If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
Join us for the AI Openness & Equity Forum 🤝 A space for policy practitioners, researchers & advocates to explore how AI policy can center justice, accountability & the public interest. Online, 14 Oct, 15–17h CET. Info & how to join: aspirationtech.org/blog/join_ou...
Smiling Alaa seated with his arm around his sister Sanaa
Smiling Alaa standing with his arm around his mother Laila
Below are photos of Alaa Abdel Fattah free and at home with his sister, Sanaa, and mother, Laila.
It’s wonderful to see his beautiful smile again!
(Photos via his sister, Mona, on X)
#FreeAlaa
Brandi was one of the greats and we will miss her dearly. www.freepress.net/blog/remembe...
We've lost an icon. #RIP Brandi Collins-Dexter uccmediajustice.org/brandi-colli... thank you for all you did. #MediaJustice #RIP
Check it out. I just published TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool micahflee.com/telemessage-...
Throughout May, help strengthen Tor's independence from profit-driven influence. 💜
We're aiming to raise $75,000 to keep building the tools that protect your privacy and help millions access the open internet. 😤✊
#PrivacyIsPossible
torproject.org/donate/donat...
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
Farewell dearest Lunar. You were integrity incarnate, our inspiration, ally, role model and a true visionary. Your spirit will be with us always <3 lunar.anargeek.net
Welcome www.flipcause.com to our list of #CluelessVendors who illegally spam nonprofits like us with garbage. We heartily recommend everyone boycott nonprofit vendors who scrape nonprofit sites to bulk email every address on those sites. #BadBusiness #BoycottFlipcause #SalesforceSucks
We're hiring a Digital Security Trainer to help facilitate security trainings with journalists, write educational materials, and more.
New York-based applicants are encouraged to apply but strong U.S.-based remote candidates will also be considered.
SustainOSS is in a strategic planning phase, and we want to understand the current needs and challenges across our community. We want to make sure our events and programming truly meet the open source community's needs. Help us by answering a few questions!
Short survey: airtable.com/appMC6RHRAE8...
Gray Area Festival 10 is next week! Full lineup and schedule for this year’s talks, performances, and workshops: grayareafestival.io
Please join us for the first-ever Open Boards Summit, which will take place online on Thursday October 24th, 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00 UTC openboardssummit.org And thank you for helping spread the word!
Spectrum Transformation Services is an inspiring youth education project in Uganda, and this physical infrastructure fundraiser is so vital to their success. Please join us in supporting!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa... Org web site: www.stsedutech.org
Registration is open for Aspiration's 2024 Dev Summit, our annual event where we talk less about tech and more about building movement power, strategy and solidarity. Please join us 20-22 November in Oakland California USA, and check out our pre-events too! aspirationtech.org/events/devsu... #npdev
Another wonderful reflection from the amazing juliaangwin.com, shouting out our fine friends openstreetmap.org www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/o... Support OSM! supporting.openstreetmap.org
Wonderful insightful piece from Aspiration Board Member Steve Wright on AI and Artificial Experience conches.substack.com/p/artificial...
If Nova PBS’ #SecretsInYourData got you thinking about your privacy online, check out this panel discussion with EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social, @brewster.kahle.org, Patrick Jackson, and Dr. Alok Patel, held last week at the Computer History Museum.
Thank you @Cloud68@fosstodon.org, represent: cloud68.co/blog/how-you...
Join us for our next Capacity Builders Convergence, "What is your capacity building strategy?", Tuesday, March 12th from 15.00 to 16.30 UTC aspirationtech.org/events/capac... #capacitycon
“You're the human equivalent of a Tesla on autopilot: you think you're going places, but you're just a danger to everyone around you.”
anyone whose ever made a joke about a Tesla exploding, this is our moment. we trained an AI to violate asimov’s laws.
Aspiration Dev Summit Virtual Ephemeral Session is this Thursday. Join us for lots of peer skill and knowledge sharing! aspirationtech.org/events/devsu... #npdev
Northeastern is hiring faculty in democracy and tech. Deadline is rolling. You can apply either through Social Sciences or Computer Science but all hires are multidisciplinary. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
#DemocracyandTechnology
#DigitalCivics
It's on! Registration is open for Aspiration's 2023 Dev Summit, November 15-17 in Oakland CA US: https://aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit23 This is our 20th anniversary event! Please join us, and help spread the word! #npdev #nptech
