Articles by heavyset_go
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[dupe] We built a resource hub to fight back against age verification (eff.org)

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Five-year overview of the online and offline anti-LGBTQ+ landscape (isdglobal.org)

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Officials scrub data showing US citizens swept up in immigration arrests (thedailybeast.com)

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NSPM-7 seeks to use "domestic terrorism" to target nonprofits and activists (aclu.org)

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More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies (politico.com)

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Professor's attempt to flee to Spain blocked after threats over Antifa research (nj.com)

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[flagged] New bill aims to block both online adult content and VPNs (cnet.com)

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Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking, child exploitation (theguardian.com)

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Man jailed for parole violations after refusing to decrypt his Tor node (reddit.com)

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California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom (politico.com)

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Immigration officers smash car windows to speed up arrests (propublica.org)

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Bill would fine social media companies $5M a day for not fighting 'terrorism' (msn.com)

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British man claims he's unable to watch porn as tattoos confuse age check system (needtoknow.co.uk)

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Trump's order to block woke AI in government encourages tech to censor chatbots (apnews.com)

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ICE deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card (theguardian.com)

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Data and Democracy: Charting Assault on American Democracy and a Path Forward (data4democracy.substack.com)

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A Doctor Said Israel's War Is Fueling Health Crises in Gaza. UCSF Fired Her (theintercept.com)

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House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk (nbcnews.com)

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US Supreme Court tosses rulings that favored transgender people (reuters.com)

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Bluetooth Zero-Day Turns Headphones into Surveillance Devices (cyberinsider.com)

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Qt's New Bridging Technology – Looking Back to Move Forward (qt.io)

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ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account (texasobserver.org)

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Higher maternal mortality rates in states with more abortion restrictions (tulane.edu)

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Woman dies from miscarriage after hospital said it would be a crime to intervene (propublica.org)

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Why am I getting "Used 100% of GitHub Storage" after deleting all Artifacts? (github.com/actions)

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Ozempic maker defends high U.S. price: It's 'helping' reduce the cost of obesity (nbcnews.com)

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Ask HN: What desktop apps are you working on?

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Police Chief Says Cops Have a 5th Amendment Right to Leave Body Cameras Off (reason.com)

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Tesla semi-truck fire prompts I80 closure in CA as hazmat response halts traffic (cbsnews.com)

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X suspends 'White Dudes for Harris' account after fundraiser (washingtonpost.com)

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Disneyland unions agree to 'historic' 31% pay raise (ocregister.com)

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Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland (apnews.com)

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[flagged] How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (bbc.com)

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Palestinians say Microsoft unfairly closing their accounts (bbc.co.uk)

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Microsoft is banning Palestinians in the US for life for calling Gaza relatives (windowscentral.com)

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Pollution from East Palestine train derailment rained down in 16 states (washingtonpost.com)

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[flagged] SpaceX's Starlink may be keeping the ozone from healing, research finds (futurism.com)

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Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5M back (theguardian.com)

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Hacker Accesses Internal 'Tile' Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops (404media.co)

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AI trained on photos from kids' entire childhood without their consent (arstechnica.com)

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Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (cnn.com)

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[dupe] FBI raids Atlanta corporate landlord in probe of rental market price fixing (ajc.com)

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'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr – I want him home' (bbc.com)

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Airbnb bans the use of indoor security cameras (cnn.com)

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Libs of TikTok became a powerful presence in Oklahoma schools (washingtonpost.com)

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[flagged] After Libs of TikTok posted, at least 21 bomb threats followed (nbcnews.com)

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Apple plans to charge fees and review apps downloaded outside of the App Store (9to5mac.com)

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[dupe] Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers (theregister.com)

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Returning to the office is costing you $51 per day, study finds (fortune.com)

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Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover – Frontline PBS [video] (youtube.com)

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‘Basically Cyberbullying’: How Cops Abuse Social Media to Publicly Humiliate (theappeal.org)

