In a just world, Elon Musk would die in prison. https://newrepublic.com/article/211936/elon-musk-race-war-belfast
“Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety”
Amnesty International exposed years of anti-#trans reporting at four UK newspapers. They ignored it. - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-06-17/amnesty-international-exposed-years-of-anti-trans-reporting-at-four-uk-newspapers-they-ignored-it "Research by human rights group identifies nearly 17,000 articles on trans-related topics in just five years"
The use of AI in asylum decision-making is likely unlawful.
These tools rewrite interviews, choosing what to include and exclude.
Without knowing this, asylum applicants can't be sure accurate information is used to inform decisions.
📺️ ORG's @sarahalsherif explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/fhDQ1ezbb79jedsHPTqe1X
#RefugeeWeek #courage #asylum #ai #migrants #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!
This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!
My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:
The Trump regime's vicious and blatantly political prosecutions are a total abuse of power. Example: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/minnesota-attorney-ice-protester-indictment
It's vital that potential jurors learn of their own power: to deny convictions, to serve justice to these victims of a lawless government.
"Dear customer portal team,
Your support chatbot is alienating and awful. The patronising simulation of human care, the self-reflexive "I" and "me", and the use of an AI-generated human face stereotyping young Asian women as tech-native and servile is a stain on your brand.
If you cannot budget for a human to take support requests, may I suggest significantly boosting customer morale by switching to a paperclip with dancing eyebrows. Other animated stationery products may work too."
Name them all.
“More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.”
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/
Mission Local is hiring a senior editor
Mission Local, a nonprofit news site, is looking to hire a senior editor....
https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/mission-local-is-hiring-a-senior-editor/
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa