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Rogger Matamoros
@roggmatz.bsky.social
Product Owner, Software Engineer, Technologist, and community volunteer supporting digital equity, the Latin American community, and the arts.
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Mobile Fortify, ICE's face recognition app, threatens the rights of both migrants and U.S. citizens. DHS should shut it down, privacy and civil liberties organizations write.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld
Mobile Fortify, the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters, is an affront to the rights and
www.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I wish there was a wishlist feature in the App Store. I will see apps like Streaks that I am interested in buying but no way of keeping track of them except through a Reminders list of as a text list in the Notes app.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This why owning physical media matters. Vote with your dollars and *buy* a physical copy of that album, movie, or game.

www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/th...
The Outer Worlds 2 launch derailed by Microsoft Azure outage on Xbox, Game Pass, and PC: "All titles may be temporarily unavailable to purchase or install"
Meanwhile, it's business as usual over on Steam
www.gamesradar.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“ 🥭 wants to rename the DoD to Department of War”

I sincerely hope there are a group of Democrats out there or just concerned federal civil servants that are keeping track of every single change he is doing so it can all be undone in 2029.
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
2025 will go down as the year my travel wings got clipped yes, but also as the year I rediscovered software engineering and found true, obsessive love for it.
August 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Millennial life is:
Ninajirachi and new Deadmau5 EP by day to power the daily grind,

John Mayer by night as the day winds down.
August 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If I were to ever give up on MacBook Pros and switch to PCs, whatever model I would get I would only keep Windows on it for the battery life efficiency. I would install a Linux VM and make that my daily driver.
August 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Do you ever get a great idea for an app, program, system, whatever where your brain is absolutely on fire seamlessly laying everything out… but when you set out to write it down it all but disappears?
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Finally migrated my website’s backed to Astro and I could not be more excited. #buildinpublic
August 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Broadacres Marketplace, a vibrant hub at the heart of Las Vegas’ Latino community, has temporarily closed, deepening fears and financial uncertainty for thousands of vendors and small business owners left without income.
nbcnews.to/4l9ni3H
July 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In case anybody had any doubts on just how scummy the current administration and the crypto lobby are.
www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo
Quid Pro Quo | Follow the Crypto
Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians.
www.followthecrypto.org
June 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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No Kings Chicago Style. We like Democracy Neat - no ICE
June 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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NEW: Trump's latest executive order declares state climate change policies "illegal and unconstitutional."

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering.
'Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return to Office Mandate Is Going Terribly
Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering.
wrd.cm
April 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the U.S. logging industry.
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So yesterday I listened to Harrigan (NC-10)’s town hall, which covers Catawba, Lincoln, Iredell, Yadkin, and part of Forsyth. Some takeaways:
March 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I hope all this awfulness turns into the wake up call my fellow millennials need to step up to the ring and engage in the political process. I went to high school in college next to many student leaders that have the wit and moral compass to be the force of generational change the country needs.
March 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Make it happen, UK! The world needs a united Europe for the next 4 years.
The UK would now want to rejoin the EU by 55% to 33%

Removing those that don’t know - that’s a 62.5% to 37.5% breakdown.
March 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One of the greatest poems ever.
Ozymandias
March 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Lungfish xkcd.com/3064
March 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM