Derek Morr
@derekmorr.bsky.social
Another day, another Firefox release. What fresh AI "features" will I have to disable?
Mozilla, I'm begging you, please stop wasting dev time on this crap. Fix the underlying performance and security issues instead.
Mozilla, I'm begging you, please stop wasting dev time on this crap. Fix the underlying performance and security issues instead.
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another day, another Firefox release. What fresh AI "features" will I have to disable?
Mozilla, I'm begging you, please stop wasting dev time on this crap. Fix the underlying performance and security issues instead.
Mozilla, I'm begging you, please stop wasting dev time on this crap. Fix the underlying performance and security issues instead.
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I live in a world where I am supposed to just accept that this sentence exists
Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy
Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy
ICO action comes amid complaints that people feel powerless over how smart tech gathers data in their homes
Makers of air fryers, smart speakers, fertility trackers and smart TVs have been told to respect people’s rights to privacy by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
It comes amid complaints that people feel powerless to control how data is gathered, used and shared in their own homes and on their bodies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I live in a world where I am supposed to just accept that this sentence exists
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Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which…
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which…
Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which were focused on provoking protestors into violence, which would then be used to justify an even more violent crackdown. Given that, it’s crucial to get actual reports from what’s actually happening on the street, rather than relying on questionable media framing by those not actually there.
www.techdirt.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which…
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which…
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People of conscience should not permit this man to give an interview that isn't about the human cost of massacring USAID ever again.
David Pogue: “I’m wondering what your thought is on the ban on foreign students, the proposal. I mean, you were one of those kids, right?”
Elon Musk: “Yeah. I mean, I think we wanna stick to, you know, the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential policy"
Elon Musk: “Yeah. I mean, I think we wanna stick to, you know, the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential policy"
Musk Fends Off Trump Questions in Tense Interview Exchange
The Tesla CEO bristled when asked about politics.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
People of conscience should not permit this man to give an interview that isn't about the human cost of massacring USAID ever again.
It's corruption all the way down. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
How the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption | The Observer
The presidency and personal gain now go hand in hand – and no one has been able to do anything about it
observer.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's corruption all the way down. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
February 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
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One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.
Everyday I see more evidence that if your data aren't end to end encrypted then you don't own it and don't control it.
January 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Everyday I see more evidence that if your data aren't end to end encrypted then you don't own it and don't control it.
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BIG surveillance news: Late yesterday, in a long-awaited ruling, a district court in Brooklyn held that the FBI’s Section 702 queries violated the 4th Amendment.
This is a major constitutional ruling on one of the most abused provisions of FISA.
This is a major constitutional ruling on one of the most abused provisions of FISA.
January 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BIG surveillance news: Late yesterday, in a long-awaited ruling, a district court in Brooklyn held that the FBI’s Section 702 queries violated the 4th Amendment.
This is a major constitutional ruling on one of the most abused provisions of FISA.
This is a major constitutional ruling on one of the most abused provisions of FISA.
I'm seeing so many friends jump ship to #signalapp b/c of Zuck. So great to see.
January 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I'm seeing so many friends jump ship to #signalapp b/c of Zuck. So great to see.
I'm going to visit family over Xmas. I noticed that #OpenStreetMap is very incomplete in their area, so I'm spending my Saturday night adding in missing details.
December 7, 2024 at 11:16 PM
I'm going to visit family over Xmas. I noticed that #OpenStreetMap is very incomplete in their area, so I'm spending my Saturday night adding in missing details.
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United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
December 7, 2024 at 1:03 AM
United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
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“MSNBC has quietly taken three of its Muslim broadcasters out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday amid America’s wave of sympathy for Israeli terror victims.”
Incredibly fucked up.
www.semafor.com/article/10/1...
Incredibly fucked up.
www.semafor.com/article/10/1...
Inside MSNBC’s Middle East conflict
Three of the most prominent Muslim broadcasters on MSNBC have, for various reasons, been moved out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel.
www.semafor.com
October 13, 2023 at 9:39 PM
“MSNBC has quietly taken three of its Muslim broadcasters out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel last Saturday amid America’s wave of sympathy for Israeli terror victims.”
Incredibly fucked up.
www.semafor.com/article/10/1...
Incredibly fucked up.
www.semafor.com/article/10/1...