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We help NGOs, foundations, and activists apply strategic digital leadership in justice efforts. Our manifesto: https://aspirationtech.org/publications/manifesto
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"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Join us for the AI Openness & Equity Forum 🤝 A space for policy practitioners, researchers & advocates to explore how AI policy can center justice, accountability & the public interest. Online, 14 Oct, 15–17h CET. Info & how to join: aspirationtech.org/blog/join_ou...
Join our AI Openness & Equity Forum | Aspiration
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October 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Below are photos of Alaa Abdel Fattah free and at home with his sister, Sanaa, and mother, Laila.

It’s wonderful to see his beautiful smile again!

(Photos via his sister, Mona, on X)

#FreeAlaa
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Brandi was one of the greats and we will miss her dearly. www.freepress.net/blog/remembe...
Remembering Brandi Collins-Dexter
Brandi Collins-Dexter was a force of nature who spent her entire career serving others.
www.freepress.net
July 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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June 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Check it out. I just published TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool micahflee.com/telemessage-...
TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool
I've spent the last week or two writing code to make sense of the massive hack of data from TeleMessage, the comically insecure company that makes a modified Signal app that Trump's former national se...
micahflee.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Throughout May, help strengthen Tor's independence from profit-driven influence. 💜
We're aiming to raise $75,000 to keep building the tools that protect your privacy and help millions access the open internet. 😤✊
#PrivacyIsPossible
torproject.org/donate/donat...
Donate to the Tor Project
If you value privacy, support Tor
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April 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
www.eff.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Farewell dearest Lunar. You were integrity incarnate, our inspiration, ally, role model and a true visionary. Your spirit will be with us always <3 lunar.anargeek.net
Lunar
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November 11, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Welcome www.flipcause.com to our list of #CluelessVendors who illegally spam nonprofits like us with garbage. We heartily recommend everyone boycott nonprofit vendors who scrape nonprofit sites to bulk email every address on those sites. #BadBusiness #BoycottFlipcause #SalesforceSucks
Flipcause | Flipcause - Essential Technology for Small Nonprofits
Flipcause helps growing nonprofits raise more money with fewer resources. Quick and easy to deploy and manage! Engage Your Community. Fund Your Cause.
www.flipcause.com
October 24, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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We're hiring a Digital Security Trainer to help facilitate security trainings with journalists, write educational materials, and more.

New York-based applicants are encouraged to apply but strong U.S.-based remote candidates will also be considered.
Job Description
Freedom of the Press Foundation protects and defends adversarial journalism in the 21st century.
freedom.press
October 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
SustainOSS is in a strategic planning phase, and we want to understand the current needs and challenges across our community. We want to make sure our events and programming truly meet the open source community's needs. Help us by answering a few questions!
Short survey: airtable.com/appMC6RHRAE8...
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
airtable.com
October 9, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Gray Area Festival 10 is next week! Full lineup and schedule for this year’s talks, performances, and workshops: grayareafestival.io
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Over the past 10 years, technological progress has inarguably transformed our society. Artificial intelligence, decentralized protocols, and quantum computing are just a few of the sea changes radical...
grayareafestival.io
September 6, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Please join us for the first-ever Open Boards Summit, which will take place online on Thursday October 24th, 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00 UTC openboardssummit.org And thank you for helping spread the word!
Open Boards Summit
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September 4, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Spectrum Transformation Services is an inspiring youth education project in Uganda, and this physical infrastructure fundraiser is so vital to their success. Please join us in supporting!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa... Org web site: www.stsedutech.org
Support Sanitation and Energy Projects for Ugandan Students, organized by James Imanian
Support Sanitation and Energy Projects for Ugandan Students L… James Imanian needs your support for Support Sanitation and Energy Projects for Ugandan Students
www.gofundme.com
August 30, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Registration is open for Aspiration's 2024 Dev Summit, our annual event where we talk less about tech and more about building movement power, strategy and solidarity. Please join us 20-22 November in Oakland California USA, and check out our pre-events too! aspirationtech.org/events/devsu... #npdev
2024 Nonprofit Software Development Summit | Aspiration
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August 22, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Wonderful insightful piece from Aspiration Board Member Steve Wright on AI and Artificial Experience conches.substack.com/p/artificial...
Artificial Experience
We are eager to ask, “Is this computer human?” but reluctant to ask, “What does it mean to be human?”
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July 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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If Nova PBS’ #SecretsInYourData got you thinking about your privacy online, check out this panel discussion with EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social, @brewster.kahle.org, Patrick Jackson, and Dr. Alok Patel, held last week at the Computer History Museum.
CHM Live | NOVA Secrets in Your Data
[Recorded May 16, 2024] Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. That can pose a risk to your privacy—even your safety. At the same time, big datasets could lead to huge advances in fields like medicine. In NOVA's Secrets in Your Data, host Alok Patel explores these issues on a quest to understand what happens to all the data we’re shedding and explores the latest efforts to maximize benefits—without compromising personal privacy. Join the Computer History Museum for a screening of selected clips from Secrets in Your Data paired with a panel discussion featuring experts from the film. NOVA's Secrets in Your Data premieres Wednesday May 15 at 9/8c on PBS. Check local listings for details. It is also available for streaming online via the PBS video app or the link below. https://youtu.be/ih_GGQX_zmM?si=0ui4qAfOP5Ou6RRT Catalog Number: 102808999 Acquisition Number: 2024.0061
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May 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Join us for our next Capacity Builders Convergence, "What is your capacity building strategy?", Tuesday, March 12th from 15.00 to 16.30 UTC aspirationtech.org/events/capac... #capacitycon
February 1, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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“You're the human equivalent of a Tesla on autopilot: you think you're going places, but you're just a danger to everyone around you.”

anyone whose ever made a joke about a Tesla exploding, this is our moment. we trained an AI to violate asimov’s laws.
pleased to report Frankenstein's monster has turned on its creator
December 9, 2023 at 12:27 AM