J. Alfred Rooke
@determinedinquiry.bsky.social
Ethnomethodology, Production Theory, Mutualism
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Real-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding” (RTB). This process does more than
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December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Real-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
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December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The American Empire is collapsing, and I can't make up my mind whether to celebrate or panic
"I kind of hope they're corrupt, because the alternative is that they are basically a brainstem and a couple of eyestalks in a suit."
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Pluralistic: Federal Wallet Inspectors (13 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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December 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The American Empire is collapsing, and I can't make up my mind whether to celebrate or panic
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Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
The media has been suppressing this story.
Their lives are at risk.
Listen here to their loved ones.
Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
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🎵 Dashing through the snow, with our Naughty List in hand… 🦌🛷🌨️
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🎵 Dashing through the snow, with our Naughty List in hand… 🦌🛷🌨️
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot
The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
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"Families tell us that their children are weak, faint, pale and often crying because they are so hungry."
Detention Facilities Expose Families to Worms, Moldy Food, Denied Medical Care, and Sleep Deprivation
Detention Facilities Expose Families to Worms, Moldy Food, Denied Medical Care, and Sleep Deprivation
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Families tell us that their children are weak, faint, pale and often crying because they are so hungry."
Detention Facilities Expose Families to Worms, Moldy Food, Denied Medical Care, and Sleep Deprivation
Detention Facilities Expose Families to Worms, Moldy Food, Denied Medical Care, and Sleep Deprivation
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
Flat-pack washing machine spins a fairer future
A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
This is 1930s Germany. Another small step along the road to a totalitarian state and genocide
In Chicago, Illinois, a U.S. citizen was filming in public when their car door was ripped open and their phone was smashed to the ground.
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This is 1930s Germany. Another small step along the road to a totalitarian state and genocide
A note to 'Raise the Colours' and other fascist dupes:
This is what flags are for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not tying on to lamp posts and other pantomime performances sponsored by fifth columnists who are selling us out to Russia
This is what flags are for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not tying on to lamp posts and other pantomime performances sponsored by fifth columnists who are selling us out to Russia
Ukrainians raise flag in Pokrovsk to show BBC the fight goes on in city claimed by Russia
Ukraine barely has a hold on Pokrovsk, but its forces are keen to show they are still resisting Russia's advance.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A note to 'Raise the Colours' and other fascist dupes:
This is what flags are for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not tying on to lamp posts and other pantomime performances sponsored by fifth columnists who are selling us out to Russia
This is what flags are for www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not tying on to lamp posts and other pantomime performances sponsored by fifth columnists who are selling us out to Russia
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A few words on Anarchism,
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
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From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A few words on Anarchism,
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
From David Graeber's 'Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You!'
davidgraeber.org/articles/are...
Bankers are preparing to make off with another two billion of our money
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#Banks
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#Banks
Ministers urged to close £2bn tax loophole in car finance scandal
Banks and specialist lenders will not pay tax on compensation payouts, sidestepping 2015 rule
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Bankers are preparing to make off with another two billion of our money
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#Banks
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#Banks
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Labor need not ask for favors and protection, as monopolists do. Labor wants only justice! Labor wants only fair play!
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Henry George
Speech at Cooper Union, NY 1894
#Georgism
#LVT
#Labor
#Unions
#Immigration
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Henry George
Speech at Cooper Union, NY 1894
#Georgism
#LVT
#Labor
#Unions
#Immigration
April 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Labor need not ask for favors and protection, as monopolists do. Labor wants only justice! Labor wants only fair play!
cooperative-individualism.org/george-henry...
Henry George
Speech at Cooper Union, NY 1894
#Georgism
#LVT
#Labor
#Unions
#Immigration
cooperative-individualism.org/george-henry...
Henry George
Speech at Cooper Union, NY 1894
#Georgism
#LVT
#Labor
#Unions
#Immigration
If people had decent rights in the workplace, they wouldn't have to go running for cover at the GP's
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorkersRights #MentalHealth #Work
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#WorkersRights #MentalHealth #Work
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If people had decent rights in the workplace, they wouldn't have to go running for cover at the GP's
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorkersRights #MentalHealth #Work
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorkersRights #MentalHealth #Work
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There’s a new Humble book bundle featuring a set of No Starch Press books on Hacking. For a limited time, pay what you want AND support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online! www.humblebundle.com/books/hacki...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Hacking by No Starch
Turn your curiosity about computer hacking into a fast-paced, proven, and practical career with the latest Humble Tech Book Bundle!
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There’s a new Humble book bundle featuring a set of No Starch Press books on Hacking. For a limited time, pay what you want AND support EFF’s fight for privacy and free speech online! www.humblebundle.com/books/hacki...
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If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to give to EFF, now’s your chance to all donations through Dec 9 get an automatic dollar-for-dollar match! eff.org/powerup
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to give to EFF, now’s your chance to all donations through Dec 9 get an automatic dollar-for-dollar match! eff.org/powerup