Jon P
@jdp23.thenexus.today
Organizer, activist, privacy advocate, strategist, software engineer ... psytrance, tarot and more. He/him they/them. Also @thenexusofprivacy.net
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Jon P
@jdp23.thenexus.today
· Sep 16
I've updated my handle here -- this is now @jdp23.thenexus.today (and my previous account is renamed to @jdp23-alt.bsky.social)
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🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/gabriel-export.bsky.social Making Sense of Open-Source: Ideals, Reality, and What's on the Horizon
@gabriel-export.bsky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
Making Sense of Open-Source: Ideals, Reality, and What's on the Horizon
stream.place
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/gabriel-export.bsky.social Making Sense of Open-Source: Ideals, Reality, and What's on the Horizon
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We are officially open to the public! selfhosted.social is an independent ATProto PDS managed by @baileytownsend.dev
No invite codes required. Everyone is welcome. We just ask that you read over and agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
selfhosted.social/legal
No invite codes required. Everyone is welcome. We just ask that you read over and agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
selfhosted.social/legal
Selfhosted.social
Landing page for selfhosted.social, an ATProto PDS
selfhosted.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We are officially open to the public! selfhosted.social is an independent ATProto PDS managed by @baileytownsend.dev
No invite codes required. Everyone is welcome. We just ask that you read over and agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
selfhosted.social/legal
No invite codes required. Everyone is welcome. We just ask that you read over and agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
selfhosted.social/legal
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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Some potential good news out of yesterday's theatrical House hearing on internet censorship bills. A pre-emption provision has even KOSA supporters like NCOSE abandoning the House version.
With ten days to go, there seems to be little appetite for KOSA or age-verification bills in general.
With ten days to go, there seems to be little appetite for KOSA or age-verification bills in general.
A leading kids safety bill has been poison pilled, supporters say
App store age verification is beginning to take center stage.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Some potential good news out of yesterday's theatrical House hearing on internet censorship bills. A pre-emption provision has even KOSA supporters like NCOSE abandoning the House version.
With ten days to go, there seems to be little appetite for KOSA or age-verification bills in general.
With ten days to go, there seems to be little appetite for KOSA or age-verification bills in general.
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Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Will continue to bang this drum: this is the system university admins are cramming into every aspect of education. This is the system we are told “isn’t going anywhere” so we all have to adjust to it.
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Disability rights are human rights.
Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, as the recipient of the HRW Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights.
Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, as the recipient of the HRW Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights.
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Disability rights are human rights.
Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, as the recipient of the HRW Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights.
Today, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are thrilled to announce Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, as the recipient of the HRW Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights.
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Blacksky is designing the future of mutual aid and payments online and we want your input! Fill out the Google Form so we can better design Blacksky payments to fit your needs
In the future we're building online communities function as digital third places. That requires independence & autonomy (rsky + blacksky.community). Hopefully also democratic decision making (assembly.blacksky.community)
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
blacksky.cash Feedback Sessions
The Blacksky Algorithms' team wants to build payment features for community members to send money to one another across the AT Protocol (Blacksky/Bluesky). blacksky.cash would work within the AT Proto...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Blacksky is designing the future of mutual aid and payments online and we want your input! Fill out the Google Form so we can better design Blacksky payments to fit your needs
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Do you know how deeply humiliating it is to be a disabled person publicly accused of faking, of "flagrantly abusing the system"? I think not. 💔
#AbledsAreWeird
#AbledsAreWeird
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Do you know how deeply humiliating it is to be a disabled person publicly accused of faking, of "flagrantly abusing the system"? I think not. 💔
#AbledsAreWeird
#AbledsAreWeird
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New: chatted with an attorney from @aclutx.bsky.social about SB 8, the Texas bathroom bill, and what it means for Texans, trans and cis alike. The law goes into effect tomorrow, Dec. 4. Here's what it does (and does not) do - www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Know your rights under Texas' new 'bathroom bill'
Senate Bill 8, dubbed the "bathroom bill," goes into force on Dec. 4. The new law could impact transgender and cisgender Texans alike.
www.chron.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New: chatted with an attorney from @aclutx.bsky.social about SB 8, the Texas bathroom bill, and what it means for Texans, trans and cis alike. The law goes into effect tomorrow, Dec. 4. Here's what it does (and does not) do - www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with @eff.org and other digital rights experts discussing the threat of online age + ID verification to the internet we love and the tools we can use to fight back.
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with @eff.org and other digital rights experts discussing the threat of online age + ID verification to the internet we love and the tools we can use to fight back.
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
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I love it when people talk to me as if I neither am disabled nor actually study this in my own work. But let me pitch someone else's work here, Doron Dorfman's "Fear of the Disability Con."
Sharing it for everyone feeding the fear of the disability con right now:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Sharing it for everyone feeding the fear of the disability con right now:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I love it when people talk to me as if I neither am disabled nor actually study this in my own work. But let me pitch someone else's work here, Doron Dorfman's "Fear of the Disability Con."
