Very
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PhD researcher media theory in surveillance art | film | photography | animation | architecture
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We made more than 100 cold calls. Each one began the same way: “You’ve been targeted by government-grade surveillance tech.” In our @lighthousereports.com collab with @revealnews.org, you can hear the voices on the other end. revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire.
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
revealnews.org
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We made more than 100 cold calls. Each one began the same way: “You’ve been targeted by government-grade surveillance tech.” In our @lighthousereports.com collab with @revealnews.org, you can hear the voices on the other end. revealnews.org/podcast/cell...
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The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
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Viktor Orbán’s crackdown on free press does not only affect Hungary. It affects all of Europe
The so-called “Transparency Law”, currently pending approval, significantly undermines freedom of expression in Hungary — and its impacts are unlikely stop at the country’s borders.
444.hu
May 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
444.hu/2025/05/22/v...
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You’re just living your life. But everything—your heart rate, voice, pupil dilation—is being captured and analyzed. Not just to sell you things. But to steer what you believe.
This is #Neurotargeting.
This is control.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
You’re just living your life. But everything—your heart rate, voice, pupil dilation—is being captured and analyzed. Not just to sell you things. But to steer what you believe.
This is #Neurotargeting.
This is control.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
May 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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You’re just living your life. But everything—your heart rate, voice, pupil dilation—is being captured and analyzed. Not just to sell you things. But to steer what you believe.
This is #Neurotargeting.
This is control.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
You’re just living your life. But everything—your heart rate, voice, pupil dilation—is being captured and analyzed. Not just to sell you things. But to steer what you believe.
This is #Neurotargeting.
This is control.
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy
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"The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations for citizens, certified foreign workers, and undocumented immigrants."
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, an IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations for citizens, certified foreign workers, and undocumented immigrants."
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#ResistanceEarth
#BlueEarth
#Voices4Victory
For years, U.S. climate activists were victims of a carefully targeted hacking campaign to gather information to thwart lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Investigators may have uncovered a link to a lobbying group.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
#BlueEarth
#Voices4Victory
For years, U.S. climate activists were victims of a carefully targeted hacking campaign to gather information to thwart lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Investigators may have uncovered a link to a lobbying group.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Exclusive: Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between victims and an alleged attacker
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#ResistanceEarth
#BlueEarth
#Voices4Victory
For years, U.S. climate activists were victims of a carefully targeted hacking campaign to gather information to thwart lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Investigators may have uncovered a link to a lobbying group.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
#BlueEarth
#Voices4Victory
For years, U.S. climate activists were victims of a carefully targeted hacking campaign to gather information to thwart lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Investigators may have uncovered a link to a lobbying group.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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This is worth a listen by @newlinesmag.bsky.social with @arwadamon.bsky.social.
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The War We Don’t See
Journalist and humanitarian Arwa Damon returns to the podcast to discuss why she was recently denied entry into Gaza, the reasons why wars vanish from the public eye, and the personal cost of her year...
newlinesmag.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is worth a listen by @newlinesmag.bsky.social with @arwadamon.bsky.social.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
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I think I'm hearing the sound of a thousand digital rights and privacy advocates collectively letting out a pained groan.
April 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I think I'm hearing the sound of a thousand digital rights and privacy advocates collectively letting out a pained groan.
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Augustin Ferrari Braun writes that independent media's growing dependency on tech platforms raises questions over the capacity to stay autonomous in a digital space increasingly characterized by state intervention, monopolization, and commercial demands that don’t always align with public values.
Independent Media has an Infrastructural Problem | TechPolicy.Press
We need to roll out infrastructures that foster public values and the common good over the market imperatives, writes Augustin Ferrari Braun.
www.techpolicy.press
April 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Augustin Ferrari Braun writes that independent media's growing dependency on tech platforms raises questions over the capacity to stay autonomous in a digital space increasingly characterized by state intervention, monopolization, and commercial demands that don’t always align with public values.
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#ResistanceRoots
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
― John Maynard Keynes
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
― John Maynard Keynes
April 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
― John Maynard Keynes
“Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.”
― John Maynard Keynes
The irony! It’s exactly those de-growth opponents who are now causing just that! Haha.
How Trump’s Trade War Could Boost Slow Fashion https://twp.ai/4imJTF
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The irony! It’s exactly those de-growth opponents who are now causing just that! Haha.
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Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found
Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found
Defence officials believe Trident nuclear fleet is latest target in Putin’s ‘greyzone’ war with the UK
Britain is “behind the curve” in tracking Russia’s deep sea operations, an ex-minister has said, after spy sensors targeting Royal Navy submarines were found in waters around the UK.
