sister_sam
@privacy-nut.bsky.social
Struggling radical optimist. Expert privacy nut. Voluntaryist, non-binary trans woman, transhumanist (extropian). "somewhere on the spectrum" ..
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What a soul destroying level of monster to have in the face of Americans and especially at Christmas!
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
What a soul destroying level of monster to have in the face of Americans and especially at Christmas!
It had better end. It is quite evil to use surveillance state data to try to decide who has enough to not mind paying more for the same item or who is likely to not notice.
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Instacart Ends a Program Where Users Could See Different Prices for the Same Item at the Same Store
NEW YORK (AP) — Instacart said Monday that it’s ending a program where some customers saw different prices for the same product ordered at the same time from the same store when using the delivery com...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It had better end. It is quite evil to use surveillance state data to try to decide who has enough to not mind paying more for the same item or who is likely to not notice.
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The thing consumer made drones are going to somehow "spy" more than the data already available to whomever wants it and send it thousand of miles? This about keeping tech away from the people, not "security".
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FCC blacklists foreign-made drones over security, spying concerns
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned new foreign-made drones from being sold in the U.S. on Monday, citing national security concerns.
ground.news
December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The thing consumer made drones are going to somehow "spy" more than the data already available to whomever wants it and send it thousand of miles? This about keeping tech away from the people, not "security".
ground.news/article/fcc-...
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Much evil in Trump's administration as control over media becomes consolidated among his loyalists.
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The 60 Minutes Segment That Was Pulled by Bari Weiss Leaked Online
Thanks to a Canadian TV app.
www.vulture.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Much evil in Trump's administration as control over media becomes consolidated among his loyalists.
www.vulture.com/article/cbs-...
www.vulture.com/article/cbs-...
Unbelievable. Same language as "justifying" the invasion of Iraq that Iran is somehow a direct danger to the US. And of course throw in that they are a clear danger to Israel.
thoughhttps://ground.news/article/huckabee-iran-didnt-get-the-full-message-when-us-bombed-its-nuclear-sites_9d4172
thoughhttps://ground.news/article/huckabee-iran-didnt-get-the-full-message-when-us-bombed-its-nuclear-sites_9d4172
Huckabee: Iran ‘didn’t get the full message’ when US bombed its nuclear sites
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned Monday that Iran “didn’t get the full message” following Washington’s strikes on the country’s nuclear sites during the Israel-Iran war in June.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Unbelievable. Same language as "justifying" the invasion of Iraq that Iran is somehow a direct danger to the US. And of course throw in that they are a clear danger to Israel.
thoughhttps://ground.news/article/huckabee-iran-didnt-get-the-full-message-when-us-bombed-its-nuclear-sites_9d4172
thoughhttps://ground.news/article/huckabee-iran-didnt-get-the-full-message-when-us-bombed-its-nuclear-sites_9d4172
How long are we in the US going to get this double-sided bullshit that any harms are from Biden and that there will be a chicken in every pot from Trump someday. Nay, there are multiple chickens in every pot right now but Biden gave us the "woke mind virus" that keeps us from experiencing it.
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
How long are we in the US going to get this double-sided bullshit that any harms are from Biden and that there will be a chicken in every pot from Trump someday. Nay, there are multiple chickens in every pot right now but Biden gave us the "woke mind virus" that keeps us from experiencing it.
That was the goal from day one. Reading Project 2025 says so. Lots of Trump stump speeches saying he was going to come after trans folks fast and furious. Project 2025 says they are after all of LGBTQIA+. People pretend they don't mean it.
There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
That was the goal from day one. Reading Project 2025 says so. Lots of Trump stump speeches saying he was going to come after trans folks fast and furious. Project 2025 says they are after all of LGBTQIA+. People pretend they don't mean it.
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These are the options to verify my age on BlueSky. I will not be versioning manage via any of these methods, because firstly. I don’t want my facial data collected. Secondly I don’t use Stripe and thirdly, I won’t be giving my license ID to an American company. That’s ridiculous in this Trump era.
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
These are the options to verify my age on BlueSky. I will not be versioning manage via any of these methods, because firstly. I don’t want my facial data collected. Secondly I don’t use Stripe and thirdly, I won’t be giving my license ID to an American company. That’s ridiculous in this Trump era.
When I want background noise sometimes I stream old show series. Lately it in X-Files. In current episode chess prodigy is claimed by Mueller to be "fake" as he reads opponent's mind. Knowing what opponent is attempting doesn't help you counter it if you know chess at all nor help you on offense.
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
When I want background noise sometimes I stream old show series. Lately it in X-Files. In current episode chess prodigy is claimed by Mueller to be "fake" as he reads opponent's mind. Knowing what opponent is attempting doesn't help you counter it if you know chess at all nor help you on offense.
Sometimes I can take the transphobes and even those that deny our existence. Sometimes it is just too much even 34 years after transition. Maybe it is having grown up with psychological and emotional abuse. But at some point I am battered down. Can only imagine what it does to those just starting.
