Phillip Jeffries

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I’m not going to talk about Judy. In fact we’re not going to talk about Judy at all, we're gonna keep her out of it!
Location#8 the Dutchman's

The European mind cannot comprehend this:

“The University of California just announced a list of military weaponry it wants in order to escalate its warfare on its students:
3000 rounds of pepper munitions
500 rounds of 40mm impact munitions
12 drones
9 grenade launchers

Read the full list here: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/sept24/c1.pdf

While a device’s mobile ad ID is technically an anonymous piece of information, it is easy to cross reference other data points to determine the owner, EFF’s Beryl Lipton warned the @TexasObserver. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/
Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech

DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.”

The Texas Observer
I love the idea of voice notes and hearing a friends inflections when they talk. Yet in the back of my mind I wonder how or when this may be used to impersonate me or them with AI? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/20/voice-memos-everywhere/
Burned out on screens, people are sending lengthy voice notes instead

Voice notes are a way to look away from screens and say what’s really on your mind, without interruptions.

Washington Post
Today is a first step into a strange new world of Mastodon #new #startingpoint