perusing some of my grandpa's old files that my mom had, and finding some cool shit

Data from 2023. The good ‘ol days. 🤦‍♂️
Measles and pertussis are already on the rise.
Sadly we won’t see these numbers ever again, except for maybe SP, unless it escapes some lab freezer or closet (remember that one?).

Is the United States an oligarchy?

Yes. Yes it is.

“This is essentially despotism as a service.”

Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.

A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:

Government is force, and your home is your sanctuary. The Supreme Court must require particularized probable cause for any warrantless entry, no matter the reason.

Most autistic people I meet *like* being autistic. It’s core to who they are & comes with many strengths

What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us

There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported

Let’s not confuse the two

The “age verification” and the “human identification” problem are the same problem. It upsets me to be around people who think they’re working on the first, but don’t understand they’re actually working on the second.

i am again begging people to stop throwing around the word "addictive"

An Ohio lawmaker introduced a bill to ban human + chatbot marriages. Sen. Josh Hawley wants to make it a federal crime for minors to chat with AI companions.

Calm down, everyone.

reason.com/2025/10/15/s...

The mindless millions believe that the pandemic of Covid-19 is over.

The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.

The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.

The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.

#COVID19

JFC That's insane. The possibly most common acronym found on (most, if not, every) website is considered a "slur" by bluesky.

Ofcom is flexing its powers in the Online Safety Act to impose age verification on anyone who livestreams.

That means locking down accounts of under-18s and forcing everyone else to submit to privacy intrusive age checks.

Reply to the consultation ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

The limit does not exist when it comes to the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.

Find out more ⬇️

www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-...

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

Jacob Soboroff is very brave for this reporting. At a time when other news outlets are cowering in fear, he's fulfilling the highest order of journalism, which is truth telling and holding the powerful accountable.
bsky.app/profile/jaco...

Eww Autism Speaks is an Anti-Autism organization. Get that link to that shitty hate organization out of here

I learned some interesting things about him from this podcast episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNXx... (like his mom being an activist for reproductive & lgbtq+ rights. Makes a ton of sense why Illinois is defending reproductive rights and lgbtq+ people)

I mean people have made 3rd party applications for stream deck. But native first-party software is always better imo. No third-party wave link software afaik

I UNWILLINGLY run Windows 11 (on a supported PC) because games that require anti-cheat are not (yet) possible on Linux (Also mainly because @elgato.com only makes their software available for Windows & Mac 😭)

Microsoft should legitimately actually kill Windows and make their own Linux Distro to replace Windows.

Disappointed to see "Center for Countering Digital Hate" pushing anti-Section 230 propaganda. @fightforthefuture.org

Section 230 is the ONLY THING allowing you and I and everyone else to be able to post on social media and have free speech on the Internet.

cancelring.com @fightforthefuture.org

if you want a private & secure mobile OS. The answer is pretty clear to go with GrapheneOS: eylenburg.github.io/android_comp...