Eric Schultz
@wwahammy.com
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
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"Magus, why do you care if Discord/Tumblr/whatever platform restricts or removes NSFW features?"
Because I'm a trans person living in America, and these fascist fucks have been wanting to legally define trans existence as inherently obscene for years:
www.them.us/story/trans-...
Because I'm a trans person living in America, and these fascist fucks have been wanting to legally define trans existence as inherently obscene for years:
www.them.us/story/trans-...
A Bill That Would Ban Pornography in the U.S. Also Takes Aim at Trans People
The bill was introduced by Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a longtime ally of the Heritage Foundation, which authored Project 2025.
www.them.us
February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Magus, why do you care if Discord/Tumblr/whatever platform restricts or removes NSFW features?"
Because I'm a trans person living in America, and these fascist fucks have been wanting to legally define trans existence as inherently obscene for years:
www.them.us/story/trans-...
Because I'm a trans person living in America, and these fascist fucks have been wanting to legally define trans existence as inherently obscene for years:
www.them.us/story/trans-...
"But enough about my colleagues in the GOP caucus"
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
"But enough about my colleagues in the GOP caucus"
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An important part of this legal ruling is that California under the anti-mask law treats its own officers separately. That was a last-minute addition by Gavin Newsom. Now it got the law thrown out.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
An important part of this legal ruling is that California under the anti-mask law treats its own officers separately. That was a last-minute addition by Gavin Newsom. Now it got the law thrown out.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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denial ← current step
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup
Discord says ‘vast majority’ of users won’t see its new age verification setup
Age prediction could be sufficient for many users.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
denial ← current step
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
anger
bargaining
depression
acceptance
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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Being wildly antisemitic about an Arab Israeli is a pretty narrow needle to thread but you managed it, congrats
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Being wildly antisemitic about an Arab Israeli is a pretty narrow needle to thread but you managed it, congrats
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Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov so...this should be it them.
No votes for passage. You know you don't HAVE to fund DHS right? It was plenty of money from the stupid Big Bill.
THIS should be your "fuck you" moment.
No votes for passage. You know you don't HAVE to fund DHS right? It was plenty of money from the stupid Big Bill.
THIS should be your "fuck you" moment.
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov so...this should be it them.
No votes for passage. You know you don't HAVE to fund DHS right? It was plenty of money from the stupid Big Bill.
THIS should be your "fuck you" moment.
No votes for passage. You know you don't HAVE to fund DHS right? It was plenty of money from the stupid Big Bill.
THIS should be your "fuck you" moment.
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
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My favorite part of that “Don’t Be A Panican” press release the White House issued yesterday is this sentence “These wins aren’t happening by accident—they come after President Trump lodged the most productive first year of a presidential term in modern history—and aren’t happening by accident.”
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
My favorite part of that “Don’t Be A Panican” press release the White House issued yesterday is this sentence “These wins aren’t happening by accident—they come after President Trump lodged the most productive first year of a presidential term in modern history—and aren’t happening by accident.”
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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if one was prone to feeling smug one could say one was curious about how it felt for all the cis gay "lgb without the t" types to find out that they were, as we all warned, Next. (not me though, i only operate from a place of love and solidarity)
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
if one was prone to feeling smug one could say one was curious about how it felt for all the cis gay "lgb without the t" types to find out that they were, as we all warned, Next. (not me though, i only operate from a place of love and solidarity)
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Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
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okay, but it's not the platforms that lose in the push for mandatory age verification, it's human rights and free expression that loses
I repeat: they deserve to lose.
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
okay, but it's not the platforms that lose in the push for mandatory age verification, it's human rights and free expression that loses
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"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
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When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
When you get visited by three Puerto Rican ghosts
I can get why OCLC wants their site to not be scraped in way that takes their site down. What I don't understand is why the court has the authority to get the scraper to delete the downloaded content. Of the scraping stops, the harm stops.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply
WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.
arstechnica.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
I can get why OCLC wants their site to not be scraped in way that takes their site down. What I don't understand is why the court has the authority to get the scraper to delete the downloaded content. Of the scraping stops, the harm stops.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
In regards to Bad Bunny's closing message, it made me think of my favorite quote from Fred Rogers:
"Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle."
"Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle."
February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
In regards to Bad Bunny's closing message, it made me think of my favorite quote from Fred Rogers:
"Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle."
"Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle."
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Always remember that If they build the camps, they will fill the camps.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Always remember that If they build the camps, they will fill the camps.
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The government lost in their own immigration court, i.e. a non-judicial court *in the executive branch under President Trump*.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The government lost in their own immigration court, i.e. a non-judicial court *in the executive branch under President Trump*.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cmon now guys. If any Dem says anything besides shut down until this is all gone then there's no need for federal government at all. These are concentration camps. If you're too scared to say so then you're part of the problem.
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please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
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ICE needs a military-sized budget because it is at war with the United States.
ICE’s pending $30 billion budget exceeds the military spending of nearly every country, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Iran.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
After a string of ICE murders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries proposed reforms — and $11 billion more for ICE.
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
ICE needs a military-sized budget because it is at war with the United States.
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it’s weird, to run this website and have a very distinct marker for how much people care about what’s happening in Minnesota
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
it’s weird, to run this website and have a very distinct marker for how much people care about what’s happening in Minnesota
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
it feels especially not great to look at as eviction notices start to get served for families are still locked down hiding from ICE, who are still roving the streets
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It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?