Chloe Birney
@zivademeter.bsky.social
Chatter from founding member of #PolarisProtocol.
Writing. Medical. AI ethics-y.
Repo: https://github.com/josefsbreakfast/Polaris-Protocol
Writing. Medical. AI ethics-y.
Repo: https://github.com/josefsbreakfast/Polaris-Protocol
Pinned
Chloe Birney
@zivademeter.bsky.social
· Sep 17
a cartoon illustration of a spinning wheel with a rabbit on it
ALT: a cartoon illustration of a spinning wheel with a rabbit on it
media.tenor.com
“הַיּוֹם קָצָר וְהַמְּלָאכָה מְרֻבָּה, וְהַפּוֹעֲלִים עֲצֵלִים, וְהַשָּׂכָר הַרְבֵּה, וּבַעַל הַבַּיִת דּוֹחֵק:”
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A free press can’t exist in a surveillance state.
Geofence warrants allow the government to collect location data on everyone, including journalists and whistleblowers.
A Supreme Court case could make it worse. Here’s how.
Geofence warrants allow the government to collect location data on everyone, including journalists and whistleblowers.
A Supreme Court case could make it worse. Here’s how.
Supreme Court could greenlight geofence warrants
A new case may legalize suspicionless mass surveillance of journalists and whistleblowers
freedom.press
January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A free press can’t exist in a surveillance state.
Geofence warrants allow the government to collect location data on everyone, including journalists and whistleblowers.
A Supreme Court case could make it worse. Here’s how.
Geofence warrants allow the government to collect location data on everyone, including journalists and whistleblowers.
A Supreme Court case could make it worse. Here’s how.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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Northern Lights from Phoenix Park now. #SpeirGorm
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Northern Lights from Phoenix Park now. #SpeirGorm
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
I love it when people say, oh, a VPN only gives you this leave of security.
Yes.
The fact it is being gotten round quickly, and no one in the chain of command or regulation will conform or deny?
That’s the bit that’s interesting.
Yes.
The fact it is being gotten round quickly, and no one in the chain of command or regulation will conform or deny?
That’s the bit that’s interesting.
January 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I love it when people say, oh, a VPN only gives you this leave of security.
Yes.
The fact it is being gotten round quickly, and no one in the chain of command or regulation will conform or deny?
That’s the bit that’s interesting.
Yes.
The fact it is being gotten round quickly, and no one in the chain of command or regulation will conform or deny?
That’s the bit that’s interesting.
The problem with blaming porn for the rise in AI-generated CSEM, is that you end up blaming women coping under capitalism, and not the men who rape kids.
Please target the anger appropriately; your “feminism” is worth nothing if you exclude current and former sex workers.
Please target the anger appropriately; your “feminism” is worth nothing if you exclude current and former sex workers.
January 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The problem with blaming porn for the rise in AI-generated CSEM, is that you end up blaming women coping under capitalism, and not the men who rape kids.
Please target the anger appropriately; your “feminism” is worth nothing if you exclude current and former sex workers.
Please target the anger appropriately; your “feminism” is worth nothing if you exclude current and former sex workers.
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By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
Clean energy could become a huge political winner
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
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Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s most valuable company, AI chip giant Nvidia, went to the Seoul chicken-and-beer joint with the leaders of two of South Korea’s global tech titans: Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group executive chair Chung Eui-sun.
Three billionaires went out for chicken and beer, and paid for everyone’s meal | CNN Business
Three billionaires surprised diners when they walked into a popular fried chicken restaurant on Thursday – and picked up everyone’s bill.
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s most valuable company, AI chip giant Nvidia, went to the Seoul chicken-and-beer joint with the leaders of two of South Korea’s global tech titans: Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group executive chair Chung Eui-sun.
Tonight’s rebooking of the bed, count:
20x books;
2x zines;
3x decks cards.
Miscellaneous stationary.
I think this is just normal Chloe behaviour; I have a feeling the condition is permanent.
20x books;
2x zines;
3x decks cards.
Miscellaneous stationary.
I think this is just normal Chloe behaviour; I have a feeling the condition is permanent.
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Tonight’s rebooking of the bed, count:
20x books;
2x zines;
3x decks cards.
Miscellaneous stationary.
I think this is just normal Chloe behaviour; I have a feeling the condition is permanent.
20x books;
2x zines;
3x decks cards.
Miscellaneous stationary.
I think this is just normal Chloe behaviour; I have a feeling the condition is permanent.
Do I have the energy to speak to several elements of violence on my religious community and its cynical use by politicians, lawyers, and bureaucrats to justify general shittiness today?
Do I.
Do I.
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Do I have the energy to speak to several elements of violence on my religious community and its cynical use by politicians, lawyers, and bureaucrats to justify general shittiness today?
Do I.
Do I.
Second hit:
Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Taking bets for our third.
Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Taking bets for our third.
October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Second hit:
Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Taking bets for our third.
Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Taking bets for our third.
My internet has been cut on an ISP level.
What now. 🙄
What now. 🙄
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My internet has been cut on an ISP level.
What now. 🙄
What now. 🙄
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We’re not suppose to live like this. It is exhausting.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We’re not suppose to live like this. It is exhausting.
What in the gerrymandering is this?
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What in the gerrymandering is this?
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Imagine being a trillionaire and being unable to end world hunger because you’re a dope
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Imagine being a trillionaire and being unable to end world hunger because you’re a dope
It ain’t just me that’s like this.
October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It ain’t just me that’s like this.
They really only endorsed the concept of sexism so they could stop women pointing out who keeps fucking it up.
I’m not saying all men; I’m saying enough of you that the p value is very small.
I’m not saying all men; I’m saying enough of you that the p value is very small.
September 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
They really only endorsed the concept of sexism so they could stop women pointing out who keeps fucking it up.
I’m not saying all men; I’m saying enough of you that the p value is very small.
I’m not saying all men; I’m saying enough of you that the p value is very small.
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Newspaper challenges Reform press ban
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nottingham Post launches legal challenge over Reform press ban
Council leader Mick Barton has not spoken to journalists from the Nottingham Post since August.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Newspaper challenges Reform press ban
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The men throttling my internet think I’m too prim and proper to possibly mention that being so butthurt about a woman covering up the camera on a smartphone is a little petty.
We’ve had a new rotation on recently.
They will learn; I will make sure of that.
We’ve had a new rotation on recently.
They will learn; I will make sure of that.
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The men throttling my internet think I’m too prim and proper to possibly mention that being so butthurt about a woman covering up the camera on a smartphone is a little petty.
We’ve had a new rotation on recently.
They will learn; I will make sure of that.
We’ve had a new rotation on recently.
They will learn; I will make sure of that.
I have a wonderful satire — definitely satire — running on the repo.
cookie monster in a kitchen with a box of chocolate chip cookies
ALT: cookie monster in a kitchen with a box of chocolate chip cookies
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I have a wonderful satire — definitely satire — running on the repo.