Tobias Ellwood, a former defence and Foreign Office minister, called for a huge expansion of the navy’s surveillance capability after it was revealed that a number of Kremlin spy devices had been seized by the military. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Call for expansion of Royal Navy surveillance after Kremlin spy devices found
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#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1968: Just after 6pm, a woman lost her husband, children lost their father, and the world lost a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, leaving us with a mandate to carry on his work for equality, economic justice and civil rights. /1
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1968: Just after 6pm, a woman lost her husband, children lost their father, and the world lost a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, leaving us with a mandate to carry on his work for equality, economic justice and civil rights. /1
April 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1968: Just after 6pm, a woman lost her husband, children lost their father, and the world lost a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, leaving us with a mandate to carry on his work for equality, economic justice and civil rights. /1
#Voices4Victory
Today in history, 1968: Just after 6pm, a woman lost her husband, children lost their father, and the world lost a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, leaving us with a mandate to carry on his work for equality, economic justice and civil rights. /1
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This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign.
This is Rafah today.
This is Rafah today.
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ChatGPT consumes so much water and energy each week that it could power entire countries for YEARS and folk act like you told them to kill their selves cause you want them to write their own emails and not to steal art. 😂
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ChatGPT consumes so much water and energy each week that it could power entire countries for YEARS and folk act like you told them to kill their selves cause you want them to write their own emails and not to steal art. 😂
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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.
April 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.
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It's been a nice week on the "people are still reading my four year-old book" front.
Here's Ray Nayler, author of my fave 🐙-based sci-fi novel The Mountain in the Sea, mentioning Living in Data as a recommended read:
cosmiclog.com/2025/04/01/d...
Here's Ray Nayler, author of my fave 🐙-based sci-fi novel The Mountain in the Sea, mentioning Living in Data as a recommended read:
cosmiclog.com/2025/04/01/d...
Dictators weaponize new technologies in fact and fiction
When Ray Nayler began writing his science-fiction novel about a repressive regime powered by artificial intelligence, he didn’t expect the story to be as timely as it turned out to be. He rea…
cosmiclog.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's been a nice week on the "people are still reading my four year-old book" front.
Here's Ray Nayler, author of my fave 🐙-based sci-fi novel The Mountain in the Sea, mentioning Living in Data as a recommended read:
cosmiclog.com/2025/04/01/d...
Here's Ray Nayler, author of my fave 🐙-based sci-fi novel The Mountain in the Sea, mentioning Living in Data as a recommended read:
cosmiclog.com/2025/04/01/d...
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Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
Shot From Above: The Dangerous Work of Drone Journalists in Gaza - bellingcat
Examining the high price those documenting devastation in Gaza pay.
www.bellingcat.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Together with our publishing partners, Bellingcat continues the work of drone journalists who had been killed while documenting the war in Gaza, visualising the unprecedented scale of destruction through detailed 3D aerial maps. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/03...
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It’s important to understand the context of AI as a part of a toolkit of fascism, and how it fits into the history of political and social repression in the United States, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali:
AI Surveillance on the Rise in US, but Tactics of Repression Not New | TechPolicy.Press
Resistance sends a message that intimidation tactics won’t work and to those targeted that they are not alone, writes Dia Kayyali.
buff.ly
March 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It’s important to understand the context of AI as a part of a toolkit of fascism, and how it fits into the history of political and social repression in the United States, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali:
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Are you a keen researcher and passionate about environment or wildlife investigations? Bellingcat is looking for wildlife and environment related investigations that use open source methods and tools. www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
Pitch Wildlife and Environmental investigations to Bellingcat - bellingcat
If your source material is online and public, and your story unearths something deeper about our planet, we'd love to hear from you.
www.bellingcat.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Are you a keen researcher and passionate about environment or wildlife investigations? Bellingcat is looking for wildlife and environment related investigations that use open source methods and tools. www.bellingcat.com/uncategorize...
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During the Arab Spring, social media became a powerful tool for sharing real-time evidence through photos, videos, and testimonies. This podcast episode explores lessons from the Arab Spring and how evolving tech will shape future open source investigations. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
Episode 2: ‘The Arab Spring: A catalyst for citizen journalism’ - Comment Down Below | Bellingcat
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March 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
During the Arab Spring, social media became a powerful tool for sharing real-time evidence through photos, videos, and testimonies. This podcast episode explores lessons from the Arab Spring and how evolving tech will shape future open source investigations. www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
“The last word on power is that resistance comes first.” … and Foucault wasn’t talking about electricity here
November 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
“The last word on power is that resistance comes first.” … and Foucault wasn’t talking about electricity here
First snow in the garden makes me happy.
November 21, 2024 at 6:44 AM
First snow in the garden makes me happy.