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Tessa Kohl Jun 6, 2023

Evan Greer 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 1, 2023

Happy Pride y'all. Our queer and trans history has so often been stolen from us, erased, & distorted. A while back I made a music video that gives a bit of a punk rock history lesson on the Compton's Cafeteria Riot and Stonewall. Give it a share today? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/transgender-day-visibility-evan-greer-music-video-1149169/

Evan Greer Drops 'Tyranny of Either/Or'

Artist/activist’s new music video is a pop-punk celebration of activists like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson

Rolling Stone

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Tessa Kohl May 25, 2023

there were 5 covid tests in the same size box that in the U.S. only contains 2 tests?? it’s been said but is worth repeating: we’re all getting scammed

Tessa Kohl May 25, 2023

I’m in Toronto for work right now and my throat was hurting so I walked to a pharmacy to get a covid test and they just had a pile of them for free at the very front of the store?!? as in, you can just grab some and leave!?! Intellectually, I am not surprised by this but having experienced it firsthand as an American was surprisingly overwhelming.

Tessa Kohl Apr 14, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅Apr 13, 2023

So for over a week now Elon Musk's circle of friends have been going on and on insisting that Bob Lee's killer was obviously an unhoused individual and blaming the city for not jailing more people.

Now, it turns out that the guy who killed him was another tech exec who knew him, and they were originally in a car together.

https://missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob-lee-killing-arrest-made-san-francisco/

Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec’s alleged killer also worked in tech

Mission Local is told that San Francisco police this morning arrested a suspect, Nima Momeni, in the April 4 killing of tech exec Bob Lee.

Mission Local

Tessa Kohl Apr 14, 2023

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ᔅᑕᕐᐗᓪ Apr 13, 2023

I just wanna look at cool rocks but instead I gotta be mad about the evil trying to destroy us

Tessa Kohl Apr 14, 2023

DAIR Apr 13, 2023

Did you miss #StochasticParrotsDay? You can now find the recordings here.
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/p/5k7JempgUbCAcpTjUZPuKQ

Stochastic Parrots Day 2023

PeerTube

Tessa Kohl Apr 14, 2023

Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦Apr 13, 2023

I'm very pleased to see that @bitwarden has rectified a security issue I reported to them in an upcoming release. Password managers should not fill in password forms for sites that use HTTPS when the site being filled is HTTP. I reported this bug to a few companies, but I have not seen any action on this problem from any other than BitWarden. Apple doesn't apparently even think it is a problem... For more details on my research see https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2021/11/22/password-managers-can-make-your-network-more-secure-but-mind-the-gaps/ #InfoSec

Password managers can make your network more secure – but mind the gaps

By acting as a phishing victim and their attacker, we put eight password managers to the test

Sophos News

Tessa Kohl Mar 28, 2023

Damon Kiesow Mar 23, 2023

New proposed FTC rule: for any recurring subscription you must be able to cancel via the same channel and number of steps as the initial purchase. Fantastic.

Tessa Kohl Mar 15, 2023

Carlos Cámara-Menoyo Mar 14, 2023

#Help wanted: Could you please fill in and circulate (#retoot #reblog ) the following survey on #Mastodon and #fediverse ?

https://warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RnoyxctZUsWhWS?Source=Mastodon

This survey is part of a #research project led by @__nate__ and me and it is aimed at understanding the reasons that motivated people to using Mastodon, their expectations in doing so and their current experience using it.

Understanding Mastodon motivations expectation and experiences

This study enquires about the motivations, expectations and experiences of using Mastodon, which will lead to a research agenda.

Tessa Kohl Mar 9, 2023

Dell Cameron 🐈‍⬛Mar 9, 2023

My latest at WIRED: Today the FBI admitted to buying cellphone location data that US companies claimed was gathered to personalize online ads -- data the bureau would've otherwise required a warrant to obtain

Dir. Wray says it was purchased for a classified pilot program "some time" ago

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-purchase-location-data-wray-senate/

The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data

Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data—a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply problematic.

WIRED