nabiha syed
@nabiha.bsky.social
Executive Director @ Mozilla Foundation
Mama to Musa and Ibi
Definitely have cookies in my purse
Mama to Musa and Ibi
Definitely have cookies in my purse
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Right to repair is even harder for incarcerated people.
Fixing Electronics in Prison - Filter
There are few soft surfaces in prison, so when one of us drops a pair of glasses or a radio ...
filtermag.org
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Right to repair is even harder for incarcerated people.
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I loved the Decoder episode where @reckless.bsky.social interviews Stack’s CEO, who is convinced that the business is evolving but healthy. It’s a really interesting conversation about how to navigate both urgently and thoughtfully through disruptive change. www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
Stack Overflow users don’t trust AI. They’re using it anyway
Stack Overflow CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar on running the most popular developer forum in a post-ChatGPT world.
www.theverge.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I loved the Decoder episode where @reckless.bsky.social interviews Stack’s CEO, who is convinced that the business is evolving but healthy. It’s a really interesting conversation about how to navigate both urgently and thoughtfully through disruptive change. www.theverge.com/podcast/8440...
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AT-tention bloggers !! We've entered the ATmosphere 🛸
Sign-in with your Bluesky, Blacksky, or self-hosted account to start writing, and keep your blogs and posts stored in your own PDS with @standard.site lexicons for better interoperability and discovery between platforms.
Read all about it:
Sign-in with your Bluesky, Blacksky, or self-hosted account to start writing, and keep your blogs and posts stored in your own PDS with @standard.site lexicons for better interoperability and discovery between platforms.
Read all about it:
Blogging on the open social web - and more exciting features - pckt - Dev Journal
ATmosphere — referring to the growing ecosystem of applications built on the AT Protocol, a federated protocol for open social platforms. Not to be confused ...
devlog.pckt.blog
January 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
AT-tention bloggers !! We've entered the ATmosphere 🛸
Sign-in with your Bluesky, Blacksky, or self-hosted account to start writing, and keep your blogs and posts stored in your own PDS with @standard.site lexicons for better interoperability and discovery between platforms.
Read all about it:
Sign-in with your Bluesky, Blacksky, or self-hosted account to start writing, and keep your blogs and posts stored in your own PDS with @standard.site lexicons for better interoperability and discovery between platforms.
Read all about it:
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I’m so pleased for the publication of the tenth anniversary edition of Reclaiming Conversation, with my new introduction, a warning about our new love affair with artificial intimacy. And so pleased that @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social’s blog, After Babel, has published the new introduction.
August 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’m so pleased for the publication of the tenth anniversary edition of Reclaiming Conversation, with my new introduction, a warning about our new love affair with artificial intimacy. And so pleased that @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social’s blog, After Babel, has published the new introduction.
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For these four people, 2025 was their first year online.
What they gained—and what surprised them—might change how you think about the internet.
Read more in #NothingPersonal ⤵️
mzl.la/48Vqcpg
What they gained—and what surprised them—might change how you think about the internet.
Read more in #NothingPersonal ⤵️
mzl.la/48Vqcpg
2025 Was My First Year on the Internet
Read our end of year feature story. We interviewed 4 people around the world for which 2025 was their first year on the internet: from their favorite websites, to what they liked and disliked about th...
mzl.la
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For these four people, 2025 was their first year online.
What they gained—and what surprised them—might change how you think about the internet.
Read more in #NothingPersonal ⤵️
mzl.la/48Vqcpg
What they gained—and what surprised them—might change how you think about the internet.
Read more in #NothingPersonal ⤵️
mzl.la/48Vqcpg
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A donor in Maryland is paying off the debt of about 82,000 meals for low-income students.
Administrators estimate the donation will cover two years’ worth of school lunch debt for students enrolled in the free and reduced-priced meals (FARM) program.
Administrators estimate the donation will cover two years’ worth of school lunch debt for students enrolled in the free and reduced-priced meals (FARM) program.
Donor pays off the debt for more than 80,000 school meals in one county
Montgomery County Public Schools received a large donation to pay off school meals debt.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A donor in Maryland is paying off the debt of about 82,000 meals for low-income students.
Administrators estimate the donation will cover two years’ worth of school lunch debt for students enrolled in the free and reduced-priced meals (FARM) program.
Administrators estimate the donation will cover two years’ worth of school lunch debt for students enrolled in the free and reduced-priced meals (FARM) program.
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@chrclla.bsky.social continues to fight against mistreatment of immigrant and refugee children. Keep up with that fight here.
Flores Settlement | Landmark Protections for Immigrant Children
The Flores Settlement Agreement sets standards for the treatment and release of immigrant children in detention. Learn more about this vital legal protection.
www.centerforhumanrights.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
@chrclla.bsky.social continues to fight against mistreatment of immigrant and refugee children. Keep up with that fight here.
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My whole timeline is made up of folks watching a 60 Minutes report the Trump administration tried to kill and unredacting Epstein files that weren't supposed to have been posted yet. Can't stop the signal.
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
My whole timeline is made up of folks watching a 60 Minutes report the Trump administration tried to kill and unredacting Epstein files that weren't supposed to have been posted yet. Can't stop the signal.
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Reminder: our Techdirt fundraiser is going on right now. Unlike some, we won't pull, or even water down, the stories we write about CECOT.
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reminder: our Techdirt fundraiser is going on right now. Unlike some, we won't pull, or even water down, the stories we write about CECOT.
