Alexis Gee
@alexisgee.bsky.social
Tech + Media. Broadcast engineer with an eye on information ecosystems and digital security.
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Alexis Gee
@alexisgee.bsky.social
· Mar 27
Hey, Blue Sky! Excited to join this space and connect with new people. I'm interested in tech, information ecosystems, and digital security.
#newskies #tech #helloworld
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Ohtani just hit his 3rd homer tonight. This is absolutely absurd. This man is a baseball god among mortals.
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ohtani just hit his 3rd homer tonight. This is absolutely absurd. This man is a baseball god among mortals.
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“If (AI crime prediction is) paired with invasive technologies such as face recognition, which itself reflects biases and makes errors that have led to false arrests, the potential harm is exponential," EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Mashable.com.
mashable.com/article/ai-...
mashable.com/article/ai-...
AI-powered security systems invite 'Minority Report' comparisons
Generative AI has become a much bigger player in the security sector. But privacy experts worry that it's introducing a civil liberties nightmare.
mashable.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“If (AI crime prediction is) paired with invasive technologies such as face recognition, which itself reflects biases and makes errors that have led to false arrests, the potential harm is exponential," EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Mashable.com.
mashable.com/article/ai-...
mashable.com/article/ai-...
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Study: 97% Of Average American’s Day Spent Retrieving 6-Digit Codes
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July 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Study: 97% Of Average American’s Day Spent Retrieving 6-Digit Codes
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June 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I'm not going to scold anyone about how to protest. But I do have some personal hesitancy about the thought of reporting from the front line of a protest that is set for the exact bridge in Dallas where the police assaulted and kettled hundreds of people five years ago.
June 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm not going to scold anyone about how to protest. But I do have some personal hesitancy about the thought of reporting from the front line of a protest that is set for the exact bridge in Dallas where the police assaulted and kettled hundreds of people five years ago.
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Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty
Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty | TechCrunch
Per Inside EVs, Cybertruck owners are now allowed by Tesla to trade in their cars for the first time since they hit the market – but they'll incur a heavy
techcrunch.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty
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Being on social media in 2025 also means accepting that a % of people who engage with you will be annoying on *every* platform. The difference is degree of toxicity and moderation.
May 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Being on social media in 2025 also means accepting that a % of people who engage with you will be annoying on *every* platform. The difference is degree of toxicity and moderation.
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“RAISE HELL!” ✊ Maria Bustillos (@mariabustillos.bsky.social) calls on writers & readers to defend libraries & demand ebook ownership, not rentals. Attacks on libraries are attacks on knowledge itself. 📚
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/lu8jK_27vF0
#LibraryAdvocacy #DigitalRights #InternetArchive
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/lu8jK_27vF0
#LibraryAdvocacy #DigitalRights #InternetArchive
April 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“RAISE HELL!” ✊ Maria Bustillos (@mariabustillos.bsky.social) calls on writers & readers to defend libraries & demand ebook ownership, not rentals. Attacks on libraries are attacks on knowledge itself. 📚
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/lu8jK_27vF0
#LibraryAdvocacy #DigitalRights #InternetArchive
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/lu8jK_27vF0
#LibraryAdvocacy #DigitalRights #InternetArchive
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Analysis: three X users who used to receive hundreds of thousands of views daily have seen their reach collapse after feuding with Elon Musk in December 2024 (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Analysis: three X users who used to receive hundreds of thousands of views daily have seen their reach collapse after feuding with Elon Musk in December 2024 (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
www.wired.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
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A beginner’s guide to using Signal
A beginner’s guide to using Signal
You don’t have to be a government official to use it.
www.theverge.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A beginner’s guide to using Signal
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the US Department of Justice has won its antitrust case against Google, which accused the company of operating a monopoly in the ad tech industry. This is the 2nd time in a year that a federal court has ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly www.theverge.com/news/650665/...
Google loses adtech monopoly case
A loss for Google.
www.theverge.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
the US Department of Justice has won its antitrust case against Google, which accused the company of operating a monopoly in the ad tech industry. This is the 2nd time in a year that a federal court has ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly www.theverge.com/news/650665/...
