Massachusetts Pirate Party
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The Party of Open: Open Government, Open Culture, Open Innovation & People First
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* masspirates.org
* masspirates.tv
* social.globalpirates.net/@masspirates
* twitter.com/masspirates
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Trump is attacking Venezuela to steal their oil not to stop people from dying from drug overdoses. If he wanted to stop people from dying, he would decriminalize drugs, fund safe usage sites and drug treatment for anyone who wants it.
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You know what to do with these sorts of tip lines:
The attorney general's office released a complaint form that allows people to submit photo evidence of potential infractions.
Ken Paxton opens tip line for violations of new transgender bathroom law
The attorney general's office released a complaint form that allows people to submit photo evidence of potential infractions.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You know what to do with these sorts of tip lines:
Stochastic parrot -> Adult imaginary friends
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Stochastic parrot -> Adult imaginary friends
Watertown has 8 Flock cameras and Waltham has 15. They think the data is not shared with ICE/CBP, but of course it it. www.watertownmanews.com/2025/12/11/f...
@digital4th.bsky.social
@digital4th.bsky.social
Flock Cameras: City Manager Working Out Details of Contract for License Plate Reading Devices
Watertown’s contract with the Flock Safety company for eight license plate reading cameras was signed in September, but City officials are working on changing the section covering when data will be sh...
www.watertownmanews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Watertown has 8 Flock cameras and Waltham has 15. They think the data is not shared with ICE/CBP, but of course it it. www.watertownmanews.com/2025/12/11/f...
@digital4th.bsky.social
@digital4th.bsky.social
GOP-friendly venture-backed AI video slop
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOP-friendly venture-backed AI video slop
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This is a letter from more than 10 Boston -based LGBTQ and human rights organizations begging @warren.senate.gov to listen to the community about KOSA.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...
It requests a meeting to discuss the community's concerns.
She ignored it & cosponsored anyway 🤷♀️
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...
It requests a meeting to discuss the community's concerns.
She ignored it & cosponsored anyway 🤷♀️
LETTER: Massachusetts LGBTQ organizations band together to fight censorship legislation, ask MA lawmakers to protect life-saving resources
To the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, We are a newly formed coalition of Massachusetts-based organizations that advocate for the rights and safety of the LGBTQIA+ community. Many of us recent...
www.fightforthefuture.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is a letter from more than 10 Boston -based LGBTQ and human rights organizations begging @warren.senate.gov to listen to the community about KOSA.
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...
It requests a meeting to discuss the community's concerns.
She ignored it & cosponsored anyway 🤷♀️
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...
It requests a meeting to discuss the community's concerns.
She ignored it & cosponsored anyway 🤷♀️
If these traitors get sovereign immunity overturned, then it can be used against government officials carrying out Trump's policies.
to be clear, these are the traitor criminals who haven't been re-arrested for pedophile crimes yet
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If these traitors get sovereign immunity overturned, then it can be used against government officials carrying out Trump's policies.
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this is what they wanted.
“.. Wage growth is rapidly easing and judging by leading indicators and conversations with business executives there is more deceleration in the pipeline (lower raises and lower entry wages).”
- @gregdaco.bsky.social
- @gregdaco.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
this is what they wanted.
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Victory in Cambridge! With the help of @aclum.bsky.social, @masspirates.bsky.social , @cambridgedsa.bsky.social, @aaup.org and all the members of the public who testified against it, we have ended the use of Flock Safety cameras in Cambridge, MA!
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/10/c...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/10/c...
City cancels deal for license plate tech - Cambridge Day
Cambridge drops Flock Safety after company acknowledges it installed cameras against the orders of the city council.
www.cambridgeday.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Victory in Cambridge! With the help of @aclum.bsky.social, @masspirates.bsky.social , @cambridgedsa.bsky.social, @aaup.org and all the members of the public who testified against it, we have ended the use of Flock Safety cameras in Cambridge, MA!
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/10/c...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/10/c...
