micci
@miiccii.bsky.social
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The Voting Rights Act was signed almost 60 years ago, but its core protections have been gutted. The John Lewis VRAA would help reverse that damage and defend our freedom to vote. Congress must act now.
#RestoreTheVRA
#RestoreTheVRA
August 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Voting Rights Act was signed almost 60 years ago, but its core protections have been gutted. The John Lewis VRAA would help reverse that damage and defend our freedom to vote. Congress must act now.
#RestoreTheVRA
#RestoreTheVRA
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GOP Rep. Mike Flood at a town hall: "Do you think that people who are 28-years-old, that can work, & refuse to work, should get free healthcare?"
Crowd: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"
Crowd: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Flood at a town hall: "Do you think that people who are 28-years-old, that can work, & refuse to work, should get free healthcare?"
Crowd: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"
Crowd: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"
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Just came across this guy on tiktok who plays connect4 with random people on the street and I know it’s a joke, yet this person is doing more to ground himself in his environment, connect (ha) with the people around him, while getting the people he plays with to take a micro break in their day 🥲
August 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just came across this guy on tiktok who plays connect4 with random people on the street and I know it’s a joke, yet this person is doing more to ground himself in his environment, connect (ha) with the people around him, while getting the people he plays with to take a micro break in their day 🥲
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The US House of Representatives has passed a reconciliation bill that would gut social safety net programs and roll back policies investing in building out a clean economy, all to fund tax cuts that primarily benefit the ultra-wealthy and boost fossil fuel use.
UCS statement: act.ucsusa.org/3H2PRB3
UCS statement: act.ucsusa.org/3H2PRB3
May 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The US House of Representatives has passed a reconciliation bill that would gut social safety net programs and roll back policies investing in building out a clean economy, all to fund tax cuts that primarily benefit the ultra-wealthy and boost fossil fuel use.
UCS statement: act.ucsusa.org/3H2PRB3
UCS statement: act.ucsusa.org/3H2PRB3
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If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist in deportations
If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
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Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize
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When it comes to “bossware” installed by employers to spy on workers, “even figuring out what is on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with it,” EFF’s @htsuka.bsky.social told the @washingtonpost.com.
Your employer might be spying on you. Here’s how workers can check.
Six things you can do to get a sense of whether your company is watching what you do on your devices, according to experts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
When it comes to “bossware” installed by employers to spy on workers, “even figuring out what is on your computer can be a huge step to figuring out how you want to deal with it,” EFF’s @htsuka.bsky.social told the @washingtonpost.com.
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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.
EXCLUSIVE: Candidates for national security roles in the new administration have been posed loyalty questions, such as: Was Jan. 6 an inside job, and Was the 2020 presidential election stolen? They were asked to give straight "yes" or "no" answers. Here's our story.
wapo.st/3EF3aWN
wapo.st/3EF3aWN
U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test
Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.
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The U.K. government's insistence that Apple creates an encryption backdoor undermines our right to private spaces. Apple must resist these efforts.
The UK's Demands for Apple to Break Encryption Is an Emergency for Us All
The Washington Post reported that the United Kingdom is demanding that Apple create an encryption backdoor to give the government access to end-to-end encrypted data in iCloud. Encryption is one of th...
www.eff.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The U.K. government's insistence that Apple creates an encryption backdoor undermines our right to private spaces. Apple must resist these efforts.
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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
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A flurry of government takedowns and rewrites last week sought to eliminate trans identities from the public record. Proponents of open information rushed to action, but the fight is not over yet.
DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive
Who needs a DDoS (Denial of Service) attack when you have a new president? As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from U.S. government agencies following a series of...
www.eff.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A flurry of government takedowns and rewrites last week sought to eliminate trans identities from the public record. Proponents of open information rushed to action, but the fight is not over yet.
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Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal data has just been exposed to thousands of advertisers & data brokers through a process called "real-time bidding" (RTB).
This lets data brokers harvest & monetize your online activity, which fuels government surveillance. 🧵(1/11)
This lets data brokers harvest & monetize your online activity, which fuels government surveillance. 🧵(1/11)
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal data has just been exposed to thousands of advertisers & data brokers through a process called "real-time bidding" (RTB).
This lets data brokers harvest & monetize your online activity, which fuels government surveillance. 🧵(1/11)
This lets data brokers harvest & monetize your online activity, which fuels government surveillance. 🧵(1/11)
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A decent rule of thumb is: if the FBI and NSAGov hate an oversight body, you should like and support it.
Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A decent rule of thumb is: if the FBI and NSAGov hate an oversight body, you should like and support it.
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Lots of groups doing the important work of preserving Federal resources on climate and equity. Here's the @ucsusa.bsky.social page preserving many of the important documents and resources on environmental justice and science. www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...
Science and Environmental Justice
An archive of preserved federal government documents on environmental justice and scientific issues
www.ucsusa.org
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Lots of groups doing the important work of preserving Federal resources on climate and equity. Here's the @ucsusa.bsky.social page preserving many of the important documents and resources on environmental justice and science. www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...
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I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
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VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant....
www.eff.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
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Please don’t even talk to me in the morning until I’ve had my coffee, 27 hours of alone time, several months by the seaside to ease my agonies, and many decades to wander the earth until the fabled blade of my ancestors can finally be reforged
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Please don’t even talk to me in the morning until I’ve had my coffee, 27 hours of alone time, several months by the seaside to ease my agonies, and many decades to wander the earth until the fabled blade of my ancestors can finally be reforged
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Always fact-check.
Please.
Please.
January 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Always fact-check.
Please.
Please.
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A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
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Trump is halting $330 billion in green infrastructure funding.
The disbursement of funds to manufacturers and infrastructure developers working on projects like green transportation, winds farms, EVs and more has been halted.
Numerous projects underway may be stuck in limbo.
The disbursement of funds to manufacturers and infrastructure developers working on projects like green transportation, winds farms, EVs and more has been halted.
Numerous projects underway may be stuck in limbo.
January 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is halting $330 billion in green infrastructure funding.
The disbursement of funds to manufacturers and infrastructure developers working on projects like green transportation, winds farms, EVs and more has been halted.
Numerous projects underway may be stuck in limbo.
The disbursement of funds to manufacturers and infrastructure developers working on projects like green transportation, winds farms, EVs and more has been halted.
Numerous projects underway may be stuck in limbo.
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this morning, my local librarian recognized me by name, and it made my day
get to know your libraries and defend them
get to know your libraries and defend them
January 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
this morning, my local librarian recognized me by name, and it made my day
get to know your libraries and defend them
get to know your libraries and defend them
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Examining government actions around content moderation is a good idea. But this week’s executive order on free speech lacks what is needed for an inquiry that would be in the public interest.
Protecting “Free Speech” Can’t Just Be About Targeting Political Opponents
The White House executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship,” published Monday, misses the mark on truly protecting Americans’ First Amendment rights. The order calls fo...
www.eff.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Examining government actions around content moderation is a good idea. But this week’s executive order on free speech lacks what is needed for an inquiry that would be in the public interest.
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if you've noticed a lot of chocolate on the main page of wikipedia it's because 6 mo ago one random person started cranking out a tooooon of amazing overhauls to chocolate articles and now the quality of chocolate content has literally never been better. thank you chocolate hero whoever you are
January 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
if you've noticed a lot of chocolate on the main page of wikipedia it's because 6 mo ago one random person started cranking out a tooooon of amazing overhauls to chocolate articles and now the quality of chocolate content has literally never been better. thank you chocolate hero whoever you are