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Sometimes I can take the transphobes and even those that deny our existence. Sometimes it is just too much even 34 years after transition. Maybe it is having grown up with psychological and emotional abuse. But at some point I am battered down. Can only imagine what it does to those just starting.
I am done with the toxic addiction creating dump that is X. I cannot and will not subject myself to so much hate and outrage baiting just to and make buck for Elon. Seeing almost every reply on Sarah McBride mentioning trans day of remembrance filled with hate and denial was the last straw.
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I am done with the toxic addiction creating dump that is X. I cannot and will not subject myself to so much hate and outrage baiting just to and make buck for Elon. Seeing almost every reply on Sarah McBride mentioning trans day of remembrance filled with hate and denial was the last straw.
Dang. Why didn't I think of that?
Hold up
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Dang. Why didn't I think of that?
Oh,my! In a David Mack Star Trek fanfic book the bar on the Entreprise is called "Happy Bottom Riding Club". Before I figured oit my gender stuff I spent enough time on Castro and Folsom in San Francisco to have quite different associations with any bar with such a name. Is it just me? :)
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Oh,my! In a David Mack Star Trek fanfic book the bar on the Entreprise is called "Happy Bottom Riding Club". Before I figured oit my gender stuff I spent enough time on Castro and Folsom in San Francisco to have quite different associations with any bar with such a name. Is it just me? :)
Perhaps my previous post on the extent of the privacy problem makes it seem hopeless to regain and keep it.
Here are a few of the ways we can fight back.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
Here are a few of the ways we can fight back.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
What Can Be Done?
What can be done and how difficult is it?
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November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Perhaps my previous post on the extent of the privacy problem makes it seem hopeless to regain and keep it.
Here are a few of the ways we can fight back.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
Here are a few of the ways we can fight back.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
What is the extent of the privacy problem today?
Many are not aware or do not thing about how deep the surveillance of everyone and the subsequent loss of privacy really is.
See this article to learn the extent to which we have lost privacy.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
Many are not aware or do not thing about how deep the surveillance of everyone and the subsequent loss of privacy really is.
See this article to learn the extent to which we have lost privacy.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
Extent of the Privacy Problem
The Default Situation
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What is the extent of the privacy problem today?
Many are not aware or do not thing about how deep the surveillance of everyone and the subsequent loss of privacy really is.
See this article to learn the extent to which we have lost privacy.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
Many are not aware or do not thing about how deep the surveillance of everyone and the subsequent loss of privacy really is.
See this article to learn the extent to which we have lost privacy.
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
I Might Draw Unwelcome Attention
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
open.substack.com/pub/privacyp...
I Might Draw Unwelcome Attention
A common objection is the fear that practicing privacy more seriously will make you stand out and draw more attention from various spook agencies.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I Might Draw Unwelcome Attention
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I am delighted if Trump and minions deny there is anything wrong. They will be less able to stop the comeuppance bearing down upon them if they have their heads up their ass admiring the smell of their own flatulence.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I am delighted if Trump and minions deny there is anything wrong. They will be less able to stop the comeuppance bearing down upon them if they have their heads up their ass admiring the smell of their own flatulence.
I disagree that making point that being trans is not a choice is somehow weak or saying it is so horrible no one will choose it. Point is what you gender is including not what you are assigned is part of who you are, not some arbitrary choice. Generally attack on baked in stuff is not cool at all.
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I disagree that making point that being trans is not a choice is somehow weak or saying it is so horrible no one will choose it. Point is what you gender is including not what you are assigned is part of who you are, not some arbitrary choice. Generally attack on baked in stuff is not cool at all.
So they are purportedly ending the shutdown with the offer of bring back the laid off federal workers. Thing is that by law all furloughs due to government shutdown are temporary and full back pay is required. So the Republicans are giving nothing except a vague promise to revisit ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
So they are purportedly ending the shutdown with the offer of bring back the laid off federal workers. Thing is that by law all furloughs due to government shutdown are temporary and full back pay is required. So the Republicans are giving nothing except a vague promise to revisit ACA cuts.
Absolutely net as real. Human rights are based in the objective nature of human beings. God is based in nothing at all but impossible set of superlatives and wishful thinking.
God is just as real as human rights. What gives either of them any justification to exist, what is their ontology?
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Absolutely net as real. Human rights are based in the objective nature of human beings. God is based in nothing at all but impossible set of superlatives and wishful thinking.
If it was economically viable you wouldn't have to do it by initiating government force.
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If it was economically viable you wouldn't have to do it by initiating government force.
Trump wants to give Argentina $40 billion and buy Argentina beef. What of US under shutdown? He wants to take money away from American people and ruin American beef production to save poor Argentina.
Some days Atlas Shrugged is too optimistic. Some days Idiocracy is too optimistic.
Some days Atlas Shrugged is too optimistic. Some days Idiocracy is too optimistic.
October 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump wants to give Argentina $40 billion and buy Argentina beef. What of US under shutdown? He wants to take money away from American people and ruin American beef production to save poor Argentina.
Some days Atlas Shrugged is too optimistic. Some days Idiocracy is too optimistic.
Some days Atlas Shrugged is too optimistic. Some days Idiocracy is too optimistic.