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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 1h

Just two in a Lowe's parking lot in South Phoenix (19th Ave & Baseline).

Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 1h

Interesting map for Phoenix metro area -- Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Glendale full of them but Phoenix proper is relatively empty. deflock.me

DeFlock

Spot, map, and resist automated license plate readers (ALPRs) near you.

deflock.me

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY RULES that the State's Election Procedures Manual is not subject to the state’s Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking requirements.

A BIG victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona and another defeat for the GOP.

🚨 Republican National Committee v. Fontes

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 2h

"Our aim is raising $30 million for organizations that directly represent immigrant families in court to protect their rights and keep families together. We've already raised more than $10 million and with your help we'll reach our goal."

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 2h

Just got an ACLU appeal: "ACLU, United We Dream, and our partners are joining together to launch the Defending Our Neighbors Fund, a historic initiative housed at the Abundant Futures Fund (a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)." 1/2

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2h

a) this story is horrifying
b) Trump's push to divert FBI agents onto immigration enforcement has moved resources away from continuing investigations of 764

‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die

The suicide of a 13-year-old from Washington state set off a years-long global investigation to find an elusive online user called “White Tiger.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

This is a huge scandal, one of the worst in modern law enforcement and something that is astoundingly unconstitutional and illegal.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 4h

the thirst crusher?

John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 4h

HOT NEWS: Rondo just flipped the switch on the world's largest industrial heat battery. 100 MWh delivering continuous high-pressure industrial heat/steam with storage temperatures over 1000°C and 97% round-trip efficiency. The energy transition is heating up.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 4h

why aren't NM and AZ part of this?

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 12h

If you're being targeted, attempts will also be made to abuse password reset flows and phish or social engineer you.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 12h

There are many large datasets of account credentials available, and for someone who is a target, assume any passwords exposed in the past will be tested against other possible services for password reuse. Always use unique passwords for anything important, enable 2FA where available.

onion person @junlper.beer · 23h

important note from libcrusher:

Reactivating temporarily to send a warning.
Since I got doxxed, it appears the same doxxing ring has targeted several other users. I learned that they were banned this week, only for Elon to, apparently, personally unban them. I feel obliged to warn everyone about my experience.

It wasn't just my personal information that got published. Someone, somewhere, got my passwords too. For my banking accounts, brokerage accounts, venmo, etc.
Most of which had different and unique passwords. All these attempts started the day i got doxxed, and have sporadically continued since.

If you know anyone who's been doxxed by this group, you need to have them change all their passwords on every website immediately. Ensure 2FA and any other security measures are in place everywhere.
And, wherever possible, document and report it. Frankly, if you're a lefty of any note, do it now too

If anyone was also a victim of this or knows someone who was, there are ways to reach me. I wish I could go into more details right now. But until that time comes, protect yourself.

I will be deactivating in 20 minutes.
Hopefully, that's enough time for the warning to get out.

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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 12h

How Trump companies made $1bn from crypto. Outstanding investigative reporting from a crack FT team.

on.ft.com/47bNR2L

FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto

[FREE TO READ] The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies

on.ft.com

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 15h

reop (reasonable expectation of privacy) is another really simple GPG substitute. flak.tedunangst.com/post/reop And OpenBSD's signify (also available for Linux) if you just need signing.

reop - reasonable expectation of privacy

flak.tedunangst.com

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 16h

Private attorneys general

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 16h

Filippo Valsorda's project. Fairly mature and much simpler than GPG. He also has implemented MLKEM for Go. filippo.io

Filippo Valsorda

filippo.io

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 16h

E.g. bsky.app/profile/ij.o...

Institute for Justice @ij.org · 16d

🚨 New Case Alert 🚨
Leo Garcia Venegas is an American citizen and construction worker in south Alabama.

Even though he has done nothing suspicious and is working on private property, Leo has been repeatedly detained (once violently) by federal officers enforcing immigration laws.
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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 16h

The ACLU and IJ both have cases against ICE for recent abuses.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

They detained him for an hour and cited him for trespassing even though they dragged him across the blue line. Looks like he's raised enough for legal assistance to get it dropped. www.gofundme.com/f/robby-road...

Donate to Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland!, organized by Robby Roadsteamer

Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland, Orego… Robby Roadsteamer needs your support for Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE in Portland!

www.gofundme.com

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

Well, we've tried to pass ranked choice voting in AZ, so far unsuccessfully (Prop 140 last fall). At least we stopped the attempt to close primaries (apart from presidential preference election which is closed) to independent voters (Prop 133 last fall).

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
Notes
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

Though McSally would have been much worse, having seen both of them in small (200-person) town halls with an audience where they didn't know the partisan makeup of the audience.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

Huge disappointment as a Senator.

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

I liked that she was in the Freethought Caucus and a nonbeliever (though she didn't like the term "atheist"); she was my Rep and was mostly OK in the House. The Secular Coalition for Arizona supported her (and vice versa).

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

it's Kyrsten, not Krysten, though

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Jim Lippard @lippard.bsky.social · 17h

grifter

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1d

Campaign for Krysten Sinema, who is out of office, spent $322K last quarter.

Items include—

💸 $74K on airfare

💸 $30K on security

💸 $1K in auto maintenance to Mercedes Benz of Scottsdale

💸 $800 for makeup

💸 $300 to Louisville's Bourbon and Beyond festival

💸 $800/month in vehicle insurance

FEC Disclosure Form 3 for Sinema for Arizona

docquery.fec.gov

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