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@katerosebee.bsky.social

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(she/her) digital security for movements with Digital Defense Fund, building a research and community space in the PNW, horror weirdo.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · Nov 26

Now is as good a time to remind everyone that we at Digital Defense Fund released an Abortion Privacy Guide with the top 3 actions that can have the greatest impact on reducing risk, even after an abortion is over.
Link to print and fold version in next tweet.

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404 Media @404media.co · 3h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 1h

I'm so glad to hear this! Thank you for being bold and asking.

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

Here's a Canva template for a Signal flyer to give out during your mini workshop. Feel free to make it your own! www.canva.com/design/DAGmP...

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

Were that I had the money I would buy anyone a coffee and a breakfast sandwich who hosted a digisec study hall for liberal normies at their fav local cafe.
At every local meeting these old retired ladies say they're excited to get arrested (again!) since they're now empty nesters, please help them.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

If you'd like to do The Lord's Work, find your local Indivisible Chapter and offer to give them a tiny 20 min workshop on why use Signal instead of texting and then help them install it. Did this the other night and I'm hosting a "study hall" at a cafe on Friday where people can drop in for help.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4h

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 3h

Social media is very effective at creating sin-eaters. A sin-eater is different from an ephemeral main-character. It's a recurring "well would you look at that guy" person you see screenshotted on your feed constantly, who is meant to stand in for the evils of some larger group you dislike

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

I'm sure this is just a sign what we are doing is working, holding neighbor meetings and airing out what happens to families in secret, fighting the isolation.
And when this org's supporters have this moment of horrible dissonance they are still thinking about it, just need time to process I guess.

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

But yeah I had this sad interaction yesterday with a former employee where I tried to show her notes from our resident meetings to peel back the curtain on what her ex-employer's legal team has been doing to neighbors. She freaked out and told me she was bailing out of the conversation. Okay???

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

IMO it's because they have 2 guys who have been there for 20-30 years who suck, and I'm sure the rest of the org is scared to touch whatever is going on there. This happens all the time in legacy repro orgs, why is it so hard to believe the same thing happens in environmental nonprofits?

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

It's not normal for a local conservation/land trust group to spend like a third of its budget legally threatening local people. Several times now I have watched a donor or former employee who had no idea they do this go through all stages of grief in front of me, denial anger bargaining etc.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

We have a local nature org that mostly does fine things, conservancy, repairing trails etc. But they have a nasty legal arm menacing families here, and if you bring up a case in front of one of their fans they have a panic attack and then run away from the conversation, sometimes literally.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 3h

Being in abortion this long, I have forgotten that people in other movements are perhaps more fragile to the "big legacy org whose mission you broadly support also still does this outdated problematic thing bc leadership is old" dynamic. They really panic at the slightest bit of criticism, sheesh.

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

A screenshot of a video of Noem praying at a conference table with other people wearing suits. Fast food bags and water bottles sit on the table.

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 1d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

It can contain a number of different things: warm clothing (socks, gloves, hats, blankets), personal hygiene items (wipes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap), non-perishable food and water, and those disposable hand warmers. People use gallon ziplocs to put in but spare tote bags are great.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

Over time I’d like to save up enough money to get some custom
spider hardware details on the house, like wrought iron webs on the gutters or lamps or elsewhere. What I wouldn’t do for something like this door!

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

Starting off with Together 👀

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

Home alone and spending tonight tucking into the stack of body horror movies I’ve been saving for the occasion.

Small white dog wearing a white hoodie tucked into bed like a person. He looks cozy!

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

You might not know this, but the PNW has so many spiders! The Black Widow is the only one dangerous to humans; it’s both comparatively rare and easy to identify.
So spiders are friends. I joke that our front hallway is a spider sanctuary. Few flies make it all the way into our house thanks to them.

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

I know more “spirited” disagreements between groups of my peers are coming.
It’s because I’m pretty sure my “what % chance will it happen in our lifetimes” bet is different than most people’s that, in the interim, I’m really sticking to my commitment to understanding and advancing human rights.

Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 2d

No matter how near or far away you think it is, possible or impossible, any discussion you want to have about AI personhood or any goals you have are advanced by focusing foremost on the pressing issues for people currently and historically denied their personhood.

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