Aaron S. Davis
@asdavis94.bsky.social
(he/him)
I do stuff with nonprofits
All views are my own, etc.
I do stuff with nonprofits
All views are my own, etc.
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This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
huge W
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i really don't have the time or energy to learn Linux but these motherfuckers are going to force me, aren't they?
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface
In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…
www.windowscentral.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
i really don't have the time or energy to learn Linux but these motherfuckers are going to force me, aren't they?
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the Menswear Guy is getting McMansion Hell-ed
July 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
the Menswear Guy is getting McMansion Hell-ed
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I am not a Social Security recipient but even if I was: Why am I getting an email from SSA celebrating this legislation? How is this an appropriate use of that ostensibly massive database?
July 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I am not a Social Security recipient but even if I was: Why am I getting an email from SSA celebrating this legislation? How is this an appropriate use of that ostensibly massive database?
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As I've said before, I don't think you can find it in the data that leftists were *responsible* for Kamala's loss (at least, I don't think we can demonstrate that convincingly)
But if you spent last fall telling me there was no difference, I just don't really want to hear from you
But if you spent last fall telling me there was no difference, I just don't really want to hear from you
Would like to thank all of the leftists who told me there was no difference between Trump and Kamala for this great news
July 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As I've said before, I don't think you can find it in the data that leftists were *responsible* for Kamala's loss (at least, I don't think we can demonstrate that convincingly)
But if you spent last fall telling me there was no difference, I just don't really want to hear from you
But if you spent last fall telling me there was no difference, I just don't really want to hear from you
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Over $80k raised in ONE WEEK for COYOTE. Some people say journalism is dead. Journalists keep proving them wrong.
Indie media projects are raising thousands over and over again. It can be done. You can be the one to do it.
Indie media projects are raising thousands over and over again. It can be done. You can be the one to do it.
"When media illiteracy and misinformation run rampant, an actionable panacea is straightforward: more independent media outlets. COYOTE, a newly announced SF-based news outlet that’s entirely independent and helmed by a group of award-winning journalists, is already off to a running start."
New Independent, Journalist-Helmed Publication Debuts in SF Bay Area(With a Growl), Soaring Past Initial Fundraising Goal
Coyote Media Collective includes an impressive team of worker-owners whose bylines are frequently found on prestigious outlets like The New York Times, ProPublica, NPR, and more Big money and private ...
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June 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Over $80k raised in ONE WEEK for COYOTE. Some people say journalism is dead. Journalists keep proving them wrong.
Indie media projects are raising thousands over and over again. It can be done. You can be the one to do it.
Indie media projects are raising thousands over and over again. It can be done. You can be the one to do it.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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When Obergefell was decided a decade ago, the Christian right immediately declared it the new Roe, pledging to eventually overrule it, even if that meant, like with Roe, they would spend decades chipping away at LGBTQ equality in a multitude of ways. They got a chip with Mahmoud v Taylor today
June 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
When Obergefell was decided a decade ago, the Christian right immediately declared it the new Roe, pledging to eventually overrule it, even if that meant, like with Roe, they would spend decades chipping away at LGBTQ equality in a multitude of ways. They got a chip with Mahmoud v Taylor today
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It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits
June 22, 2024 at 9:58 PM
It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits
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1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so.
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I am getting multiple reports that the Trump admin is NOT complying with the court order requiring passport updates for transgender people.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
June 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so.
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Millions of people in California could have had sensitive health data sent to LinkedIn without their knowledge or consent. What we found: themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2...
How California sent residents’ personal health data to LinkedIn – The Markup
The state’s health insurance exchange transmitted pregnancy and domestic abuse data during a marketing campaign. It is reviewing its website practices.
themarkup.org
June 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Millions of people in California could have had sensitive health data sent to LinkedIn without their knowledge or consent. What we found: themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2...
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the clear message of this administration is that if your city or state didn’t vote for Donald Trump you do not have the right to self-governance and that will be enforced by the United States military
we know what they are
we know what they are
Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!
June 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
the clear message of this administration is that if your city or state didn’t vote for Donald Trump you do not have the right to self-governance and that will be enforced by the United States military
we know what they are
we know what they are
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Put this on a billboard.
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Put this on a billboard.
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the whole reason Hegseth is at DoD is to produce propaganda footage. how about we not freak when he does that
June 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the whole reason Hegseth is at DoD is to produce propaganda footage. how about we not freak when he does that
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“Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, with strategists citing the successful effort that overturned the right to legal abortions as a possible blueprint for the new fight.”
Southern Baptists Call to Overturn Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, with strategists citing the successful effort that overturned the right to legal abortions as a possible blueprint for the new fight.”
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Terrible Gallup poll today. Lots of bad anti-trans sentiment, but this one really blew my mind and should be VERY eye opening to our LGB folks:
America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)
America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)
June 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Terrible Gallup poll today. Lots of bad anti-trans sentiment, but this one really blew my mind and should be VERY eye opening to our LGB folks:
America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)
America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)
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Ryan from The OC, anti-crypto crusader, is one of my favorite running subplots in Hollywood
June 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ryan from The OC, anti-crypto crusader, is one of my favorite running subplots in Hollywood
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DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.
April 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.
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Experts fear that this system wouldn't only put the privacy of undocumented immigrants at risk, but the privacy of authorized immigrants and natural-born citizens.
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
April 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Experts fear that this system wouldn't only put the privacy of undocumented immigrants at risk, but the privacy of authorized immigrants and natural-born citizens.
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
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New from @makenakelly.bsky.social + me: DOGE is building a database at DHS that could track and surveil immigrants.
They are cross-referencing immigration data with data from SSA, IRS, and voting records from at least Pennsylvania and Florida
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
They are cross-referencing immigration data with data from SSA, IRS, and voting records from at least Pennsylvania and Florida
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
New from @makenakelly.bsky.social + me: DOGE is building a database at DHS that could track and surveil immigrants.
They are cross-referencing immigration data with data from SSA, IRS, and voting records from at least Pennsylvania and Florida
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...
They are cross-referencing immigration data with data from SSA, IRS, and voting records from at least Pennsylvania and Florida
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/doge-c...