Aly
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Legal Counsel @Wikimedia | personal account| they/them | vibe: "over-the-top, odd, and often disturbingly attractive"
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Wikipedia is the ground truth of the internet. It has over 260000 dedicated people engaged in radically transparent content moderation and that’s why it’s the last best thing on the Internet. Targeting it says more about the one doing the targeting. www.theverge.com/news/656720/...
Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia
Wikipedia is facing another threat.
www.theverge.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Wikipedia is the ground truth of the internet. It has over 260000 dedicated people engaged in radically transparent content moderation and that’s why it’s the last best thing on the Internet. Targeting it says more about the one doing the targeting. www.theverge.com/news/656720/...
Fun fact: I was on the investigation & trial team for Round 1 (while in law school 4 nights/week, for 2 years). I look forward to watching Round 2 from the sidelines.
NEW: Manhattan prosecutors will retry Harvey Weinstein, they tell judge: "We believe in this case, and we will be retrying this case." Judge remands Weinstein, and prosecutors say they want to schedule a trial after Labor Day. (via Molly Crane-Newman, NYDN)
May 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Fun fact: I was on the investigation & trial team for Round 1 (while in law school 4 nights/week, for 2 years). I look forward to watching Round 2 from the sidelines.
"Over-the-top, odd, and often disturbingly attractive" is my whole vibe.
September 9, 2023 at 8:34 PM
"Over-the-top, odd, and often disturbingly attractive" is my whole vibe.
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For many people it has become accepted, unquestionable, wisdom that social media like Facebook is bad for mental wellbeing. Now a massive study, looking at data on nearly a million people across 72 countries says the evidence does not support this.
Massive New Study, Covering 72 Countries, Nearly 1 Million People, Finds Zero Evidence That Facebook...
Professor Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute is one of the best, most important researchers out there providing thorough, comprehensive, empirical evidence that every tech moral p…
www.techdirt.com
August 10, 2023 at 8:04 PM
For many people it has become accepted, unquestionable, wisdom that social media like Facebook is bad for mental wellbeing. Now a massive study, looking at data on nearly a million people across 72 countries says the evidence does not support this.
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Seriously, call your Senators now. This needs to be stopped before it goes any further. They want to drive LGBTQIA+ off the internet entirely, and Democrats are on board.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/25/influencers-starting-to-realize-how-the-kids-online-safety-act-kosa-will-do-real-damage/
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/25/influencers-starting-to-realize-how-the-kids-online-safety-act-kosa-will-do-real-damage/
Influencers Starting To Realize How The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) Will Do Real Damage
We’ve talked a lot about just how bad the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is. Yet some people (including people who, frankly, should know better) keep trying to tell me how well meaning it is. It’s ...
www.techdirt.com
July 25, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Seriously, call your Senators now. This needs to be stopped before it goes any further. They want to drive LGBTQIA+ off the internet entirely, and Democrats are on board.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/25/influencers-starting-to-realize-how-the-kids-online-safety-act-kosa-will-do-real-damage/
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/25/influencers-starting-to-realize-how-the-kids-online-safety-act-kosa-will-do-real-damage/
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Sorry I haven't been posting more, but I've been knee deep in the hoopla.
July 25, 2023 at 9:08 PM
Sorry I haven't been posting more, but I've been knee deep in the hoopla.
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So—the Colorado website designer in the fake same-sex wedding website case, 303 Creative, it turns out, had made a wedding website, before filing her legal challenge.
New reporting from me, thanks to a stellar tip:
New reporting from me, thanks to a stellar tip:
A Real Wedding Website in a Fake Gay Wedding Website Case
An archive shows that the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case did once design a wedding website, contrary to what her lawyers presented during her legal challenge.
newrepublic.com
July 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM
So—the Colorado website designer in the fake same-sex wedding website case, 303 Creative, it turns out, had made a wedding website, before filing her legal challenge.
New reporting from me, thanks to a stellar tip:
New reporting from me, thanks to a stellar tip:
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News: Declassified FISA Court opinion reveals FBI improperly performed 4 warrantless queries of data using a U.S. senator's last name. Also queried a state senator and state judge. Admin also disclosed spy tool is used to vet immigrants for terror links.
FBI Searched U.S. Senator’s Name in Foreign-Spying Database
Federal court flags wrongful searches while noting improvements in agency’s compliance with rules
www.wsj.com
July 21, 2023 at 7:10 PM
News: Declassified FISA Court opinion reveals FBI improperly performed 4 warrantless queries of data using a U.S. senator's last name. Also queried a state senator and state judge. Admin also disclosed spy tool is used to vet immigrants for terror links.
