xos1
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Special interests: education, journalism, human rights, the intersection of technology and civil society. Also plants. #genjones
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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Colorado enacted a limited but crucial step forward against automated decision-making: the AI Act of 2024. We oppose weakening or delaying this law, and support strengthening it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act
Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Act is a good step in the right direction. Still, EFF
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Colorado enacted a limited but crucial step forward against automated decision-making: the AI Act of 2024. We oppose weakening or delaying this law, and support strengthening it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Learn how governments are able to read certain text messages, and how to ensure your messages are end-to-end encrypted on Digital Rights Bytes, our site dedicated to helping break down tech issues into byte-sized pieces. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/can-...
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
Can the Government Read My Text Messages?
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Learn how governments are able to read certain text messages, and how to ensure your messages are end-to-end encrypted on Digital Rights Bytes, our site dedicated to helping break down tech issues into byte-sized pieces. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/can-...
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When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT-powered web browser. What to know before downloading.
ChatGPT Atlas is a free internet browser that can regurgitate browser history, provide writing help and complete basic ordered tasks.
www.usatoday.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
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This Week In Techdirt History: October 12th – 18th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Ajit Pai put the final bullet in net neutrality and decided to move forward with unconstitutional rulemaking on Section 230, while Clarence Thomas joined the brigade of opposing 230, and Congress introduced yet…
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Ajit Pai put the final bullet in net neutrality and decided to move forward with unconstitutional rulemaking on Section 230, while Clarence Thomas joined the brigade of opposing 230, and Congress introduced yet…
This Week In Techdirt History: October 12th – 18th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Ajit Pai put the final bullet in net neutrality and decided to move forward with unconstitutional rulemaking on Section 230, while Clarence Thomas joined the brigade of opposing 230, and Congress introduced yet another anti-230 bill, because sure why not? We looked at the pretty crummy results of the current Supreme Court term on issues we care about…
www.techdirt.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This Week In Techdirt History: October 12th – 18th
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Ajit Pai put the final bullet in net neutrality and decided to move forward with unconstitutional rulemaking on Section 230, while Clarence Thomas joined the brigade of opposing 230, and Congress introduced yet…
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Ajit Pai put the final bullet in net neutrality and decided to move forward with unconstitutional rulemaking on Section 230, while Clarence Thomas joined the brigade of opposing 230, and Congress introduced yet…
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan
mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...
mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...
October 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In an obscure corner of Kazakhstan, the remains of an ocean millions of years old have created probably the most surreal landscape on earth -- as captured by photographer Daniel Kordan
mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...
mymodernmet.com/daniel-korda...
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We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
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Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
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AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago, rising to prominence particularly in the '90s and early 2000s. https://to.pbs.org/48HSOlZ
AOL ends dial-up internet service, marking the end of an era
AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago.
to.pbs.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago, rising to prominence particularly in the '90s and early 2000s. https://to.pbs.org/48HSOlZ
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Physically, I’m here. Emotionally and mentally, I am also here and this is all really starting to add up.
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Physically, I’m here. Emotionally and mentally, I am also here and this is all really starting to add up.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Great great great @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social on the whole Kimmel thing and the importance of fighting for free speech.
I will note that even though the first 30 minutes don't seem to be about Kimmel, they're (1) hilarious and (2) set up the Kimmel stuff... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYd...
I will note that even though the first 30 minutes don't seem to be about Kimmel, they're (1) hilarious and (2) set up the Kimmel stuff... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYd...
This Kind of Freedom Will Leave You Speechless
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Great great great @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social on the whole Kimmel thing and the importance of fighting for free speech.
I will note that even though the first 30 minutes don't seem to be about Kimmel, they're (1) hilarious and (2) set up the Kimmel stuff... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYd...
I will note that even though the first 30 minutes don't seem to be about Kimmel, they're (1) hilarious and (2) set up the Kimmel stuff... www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYd...
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If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
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Celebrities are dying to distract us from the fact that they don't matter
July 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Celebrities are dying to distract us from the fact that they don't matter
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A new report from the #Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has raised concerns about the number of manatees dying around the state -- the number is rising again. www.mysuncoast.com/2025/07/23/r...
Report shows Manatee deaths are on the rise in Florida
The report says 477 manatees have died already this year, compared to 565 in all of 2024.
www.mysuncoast.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new report from the #Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has raised concerns about the number of manatees dying around the state -- the number is rising again. www.mysuncoast.com/2025/07/23/r...
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#Florida's largest parent organization, @FloridaPTA , joins lawsuit asking for release of federal education funds.
“With school underway and no alternative path for timely relief, legal action has become the only remaining option to protect our students.” drive.google.com/file/d/14974...
“With school underway and no alternative path for timely relief, legal action has become the only remaining option to protect our students.” drive.google.com/file/d/14974...
1-2.pdf
drive.google.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#Florida's largest parent organization, @FloridaPTA , joins lawsuit asking for release of federal education funds.
“With school underway and no alternative path for timely relief, legal action has become the only remaining option to protect our students.” drive.google.com/file/d/14974...
“With school underway and no alternative path for timely relief, legal action has become the only remaining option to protect our students.” drive.google.com/file/d/14974...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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The Department of Justice said this week that there’s no "client list" for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and that their evidence supports that he died by suicide, but Trump’s base won’t let the story fade that easy. Conspiracy theories are only growing.
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Trump admin scrambles to shut down Epstein talk — but MAGA isn’t having it
The Trump administration's focus on quieting the chatter about the Jeffrey Epstein files is only fueling conspiracy theories.
www.poynter.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Department of Justice said this week that there’s no "client list" for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and that their evidence supports that he died by suicide, but Trump’s base won’t let the story fade that easy. Conspiracy theories are only growing.
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
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We republished this episode on our feed just today, and I just listened to it... and, yes, it's me praising myself, but I think it's a pretty good discussion of why Bluesky and decentralization matter, and why I think decentralized systems will win out in the end. www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/t...
July 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We republished this episode on our feed just today, and I just listened to it... and, yes, it's me praising myself, but I think it's a pretty good discussion of why Bluesky and decentralization matter, and why I think decentralized systems will win out in the end. www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/t...
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so I posted about the history of 4chan to all three twitter-like networks. I'm in an academic conversation on ye olde twitter, I'm in an absolutely amazing group back and forth about the history and weirdness of 2011 net and fascism on masto, and I have 2 likes here.
July 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
so I posted about the history of 4chan to all three twitter-like networks. I'm in an academic conversation on ye olde twitter, I'm in an absolutely amazing group back and forth about the history and weirdness of 2011 net and fascism on masto, and I have 2 likes here.