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Microsoft researchers say they’ve developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs
Microsoft researchers say they’ve developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs
Microsoft researchers claim they’ve developed the largest-scale 1-bit AI model, also known as a “bitnet,” to date. Called BitNet b1.58 2B4T, it’s openly available under an MIT license and can run on CPUs, including Apple’s M2. Bitnets are essentially compressed models designed to run on lightweight hardware. In standard models, weights, the values that define […]
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April 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Microsoft researchers say they’ve developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs
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The group known as CyberAv3ngers has, in the last year and a half, proven to be the Iranian government's most active hackers focused on industrial control systems. Its targets include water, wastewater, oil and gas, and many other types of critical infrastructure.
CyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide
Despite their hacktivist front, CyberAv3ngers is a rare state-sponsored hacker group bent on putting industrial infrastructure at risk—and has already caused global disruption.
www.wired.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The group known as CyberAv3ngers has, in the last year and a half, proven to be the Iranian government's most active hackers focused on industrial control systems. Its targets include water, wastewater, oil and gas, and many other types of critical infrastructure.
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Watch: @SecureDrop.org lets whistleblowers submit leaks anonymously, protecting both the leaker and the journalist.
Newsrooms, it’s time to step up your security!
Learn more in the video below, and read more here: securedrop.org/news/five-th...
Newsrooms, it’s time to step up your security!
Learn more in the video below, and read more here: securedrop.org/news/five-th...
Seven things to know about SecureDrop
YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Watch: @SecureDrop.org lets whistleblowers submit leaks anonymously, protecting both the leaker and the journalist.
Newsrooms, it’s time to step up your security!
Learn more in the video below, and read more here: securedrop.org/news/five-th...
Newsrooms, it’s time to step up your security!
Learn more in the video below, and read more here: securedrop.org/news/five-th...
Really wishing I could unread "DOGE", "Peter Thiel", and "IRS systems" in the same sentence. It's like someone made a list of nightmare scenario keywords and keeps generating real headlines from it.
icymi, i confirmed DOGE is partnering with Palantir, cofounded by Peter Thiel, to build a unified API layer across IRS systems
www.wired.com/story/palant...
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Really wishing I could unread "DOGE", "Peter Thiel", and "IRS systems" in the same sentence. It's like someone made a list of nightmare scenario keywords and keeps generating real headlines from it.
"The bill contains no protections against frivolous or bad-faith takedown requests. Lawful content—including satire, journalism, and political speech—could be wrongly censored."
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is headed to the House floor. Tell your member of Congress to vote No on this misguided censorship bill.
Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship
Fast tracking a censorship bill is always troubling. TAKE IT DOWN is the wrong approach to helping people whose intimate images are shared without their consent. We can help victims of online harassme...
www.eff.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"The bill contains no protections against frivolous or bad-faith takedown requests. Lawful content—including satire, journalism, and political speech—could be wrongly censored."
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Imagine a Buy Nothing group where more intelligent, trustworthy algorithms and systems redistributed items to people most in need, rather than whoever commented first.
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Imagine a Buy Nothing group where more intelligent, trustworthy algorithms and systems redistributed items to people most in need, rather than whoever commented first.
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How does #Wikipedia stay reliable? Dame Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight explains how the #WaybackMachine helps preserve verifiable references when sources vanish from the web.
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU
#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU
#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
April 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How does #Wikipedia stay reliable? Dame Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight explains how the #WaybackMachine helps preserve verifiable references when sources vanish from the web.
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU
#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
Full video ➡️ youtu.be/u8MAJ76sawU
#LibraryAdvocacy #InternetArchive #NationalLibraryWeek
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Scoop for Pros: The US is set to sign on to the Pall Mall Process code of conduct on the governance of spyware use, after days of uncertainty whether Washington would join the list of more than 20 nations already signed up: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: US to sign on to international agreement on responsible use of spyware
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April 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Scoop for Pros: The US is set to sign on to the Pall Mall Process code of conduct on the governance of spyware use, after days of uncertainty whether Washington would join the list of more than 20 nations already signed up: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
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While X cracks down on parody accounts, Big Tech platforms are failing to protect users from online violence and abuse. Social media algorithms actively amplify and escalate violent and hateful content to generate likes and shares, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
April 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
While X cracks down on parody accounts, Big Tech platforms are failing to protect users from online violence and abuse. Social media algorithms actively amplify and escalate violent and hateful content to generate likes and shares, sometimes with dangerous consequences.
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'