If half of the population is effectively designated as second class citizens, what exactly does the United States offer to the world in this era of great power competition?
— Rita Konaev (@RitaKonaev) June 25, 2022
Nada.
Jun
25
Jun
25
Easily Stumped
I think the first time I mentioned digital surveillance being used to target women seeking abortions in NYT was 2014? 2012?
“Serious” people literally mocked us for raising the possibility. Privacy advocates were mocked as alarmist luddites for a long time.
Well, here we are. https://t.co/llbmJgivRw
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) June 24, 2022
I remember those days. I also remember being personally mocked and banned from a forum in 1998 for saying the DMCA would inevitably be used by corporations to prevent people from repairing physical objects.
Most people have the imagination of a tree stump.
Jun
25
Find Out
“Delete this app/turn off this option” guidelines are proliferating.
Sure delete that and turn off the option.
But here’s reality: it won’t be enough in today’s surveillance environment, especially with law-enforcement powers.
Probably not even enough to avoid many vigilantes.
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) June 25, 2022
I don’t think people realize how pervasive our surveillance infrastructure is now. It’s about me, Zeynep, and some guy in Croatia who really understand it.
But you’re about to find out, especially if you live in a red state. Oh yes you are.
Jun
25
Very Various
The first ten on today’s playlist:
Jun
25
Declination
if red states thought they had an issue with attracting or retaining medical professionals before Roe fell, well, hoo boy
— Faine Greenwood (@faineg) June 25, 2022
Ayup. Red states are gonna get pretty hellish in the near future. Their economies and standards of living will decline quite a lot, inevitably. The fall of Roe won’t be the only reason (more is coming), but it will be the start of it.
Jun
25
Two Wrong
People who think SCOTUS won’t come for contraception next. LOL. How does it feel to be wrong and a fucking idiot?
Jun
25
BBBBBad
I can’t feel that sad or mad because I’m in shock trying to wrap my head around how much worse we’re in for. Roe falling is just the beginning. Things are going to get fucking bad bad bad bad.
— Ally Maynard (@allymayn) June 24, 2022
Agreed. Especially in the red states. They are going to have reduced standards of living and outright theocracy again in most. Time to flee if you can. You have a few years before it gets really bad, but be gone before 2024 or it’s gonna suck.
Unless you’re a conservative in which case, fuck you.
Jun
25
Huge Ex
Going to see a huge exodus from red states in the next 1-2 years.
We will be part of it.
Jun
24
Super Pissed
I’d be angry anyway but most of my friends are in fact women so today I am super fucking pissed. This harms my friends. Harms everyone, really, even the people who want it.
If any of my friends ever need money for flights to get an abortion, to get pills, to get anything related to this curse of justice, y’all know where to find me.
Jun
24
Never Happen Keeps Happening
Now all the same fucking clowns who said people were panicking for no reason and that overturning Roe would “never happen” are saying the same things about Obergefell and Lawrence.
Which is particularly funny because Clarence Thomas said SCOTUS is coming for those too. It’s not even in coded language anymore.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a Friday opinion that the nation’s top judicial body should overrule a previous decision legalizing LGBTQ marriage nationwide and a former ruling that determined criminalizing sodomy is unconstitutional.
Strange how someone can tell you exactly what they are going to do and people will outright say, “That will never happen.” How much bigger a dipshit could you be?