Sharing it for everyone feeding the fear of the disability con right now:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Sharing it for everyone feeding the fear of the disability con right now:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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In the future we're building online communities function as digital third places. That requires independence & autonomy (rsky + blacksky.community). Hopefully also democratic decision making (assembly.blacksky.community)
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
blacksky.cash Feedback Sessions
The Blacksky Algorithms' team wants to build payment features for community members to send money to one another across the AT Protocol (Blacksky/Bluesky). blacksky.cash would work within the AT Proto...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In the future we're building online communities function as digital third places. That requires independence & autonomy (rsky + blacksky.community). Hopefully also democratic decision making (assembly.blacksky.community)
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
And soon: the opportunity for privacy preserving gift economies + mutual aid
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New: ATmosphere Report #145, with collections of links to interesting atproto articles for November
This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app
traverse.connectedplaces.online
This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app
traverse.connectedplaces.online
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New: ATmosphere Report #145, with collections of links to interesting atproto articles for November
This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app
traverse.connectedplaces.online
This time, the links are on-protocol, as a @cosmik.network collection, with a page that lets you follow the conversations on @leaflet.pub and @bsky.app
traverse.connectedplaces.online
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SD City Council votes on Flock next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Mark your calendars to show up or call in.
Tell City Council to shut down Flock.
Pull the plug on out-of-control location data.
Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
Tell City Council to shut down Flock.
Pull the plug on out-of-control location data.
Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SD City Council votes on Flock next Tues, Dec 9 at 2pm! Mark your calendars to show up or call in.
Tell City Council to shut down Flock.
Pull the plug on out-of-control location data.
Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
Tell City Council to shut down Flock.
Pull the plug on out-of-control location data.
Now: Call or message your Council rep. Our mailer makes it quick: trst.fyi/stop-flock-e
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Do you know Zoom & other companies are encouraging discrimination against employees for things like "pausing too long" or not sounding sufficiently "charismatic"? Read all about our dystopian present in my new paper, out today in JASA!
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Socially prescriptive speech technologies: Linguistic, technical, and ethical issues
Speech technology tools can be powerful and transformative for individuals, businesses, and governments. Socially prescriptive speech technology (SPST) systems
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Do you know Zoom & other companies are encouraging discrimination against employees for things like "pausing too long" or not sounding sufficiently "charismatic"? Read all about our dystopian present in my new paper, out today in JASA!
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
(Seriously, read it. It's important)
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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A contentious House hearing considering two major child online safety bills, KOSA and COPPA 2.0, signaled that the once-surging alliance of lawmakers pushing to bolster federal protections is splintering, reports Cristiano Lima-Strong.
Congress’s Bipartisan Child Online Safety Coalition is Unraveling | TechPolicy.Press
A congressional alliance pushing for stronger federal protections for kids online is splintering, Cristiano Lima-Strong reports.
www.techpolicy.press
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A contentious House hearing considering two major child online safety bills, KOSA and COPPA 2.0, signaled that the once-surging alliance of lawmakers pushing to bolster federal protections is splintering, reports Cristiano Lima-Strong.
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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Please don't pretend that all the opposition to KOSA has come from "Big Tech". We're not all Big Tech out here. The ACLU is not Big Tech.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ACLU Slams Senate Passage of Kids Online Safety Act, Urges House to Protect Free Speech | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate today passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would violate the First Amendment by enabling the federal government...
www.aclu.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Please don't pretend that all the opposition to KOSA has come from "Big Tech". We're not all Big Tech out here. The ACLU is not Big Tech.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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#GivingTuesday 2025
There are a lot of worthy organizations out there. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider joining me in supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area. (1/N)
privacy.thenexus.today/givingtuesda...
There are a lot of worthy organizations out there. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider joining me in supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area. (1/N)
privacy.thenexus.today/givingtuesda...
#GivingTuesday 2025
Don't limit your #GivingTuesday gifts to the non-profit industrial complex!
privacy.thenexus.today
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
#GivingTuesday 2025
There are a lot of worthy organizations out there. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider joining me in supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area. (1/N)
privacy.thenexus.today/givingtuesda...
There are a lot of worthy organizations out there. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider joining me in supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area. (1/N)
privacy.thenexus.today/givingtuesda...
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DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
Projects
An overview of projects at DAIR.
www.dair-institute.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
DAIR launched four years ago today, on the one year anniversary of my firing from Google.
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
We couldn't have done it without all of your support. That company could have destroyed my life but you didn't let it ❤️
Check out therojects we're working on at www.dair-institute.org/projects/. 🧵
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I teach big classes, so I get a lot of accommodation letters and I simply follow them and go on with my day because why the hell wouldn‘t I. If I wanted to be a cop, I would have applied.
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I teach big classes, so I get a lot of accommodation letters and I simply follow them and go on with my day because why the hell wouldn‘t I. If I wanted to be a cop, I would have applied.
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i genuinely am concerned this protocol is going to favor service providers over time and then we just reinvent web 2.0 with added friction and none of the meaningful decentralization we’ve been promised
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
i genuinely am concerned this protocol is going to favor service providers over time and then we just reinvent web 2.0 with added friction and none of the meaningful decentralization we’ve been promised
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During today's hearing, @cdt.org suggested the House version of KOSA is preferable over the Senate version because the knowledge standard is narrower.
That's not right. While the House version uses "actual knowledge" (which is narrower) it also includes "willful disregard" which is quite broad.
That's not right. While the House version uses "actual knowledge" (which is narrower) it also includes "willful disregard" which is quite broad.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
During today's hearing, @cdt.org suggested the House version of KOSA is preferable over the Senate version because the knowledge standard is narrower.
That's not right. While the House version uses "actual knowledge" (which is narrower) it also includes "willful disregard" which is quite broad.
That's not right. While the House version uses "actual knowledge" (which is narrower) it also includes "willful disregard" which is quite broad.