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
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In which i offer to facilitate a research project to explore atproto ecosystem brand and user experience needs
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/research-p...
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/research-p...
Research Project for ATProto Ecosystem Brand and User Experience Needs
Hello atproto builders — I’m a long time lurker and first time forum poster. I met some of you at Atmosphere conf in March, but for the most part have been thinking and talking about how I might get i...
discourse.atprotocol.community
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In which i offer to facilitate a research project to explore atproto ecosystem brand and user experience needs
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/research-p...
discourse.atprotocol.community/t/research-p...
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@abeba.bsky.social gave what remained of her talk, but it was a shadow of what she wanted to say. Afterwards, @nabiha.bsky.social reached out and asked her to give the same speech at Mozilla Festival — this time, uncensored.
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
@abeba.bsky.social gave what remained of her talk, but it was a shadow of what she wanted to say. Afterwards, @nabiha.bsky.social reached out and asked her to give the same speech at Mozilla Festival — this time, uncensored.
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“Our mission has always been to prove that you can imagine and innovate without exploitation. Mozilla Foundation is honored to be part of this Council that embodies those principles at exactly the scale and moment it’s needed most.”
Perfect words for what we need to do @nabiha.bsky.social
Perfect words for what we need to do @nabiha.bsky.social
Proud to join California’s Innovation Council to help shape AI that works for people 👏
https://bit.ly/3MxDq2T
@nabiha.bsky.social
@governor.ca.gov
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@governor.ca.gov
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Our mission has always been to prove that you can imagine and innovate without exploitation. Mozilla Foundation is honored to be part of this Council that embodies those principles at exactly the scale and moment it’s needed most.”
Perfect words for what we need to do @nabiha.bsky.social
Perfect words for what we need to do @nabiha.bsky.social
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@samgregory.bsky.social says that social media companies need to step up their content moderation and AI labeling games. @nabiha.bsky.social says that these companies “should have been prepared” for AI-generated videos.
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@samgregory.bsky.social says that social media companies need to step up their content moderation and AI labeling games. @nabiha.bsky.social says that these companies “should have been prepared” for AI-generated videos.
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Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
The richest man on the planet has a pinned tweet that's just straight up white nationalism. I can't say I miss Twitter!
December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Incredible, not in a good way, how many academics, journalists, and policy folks continue to actively attend the Nazi Bar on a daily basis.
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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We’re not even *close* to running out of good ideas. The issue is smart people’s ideas being systematically persecuted, under-resourced, and blocked from opportunity by fascists. Do not believe propaganda in the “Future Perfect” section of Vox that’s underwritten by Effective Altruism extremists.
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We’re not even *close* to running out of good ideas. The issue is smart people’s ideas being systematically persecuted, under-resourced, and blocked from opportunity by fascists. Do not believe propaganda in the “Future Perfect” section of Vox that’s underwritten by Effective Altruism extremists.
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Incredible work everyone keep it up.
404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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Presale: ICE Surveillance Zine
**THIS ITEM WILL SHIP IN MID JANUARY** We are making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. It is 16 pages and printed on a risogra...
404media.myshopify.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Incredible work everyone keep it up.
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🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🧵ICE cut off her wedding ring.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old US citizen, a grandmother, 5’4’, and white.
She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby.
She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE. They told her to “get back.” She didn’t move.
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"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"AI" suffusing academia w/ a pervasive miasmatic atmosphere of mistrust by supplying an arms race btwn students (via systems which, yes, increasingly, I've been doing this for 20 fucking years, encourage them to not give a shit & just get a degree) & teachers (via surveillant copshit) sure does suck
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The answer, IMHO, is that we stop treating our advertising infrastructure as something unfixable and instead make it work viably.
So people don't want stuff behind a paywall (I get it!) but they also want to use ad blockers everywhere. How, exactly, do you expect the people writing the stuff you want to read to get paid? How does that work, in your mind? How is it sustainable, exactly? I'm just not sure, here.
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The answer, IMHO, is that we stop treating our advertising infrastructure as something unfixable and instead make it work viably.
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“Stops of people based on their race, use of Spanish, or location (such as a car wash or bus stop) have become known among critics as ‘Kavanaugh stops,’ after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh justified the method in a September opinion.”
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech - Reveal
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a US citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
revealnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Stops of people based on their race, use of Spanish, or location (such as a car wash or bus stop) have become known among critics as ‘Kavanaugh stops,’ after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh justified the method in a September opinion.”
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Breaking news: A federal judge ordered the release of grand jury materials in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that public access to the records is required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Congress previously approved.
Judge orders release of ‘voluminous’ records in Ghislaine Maxwell case
A federal judge ordered the release of “voluminous” material gathered for the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of aiding Jeffrey Epstein.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Breaking news: A federal judge ordered the release of grand jury materials in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that public access to the records is required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act that Congress previously approved.
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@spencer.place’s “alive internet theory” rejects the inevitability of a “dead internet” and boldly proclaims that “we will never let the open internet die.” Instead he asks…
“How can we make the open internet more resilient, vibrant, and collaborative than ever?”
“How can we make the open internet more resilient, vibrant, and collaborative than ever?”
alive internet theory
why the bots will never win and just hanging out online
news.spencer.place
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@spencer.place’s “alive internet theory” rejects the inevitability of a “dead internet” and boldly proclaims that “we will never let the open internet die.” Instead he asks…
“How can we make the open internet more resilient, vibrant, and collaborative than ever?”
“How can we make the open internet more resilient, vibrant, and collaborative than ever?”