Sam Biddle
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If your pro-privacy and civil liberties code of conduct permits working on XKEYSCORE, you don't have a pro-privacy and civil liberties code of conduct
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If your pro-privacy and civil liberties code of conduct permits working on XKEYSCORE, you don't have a pro-privacy and civil liberties code of conduct
Reposted by Sam Biddle
I understand this argument but I disagree: being precise about who is doing this stuff matters, especially since we will eventually have to determine what to do in the future if reform becomes possible.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
It's fine and good to note that CBP is extra bad, but from a political messaging point of view, ICE is the way people identify the larger group and being Technically Correct is often just bad political messaging. It's ICE to the public. They're all on the same Gestapo mission.
Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I understand this argument but I disagree: being precise about who is doing this stuff matters, especially since we will eventually have to determine what to do in the future if reform becomes possible.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
I somewhat agree with you about political messaging, but that’s not what I’m trying to do.
the voice said “I’d be happy to make your reservation for you, I’ll text you a link to our reservation system! See you on the 29th!” and it was a link to OpenTable that says they don’t accept reservations 👍
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
the voice said “I’d be happy to make your reservation for you, I’ll text you a link to our reservation system! See you on the 29th!” and it was a link to OpenTable that says they don’t accept reservations 👍
My childhood dream of being the first paleontologist/astronaut similarly unraveled
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
My childhood dream of being the first paleontologist/astronaut similarly unraveled