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[flagged] Schools Report Bomb Threats Following Libs of TikTok Anti-LGBTQ Posts (vice.com)

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Google Pixel Watch 2 (store.google.com)

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Google Pixel Watch 2: New ways to stay healthy, connected and safe (blog.google)

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Changes to Reddit ad personalization, privacy preferences, and location settings (reddit.com)

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Sag-Aftra Members Approve Videogame Strike Authorization Vote with 98% Yes Vote (sagaftra.org)

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Did your kids buy Fortnite gear without permission? FTC says you can get refunds (apnews.com)

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Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same rate their CEOs’ pay grew (cnbc.com)

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Ashton Kutcher resigns from anti-child sex abuse non-profit over Masterson note (nbcnews.com)

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[flagged] Video shows SPD cop laughing, joking about pedestrian killed by officer earlier (kiro7.com)

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Kids Online Safety Act Would Harm LGBTQ+ Youth (teenvogue.com)

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California judge halts policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns (apnews.com)

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Elon Musk’s X Is Facing 2,200 Arbitration Cases from Ex-Twitter Employees (forbes.com/sites/roberthart)

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School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books (popsci.com)

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You Need A Budget says that your income and expenses are “non-confidential” (reddit.com)

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Why Elon Musk Fought a Federal Search Warrant to Help Trump (thedailybeast.com)

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Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI (theguardian.com)

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X doesn't mark the spot any longer at San Francisco's former Twitter building (ktvu.com)

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They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired (nytimes.com)

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State funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database (data.berkeley.edu)

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Key document may be fake in LGBTQ+ rights case before US Supreme Court (theguardian.com)

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LGBTQ Americans Could Become a ‘New Class of Political Refugees’ (nytimes.com)

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Relatives of family slain by ‘catfishing’ cop plan to sue over his hiring (latimes.com)

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Generative AI takes stereotypes and bias from bad to worse (bloomberg.com)

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'Genocidal': Transgender people begin to flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws (go.com)

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A police officer's first 45 words are a portent of what's to come (npr.org)

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Deputy accused of being in 'Executioners' gang reveals tattoo and names names (yahoo.com)

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CodeWeavers transitions to employee ownership trust (codeweavers.com)

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Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation includes death sentence (pbs.org)

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Texas passes sexual conduct bill drag show artists fear will prompt crackdown (apnews.com)

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ACLU demand CA cops stop sharing location data with cops in anti-abortion states (eff.org)

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CA cops illegally share data with anti-abortion states, civil rights groups say (sacbee.com)

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CodeWeavers Transitions to Employee Ownership Trust (codeweavers.com)

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Why is the California Highway Patrol pointing more guns at people? (sfchronicle.com)

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Why is the California Highway Patrol pointing more guns at people? (reddit.com)

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Messaging Services Should Not Be a DEA Informant (eff.org)

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Google authorizes $70B stock buyback (cnbc.com)

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Ex-officer used dead people’s bank cards after being called to sudden deaths (standard.co.uk)

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Texas Senate passes bill requiring school classrooms to display Ten Commandments (cnn.com)

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Twitter removes hateful conduct policy protections for its trans users (nbcnews.com)

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US man killed by cops in doorway of his home after cops arrive at wrong address (abc.net.au)

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Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked (bbc.com)

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Paper airplane designed by Boeing engineers breaks world distance record (cnn.com)

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Missouri state House Republicans vote to defund public libraries (salon.com)

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Judge orders return of books banned from libraries due to LGBT and racial themes (cnn.com)

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NYPD is refusing to comply with NYC’s new surveillance tech laws (dailydot.com)

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Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality (theguardian.com)

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Study Finds That Antisemitism on Twitter Has 'Surged' Since Elon Musk Takeover (yahoo.com)

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GenZ Android owners are bullied for not having an iPhone, but refuse to switch (businessinsider.com)

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Deputy shot and killed unarmed man at point-blank range outside middle school (denverpost.com)