Annalee Newitz

annaleen.bsky.social

22 September 2026 21:48

Meanwhile, publishers are blocking the Internet Archive, a digital library, from archiving their journalism due to fears of "AI scraping." That's right -- the same papers selling their work to AI companies are blocking a nonprofit archive due to "fears of AI." (2/3) www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/more...

Internet Archive

archive.org

22 September 2026 21:48

Tell publishers to keep the news in the Wayback Machine: www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

Electronic Frontier Foundation

eff.org

04 September 2026 20:50

"The idea that surveillance makes us safer keeps being used as an excuse," EFF’s Rindala Alajaji told BBC, as tech is "used to criminalise people for being bystanders, with stories of innocent people being pulled over and having guns drawn on them because a licence plate reader read a letter wrong.”

Rolling Stone

rollingstone.com

25 August 2026 21:25

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈

tyranny.sparklenoise.com

25 August 2026 21:25

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.