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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7h

Seattle! Now's your chance to hang out with EFF staff and your fellow digital freedom supporters 🤝 RSVP today: eff.org/speakeasy-s...

EFF Members' Speakeasy: Seattle 2025

Join EFF staff and local online rights supporters for a Speakeasy meet up on Wednesday, October 15 in Seattle!Raise a glass and discover EFF's latest work defending digital freedoms online. This

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Danya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 11h

Ok friends, it's your time to shine: What visual metaphors are out there for LLM/AI resistance and refusal? Making slides for a thing!

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 11h

The NIMBYs are alive and well where I live. I live a block from two affordable housing projects that are good! I volunteer to serve seniors, and we have clients in those apartments. It makes it really convenient to help them. This is what makes a community!

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 11h

Update on Bainbridge Island's beleaguered affordable housing project: the city was set to hold a public hearing on a zoning ordinance that would allow it to move forward, but a SEPA challenge has been filed by a former council candidate.

This is going to add weeks if not months of added process.

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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 13h

Today I've got something different for you! This is the "Xtra Muse" — and it seems to be DJI's first attempt to sneak its cameras past US tariffs and bans!

See for yourself: this is a DJI Osmo Pocket 3, inside and out.

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 2d

And animals have other senses. Things we can't perceive. Their worldview is literally different. How does that change their motivations, thoughts, etc?

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 2d

I spend a crazy amount of time thinking about why orcas are trying to give us food and their different dialects. And even more time thinking about why we haven't used AI to figure out language between us a corvids. Let's broaden language in LLMs to body language for bodies that don't look like ours!

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 2d

This is the type of small talk I try to engage in at parties.

I don't get invited to a lot of parties.

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 3d

I’m reading a favorite philosopher/cog sci guy discuss animal interiority, and I’m surprised by how little generosity even he shows to other species’ cognitive complexity. I fundamentally don’t think the gap between humans and non-humans (or human children and adults, etc.) is that wide!

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 2d

Try hot honey or just add a little spice if you think you'd like a little heat. I also toss on pumpkin seeds or pecans for crunch.

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 3d

The first comment on this post truly cracks me up. Also, 6 or 7 years ago when you purchased a Logitech smart button, wouldn't it have been nice if Logitech told you how long they planned to support it?

hackaday.com/2025/10/06/l...

Logitech POP Buttons Are About To Go Pop

For those who missed out on the past few years of ‘smart home’ gadgets, the Logitech POP buttons were introduced in 2018 as a way to control smart home devices using these buttons and a…

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 3d

Smart device updates are essential for cybersecurity. Consumer Reports wants to ensure that smart device companies have to tell consumers how long they plan to make these updates available. Because today that information isn't always available.
advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_releas...

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 3d

This. 👇

Matthew Lane @mattlane.bsky.social · 3d

As a public interest advocate it's become so hard to calibrate "this is a really important thing you should care about" vs "the fascist takeover of the US."

Like we have to also keep track of and fight against the bad things that are smaller than fascism but also there's fascism.

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 5d

My dog hates having her picture taken. She started coming out, saw me with the phone and promptly backed up and curled up back under the bed.

A fawn colored dog coming out from under a dark brown bed with white sheets. The carpet is beige and the dog looks concerned. Only her head and one front paw are out.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

Major victory in Kansas for transgender people.

The Kansas Supreme Court declined to block a lower court ruling on gender markers on drivers license.

ACLU Kansas says trans people can get their licenses updated starting Tuesday.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Kansas Supreme Court Delivers Big Win For Driver’s License Gender Markers

“I want every transgender Kansan to be able to live their lives authentically.”

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 6d

There's a good argument for (and return on) the DoD spending more on researching effective ways to teach millions of uninterested employees how to better recognize and prevent phishing attacks or other common cyber incursions.

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 6d

In today's wars/military actions, good cybersecurity is the equivalent of having robust supply lines in physical warfare. And your cybersecurity is only as good as your weakest link.

The Register @theregister.com · 7d

Pentagon decrees warfighters don't need 'frequent' cybersecurity training

Beards, body fat, and cyber refreshers now frowned upon Cybersecurity training, beards, and body fat have something in common, according to the Pentagon. They're not helping the US military fight and win wars.…

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @jp2e.bsky.social · 6d

I'm answering your questions live about this week's Amazon and Google's smart home announcements. Come join me! www.theverge.com/tech/790817/...

I tried Amazon and Google’s new smart home gadgets this week, ask me anything!

Join Jen for a Google and Amazon Smart Home AMA

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 6d

Same.

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 7d

I'm a big fan of providing kids with what they need. If anyone else wants to help, you can make a difference for as little as $16.

Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles @srmilesauthor.bsky.social · 7d

The smallest of breezes is blowing & the kids have run through the care cart at school #clearthelist

We're requesting:
Deodorant (our most popular item to run out of)
Cough Drops
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Please chip in if you can. All items ship directly to the school:
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 8d

You can now fill out the FAFSA!

About half of Washington families qualify for the Washington College Grant (WA Grant). A student from a family of four making $72,000 or less can get the equivalent of free public college tuition and fees for their post-high school program paid.

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🎃Yell👻Growler🧙🏻‍♀️ @yaelwrites.com · 8d

Today, @consumerreports.org @aspendigital.bsky.social @gca.bsky.social released the 4th Annual Consumer Cyber Readiness Report, co written by @gigastacey.bsky.social @jefflandale.bsky.social and I.

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#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth 1/x

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 8d

And soup season is finally here!

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 8d

Same. But I hate eating cold food, so this cookbook has been my savior. It has lots of good, low-prep veggie and most of them are easy to adapt.

www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-D...

Vegetarian Dinner's in the Oven: One-Pan Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes

Amazon.com: Vegetarian Dinner's in the Oven: One-Pan Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes eBook : Moody, Fred, Loftus, David: Kindle Store

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gigastacey @gigastacey.bsky.social · 8d

The rationale could be destroyed by any first grader who has ever had homework. School happens outside of school buildings!

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 8d

Spoiler: Americans are less confident than they were last year that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge.

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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 8d

Hot off the press 🔥 We’ve teamed up with @aspendigital.bsky.social and @gca.bsky.social to drop our fourth annual Consumer Cyber Readiness Report just in time for #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth. innovation.consumerreports.org/2025-Consume...

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