Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site:
Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to.

Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected.

And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this.

If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them.

💥Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue,
especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm _source="

"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.

“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"
#farmworkers #food #farming #immigration #workers #labor #California #HumanRights
https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday

An 82 year old with a valid green card has been disappeared to Guatamala.

Luis Leon came to the US in 1987.

He sought asylum from political persecution in Chile.

He’s been in the US almost 40 years.

He lost his wallet (and green card) in June & when he went to replace it he was disappeared by ICE

What followed for his family is the stuff of nightmares.

They couldn’t find him. Couldn’t talk to him. Couldn’t get him a lawyer.

This was a senior citizen who did absolutely nothing wrong.

Who hasn’t lost their wallet at some point?

On July 9th the family were informed he had died.

They were consumed with grief and still had no information about what happened to him.

Mercifully it turns out that information was a mistake, and Leon was instead being held in Guatemala.

Why Guatemala? No one knows.

Was it a mistake? Was it punishment?

This is what happens when you move fast and break things.

Someone who was granted political asylum should never have to fear being deported to a foreign country. This shouldn’t even need to be said.

He has multiple health issues and his current condition is unknown.

Family is flying to Guatemala to see him

This should never happen. People need to keep speaking out.

Leon did everything the “right” way and still got disappeared.

The cruelty seems to be the point

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-deported-grandpa-green-card-b2792290.html

#uspol #fascism #ice #abolishice #guatemala #immigration

I wrote some weekend words on why you should think twice before allowing AI access to your email, calendar, or any other personal data. This may seem obvious to some, but perhaps not to others: the privacy and security risks just aren't worth it.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/for-privacy-and-security-think-twice-before-granting-ai-access-to-your-personal-data/

Edwin Feulner, founder of the poisonous The Heritage Foundation finally dead at age 83

He was one of the most influential conservatives in America ever and has unleashed so much horror and misery on the American people, Asia and the world as a whole since 1973

May he rot in hell and misery come to all who praise or mourn him #USPol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Feulner?wprov=sfla1

CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert's Show 3 Days After He Calls Out Paramount for Trump Lawsuit
https://www.jezebel.com/auto-draft-117?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Experts @the-experts-Jezebel

If you haven’t been watching Colbert, you can’t imagine how focused and funny and unrelenting he has been in exposing Trump’s criminality, night after night. He has kept me sane. He has done the job the mainstream press has abdicated. He has spoken the truth.

No wonder the axe is falling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20n4q0q9zqo

#Colbert

Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.

We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/stephen-colbert-cancelled-cbs-trump-paramount/