Dave Bartel

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Canadian. Cyclist. SysAdmin. Liberal Christian. Social democrat. He/him. BLM. Trans rights are human rights. Fan of privacy, infosec, cats, World of Warcraft, etc.
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If anyone I know here is interested in a Bluesky invite to try it out, please let me know. I have 1 available at the moment.

On Sunday I experienced the perfect antidote to the resurgent Trump and Trumpism.

I met with Tennessee Representative Justin Jones.

I came away from our discussion profoundly optimistic about the future. I hope you'll enjoy our conversation. https://t.co/M6GRgM5nnW https://t.co/ehSQVrfMfP

Meeting Justin Jones

Listen now (4 min) | Passing the baton

Robert Reich

hey cis people

shit's really ramping up with this whole trans genocide

you're gonna start seeing a lot of posts where trans people are trying to crowdfund an escape from one of the places where they're actively being genocided

if you're wondering what can you do to materially help trans people survive the arriving shitstorm... BOOST THESE POSTS

your boost could be the one that makes a difference and puts it in front of the right person to donate

Something has gone terribly wrong when Fox News can claim a tax write-off for its $787M defamation settlement, yet school teachers only get a measly $300 deduction for buying their own supplies.
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform

Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API.

Mashable

In a conversation on reddit today someone asked if other languages have phrases like "rightie tightie, leftie loosie" to remember which way to turn screws/lids/etc. And one person answers that in Spanish, the phrase is:

"La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera."

or:

"The right oppresses, the left liberates."

(Now I kind of want to put this on a t shirt)

Twitter severing API access will make it harder for researchers to track viral BS, foreign influence campaigns and other bad things Elon Musk has claimed in the past to care about

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/03/twitter-curbs-researcher-access-sparking-backlash-washington/ @cqz

Twitter curbs researcher access, sparking backlash in Washington

The company is ending free access to a key research tool.

The Washington Post
Here is Runa Sandvik with your regular reminder that people are being prosecuted for their pregnancy outcomes with their digital communications as evidence: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/digital-data-roe-wade-reproductive-privacy/
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Sharing this "Filming Protests and Demonstrations in the U.S." tip sheet by Witness just in case. Stay safe everyone!

https://library.witness.org/product/filming-protests-and-demonstrations-in-the-u-s/

#TyreNichols #BlackLivesMatter #DefundThePolice #BlackMastodon

Filming Protests and Demonstrations in the U.S. - Library

This tip sheet is for activists, journalists, filmmakers and others who are filming and conducting interviews at protests and demonstrations in the U.S. for human rights documentation and advocacy. These tips will assist you in ensuring that you film safely and use your footage ethically....

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