J.C., keeper of MiniSquish 🏳️⚧️
@insufficient.coffee
Pilot. SWE. SRE. WebPKI and Cryptography Engineer. Stuffed-animal handler. Currently @LetsEncrypt (opinions my own). Arizonan. 🇺🇸🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Former editor of W3C WebAuthn.
Blog at https://insufficient.coffee/
They/them or he/him https://en.pronouns.page/they%26he
Former editor of W3C WebAuthn.
Blog at https://insufficient.coffee/
They/them or he/him https://en.pronouns.page/they%26he
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12 Nov 2025 -- With TDOR coming up, A4TE's 2025 Remembrance Report documents 27 deaths last year + 21 suicides, with 61% of the latter from age 15 to 24, which it directly connects to the Right's crusade against on trans youth. Hug a trans kid today. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
A devastating reality: New report finds violence and erasure ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance
“If we are not protecting the most marginalized of us, then who is protected at all?” asked Bahari Thomas, A4TE’s director of public education.
www.advocate.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
12 Nov 2025 -- With TDOR coming up, A4TE's 2025 Remembrance Report documents 27 deaths last year + 21 suicides, with 61% of the latter from age 15 to 24, which it directly connects to the Right's crusade against on trans youth. Hug a trans kid today. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Ah yes, good to know my passport must perpetually be at risk of revocation.
The Department of State’s Website Is Now Threatening To Revoke Trans People's Passports
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
The Department of State’s Website Is Now Threatening To Revoke Trans People's Passports
After being handed a win by the Supreme Court, the Trump administration wants to go after passports that have already been issued.
transitics.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ah yes, good to know my passport must perpetually be at risk of revocation.
I called Sen. Kelly yesterday and Sen. Gallego today... This isn't good enough.
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I called Sen. Kelly yesterday and Sen. Gallego today... This isn't good enough.
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"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
The Open Source Cryptography Workshop is returning for 2026, before Real World Crypto in Taipei. We are calling for session proposals, both presentations and hands-on workshops, on topics of interest to those who work on and with open source crypto. oscwork.shop/2026 #oscw #rwc #oscw2026 #rwc2026
OSCW 2026: Taipei, Taiwan :: Open Source Cryptography Workshop
OSCW 2026 will take place 8 March 2026, the day before Real World Crypto
oscwork.shop
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Open Source Cryptography Workshop is returning for 2026, before Real World Crypto in Taipei. We are calling for session proposals, both presentations and hands-on workshops, on topics of interest to those who work on and with open source crypto. oscwork.shop/2026 #oscw #rwc #oscw2026 #rwc2026
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Today we note the passing of a real Dick
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today we note the passing of a real Dick
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At this point they need Mamdani’s endorsement more than Mamdani needs theirs
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
At this point they need Mamdani’s endorsement more than Mamdani needs theirs
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Amonth after winning a landslide election, Adelita Grijalva still can't get to work — because the House hasn't seated her yet. And she'll likely remain in limbo, with Speaker Mike Johnson keeping the House out of session for a fifth consecutive week.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Limbo: Johnson again keeps House at home, Grijalva still not seated a month after CD7 election
A month after winning a landslide election, U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva still can't get to work — because the House hasn't seated her yet. And she'll likely remain in limbo, with Speaker Mike Joh...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Amonth after winning a landslide election, Adelita Grijalva still can't get to work — because the House hasn't seated her yet. And she'll likely remain in limbo, with Speaker Mike Johnson keeping the House out of session for a fifth consecutive week.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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Tempe strong! Medias Mighty!
October 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tempe strong! Medias Mighty!
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Amazing turnout in Tempe!!
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Amazing turnout in Tempe!!
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#NoKings #NoKingsDay
Hard to get scope of attendees, but good turnout in Tempe. Chosen park flooded, so turned into peaceful march over highway.
Hard to get scope of attendees, but good turnout in Tempe. Chosen park flooded, so turned into peaceful march over highway.
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#NoKings #NoKingsDay
Hard to get scope of attendees, but good turnout in Tempe. Chosen park flooded, so turned into peaceful march over highway.
Hard to get scope of attendees, but good turnout in Tempe. Chosen park flooded, so turned into peaceful march over highway.
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Good morning Tempe Arizona!
It's a great day to stand up to NO KINGS!
It's a great day to stand up to NO KINGS!
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Good morning Tempe Arizona!
It's a great day to stand up to NO KINGS!
It's a great day to stand up to NO KINGS!
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I heard that "icy" is the easiest word to spell.
Looking at it now, I see why.
Looking at it now, I see why.
a group of penguins standing on top of a pile of ice .
Alt: a penguin on top of ice walks and then falls through
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I heard that "icy" is the easiest word to spell.
Looking at it now, I see why.
Looking at it now, I see why.
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in a what now
As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?
National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs
As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?
n.pr
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
in a what now
Bummer we didn't get Arizona on there, but I know your office is busy @krismayes.bsky.social
On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned
Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Bummer we didn't get Arizona on there, but I know your office is busy @krismayes.bsky.social
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On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned
Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
And nobody covered it.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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the way the right keeps obsessively trying to blame this shooting on trans people is deeply sick and incredibly dangerous, and powerful people and institutions turning a blind eye to it are complicit
just leave them alone
just leave them alone
September 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
the way the right keeps obsessively trying to blame this shooting on trans people is deeply sick and incredibly dangerous, and powerful people and institutions turning a blind eye to it are complicit
just leave them alone
just leave them alone
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have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left
September 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left
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roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
Another day, another whiner complaining that I use the singular "they" in my work, and of course they can go fuck themselves
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong.
Jane Austen did it. You can, too.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
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I wrote a bit about options for phones at protests, explaining the benefits and drawbacks, and added some security tips at the end.
Options for Phones at Protests
Simply showing up to a protest leaves you susceptible to all sorts of surveillance, including cameras, drones, facial recognition, and more. There's not always a lot you can do about pernicious street...
blog.yaelwrites.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I wrote a bit about options for phones at protests, explaining the benefits and drawbacks, and added some security tips at the end.
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Friends, please keep yourselves safe and sane through the upcoming news cycle now that we know this. The federal government and conservatives are fucking salivating over this like the evil shits they are.
New from @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Local reporters have confirmed the Minneapolis school shooter was transgender.
We know it's hard to determine what's rumor and what's truth, which is why we're bringing you this story to cut through the fear and confusion.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
We know it's hard to determine what's rumor and what's truth, which is why we're bringing you this story to cut through the fear and confusion.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Minneapolis School Shooter Who Killed 2 Children Was Transgender — Assigned
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has confirmed the shooter changed her name due to a female identity.
www.assignedmedia.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Friends, please keep yourselves safe and sane through the upcoming news cycle now that we know this. The federal government and conservatives are fucking salivating over this like the evil shits they are.
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The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The entire Social Security database, dumped on a random cloud server: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Feels like a good day to go to a Prickly Pear Festival. Only going to be 39°C there, much cooler! 😅
August 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Feels like a good day to go to a Prickly Pear Festival. Only going to be 39°C there, much cooler! 😅