Princeton '17. We are the change we want to see.
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Digital payment apps don't have the same fraud protections as credit cards. CR explains how to shop safer in today's tip for @EFF's #OptOutOctober series: eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/op…
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What does it say about our legal system when the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to stop an execution even when the county prosecuting agency that handled the original trial files a brief in support of a stay and supports vacating the entire conviction? #MarcellusWilliams
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CVS is being sued for asking customers to donate to the American Diabetes Association when they check out. Those donations are in fact *not* sent to the ADA, but instead reimburse the CVS for a legally binding obligation of $10M that CVS promised earlier
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Our future isn’t about space. It has to be about Earth. #ClimateCrisis #Shatner
William Shatner on his Blue Origin flight to space: "It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered." variety.com/2022/tv/news/wil…
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Today's @washingtonpost editorial on the BA.5 variant
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Your friendly reminder on the third day of #IDTheftWeek that the best way to prevent fraudulent accounts from being opened in your name is by placing free freezes on your credit reports at all three nationwide credit bureaus. uspirg.org/feature/usp/credi…
Thank you for covering new federal actions on #RighttoRepair! Fixing your stuff can save you money (about $330 per year) and help the planet.
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This morning on @KOAA News5 Today: Feds are being ordered to pursue better right to repair policies to help consumers. This could save the average family hundreds of dollars a year and improve business for local repair shops. #AlwaysWatchingOutForYou
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Thank you @GovofCO for signing the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act into law and thank you @Cutter4Colorado @ValdezforCO @SenadoraJulie for getting the bill through the legislature. Nothing we use for a few minutes should pollute our environment for centuries.
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#Connecticut’s on the cusp of passing a so-called #privacy bill tonight, buried in a special session budget package- my colleague @AllisonConwell of @copirg explains why granting @Microsoft & @amazon a win is a terrible idea. copirg.org/blogs/blog/cop/wh…
Thank you @Gadgetress for covering this really complicated topic. If you use a global opt-out, a company can ask you to opt-in. That shows an opt-in model is possible and should be the standard.
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We are shocked shocked to find antitrust violations by #BigTech.
Right now, many different entities have access to your personal data without your knowledge. Colorado is considering a bill that would let you tell these companies 'no,' but we really need a law that makes companies have to ask you upfront instead.
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Good governance depends on transparency and accessible paths for participation. But they are difficult to find for many Colorado agencies. #HB1230 would create a one-stop shop to find rules and how to participate in the rulemaking process - and it just passed committee.
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If there was ever a 43-part thread to read:
In 2018, dozens of states introduced #RightToRepair bills. These bills are wildly popular among voters, but wildly unpopular among monopolists ranging from @Apple to @Microsoft to @Google to @GM to @JohnDeere to @WahlGrooming. Every one of these bills was defeated.
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ALT A 2010 photo, 'Agbogbloshie e-waste workers completing a burn for copper recovery'; it is captioned with the wordmark from Apple's infamous 'Think Different' campaign. Image: Jcaravanos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E-waste_workers.jpg CC BY-SA: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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New from me: how big tech has wielded power in statehouses to help kill consumer right-to-repair bills.
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