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FBI Reading Signal Chats? Security News for Activists 25 Nov 2025

https://secureactivism.org/fbi-reading-signal-chats-security-news-for-activists-21-nov-2025/

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today released a new ICE recruiting poster, under the stilted and sexist tagline "which way, American man?"

Why did they use that word language? Because it's a dog whistle, something ordinary humans won't notice but that those […]

[Original post on c.im]

'A real shame': Former Marine says DOGE cuts tell veterans they’re 'dead weight or a burden' on US - Alternet.org

https://www.alternet.org/trump-doge-layoffs-irs/

The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.

CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.

MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.

Many people just learned about Sverige’s chat backdoor proposal from an interview with Signal CEO @Mer__edith with SVT Nyheter. It is similar to the EU’s and UK’s recent chat control proposal.

@dfri fights for digital privacy rights in Sverige and responded to the government’s request for […]

“US threatens permanent visa bans on #Trans athletes based on sex markers

Exclusive: Bigoted] State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications” [<a href="/hashtag/lgbtq" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#lgbtq […]

The toxicity of Whiteness and White Supremacy on display here

You don't get to say what you are, The State does.

If you don't fit, then 'fuck off' 😔

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/visa-ban-transgender-athletes

#lgbtqia #whiteness #whitesupremacy

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/visa-ban-transgender-athletes

"US state department has ordered officials worldwide to deny visas to transgender athletes attempting to come to the US for sports competitions and to issue permanent visa bans against those who are deemed to […]

Ethan Marcotte, who is one of the most principled and thoughtful people I have ever known and also a dear friend, has resigned from his job at 18F after being asked to meet with shadowy gov-dismantlers. The whole post is worth reading.

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leaving-18f/

You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.

We don't want to be on any list.

And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]

The Boston Herald just reported (https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/18/boston-man-who-oversaw-va-information-security-swept-up-in-doge-cuts-veteran-privacy-at-risk/) on my firing from USDS from my position overseeing information security for VA.gov.

It's a very good article! Kudos to Herald […]

I'm going insane reading posts on /r/amerexit - here is a quick private video on immigration: https://youtu.be/VME5gG9Xva4

If you know of or are involved with an organization that helps people in a way that the #trumpadministration doesn't approve of, and the org is worried about continuing to do their work while protecting their employees, volunteers, and clients, I am happy to meet for free with the org to work […]

PSA:
Now may be the first time you hear about Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institute for Sexual Science.

Be aware of the fact that Hirschfeld was not only gay, but also Jewish.
"The Nazi Party attacked Dr. Hirschfeld for his ideas about sex, sexuality, and gender, as well as his Jewish ancestry." […]

If you think I’m being extreme, read this saga of a trans person currently even trying to get a passport. They were lucky to have an old ID still, and to meet an understanding bureaucrat, https://www.reddit.com/r/Passports/s/JCrTkHeBco

The President of the United States is in the process of placing the entirety of the Federal government under his own control using methods that are in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution.

This is a coup.

Any coup takes time to consolidate, and we can still turn back the tide. Democrats […]

How to find Nazis:

(1) Post “Fuck Nazis”

(2) Watch for the “Don't call people you disagree with Nazis!” comments, or those saying it's more complex then that.

(3) You found the Nazi.