Vanta Puce
@starchy.org
Currently: covered in cat hair and bass guitars, doing tech ops at EFF.
Previously: stardust, stars
Extremely not a professional account. Tikkun olam motherfucker
Previously: stardust, stars
Extremely not a professional account. Tikkun olam motherfucker
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Vanta Puce
@starchy.org
· Oct 20
Stop Retweeting Venture Capitalists
YouTube video by Starchy Grant
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we're not even there anymore, please stop making me repost this
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when did bluesky become "the cursëd knowledge app"
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
when did bluesky become "the cursëd knowledge app"
you know I think I'm in the mood for some good black metal to wake me up this morning
oh hey there's a new Panopticon album
...god dammit, Austin
oh hey there's a new Panopticon album
...god dammit, Austin
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
you know I think I'm in the mood for some good black metal to wake me up this morning
oh hey there's a new Panopticon album
...god dammit, Austin
oh hey there's a new Panopticon album
...god dammit, Austin
I refuse to learn what a "ben smith" is, what the hell people
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I refuse to learn what a "ben smith" is, what the hell people
"bsky" is pronounced "whiskey" but only the way Martin Landau playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood says "Fuck you! Give me some of that whiskey"
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
"bsky" is pronounced "whiskey" but only the way Martin Landau playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood says "Fuck you! Give me some of that whiskey"
hand me my wallet, it's the one that says sleepy ass motherfucker
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
hand me my wallet, it's the one that says sleepy ass motherfucker
you wouldn't
PILE ALL KINDS OF RANDOM CRAP
on
A SURFACE
PILE ALL KINDS OF RANDOM CRAP
on
A SURFACE
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
you wouldn't
PILE ALL KINDS OF RANDOM CRAP
on
A SURFACE
PILE ALL KINDS OF RANDOM CRAP
on
A SURFACE
Do I want to explain that Signal's encryption is not "broken" on yet another Signal thread? No, no I do not. Am I doing this anyway? Well,
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Do I want to explain that Signal's encryption is not "broken" on yet another Signal thread? No, no I do not. Am I doing this anyway? Well,
Reposted by Vanta Puce
Police can track the movements of vehicles with these powerful license plate reader surveillance cameras. But critics say they’re ripe for abuse.
What are Flock cameras, and why are they controversial in Oakland?
Police can track the movements of vehicles with these powerful license plate reader surveillance cameras. But critics say they’re ripe for abuse.
oaklandside.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Police can track the movements of vehicles with these powerful license plate reader surveillance cameras. But critics say they’re ripe for abuse.
Reposted by Vanta Puce
It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, cops were watching those streets through different lenses: Flock Safety license plate readers that tracked every car. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Happening now. Oakland, come out and demand an arms embargo from the port commission
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Happening now. Oakland, come out and demand an arms embargo from the port commission
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New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
We're suing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to get answers about ICE-spotting app takedowns. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...
EFF Demands Answers About ICE-Spotting App Takedowns
SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS) today to uncover information about the federal government demanding that
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New suit from @mariotrujillo.bsky.social and me.
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They're trying to sneak it in the backdoor tomorrow morning!
![The City of Oakland is seeking a waiver to move the Flock proposal forward despite its defeat last night. The matter has been agendized at tomorrow’s meeting of the Rules and Legislation Committee, Thursday November 20, at 10:30am, City Hall (meeting details).
We need as many community members as possible to show up and call out this flagrant overreach. Unfortunately, because the agenda was posted less than 24 hours before the meeting, the window for e-comments has already closed.
If you cannot go to the meeting, please email the members of the Rules and Legislation Committee, copying the City Clerk so that it will go on public record. Contact information and sample language below. Please spread the word!
SAMPLE E-MAIL AND TALKING POINTS
Subject: Reject the overreach of the Flock proposal and open public comment
Dear [Councilmember's name],
I am writing to express my outrage over the attempt to push through the Flock proposal after its clear defeat at the Public Safety Committee meeting last night. Hundreds of Oakland residents showed up to voice their opposition, and the Privacy Advisory Commission also voted against this proposal. This attempt to bypass the will of your constituents is a flagrant overreach.
I urge you to reject this undemocratic move and stand with the people of Oakland. Additionally, given the last-minute addition of the Flock item to the agenda, I demand that the Rules and Legislation Committee immediately open public comment to all residents wishing to participate via Zoom, without requiring 24 hours' notice.
We must have a fair and transparent process, and that means rejecting this blatant overstep, and allowing all voices to be heard on this critical issue. Thank you for your urgent attention.
Sincerely,
[Your name and district]
CONTACT INFORMATION
Kenvin Jenkins, (510) 238-7006, District6@oaklandca.gov
Janani Ramachandran, (510) 238-7004, District4@oaklandca.gov
Roweena Brown, (510) 238-7008, atlarge@oaklandca.gov
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
They're trying to sneak it in the backdoor tomorrow morning!
Amazing work tonight Oakland. Privacy won and the new contract did NOT advance out of the committee thanks to 5+ hours of community opposition
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Amazing work tonight Oakland. Privacy won and the new contract did NOT advance out of the committee thanks to 5+ hours of community opposition
Starting in 15 minutes
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Starting in 15 minutes
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
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Oakland is fast-tracking a $2.25M contract with Flock Safety to buy more surveillance cameras and software that would tap into private security systems like doorbell cameras and feed the livestreams into OPD’s network of automated license plate readers.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Oakland is fast-tracking a $2.25M contract with Flock Safety to buy more surveillance cameras and software that would tap into private security systems like doorbell cameras and feed the livestreams into OPD’s network of automated license plate readers.
Reposted by Vanta Puce
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
SIREN and CAIR-CA v. San Jose
The San Jose Police Department has blanketed the city’s roadways with nearly five hundred Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPRs). The police department uses this unblinking surveillance network to
www.eff.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
We're suing the city of San Jose for its pervasive ALPR surveillance program. With nearly 500 ALPRs, the SJPD allows its officers to search millions of records, all without a warrant. These unconstitutional searches must be stopped. Read the complaint: www.eff.org/cases/siren...
(looking at an octopus) they should call them eighttacles
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
(looking at an octopus) they should call them eighttacles
a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, one of those little fruit pastry things no over to the left yeah that one, and shit there was something else
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, one of those little fruit pastry things no over to the left yeah that one, and shit there was something else
(doing a yoga video) downward facing dog? Pffft, saw that coming
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
(doing a yoga video) downward facing dog? Pffft, saw that coming
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If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Tell City Council: No FLOCK Surveillance for ICE in Oakland
The Oakland Police Department is looking to push through a $2.25M contract to expand its surveillance network under the privately-owned company FLOCK Safety — and we need you to show up and demand the...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
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(briefly misreading a word) is this three-cueing?
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
(briefly misreading a word) is this three-cueing?
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This is a damn shame to see. @brianhofer.bsky.social has been such a driving force not just in keeping this city on track and protecting its citizens' privacy, but in creating a standard for the rest of the country. Thanks for all you've done, Brian.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/12/o...
oaklandside.org/2025/11/12/o...
2 Oakland privacy commissioners resign: ‘I felt like nothing I was doing mattered’
Brian Hofer and Sean Everhart don’t think the city is doing enough to ensure residents’ privacy rights and protect itself from lawsuits.
oaklandside.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is a damn shame to see. @brianhofer.bsky.social has been such a driving force not just in keeping this city on track and protecting its citizens' privacy, but in creating a standard for the rest of the country. Thanks for all you've done, Brian.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/12/o...
oaklandside.org/2025/11/12/o...