Emily Millay Haddad
@emhcof.bsky.social
Infomanging on the internet since we called it the World Wide Web and cyberspace. We still don’t know what to call it.
I’ve started to rehearse the question, “Are you selling me something?” when interacting with, basically, everyone and everything. Libraries are one of the great delights of my life for offering an entirely different mode of interaction, not centering profit. Read the whole thread.
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve started to rehearse the question, “Are you selling me something?” when interacting with, basically, everyone and everything. Libraries are one of the great delights of my life for offering an entirely different mode of interaction, not centering profit. Read the whole thread.
If you loved MST:3K, do yourself a favor and enjoy this rabbit hole of a thread, a true palate cleanser from the rest of the internet right now. “The future was only yesterday,” indeed.
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you loved MST:3K, do yourself a favor and enjoy this rabbit hole of a thread, a true palate cleanser from the rest of the internet right now. “The future was only yesterday,” indeed.
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I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
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It's much easier to use apps that support end-to-end encryption than it used to be, but it's still good to know how it works. ssd.eff.org/module/deep...
A Deep Dive on End-to-End Encryption: How Do Public Key Encryption Systems Work?
If you haven’t yet, we recommend reading a few guides before this one, to help cement some of the concepts discussed here: What Should I Know About Encryption?, Key Concepts of Encryption, and Key Verification.
If used correctly, end-to-end encryption can help protect the contents of your messages, text, and...
ssd.eff.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's much easier to use apps that support end-to-end encryption than it used to be, but it's still good to know how it works. ssd.eff.org/module/deep...
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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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Ring’s new facial recognition feature provides regulators a clear opportunity to step up to investigate, protect people’s privacy, and test the strength of their laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature
Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.
www.eff.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ring’s new facial recognition feature provides regulators a clear opportunity to step up to investigate, protect people’s privacy, and test the strength of their laws. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The man is sleeping during press conferences and meetings. He is going to the hospital and not divulging what's happening. He is continuing to post in unhinged ways. He's 1000% UNFIT to work anywhere. Who would hire an 80 year old man who was displaying this kind of behavior for ANY job at all?
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The man is sleeping during press conferences and meetings. He is going to the hospital and not divulging what's happening. He is continuing to post in unhinged ways. He's 1000% UNFIT to work anywhere. Who would hire an 80 year old man who was displaying this kind of behavior for ANY job at all?
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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Bruce Lee shifted the U.S. zeitgeist, and author Jeff Chang maps out "how Kung Fu became American" in his newest book.
The full story: lataco.com/jeff-chang-b...
By Mike Sonksen
The full story: lataco.com/jeff-chang-b...
By Mike Sonksen
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Bruce Lee shifted the U.S. zeitgeist, and author Jeff Chang maps out "how Kung Fu became American" in his newest book.
The full story: lataco.com/jeff-chang-b...
By Mike Sonksen
The full story: lataco.com/jeff-chang-b...
By Mike Sonksen
Shirley Valentine was a pivotal movie for me — showing a woman, recognizable in her boredom, seizing control of her life. Thank you, Pauline Collins, for the raw edges of that performance — and the audacity of a way forward from despair. I raise my glass to you, and wish those who loved you peace.
So sad to hear of the passing of the magnificent actress Pauline Collins... fantastic as Shirley Valentine. Here she is advertising Maxwell House here in 1983 with husband John Alderton... RIP Pauline
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Shirley Valentine was a pivotal movie for me — showing a woman, recognizable in her boredom, seizing control of her life. Thank you, Pauline Collins, for the raw edges of that performance — and the audacity of a way forward from despair. I raise my glass to you, and wish those who loved you peace.
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We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
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Security means different things for different people. Check out our surveillance self-defense guides for protesters, researchers, LGBTQ youth, human rights defenders, and more. ssd.eff.org/module-cate...
Security Scenarios
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Security means different things for different people. Check out our surveillance self-defense guides for protesters, researchers, LGBTQ youth, human rights defenders, and more. ssd.eff.org/module-cate...
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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“It's really important right now to show Hispanic people being aggressive, being themselves, and I think it's very healing,” says Magdalena Aparicio, director of “Xicano Hardcore: A Mosh For Youth Documentary."
The full story: lataco.com/chicano-hard...
By Ivan Fernandez
The full story: lataco.com/chicano-hard...
By Ivan Fernandez
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“It's really important right now to show Hispanic people being aggressive, being themselves, and I think it's very healing,” says Magdalena Aparicio, director of “Xicano Hardcore: A Mosh For Youth Documentary."
The full story: lataco.com/chicano-hard...
By Ivan Fernandez
The full story: lataco.com/chicano-hard...
By Ivan Fernandez
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Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have
www.eff.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Publishers need to learn that when they don't work with researchers to do the right thing, scholars find their own solutions—legal or otherwise. #OAWeek www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
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You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
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We are looking for visual art pieces set in the world of Everything for Everyone! Like stories, we are offering a small honorarium of $150. If you are inspired, please send us links to your work, and a short description of the piece. We have stories coming, but need art!
At our slow but steady pace, @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, @commonnotions.bsky.social and I have been working on Project 2052. We have first round of story commissions out; a few stories in second drafts; and enough donations to pay everyone small honorariums. www.commonnotions.org/project2052
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We are looking for visual art pieces set in the world of Everything for Everyone! Like stories, we are offering a small honorarium of $150. If you are inspired, please send us links to your work, and a short description of the piece. We have stories coming, but need art!
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Nagham Zbeedat in Ha’aretz
For Palestinians, the Relief of the Gaza Cease-fire Belongs to Others - Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
For Palestinians, the Relief of the Gaza Cease-fire Belongs to Others - Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nagham Zbeedat in Ha’aretz
For Palestinians, the Relief of the Gaza Cease-fire Belongs to Others - Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
For Palestinians, the Relief of the Gaza Cease-fire Belongs to Others - Haaretz Today www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?
October 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I love people's creativity and the various ways they have found to support each other. I've seen several examples of people doing this in Chicago. If you know a local vendor, can you do the same for them? Sell their goods so they won't be vulnerable to ICE?
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Join us in person this Saturday at Communiversity. Lunch is provided. You'll learn some things. And also leave with a CSA bag of produce. I'll be facilitating a session about grassroots fundraising this week and there are two other excellent sessions to choose from too.
Communiversity Catalog — Interrupting Criminalization
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us in person this Saturday at Communiversity. Lunch is provided. You'll learn some things. And also leave with a CSA bag of produce. I'll be facilitating a session about grassroots fundraising this week and there are two other excellent sessions to choose from too.
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If you live in NYC and you would like to plug into public library organizing, you can join NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org. Information is here: nycplan.org
We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.
We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.
NYC Public Library Action Network
Join NYC PLAN at our upcoming Public Library People’s Assembly It will be held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on the Upper West Side on Saturday, October 4th from 12:45pm-4:30pm.
nycplan.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If you live in NYC and you would like to plug into public library organizing, you can join NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org. Information is here: nycplan.org
We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.
We're kicking off a City Council focused campaign this month so it's a good time to join in and do some work.
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Texas proudly invading Illinois.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
October 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Texas proudly invading Illinois.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her