Kelly V
@slasc.bsky.social
Christian, husband, father, software engineer
He/him/his
A Texan living in Germany.
Loves Jesus.
Also loves sci-fi and the works of C.S. Lewis.
Favorite video game (atm): No Man’s Sky
He/him/his
A Texan living in Germany.
Loves Jesus.
Also loves sci-fi and the works of C.S. Lewis.
Favorite video game (atm): No Man’s Sky
I feel like I am reading this verse somehow for the first time, and it is speaking to me: Isaiah 30:20-22
December 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I feel like I am reading this verse somehow for the first time, and it is speaking to me: Isaiah 30:20-22
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As with other law enforcement, you have a First Amendment right to film ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Yes, You Have the Right to Film ICE
Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has already begun increasing enforcement operations, including highly publicized raids. As immigrant communities, families, allies,
www.eff.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
As with other law enforcement, you have a First Amendment right to film ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
There is a relationship between #love and #obedience. To love God is to obey his commands. And #God commands us to love. So, by loving, we are obeying and in order to obey we must love.
But how deep is this relationship? Dos it go even deeper than that?
Is obedience necessary for love?
But how deep is this relationship? Dos it go even deeper than that?
Is obedience necessary for love?
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
There is a relationship between #love and #obedience. To love God is to obey his commands. And #God commands us to love. So, by loving, we are obeying and in order to obey we must love.
But how deep is this relationship? Dos it go even deeper than that?
Is obedience necessary for love?
But how deep is this relationship? Dos it go even deeper than that?
Is obedience necessary for love?
The dock on my #Macbook is becoming unmanageable thanks to the removal of #Launchpad
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The dock on my #Macbook is becoming unmanageable thanks to the removal of #Launchpad
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Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
You won’t have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
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EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling out the San Francisco Police Department for breaking the law and sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and
The San Francisco Police Department is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and
www.eff.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling out the San Francisco Police Department for breaking the law and sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state and federal agencies. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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From August: There’s no reasonable way to spin the combination of Trump and Carr’s actions except as an attack on the First Amendment, or in a phrase quoted by the complaint, an “unconstitutional shakedown.”
Brendan Carr declares victory over the First Amendment
It’s “unconstitutional shakedown” time.
www.theverge.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
From August: There’s no reasonable way to spin the combination of Trump and Carr’s actions except as an attack on the First Amendment, or in a phrase quoted by the complaint, an “unconstitutional shakedown.”
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From April: The FCC has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President Donald J. Trump.
Read more from @karlbode.com: www.theverge.com/tech/656653/...
Read more from @karlbode.com: www.theverge.com/tech/656653/...
September 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
From April: The FCC has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President Donald J. Trump.
Read more from @karlbode.com: www.theverge.com/tech/656653/...
Read more from @karlbode.com: www.theverge.com/tech/656653/...
Well, “Increase Contrast” is great for fixing #LiquidGlass when I use my phone. But, it’s terrible in #CarPlay. :(
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Well, “Increase Contrast” is great for fixing #LiquidGlass when I use my phone. But, it’s terrible in #CarPlay. :(
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Nobody has done a better job documenting the FCC’s attack on free speech under Brendan Carr than @theverge.com under @reckless.bsky.social — a must-follow and a must-subscribe if you want to know how they’ve been preparing to go way past McCarthyism for years: www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Nobody has done a better job documenting the FCC’s attack on free speech under Brendan Carr than @theverge.com under @reckless.bsky.social — a must-follow and a must-subscribe if you want to know how they’ve been preparing to go way past McCarthyism for years: www.theverge.com/decoder-podc...
I’m not the only one who thinks removing #launchpad in #macos26 was a mistake.
Apple just made a big mistake with macOS 26 — Fast Company
There’s a lot to love about the new OS, but a significant change to how apps are launched is frustrating longtime Mac users. [Photo: Apple] On Monday, Apple released macOS 26, also known as macOS Taho...
apple.news
September 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’m not the only one who thinks removing #launchpad in #macos26 was a mistake.
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Turning on “Increase Contrast” under the accessibility settings for #iOS26 dramatically improved #liquidglass #tip
September 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Turning on “Increase Contrast” under the accessibility settings for #iOS26 dramatically improved #liquidglass #tip
I miss #launchpad. Seriously, #spotlight is not a suitable replacement.
Oh, and the supposed solutions to disable Spotlight and restore Launchpad…don’t work in the actual release.
#MacOS26
Oh, and the supposed solutions to disable Spotlight and restore Launchpad…don’t work in the actual release.
#MacOS26
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I miss #launchpad. Seriously, #spotlight is not a suitable replacement.
Oh, and the supposed solutions to disable Spotlight and restore Launchpad…don’t work in the actual release.
#MacOS26
Oh, and the supposed solutions to disable Spotlight and restore Launchpad…don’t work in the actual release.
#MacOS26
I kind of hate “Liquid Glass”
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I kind of hate “Liquid Glass”
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We just added 100 more Texas agencies using Flock Safety automated license plate readers to the Atlas of Surveillance. As police tech spreads, you can count on EFF to track it and fight for your rights.
www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
July 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We just added 100 more Texas agencies using Flock Safety automated license plate readers to the Atlas of Surveillance. As police tech spreads, you can count on EFF to track it and fight for your rights.
www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
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The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.
You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa
The Trump administration is continuing its dangerous push to surveil and suppress foreign students’ social media activity. The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that...
www.eff.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Trump administration’s new policy requiring applicants for student and exchange visas to set social media accounts to “public” for government review is a dangerous expansion of existing social media collection efforts. This policy gravely chills free expression.
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At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is an open source tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS around the world.
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS...
www.eff.org
July 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is an open source tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS around the world.
The joke fulfilled. #TheNapoleanofNottingHill
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The joke fulfilled. #TheNapoleanofNottingHill
Every time I use a modern Windows tablet I find myself missing Windows 8.1.
Windows 10 and 11 are just not good tablet OS’s.
Windows 10 and 11 are just not good tablet OS’s.
February 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Every time I use a modern Windows tablet I find myself missing Windows 8.1.
Windows 10 and 11 are just not good tablet OS’s.
Windows 10 and 11 are just not good tablet OS’s.
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The UK is telling its citizens “that it is willing to put their security at risk from all manner of bad actors like hackers and thieves because it cannot tolerate the ability to have a private conversation online,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theverge.com.
The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us
‘If you build a door, other people will try to get in.’
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The UK is telling its citizens “that it is willing to put their security at risk from all manner of bad actors like hackers and thieves because it cannot tolerate the ability to have a private conversation online,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theverge.com.
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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.