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Chillian J. Yikes!
@jillian.bsky.social
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Author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism (Verso 2021). Views are mine alone. Work @EFF, teach at College of Europe Natolin, full bio at https://jilliancyork.com/about #freealaa
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 3d
Nah, I'm just a fan of the weird Icelandic tourism board www.visiticeland.com/outhorse-you...
OutHorse Your Email
Hoof it out of the office and experience the ultimate digital detox in Iceland by ‘outhorsing’ your email. Trade screen time for unforgettable Icelandic adventures, reconnect with nature, and let the ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 4d
Attending MozFest in Barcelona? Join EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social and independent researcher Dia Kayyali for a session reimagining content moderation. schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/19
Mozilla Festival Schedule
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 5d
Watching TV with my
mom and an ad for Iceland travel comes on. “Those horses can draft emails for you,” I deadpan.

“What the fuck?”

I love doing this to her. Really, that was just my opener for like 5 more Icelandic horse facts.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 6d
I downloaded it via X settings, then used the program Cyd (developed by @micahflee.com) to preserve the archive.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 6d
Finally went in and deleted all of my tweets (I saved my archive first). Felt good. Next step, deleting account.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
oh AND it got reprinted in the New Yorker a few years ago
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
If you’re new to this feed, I am the legendary Chillian J. Yikes!
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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 9d
And of course the iconic @jillian.bsky.social correction.
A correction in the New York Times from October 31, 2013: An earlier version of a tweet in this column misstated the name of its writer. As her Twitter handle correctly noted, she is Jillian C. York, not Chillian J. Yikes! (That is a pseudonym she created for Halloween.)
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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 9d
And of course the iconic @jillian.bsky.social correction.
A correction in the New York Times from October 31, 2013: An earlier version of a tweet in this column misstated the name of its writer. As her Twitter handle correctly noted, she is Jillian C. York, not Chillian J. Yikes! (That is a pseudonym she created for Halloween.)
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
I have a paper copy of it
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
Is anyone else watching South Park?
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza
About 20 Israeli naval ships approached the fleet of more than 40 boats carrying aid, activists on board say
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
www.eff.org/pages/platfo...
Platforms Have Failed Us on Abortion Content. Here's How They Can Fix It.
BY MOLLY BUCKLEY | October 1, 2025This is the eighth installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. In our Stop ...
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
on that note I’ve finally changed my profile pic. not my dog but I love him.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
2008 deja vu
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
it’s exceptionally funny to me now that the person who gave me this nickname is now the ceo of NPR
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
I haven’t had blue hair in years but I don’t have a photo of myself that I like. Time for new headshots soon methinks.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 8d
ah thanks for the reminder that it’s chillian season
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d
بعفو رئاسي وبعد ست سنوات خلف القضبان، علاء عبد الفتاح يعود إلى منزله وبين عائلته — التفاصيل هنا: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2... #علاء_عبد_الفتاح #حقوق_الإنسان
بعد سنوات خلف القضبان، علاء حر أخيراً.
في 22 سبتمبر، أُعلن أن الرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي قد أصدر عفواً عن علاء بعد ست سنوات في السجن. علاء عبد الفتاح حرّ أخيراً وفي منزله مع عائلته.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d
Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with his family. EFF wholeheartedly celebrates Alaa’s freedom and reunification with his family. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
After Years Behind Bars, Alaa Is Free at Last
On September 22, it was announced that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had issued a pardon for Alaa’s release after six years in prison. Alaa Abd El Fattah is finally free and at home with his...
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 10d
curses all the way down to whatever brain worm unearthed a random christian pop song from the 90s into my brain during a press interview today.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14d
Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll:

Overall approval: 38-54
Approval on economy: 39-56
Approval on trade: 39-54
On National Guard into cities: 42-55
On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55

Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15d
Trump/MAGA are trying to gaslight us into believing that anti-Jimmy Kimmel America is vast and deep, that MAGA's grip on the culture is unshakable, that mobilization is futile.

But this episode has demonstrated the opposite. Let's not forget it.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2008...
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 16d
Cleaning out closets and dismantling conference lanyards to preserve the paper bits and donate the lanyards to conferences that recycle/reuse. I’m estimating 500 conferences and workshops in 15 years?
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 16d
The Alanis thing was just cute, didn't realize it was an honorary degree, but still lovely! I'm just basking in a week of decent news.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 16d
Alaa is free, a number of countries recognized Palestine, Alanis Morisette finished a PhD. We’re starting off this week on pretty great footing.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 16d
ah I didn't realize. still cool.
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Chillian J. Yikes! @jillian.bsky.social · 16d
Alaa is free, a number of countries recognized Palestine, Alanis Morisette finished a PhD. We’re starting off this week on pretty great footing.
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