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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Sep 2

"One cannot live and work in the midst of such pain and misery without absorbing some of the trauma. Katrina still haunts me," David Rae Morris writes.

Photojournalist Recalls Post-Katrina Gulf Coast, New Orleans

Photojournalist David Rae Morris writes that what he saw on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina haunts him to this day.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 25

It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.

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Frequency @frequency.xyz · Jul 2

What happens when digital identity, IP, and penguins collide? 📡 🐧 Sounds like an episode of Making Waves, featuring @sheilaw.bsky.social, Alex Poscente with special guest #PudgyPenguins CEO Luca Netz
⚡Watch live: July 2, 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET ⚡: www.youtube.com/live/g4pIvxW...

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shayspace @shayspace.bsky.social · Jun 27

'Cause when the F should we start being alarmed? When they on every street in the United States going door to door dragging folks out or...?

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · Jun 28

Places where your newborn children are (for now) automatic citizens of the United States:

CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, HI, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, RI, VT, WI, City of San Francisco

In every other state, the Republican Party has stolen birthright citizenship from your newborn children.

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Jun 27

The upshot of this decision, for now, seems to be exactly the crazy patchwork scenario we were warned about:

- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Jun 20

1/6 Happy Friday from Project Liberty! Here’s our Week in Review for June 13-20. The third TikTok ban-or-sale delay was the big news this week – but here are more headlines that caught our eye. Let’s dive in 👇

Promotional graphic for a new weekly feature from Project Liberty called Week in Review. It says: Follow us to see what we're reading in tech each week.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jun 7

We don't have secret police in America. At least we're not supposed to.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 7

The administration gets closer to using the military to crush civilian dissent. Expect deaths, disappearances, and lawless detentions.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 7

Tom Homan: We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 7

Let’s be very clear: Los Angeles is the perfect place for this to play out for the Trumpists. The Trumpists hate California and hate Los Angeles and a vast amount of their base feels the same — even the Trumpists here, who wallow in hating the place they live.
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 7

The administration gets closer to using the military to crush civilian dissent. Expect deaths, disappearances, and lawless detentions.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 7

Tom Homan: We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · May 23

Gen Z says go "touch grass," the Olds say "stop and smell the flowers." As you enjoy the long weekend and honor the brave individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, we hope you get to log off and connect with friends, family, neighbors, and flowers.

Photos of flowers were taken by a Project Liberty staff member during a drive from Carlsbad to San Diego last month.

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Frequency @frequency.xyz · Apr 24

Making Waves with Michael Casey &
@sheilaw.bsky.social: "Who Owns Your Voice in the Age of #AI?" - Catch the full talk!:

Making Waves with Michael Casey & Sheila Warren: "Who Owns Your Voice in the Age of AI?"

YouTube video by Frequency

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Apr 25

Got a minute? That's enough time for Project Liberty Institute CEO @sheilaw.bsky.social's Lightning Talk, which she gave at @thedrc.bsky.social's Decentralized Tech Summit earlier this month. In it, she lays out the role of policy in the push for decentralization. 📹 Watch full talk: bit.ly/3YfxgY2

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · Apr 3

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

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Sheila Warren @sheilaw.bsky.social · Mar 26

I’m honored to join Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral, for a conversation on Sunday, March 30th, 9:30-10:30 a.m. PT, to discuss Project Liberty’s vision for “The People’s Internet” and how we reimagine tech that is designed for the collective good.
gracecathedral.org/calendar-eve...

The Forum with Sheila Warren: Better Web, Better World (In-Person)

The internet is broken, and it’s urgent that we fix it. We can – and must – do more to safeguard the health and well-being of our children, our democracy,...

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Mar 21

@forbes.com published a thoughtful piece on why Project Liberty is leading the bid for U.S. TikTok and what differentiates us from other bidders.

Billionaire Frank McCourt Wants To Buy TikTok — And Use It To Fix The Internet

McCourt believes owning TikTok could spark a digital revolution. But can a social media app really shift power back into the hands of its users?

www.forbes.com

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Mar 8

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Mar 21

Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:

"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."

Jeremy and colleagues, Many deals I work on have concepts of conditional
notice. This is mine. Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment, which should include at minimum (i) signing on to the firm amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie in its litigation fighting the Trump administration's executive order against it, ii) committing to broad future representation, regardless of whether powerful people view it as adverse to them, (iii) refusal to cooperate with the EEOC's request for personal information of our colleagues clearly targeted at intimidating non-white employees, (iv) public refusal to fire or otherwise force out employees at the Trump administration's directive or implied directive and (v) public commitment to maintenance of affinity
groups and related initiatives. This is not what I saw for my career or for my evening, but Paul Weiss' decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEl, representation and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now or it is never, and if it is never, I will not
continue to work here.

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Sheila Warren @sheilaw.bsky.social · Mar 15

As hard as these times can be, weeks like this remind me what it's all about - grateful for the many inspiring convos I had 💫

Many of us have been doing the work quietly - but it's time we come together + are loud.

Tech will only be people-centered if and when we fund it, build it, + demand it.

Sheila Warren @sheilaw.bsky.social · Mar 13

Feeling energized after a great Confluence Philanthropy panel today.

Now, more than ever, we need to work together to shape critical technologies.

💡Key insight: It's not just about $. It's about being loud about equity + justice when you have a seat at the table, especially as an investor.

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Mar 4

Come party with us in Austin at #SXSW2025! Join @theonion.com, @bsky.app and @frequency.xyz on Saturday from 5-9 pm CT at the Outer Heaven Disco Club at 1808 E. 12th St. in Austin! RSVP required: goodpartyforbadtimes.splashthat.com

Promotional image for a SXSW party called Good Party for BAD TIMES on March 8th from 5-9 pm put on by the Onion, Project Liberty and Bluesky.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · Mar 1

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.

A thread about 18F:

Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · Mar 1

18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 22

You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.

I did too. I did too.

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Sheila Warren @sheilaw.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Frequency @frequency.xyz · Feb 27

🔗 Learn about the collaboration with Frequency + @freeourfeeds.com to build an AT Protocol event & repository backup system—anchored on & discoverable using Frequency.

(via ✏️ @wesbiggs.bsky.social with the deep dive!)

@atproto.com @jay.bsky.team
@bnewbold.net @audreyt.org @sheilaw.bsky.social

Exploring the AT Protocol over Frequency (Part 1)

By Wes Biggs, architect at Project Liberty

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Project Liberty @projectliberty.io · Feb 27

Project Liberty Labs, our technology development arm that created Frequency, has been quietly working to execute on bringing Voice, Choice, and Stake to everyone. This partnership with @bsky.app paves the way for a future where users—not platforms—are in control.

Frequency @frequency.xyz · Feb 27

1/ Today we're announcing new services that ensures @bsky.app Bluesky's AT Protocol data can stay public using Frequency. 🧵⬇️

🔗 www.prnewswire.com/news-release... @atproto.com @jay.bsky.team @bnewbold.net @audreyt.org

Who Owns the Future of Social Media? A giant leap to decentralize core components of Bluesky's AT Protocol ecosystem

/PRNewswire/ -- Project Liberty and Free Our Feeds are taking a decisive step toward reshaping the digital landscape by securing the long-term decentralization...

www.prnewswire.com

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