Adam Rice
@askadam.io
Does: Apple consulting
Supports: digital freedom and autonomy
ABOLISH ICE
Supports: digital freedom and autonomy
ABOLISH ICE
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Two figures in Devon, by Willem de Kooning, 1971, 📸 by Win Tam
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Two figures in Devon, by Willem de Kooning, 1971, 📸 by Win Tam
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SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
2. ICE is buying your private location data from sleazy data brokers through a legal loophole. I've had a bill to stop this since 2021. I'm renewing my push to get it passed into black letter law as soon as possible.
Wyden, Paul and Bipartisan Senators Reintroduce the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
www.wyden.senate.gov
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
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Until the signs are restored, it would be great for someone to make an augmented reality app where visitors can tour the site and see the signs in their original location using their phone. Why not Apple?
The National Park Service has dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park.
Here are some of the signs that were removed and why they were flagged.
Here are some of the signs that were removed and why they were flagged.
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Until the signs are restored, it would be great for someone to make an augmented reality app where visitors can tour the site and see the signs in their original location using their phone. Why not Apple?
X must be removed from the App Store.
“How do you plan to defend getting rid of the ICEBlock app while allowing X to generate degrading images of a woman ICE killed?” www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
X must be removed from the App Store.
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notably, deleting your ad id can help mitigate this.
On Android: Settings > Privacy > Ads > Delete advertising ID
iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Allow Apps to Request To Track
On Android: Settings > Privacy > Ads > Delete advertising ID
iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Allow Apps to Request To Track
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
notably, deleting your ad id can help mitigate this.
On Android: Settings > Privacy > Ads > Delete advertising ID
iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Allow Apps to Request To Track
On Android: Settings > Privacy > Ads > Delete advertising ID
iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking > Allow Apps to Request To Track
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The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
This is my sense too: the folks in charge of software design are unaware of HCI principles, and their bosses don't care. Each update gets a few things right, perhaps by chance, but also pulls the rug out from folks who spent the last year figuring out how to navigate the last set of changes.
It’s clear that folks in Apple Design teams haven’t read the older HIGs for macOS and have little to no historical knowledge of desktop computing.
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
Apple 1992 vs 2025
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is my sense too: the folks in charge of software design are unaware of HCI principles, and their bosses don't care. Each update gets a few things right, perhaps by chance, but also pulls the rug out from folks who spent the last year figuring out how to navigate the last set of changes.
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It’s clear that folks in Apple Design teams haven’t read the older HIGs for macOS and have little to no historical knowledge of desktop computing.
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s clear that folks in Apple Design teams haven’t read the older HIGs for macOS and have little to no historical knowledge of desktop computing.
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
Designers and devs in 2025 LOVE to put a symbol to every single label in their UI it seems. 😒
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Even in little ways, like saying "I'm sorry" when it makes a mistake. That is not true! Do not lie to me, robot!
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Even in little ways, like saying "I'm sorry" when it makes a mistake. That is not true! Do not lie to me, robot!
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yeah this is a thing I've felt about recently is that like, I don't necessarily have a problem with the machine doing stochastic reasoning or whatever, but it is actively programmed to *pretend to be a person* and that is dishonest.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
yeah this is a thing I've felt about recently is that like, I don't necessarily have a problem with the machine doing stochastic reasoning or whatever, but it is actively programmed to *pretend to be a person* and that is dishonest.
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
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You can be disappeared into a concentration camp or exiled for torture in another country if their app claims your face matches a non-citizen, even if you present a birth certificate or passport.
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
October 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You can be disappeared into a concentration camp or exiled for torture in another country if their app claims your face matches a non-citizen, even if you present a birth certificate or passport.
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
THIS is why we scream about uncritical acceptance of buggy, racist tech like facial recognition & LLMs
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“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“We should have banned government use of face recognition when we had the chance because it is dangerous, invasive, and an inherent threat to civil liberties,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @404Media.co. www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp...
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To find out what kind of surveillance tech you may be facing at a protest, check out EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org/.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
To find out what kind of surveillance tech you may be facing at a protest, check out EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org/.
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to remove the flashlight from the lock screen
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
October 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
to remove the flashlight from the lock screen
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
u just press and hold on the lock screen like u are changing the wall paper and press the 'customize' button and u can add or subtract features u actually do not need immediately
like the flashlight
Google Chrome is adding a new "AI" feature that monitors all of your browsing. When you update, you'll see the Gemini icon (a "sparkle" or "star") in the top right of your Chrome window. To disable this, right-click the top of the window (outside of any tabs), then choose "Unpin Gemini".
October 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Google Chrome is adding a new "AI" feature that monitors all of your browsing. When you update, you'll see the Gemini icon (a "sparkle" or "star") in the top right of your Chrome window. To disable this, right-click the top of the window (outside of any tabs), then choose "Unpin Gemini".
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I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
Gift link. This is one are where I think we need the federal government to take a much heavier hand. Like "stringing these guys up by their balls" heavy handedness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/n...
I’ve Written About Loads of Scams. This One Almost Got Me.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I know older people were conditioned to pick up the phone when it rings; I was well into my thirties when cell phones became ubiquitous. But that's a habit you really should unlearn.
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
When the phone rings, look at the caller ID. If it isn't someone in your phone directory, hit "ignore".
This article popped open a fake McAfee virus warning page on my iPhone. This is why ad blockers are a necessary part of your security stack, unfortunately. Publishers must insist on more secure ad networks rather than begging us to disable our security tools.
Bizarre app that pays you to share your audio calls hits #2 in App Store social apps
Bizarre app that pays you to share your audio calls hits #2 in App Store social apps
A bizarre app that invites you to record and share your audio calls so that it can sell the data to AI companies has become the second most downloaded social app in the app store.
Neon Mobile says that users can sell their privacy for hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year by allowing their audio conversations to be used for AI training …
more…
9to5mac.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This article popped open a fake McAfee virus warning page on my iPhone. This is why ad blockers are a necessary part of your security stack, unfortunately. Publishers must insist on more secure ad networks rather than begging us to disable our security tools.