This is so cool/kind (AND they're using machine learning to actually do the thing 'for humanity' that companies selling ML to the pharma industry claim it will , but that of course their version will not actually do, given the incentives♥️)

404 Media

‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine

Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.

Such a delight to sit down with the great @npub1fx7y...jv34 for a long engaged convo on surveillance, AI, my wild path through tech, and how by rejecting the toxic norm Signal provides a shining model for better, healthier tech futures♥️

WIRED

Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s fre...

"'I actually don’t know of a single provider of abortion services like these who has not encountered this problem [of payment platforms cancelling their accounts or holding their money].'”

The Persistent

How Online Abortion Providers Hit an Unexpected Hurdle

Frozen out of their accounts by online payment providers, some telemedicine providers are struggling to keep going.

There’s been some chatter about Signal desktop recently, so let’s clear the air. Three points: 1. The reported issues rely on an attacker already having *full access to your device* — either physically, through a malware compromise, or via a malicious application running on the same device. This is not something that Signal, or any other app, can fully protect against. Nor do we ever claim to.

RIP Julien Terzics. Cofounder of The Red Warriors who physically defended the community against Nazis in 1980s Paris