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UXer + Educator + Author + Photographer. Australian + American. UX: thisistechnique.com. Teach: SVA. Author: Design for Privacy (Rosenfeld Media). Interests: UX, digital/human rights, immigration, journalism, misinformation, privacy by design. Brooklyn.

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There is a legal provision in immigration law that someone married to a US citizen can stay in the US while there visa is pending. Immigration officials have long recognized it to allow residency during the wait time. The DHS has just stopped following this part of the law.

07.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 3663 πŸ” 1385 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 33

"The data labelers in Kenya described seeing footage of people naked, watching porn, and talking about crimes and protests. Faces are often blurred, the story said, but sometimes are visible, depending on the lighting."

07.03.2026 05:53 πŸ‘ 227 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Well, I will not be buying Meta glasses.

"You think that if they knew about the extent of the data collection, no one would dare to use the glasses”.

07.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grammarly is using our identities without permission Grammarly’s AI stole my boss’s identity.

I didn’t have this on my identity bingo card (and i thought I had everything on there)

07.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt is an uncomfortable truth for tech giants: the AI revolution is to a large extent built on labor in low-income countries.”

07.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dehumanizing stuff that confirms that our elected officials know zip about Iran and its history and complexity, too.

07.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSeveral describe video material showing bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments.”

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

β€œThe workers in Kenya say that it feels uncomfortable to go to work. They tell us about deeply private video clips, which appear to come straight out of Western homes, from people who use the glasses in their everyday lives.”

www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/met...

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 7

Agents trained to lie all the time assume everyone is lying all the time.

07.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: β€˜They didn’t care’ Juanita Avila later helped expose ICE’s β€˜arrest first, justify later’ tactics in a lawsuit that won a major victory for immigrants’ rights

NEW: ICE tackled + arrested Juanita Avila, an Oregon shop owner who is a legal permanent resident and had her green card in her pocket.

When she asked through sobs why they didn't believe her, one masked agent replied: β€œBecause they lie all the time.”

Video + interview with her and her daughter:

06.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1292 πŸ” 690 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 29

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Also key to understanding their disdain and even vilification for empathy

07.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I definitely want to hear more deep thoughts from the guy who claimed Elon Musk's purchase of twitter would "extend the light of consciousness"

06.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 2554 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 24

Her pose and demeanor always screams β€œwaiting to tell the next brazen lie with a smirk on my face that says β€˜What are you going to do about it?’”

06.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 2734 πŸ” 658 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 45
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Book Talk: Design for Privacy by Robert Stribley Join us in the ixD studio for a reading and conversation with Robert Stribley, author of DESIGN FOR PRIVACY.

If you'd like to learn more about privacy by design, SVA is hosting a talk for my book Design for Privacy on Wednesday, March 25th from 4-5:30pm. This event is free, tho there's also a ticket you can buy to get a copy of the book. With snacks and drinks, too. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

06.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some context for folks who may not have it: I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian community and it was split between 2 beliefs. Either 1) they believed that Jewish people were really Christians or 2) they were heathens who need to get saved. Both of those beliefs seem profoundly anti-Jewish to me.

06.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

05.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 2443 πŸ” 1399 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 341

I may or may not be the world’s first trillionaire by the end of the day.

06.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of β€œshould our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but β€œto what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 467 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 48

So many more roles for her to cosplay now.

06.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kinda sad we live in a time here when a legitimate question is β€œWhich white male politician with a nazi tattoo?”

06.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of two beer cans: one from Great Notion called Sticks & Stones has art depicting the Grim Reaper on a boat with skeletons clawing at the hull, and the other from Grains of Wrath has a skull against a post-apocalyptic cityscape and is called Dystopia

Photo of two beer cans: one from Great Notion called Sticks & Stones has art depicting the Grim Reaper on a boat with skeletons clawing at the hull, and the other from Grains of Wrath has a skull against a post-apocalyptic cityscape and is called Dystopia

Noting that even my beer selections tend towards the apocalyptic these days.

06.03.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

imagine being a history buff and getting this random tattoo on your chest that you look at every day in the mirror and then when you watch history documentaries for the next 20 years you never notice that all the nazi uniforms had your chest tattoo on their hats?

06.03.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 1482 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 19

Nothing compels me to flip so much as a dime at these companies to pay for the use of their products.

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what an inspiration, a true guiding light, an aegis against attack and a lantern against the darkness, wow

06.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 332 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.

06.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1948 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 13
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 12221 πŸ” 7387 πŸ’¬ 290 πŸ“Œ 337

I agree but, sadly, having been brought up in a far-right Christian fundamentalist environment, I can confirm that a statement like this tracks completely with their beliefs.

They typically either believe that Jews are honorary Christians or must become Christians.

06.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Haitian man who had been living in Mass. dies in ICE custody after untreated toothache U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren as well as U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent a letter on Thursday to the Trump administration demanding "a full investigation" into the man's death.

A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said.

05.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Can the public fire Stephen Miller next?

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0