Sean Massa
@sean-massa.bsky.social
ex-Team Lead at ▲ Vercel
ex-CTO of FlashRecruit (Acquired)
software engineer by trade
technical leader by practice
community/conference organizer by chance
aka: https://social.massalabs.com/@sean
https://massalabs.com/
ex-CTO of FlashRecruit (Acquired)
software engineer by trade
technical leader by practice
community/conference organizer by chance
aka: https://social.massalabs.com/@sean
https://massalabs.com/
Reposted by Sean Massa
But my most memorable moment in reporting in 2025 was seeing a longtime sex trafficker forced to face his victims, and watching a judge send him to prison for a long time.
After following GDP for ~6 years, being present for this sentencing felt important: www.404media.co/michael-prat...
After following GDP for ~6 years, being present for this sentencing felt important: www.404media.co/michael-prat...
Michael Pratt, GirlsDoPorn Ringleader, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison
Michael James Pratt was sentenced to federal prison on charges of sex trafficking connected to the GirlsDoPorn crime ring. “He turned my pain into profit, my life into currency,” said one victim.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
But my most memorable moment in reporting in 2025 was seeing a longtime sex trafficker forced to face his victims, and watching a judge send him to prison for a long time.
After following GDP for ~6 years, being present for this sentencing felt important: www.404media.co/michael-prat...
After following GDP for ~6 years, being present for this sentencing felt important: www.404media.co/michael-prat...
Reposted by Sean Massa
People are not upset because they think every single member of the American elite is a mass rapist. They're upset because elites downplay and excuse mass rape while obscuring their ties to the rapists — *precisely the thing Brooks did in his column.*
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
People are not upset because they think every single member of the American elite is a mass rapist. They're upset because elites downplay and excuse mass rape while obscuring their ties to the rapists — *precisely the thing Brooks did in his column.*
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For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
Reposted by Sean Massa
You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.