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Senior Software Engineer, classically trained concert pianist, and overall nerd.

Reject the pull of hype and rage cycles, protect your attention

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I believe in you

We are thankful this year for all of the youth advocates across the country who continue to speak up despite repeated attempts to silence and censor them. Young people have First Amendment rights too, and we love to see them put to good use! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-court-young-people-have-first-amendment-rights
EFF to Court: Young People Have First Amendment Rights

Requiring internet users to provide their ID or other proof of their age could block people from accessing lawful speech if they don’t have the right form of ID, the brief argues. And requiring users to identify themselves infringes on people’s right to be anonymous online.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
We are thankful for all our members and friends who take the time to contact their elected representatives through our action center. Lawmakers are more inclined to listen to us when they know their constituents care!
This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable
Previous aerogels didn't work on a scale that was large enough to matter.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/this-aerogel-and-some-sun-could-make-saltwater-drinkable/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Game store itch.io has "deindexed" adult content due to payment processor scrutiny

Just like Valve's Steam had issues recently with payment providers, game store itch.io are facing the same problems with certain types of adult content.

GamingOnLinux
Bend at the knee. Get fucked. Idiots.
Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/23/columbia-university-220m-trump-administration?CMP=share_btn_url
Columbia announces deal to pay Trump administration more than $220m

Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university’s governance structure

The Guardian

When did it become ok for a group of nanny white women from Australia to decide what everyone in the world can purchase or what games we can play?! As a woman I'm outraged at this infantalizing garbage!

#fckCollrctiveShout #collectiveshout #censorship #1984

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped. 

Isn’t it ironic that the most racist people are those who claim there’s no racism anymore?
Dems Expose Trump’s SECRET PAST at Hearing, GOP LOSES IT

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