Mastodawn

I'm frequently unsure that I can handle witnessing the trauma of the violence inflicted by the US both within and outside of its borders. I don't know how we all push through it. My work still feels important and luckily aligned with or outright fighting this, but it's not enough.

It's traumatizing me and I'm not even directly targeted any of it (well besides the violence directed towards trans people I guess.) It's impossible for me to fully understand the trauma that directly targeted people are living through.

(This post inspired by watching https://www.ktvu.com/news/ice-agents-arrest-crying-woman-sfo -- I don't even know what a content warning would be. Violence? Injustice? Inhumanity)

ICE agents arrest woman at SFO, bystanders capture on video

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted an enforcement operation inside San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, arresting a woman in the secure area of Terminal 3, airport officials said.

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

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Jack Aponte Mar 2

I'm planning to check out Confer (https://confer.to/) and Lumo (https://lumo.proton.me/) instead. (Though I know that avoiding #AI altogether is more consistent with my political beliefs.)

Confer

Confer - Private AI

Jack Aponte Mar 2

Sam Altman had me at "Department of War." #ChatGPT subscription canceled.

Jack Aponte Feb 10

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Gaba 🍉Jan 29

@jackaponte the work that Horizontal is doing with https://shira.app/ is so important, and I think it should be something orgs should do on a regular basis to improve their understanding of how phishing is evolving.

Shira

Shira builds your team's ability to identify and defeat phishing attacks.

Jack Aponte Jan 29

Journalists and activists have recently experienced #phishing attempts via #Signal. But it's not a technical flaw in Signal; it's plain old social engineering, just via a new channel.

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/phishing-attack-numerous-journalists-targeted-in-attack-via-signal-messenger/

Phishing attack: Numerous journalists targeted in attack via Signal Messenger

In a phishing attack, unknown actors are apparently attempting to gain access to accounts of journalists and activists on the Signal messaging service. We explain how the attack works and how you can protect yourself against it.

netzpolitik.org

Jack Aponte Jan 19

So #Trump has made one presidential statement today, #MLKDay... about college football.