Shava Nerad
@shava23.bsky.social
Career activist, writer in retirement.
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
Sometimes algorithms are hilarious
December 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sometimes algorithms are hilarious
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Karoline's family is working on outshining Sarah Palin's.
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
(Not a gift article)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
(Not a gift article)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Karoline's family is working on outshining Sarah Palin's.
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
(Not a gift article)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
(Not a gift article)
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Haven't even trolled back hit points from the last one and the next barometric slide is coming.
At least it's shorter.
At least it's shorter.
December 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Haven't even trolled back hit points from the last one and the next barometric slide is coming.
At least it's shorter.
At least it's shorter.
2025 United States government online resource removals - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One more thing to tot up to Musk's greed.
He's not interested in space. He's interested in money and his ability to continue his genetics.
futurism.com/space/spacex...
He's not interested in space. He's interested in money and his ability to continue his genetics.
futurism.com/space/spacex...
SpaceX Is Now Threatening the Hubble, NASA Warns
A new research paper finds that the amount of light pollution coming from satellites could ruin NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
futurism.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
One more thing to tot up to Musk's greed.
He's not interested in space. He's interested in money and his ability to continue his genetics.
futurism.com/space/spacex...
He's not interested in space. He's interested in money and his ability to continue his genetics.
futurism.com/space/spacex...
Why is it that Hegseth might not want to release the unedited recording of the boat strike? Who could imagine? /s
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat: "We are reviewing it right now"
"We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now."
www.cbsnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Why is it that Hegseth might not want to release the unedited recording of the boat strike? Who could imagine? /s
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Feminism reacts to the suppression of women's health by routing around it.
Project uses Tor.
I bet they've been busier in the US recently, eh?
www.womenonweb.org/en/home-en/
Project uses Tor.
I bet they've been busier in the US recently, eh?
www.womenonweb.org/en/home-en/
Abortion Pill Access by Mail – Women on Web
www.womenonweb.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Feminism reacts to the suppression of women's health by routing around it.
Project uses Tor.
I bet they've been busier in the US recently, eh?
www.womenonweb.org/en/home-en/
Project uses Tor.
I bet they've been busier in the US recently, eh?
www.womenonweb.org/en/home-en/
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If I were younger and in better health I'd be an expat. Not like so many people who talk about it.
I'd be a critic in exile.
Sometimes being a critic and not in exile doesn't feel safe anymore.
I'd be a critic in exile.
Sometimes being a critic and not in exile doesn't feel safe anymore.
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I were younger and in better health I'd be an expat. Not like so many people who talk about it.
I'd be a critic in exile.
Sometimes being a critic and not in exile doesn't feel safe anymore.
I'd be a critic in exile.
Sometimes being a critic and not in exile doesn't feel safe anymore.
Full of shit.
Also, The Intercept says they watched the shipwrecked survivors struggle in the water for 45min before offing them.
Apparently Hegseth likes to play with his food.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Also, The Intercept says they watched the shipwrecked survivors struggle in the water for 45min before offing them.
Apparently Hegseth likes to play with his food.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Full of shit.
Also, The Intercept says they watched the shipwrecked survivors struggle in the water for 45min before offing them.
Apparently Hegseth likes to play with his food.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Also, The Intercept says they watched the shipwrecked survivors struggle in the water for 45min before offing them.
Apparently Hegseth likes to play with his food.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
By the numbers.
Note that the shutdown, while it didn't blow up on Trump in the polls, did depress his numbers among current and many former supporters.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Note that the shutdown, while it didn't blow up on Trump in the polls, did depress his numbers among current and many former supporters.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
By the numbers.
Note that the shutdown, while it didn't blow up on Trump in the polls, did depress his numbers among current and many former supporters.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Note that the shutdown, while it didn't blow up on Trump in the polls, did depress his numbers among current and many former supporters.
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
The SCOTUS has been such a mixed bag lately. I really have no way to guess on this one.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/s...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/s...
Supreme Court to decide if Trump's birthright citizenship order can stand
If the justices agree with the president, the court could overrule a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The SCOTUS has been such a mixed bag lately. I really have no way to guess on this one.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/s...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/s...
We lost Frank Gehry.
When my son was growing up, we called MIT's Stata Center the "Cartoon Network Building."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_C...
When my son was growing up, we called MIT's Stata Center the "Cartoon Network Building."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_C...
Stata Center - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We lost Frank Gehry.
When my son was growing up, we called MIT's Stata Center the "Cartoon Network Building."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_C...
When my son was growing up, we called MIT's Stata Center the "Cartoon Network Building."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_C...
Donald Trump’s bleak, incoherent foreign-policy strategy
Allies may panic; despots will cheer
www.economist.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
HP Lovecraft was writing very young.
These are not necessarily stories for children, but stories Lovecraft wrote as a child. Only four survived -- he destroyed most of his early writing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gx...
These are not necessarily stories for children, but stories Lovecraft wrote as a child. Only four survived -- he destroyed most of his early writing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gx...
Children's Nightmares and Fantasies. Juvenile works of H.P. Lovecraft | Audiobook
YouTube video by Gates of Imagination
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
HP Lovecraft was writing very young.
These are not necessarily stories for children, but stories Lovecraft wrote as a child. Only four survived -- he destroyed most of his early writing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gx...
These are not necessarily stories for children, but stories Lovecraft wrote as a child. Only four survived -- he destroyed most of his early writing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5gx...
Happy (?) Pearl Harbor Day -- remembered officially on the 5th rather than the 7th, depending where you look, this year.
youtu.be/ZcgXVg329XM?...
youtu.be/ZcgXVg329XM?...
Pearl Harbor December 5. 1941
YouTube video by The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Happy (?) Pearl Harbor Day -- remembered officially on the 5th rather than the 7th, depending where you look, this year.
youtu.be/ZcgXVg329XM?...
youtu.be/ZcgXVg329XM?...
No, really, relentless.
A friend was going to take me to an early music concert in Harvard Square tonight.
Not gonna happen.
A friend was going to take me to an early music concert in Harvard Square tonight.
Not gonna happen.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
No, really, relentless.
A friend was going to take me to an early music concert in Harvard Square tonight.
Not gonna happen.
A friend was going to take me to an early music concert in Harvard Square tonight.
Not gonna happen.