All of these + when you're in a cast or otherwise recovering from a bad injury, & can't move or do things normally w/o potentially extending or totally derailing your recovery
I love living alone 99% of the time. Here’s when it sucks:
- needing to move furniture
- being sick
- chore chart=one big square
- when you injure yourself JUST bad enough that you MIGHT need to go to the urgent care? But you’re not sure need someone else to say, “oh no that looks bad”
- needing to move furniture
- being sick
- chore chart=one big square
- when you injure yourself JUST bad enough that you MIGHT need to go to the urgent care? But you’re not sure need someone else to say, “oh no that looks bad”
July 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM
All of these + when you're in a cast or otherwise recovering from a bad injury, & can't move or do things normally w/o potentially extending or totally derailing your recovery
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anti abortion is femicide
there is no compromise with people who want women to die
and live surveilled and suffocated lives
there is no discussion
there is no debate
no common ground
only the fight to defeat them and get our freedom back
there is no compromise with people who want women to die
and live surveilled and suffocated lives
there is no discussion
there is no debate
no common ground
only the fight to defeat them and get our freedom back
July 16, 2023 at 11:27 PM
anti abortion is femicide
there is no compromise with people who want women to die
and live surveilled and suffocated lives
there is no discussion
there is no debate
no common ground
only the fight to defeat them and get our freedom back
there is no compromise with people who want women to die
and live surveilled and suffocated lives
there is no discussion
there is no debate
no common ground
only the fight to defeat them and get our freedom back
I'm curious—what is your "home" feed on here?
July 16, 2023 at 11:40 PM
I'm curious—what is your "home" feed on here?
3 days after my kvetch-skeet, I got one with < 100K miles & no mechanical issues for < $10K aka a unicorn in this market.
Is this ~manifesting~?
Is this ~manifesting~?
trying to buy a used car in 2023 is like a full contact sport
July 10, 2023 at 9:35 PM
3 days after my kvetch-skeet, I got one with < 100K miles & no mechanical issues for < $10K aka a unicorn in this market.
Is this ~manifesting~?
Is this ~manifesting~?
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yes I'm an old and never understood snapchat, and I watch tiktoks on instagram with a few weeks' delay like any self-respecting millenial.
July 6, 2023 at 1:43 AM
yes I'm an old and never understood snapchat, and I watch tiktoks on instagram with a few weeks' delay like any self-respecting millenial.
trying to buy a used car in 2023 is like a full contact sport
July 7, 2023 at 8:17 PM
trying to buy a used car in 2023 is like a full contact sport
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As a heavy reddit and twitter user for a decade the loss of both in such a short time as open and reliable services is really upsetting. Feels like the open internet at all grew up with is descending into terrible walled gardens with everything else being seo and ai slop.
July 1, 2023 at 7:19 AM
As a heavy reddit and twitter user for a decade the loss of both in such a short time as open and reliable services is really upsetting. Feels like the open internet at all grew up with is descending into terrible walled gardens with everything else being seo and ai slop.
Hiii @herong.bsky.social! @notcharles.bsky.social is here too :)
July 1, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Hiii @herong.bsky.social! @notcharles.bsky.social is here too :)
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Wrote about why there are so many autistic LGBTQ people, and how implying you can't be both is an attack on autistic people's very self-determination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4069745-autistic-lgbtq-community-seeks-louder-voice-in-debate/
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4069745-autistic-lgbtq-community-seeks-louder-voice-in-debate/
Autistic LGBTQ community seeks louder voice in debate
Autistic LGBTQ people are pushing back against those invoking autism as a way to limit LGBTQ rights, calling it a misunderstanding of both communities that denies their autonomy. Political figu...
thehill.com
June 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Wrote about why there are so many autistic LGBTQ people, and how implying you can't be both is an attack on autistic people's very self-determination.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4069745-autistic-lgbtq-community-seeks-louder-voice-in-debate/
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4069745-autistic-lgbtq-community-seeks-louder-voice-in-debate/
The bird app was the best place to find/share up-to-date info on student loan stuff—including new PSLF regs that go into effect *today*
July 1, 2023 at 3:12 PM
The bird app was the best place to find/share up-to-date info on student loan stuff—including new PSLF regs that go into effect *today*
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Bold leadership. Thank you, President Biden
June 30, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Bold leadership. Thank you, President Biden
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In a world filled with so much vapid fearmongering BS about #trans lives, #TheStrollHBO is a solid chunk of reality of the lives of trans sex workers of color in NYC in the '90s. History and lived experience instead of some blowhard with a podcast. https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-stroll
June 22, 2023 at 4:03 PM
In a world filled with so much vapid fearmongering BS about #trans lives, #TheStrollHBO is a solid chunk of reality of the lives of trans sex workers of color in NYC in the '90s. History and lived experience instead of some blowhard with a podcast. https://www.hbo.com/movies/the-stroll
charlie just arrived from the hellsite—they're an advocate for queer & trans folks, an expert navigator of legal name & gender changes, a parent to two v cool kiddos, & all-around great person. follow them @notcharles.bsky.social
hi. i’m a trans lawyer for the NY court system’s lgbtq commission - policy, training, etc. come for the legal takes, stay for the dad jokes. i like paranormal stuff, cryptids, and benign conspiracy theories. parent of queer kids. welcome. hello. if you’re reading this you’re gay now. be my friend.
June 22, 2023 at 10:20 PM
charlie just arrived from the hellsite—they're an advocate for queer & trans folks, an expert navigator of legal name & gender changes, a parent to two v cool kiddos, & all-around great person. follow them @notcharles.bsky.social
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POV you're trying to explain to your coworkers on both sides of the aisle that Section 230 is crucial to protecting access to information online
June 16, 2023 at 8:08 PM
POV you're trying to explain to your coworkers on both sides of the aisle that Section 230 is crucial to protecting access to information online