Ray Aldred
@rayaldred.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate in philosophy who thinks about neuroethics, First Peoples’ philosophy, love, sexuality, and disability || working in Data Science || Cybersecurity Enthusiast || Métis and Nehiyaw
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Thinking Otherwise
Philosophy, data, and little digital rebellions.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
I have started my new blog here, and a new post about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Autism is coming soon. I also have a page on it that offers discounts on encrypted email accounts, and why it is good to do so, if, per chance, your are interested in de-googling your life.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
I have started my new blog here, and a new post about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Autism is coming soon. I also have a page on it that offers discounts on encrypted email accounts, and why it is good to do so, if, per chance, your are interested in de-googling your life.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
Thinking Otherwise
Philosophy, data, and little digital rebellions.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have started my new blog here, and a new post about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Autism is coming soon. I also have a page on it that offers discounts on encrypted email accounts, and why it is good to do so, if, per chance, your are interested in de-googling your life.
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
thinking-otherwise.ghost.io
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Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
Discord says users' government IDs used for age checks stolen by hackers
Thanks to age verification laws, expect more data breaches of users' government-issued passports and driver's licenses.
this.weekinsecurity.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.
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i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
1 in 3 Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked
Telegram's infrastructure is maintained by Global Network Management (GNM), a company owned by Russian national Vladimir Vedeneev, whose other companies have a documented history of working with Russia's FSB security service and defense sector.
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.
www.occrp.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Telegram's infrastructure is maintained by Global Network Management (GNM), a company owned by Russian national Vladimir Vedeneev, whose other companies have a documented history of working with Russia's FSB security service and defense sector.
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
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Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Holy shit RFK Jr just used the idea that we should "believe all women" to defend the idea that vaccines might have caused their kids' autism, I am INCANDESCENT with rage
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A brainworm bear roadkill eater, an insurrectionist psychopath and a TV snake-oil sommelier announce, without a shred of empirical evidence, that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A brainworm bear roadkill eater, an insurrectionist psychopath and a TV snake-oil sommelier announce, without a shred of empirical evidence, that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.
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Oh, they're totally going to blame the mothers for the existence of autistic people. It's eugenics wrapped in misogyny.
Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh, they're totally going to blame the mothers for the existence of autistic people. It's eugenics wrapped in misogyny.
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“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”
Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man’s scars
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”
wapo.st
September 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”
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"We’re witnessing the real-time destruction of the internet as we know it." — @ericgoldman.bsky.social
The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
New safety rules require users to verify their identities before gaining access to sites. This spells the end of the relative anonymity that we’ve come to expect online.
www.newyorker.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"We’re witnessing the real-time destruction of the internet as we know it." — @ericgoldman.bsky.social
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Next paper in our special issue on 'Understanding oneself through others' is out! Zoey Lavallee, Anke Snoek and Frøydis Gammelsæter on addiction and affective recovery niches: #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Addiction and emotions: From distress-regulation loops to affective recovery niches
This paper argues that the emotional dynamics that structure a person’s relationship to drug use and their environment over time are central to understanding how agency is both operative and constr...
www.tandfonline.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Next paper in our special issue on 'Understanding oneself through others' is out! Zoey Lavallee, Anke Snoek and Frøydis Gammelsæter on addiction and affective recovery niches: #philsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ron Deibert is absolutely the voice that the infosec industry needs to be listening to right now. We are in a moment where fascism is consolidating power and most of the infosec industry is either playing along or is busy bragging about how much AI they've shoved into their products.
August 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ron Deibert is absolutely the voice that the infosec industry needs to be listening to right now. We are in a moment where fascism is consolidating power and most of the infosec industry is either playing along or is busy bragging about how much AI they've shoved into their products.
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If they make them so that the prescription gets automatically updated as my eyes decline, I'd consider it, but you know there would be a fucking monthly subscription for that shit.
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future
Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future | TechCrunch
Mark Zuckerberg really believes AI glasses will be the ideal way to blend the physical and digital worlds together.
techcrunch.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If they make them so that the prescription gets automatically updated as my eyes decline, I'd consider it, but you know there would be a fucking monthly subscription for that shit.
I recently sat down with Biopolitical Philosophy for a wide-ranging interview that explored AI and disability, D.E.I. discourse, theology, Indigenous perspectives on care, and other contemporary issues.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Raymond Aldred
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled p…
biopoliticalphilosophy.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I recently sat down with Biopolitical Philosophy for a wide-ranging interview that explored AI and disability, D.E.I. discourse, theology, Indigenous perspectives on care, and other contemporary issues.
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/07/16/d...
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Anti-LGBTQ orgs have explicitly stated they USE sports as a "gateway drug" to undermine trans people's rights. They've also said this is how they eventually roll back all progress on LGBTQ rights. Newsom falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
July 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Anti-LGBTQ orgs have explicitly stated they USE sports as a "gateway drug" to undermine trans people's rights. They've also said this is how they eventually roll back all progress on LGBTQ rights. Newsom falls for it hook, line, and sinker.
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An archipelago, if you will
Trump on DeSantis's new detention camp for migrants: "We'd like to see them in many states. And at some point they might morph into a system."
July 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An archipelago, if you will
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Here's the @rollingstone.com story from @milesklee.bsky.social that Musk & Turd are so upset about: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
June 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Here's the @rollingstone.com story from @milesklee.bsky.social that Musk & Turd are so upset about: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Reeeeeaaaallly wish my fellow Leftists would get the fuck off of substack 🫠
I'm sorry that fascists ruin so much accessible shit *&* get the fuck off substack lol Christ.
I'm sorry that fascists ruin so much accessible shit *&* get the fuck off substack lol Christ.
June 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reeeeeaaaallly wish my fellow Leftists would get the fuck off of substack 🫠
I'm sorry that fascists ruin so much accessible shit *&* get the fuck off substack lol Christ.
I'm sorry that fascists ruin so much accessible shit *&* get the fuck off substack lol Christ.
Regarding the military presence at the LA protests, James Madison, the father of the US Constitution, once aptly said in a 1787 debate, "The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home."
June 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Regarding the military presence at the LA protests, James Madison, the father of the US Constitution, once aptly said in a 1787 debate, "The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home."
A new-ish review found consistent evidence that gender-affirming interventions improve mental health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and overall psychological functioning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Systematic review of prospective adult mental health outcomes following affirmative interventions for gender dysphoria
Many transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people experience high levels of mental health difficulties. Different gender-affirmative interventions exist which aim to alleviate gender dysphoria, with...
www.tandfonline.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A new-ish review found consistent evidence that gender-affirming interventions improve mental health outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and overall psychological functioning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Two Native American tribes on Thursday filed what they called the first major lawsuit against the U.S. government’s notorious system of Indian boarding schools, which for decades splintered families and stripped Indigenous children of their language and culture. nyti.ms/3Sh0LVZ
May 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two Native American tribes on Thursday filed what they called the first major lawsuit against the U.S. government’s notorious system of Indian boarding schools, which for decades splintered families and stripped Indigenous children of their language and culture. nyti.ms/3Sh0LVZ