Trump is attacking Venezuela to steal their oil not to stop people from dying from drug overdoses. If he wanted to stop people from dying, he would decriminalize drugs, fund safe usage sites and drug treatment for anyone who wants it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump is attacking Venezuela to steal their oil not to stop people from dying from drug overdoses. If he wanted to stop people from dying, he would decriminalize drugs, fund safe usage sites and drug treatment for anyone who wants it.
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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the $100 memory kit I bought three months ago for a new computer build is now selling for more than $900 thanks to AI industry demands
very innovation
very innovation
December 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
the $100 memory kit I bought three months ago for a new computer build is now selling for more than $900 thanks to AI industry demands
very innovation
very innovation
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"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."
MBA-brain is real.
MBA-brain is real.
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I have some bad news about the Pentagon.
FOX: The ACA has never been more popular. Republicans are losing on this messaging. How do you talk to Americans who say the Republicans don't have a plan?
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I have some bad news about the Pentagon.
We so need real privacy protections with teeth.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We so need real privacy protections with teeth.
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WINNER!
The 2026 Pirate National Conference, marking 20 years of the United States Pirate Party, will be hosted in Boston!
We couldn’t have made it twenty years without the work of the @masspirates.bsky.social. We could not think of a more perfect way to honor that.
uspirates.org/the-2026-pir...
The 2026 Pirate National Conference, marking 20 years of the United States Pirate Party, will be hosted in Boston!
We couldn’t have made it twenty years without the work of the @masspirates.bsky.social. We could not think of a more perfect way to honor that.
uspirates.org/the-2026-pir...
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
WINNER!
The 2026 Pirate National Conference, marking 20 years of the United States Pirate Party, will be hosted in Boston!
We couldn’t have made it twenty years without the work of the @masspirates.bsky.social. We could not think of a more perfect way to honor that.
uspirates.org/the-2026-pir...
The 2026 Pirate National Conference, marking 20 years of the United States Pirate Party, will be hosted in Boston!
We couldn’t have made it twenty years without the work of the @masspirates.bsky.social. We could not think of a more perfect way to honor that.
uspirates.org/the-2026-pir...
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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on!
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on!
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
The lie that up to 100 miles from the border is a Constitution-free zone needs to die
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The lie that up to 100 miles from the border is a Constitution-free zone needs to die
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Spineless bipartisan Democrats got us into the Iraq War. Trump will invade Venezuela without Congressional authorization and, when it fails, pro-War Dems will claim they were against it from the beginning www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/h...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Won’t Rule Out Regime Change in Venezuela
The Senate’s top Democrat, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, refused to say he opposes regime change in Venezuela. Schumer spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday.
Jake Tapper: “Do you disagree with Pr...
www.democracynow.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spineless bipartisan Democrats got us into the Iraq War. Trump will invade Venezuela without Congressional authorization and, when it fails, pro-War Dems will claim they were against it from the beginning www.democracynow.org/2025/12/12/h...
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we're cutting through the whole unitary executive nonsense by making the president elected by the House. and we might as well make them elected via proportional representation. and get rid of the Senate
maybe we should amend the Constitution to repeal Article 2, and leave it to the legislature to establish executive agencies.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
we're cutting through the whole unitary executive nonsense by making the president elected by the House. and we might as well make them elected via proportional representation. and get rid of the Senate
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This is why I say that the p*lice are defunding YOU
In all, taxpayers have spent more than $300M so far in 2025 to resolve lawsuits alleging Chicago police officers committed a wide range of misconduct, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News.
The city budgeted just $82.5M to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.
The city budgeted just $82.5M to cover the cost of police misconduct lawsuits.
Since the start of the year, Chicago taxpayers spent $204.6 million to resolve lawsuits brought by 22 people wrongfully convicted based on evidence gathered by the Chicago Police Department, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News.
https://to.wttw.com/48PCrlM
https://to.wttw.com/48PCrlM
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is why I say that the p*lice are defunding YOU
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Many copywriters were offered reduced rates to edit AI-generated copy. Others who still did have jobs said that the work has lost much of its meaning; it's been sped-up and automated into busywork.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Many copywriters were offered reduced rates to edit AI-generated copy. Others who still did have jobs said that the work has lost much of its meaning; it's been sped-up and automated into busywork.
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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
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The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.