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Corporate antimatter • he/genx/gtfo
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December 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I received a Christmas email from Amsterdam with the subject line “a message to pass on” and it stopped me in my tracks; it should stop you too. This is where we are.
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I received a Christmas email from Amsterdam with the subject line “a message to pass on” and it stopped me in my tracks; it should stop you too. This is where we are.
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Getting a new phone for the holidays doesn’t mean giving up Signal message history. Restore old messages on a new phone using Signal Secure Backups or device-to-device transfer.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Backups and Device Transfers on Signal
Signal offers several secure options for backing up or transferring your messages, depending on your device and situation. Signal Secure Backups are an optional, secure backup solution that store y...
support.signal.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Getting a new phone for the holidays doesn’t mean giving up Signal message history. Restore old messages on a new phone using Signal Secure Backups or device-to-device transfer.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
When they came for the judges…
This is why we cannot and must not rely on US tech giants.
Amazon is among the worst but none of them is safe.
They are all instruments of the Trump regime.
Amazon is among the worst but none of them is safe.
They are all instruments of the Trump regime.
“Prost had been added to the United States’ sanctions list, because in 2020 she ruled to authorise an investigation into possible atrocities in Afghanistan [..] Amazon, obliged to implement the sanctions as a US company, had cancelled her account.” www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
When they came for the judges…
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The absurdity of UK policy gets much easier to understand when you remember that most policy suggestions are the outcome of a vendor's sales pitch.
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
UK to push for nudity-blocking software on devices to protect children
Home Office expected to encourage companies to introduce controls
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The absurdity of UK policy gets much easier to understand when you remember that most policy suggestions are the outcome of a vendor's sales pitch.
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
www.ft.com/content/0ef7...
Watching Rolling Thunder Revue on Netflix. I never paid much attention to Dylan, and now I know why. Flabbergasted by the personality cult around the guy (which the film makes uncannily palpable).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4g...
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese | Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Watching Rolling Thunder Revue on Netflix. I never paid much attention to Dylan, and now I know why. Flabbergasted by the personality cult around the guy (which the film makes uncannily palpable).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS4g...
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For those of you who are old enough to remember this was similar to how the Panama Papers were leaked (a free plugin with a compromised script).
Also @rmccue.io got it bang on the nose + www.altis-dxp.com/did-the-uk-b...
Also @rmccue.io got it bang on the nose + www.altis-dxp.com/did-the-uk-b...
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For those of you who are old enough to remember this was similar to how the Panama Papers were leaked (a free plugin with a compromised script).
Also @rmccue.io got it bang on the nose + www.altis-dxp.com/did-the-uk-b...
Also @rmccue.io got it bang on the nose + www.altis-dxp.com/did-the-uk-b...
Can’t find this site on the @wordpress.org showcase?
You can submit it here: wordpress.org/showcase/sub... (.org account required)
You can submit it here: wordpress.org/showcase/sub... (.org account required)
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Can’t find this site on the @wordpress.org showcase?
You can submit it here: wordpress.org/showcase/sub... (.org account required)
You can submit it here: wordpress.org/showcase/sub... (.org account required)
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Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
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Society tends to treat its artists like romanticized blood bags.
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
YouTube video by Emma Stone - Topic
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Society tends to treat its artists like romanticized blood bags.
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
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Can we have more of this web design please and thank you - www.nicchan.me
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Can we have more of this web design please and thank you - www.nicchan.me
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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So I blogged this, but you can't read it, because my site's been knocked offline, because the post is no 2 on HackerNews. Fucksake Heather, do you ever learn? No.
Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So I blogged this, but you can't read it, because my site's been knocked offline, because the post is no 2 on HackerNews. Fucksake Heather, do you ever learn? No.
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Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
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For those following this bill, the next step is that an all-male subcommittee will meet to discuss it on November 18. Can’t be having any women involved in discussions of their own bodily autonomy.
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
For those following this bill, the next step is that an all-male subcommittee will meet to discuss it on November 18. Can’t be having any women involved in discussions of their own bodily autonomy.
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
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The post-Winamp era of computing is straight up dogshit.
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The post-Winamp era of computing is straight up dogshit.
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Folks - if this 👆fires you up, take out a paid subscription to Jessica Valenti’s daily newsletter, where she documents the US’s war on reproductive health, including the online aspects which I’m watching like a hawk.
jessica.substack.com
jessica.substack.com
Abortion, Every Day | Jessica Valenti | Substack
All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community. Click to read Abortion, Every Day, a Substack publication.
jessica.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Folks - if this 👆fires you up, take out a paid subscription to Jessica Valenti’s daily newsletter, where she documents the US’s war on reproductive health, including the online aspects which I’m watching like a hawk.
jessica.substack.com
jessica.substack.com
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"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
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openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...
ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck
As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...
www.404media.co
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...