The NYC MTA is transitioning to OMNY tap-and-pay cards, rendering swipe cards obsolete by June 2026.

OMNY is notorious for tracking riders through our devices, digital wallets, and credit card top-ups, and the MTA is besties with the NYPD. MTA Surveillance is a given.

this is driving me insane

the argument isn't "don't call the computer a fake slur, that's mean/racist"

it's "let's NOT get comfortable using that kind of language in general, especially when *actual* racists are using them because they *sound* like slurs they can say without getting in trouble"

What most folks in tech have been doing: "separating politics from tech" and dancing for state support

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.

A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I'm among an apparent minority of people who loved discovery more than not, & among the majority who love SNW & felt that Lower Decks was some of the best Trek ever made & shouldn't have been cancelled, & i look at what paramount has done to these shows' season lengths, public faces, &c, & i just… 😮‍💨