.motherjones.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Investigatory Powers Act could prohibit companies from revealing that the UK government has ordered them to remove encryption. “That raises the real risk of false reliance on a safety feature that isn’t there,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @bloomberg.com.
Apple’s Dilemma in UK Over Encryption Alarms Privacy Experts
(Bloomberg) -- The UK government’s attempt to get Apple Inc. to build a backdoor into customer data stored on its cloud system is alarming privacy advocates and US government leaders who warn that the...
www.yahoo.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Investigatory Powers Act could prohibit companies from revealing that the UK government has ordered them to remove encryption. “That raises the real risk of false reliance on a safety feature that isn’t there,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @bloomberg.com.