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It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds

Part 3 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

the people's eva: If these blocklists didn't exist, my server wouldn't have lasted a month.

Blocklists in the fediverse

Part 2 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

A workshop, with a metal table that looks like it has rust on it. On the table, a white sign with the word 'unsafe' in red.

Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default – and instance blocking is a blunt but powerful safety tool

Part 1 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

July 20-28. Bad internet bills week of action. Take action. Badinternetbills.com. An orange background, with white text.

Can the Fediverse help stop Bad Internet Bills?

The July 20-28 Week of Action is a good time to experiment!

Privacy please - hands off my data!

Federal privacy legislation

The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a House Judiciary Committee markup tomorrow!

If all goes well, the committee will advance a (potentially-amended) version of the bill ... a huge step forward!

Alex Heath on Mastodon: Re: ActivityPub integration, it's still a priority for Threads but a "long" way out.

A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out"

The results so far are certainly encouraging!

What should your instance do, and what would you do? 44%: Pre-emptively Block - will move if not. See text for full results.

"A clear victory for our cause"? Opinions continue to differ about Meta and Threads in the fediverse!

Including a polling update!

Six posts, a presentation, and a preview on privacy and prototyping: Fediverse update, July 3

There's a lot to write about, and I've been doing a lot of writing about it.

A screenshot. Filtered: Elmo. In blue, Show anyway. Filtered: disgraced former. In blue: Show anyway

How to use filtering and muting to hear less discussion of odious people on Mastodon

It's not a perfect solution, but it's helpful.

Question marks in multiple colors

How to choose the right Mastodon instance?

A daunting choice -- but not irrevocable!

We're here. We're queer. Get used to it.

We're here, we're queer, and we're federated: How queer, trans, and non-binary people helped create Mastodon and are shaping today's fediverse (REVISED DRAFT)

ANTI-META FEDI PACT the following instance admins/mods have agreed to block the hell outta project92

Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ!

Block Meta or "trust but verify"?

The word "draft", all in capital leters, written on a chalkboard.

Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT)

Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!

Don't tell people "it's easy", and six more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (REVISED DRAFT)

DRAFT! Feedback welcome! Updated on June 10

meta discussion

Taking a break ...

With the Washington state legislative session wrapping up, it's a good time for me to take a break for a couple of months. While there's still a lot more to do, My Health My Data passing is the culmination of the successful multi-year battle by grassroots activists to keep big

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Washington state privacy legislation

My Health My Data goes to the Governor's desk: Washington state privacy update, April 20

Gov. Inslee is expected to sign the bill, probably next week.

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Washington state privacy legislation

My Health My Data in the home stretch: Washington privacy legislation update, April 17

Update: My Health My Data has passed the legislature!

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Washington state privacy legislation

My Health My Data heads to the Senate floor: Washington privacy legislation update, April 4

The Senate's likely to vote on the consumer helath data privacy bill as soon as tomorrow.

Nexus of Privacy News Roundup

Privacy News Roundup: February 22

As usual, there's a lot going on!

A Japanese man, in a tie and jacket, holding up paper. Below, the words "SB 5356 Procurement/Automated System"

Automated Decision Systems

Another try at regulating Automated Decision Systems in Washington state (UPDATED)

You can probably guess what happened

Nexus of Privacy News Roundup

Privacy News Roundup: February 13 mega-post

Data brokers selling Americans mental health data, legal theory, state and federal privacy legislation, and more!

A watered-down substitute advances: Washington privacy legislation update, February 6

Washington state privacy legislation

A watered-down substitute advances: Washington privacy legislation update, February 6

The new version of My Health My Data incorporates many of the "improvements" (haha) industry lobbyists suggested