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Also, as a reminder with regards to the above regarding data privacy: row vs Wade was first and foremost about the right to privacy. Anything related to reproductive rights was only a result of the right of a woman, based on this result, to have her martial status private.

So, whatever your gender, political beliefs, sexuality, this will effect you.

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If you these examples outrageous, what you need to fight for is data consent, data transparency, the right to data deletion and withdrawal of consent, and better laws on what companies can do with intellectual property, data or other information that’s been submitted by people.

People have had to fight biotech companies that have *patented their DNA*.

nature.com/articles/d41586-021

Regulating companies is what you need.

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2. Did you know that Lakota elders are having to sue an entity called the Lakota Language Consortium for access to recordings and data they freely gave them ? nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nativ
This entity posed as a cultural preservation charity but then charged them for access to their own culture, including recordings of their own relatives that were only given under the promise that this would be to help preserve their culture- not create a product they would be charged for later.

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1. Do I need to mention Henrietta lacks? How her cancer cells were taken at hospital and then turned into the HeLa line of cells used for research that made thermo fisher scientific billions?

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Let’s talk about GitHub copilot. It’s fair the complain that they were only able to build this tool based on analysis of user submitted code. But this is an argument for data transparency and better laws governing what entities and companies can do with user submitted data and information. Because until now, this is the least gross thing done with this business model. 👇🏽:

Just kidding. That building is like that all year around, but it went up lady pride month.

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What the Internet teaches me is that there's an overwhelming amount of talented people that never find an audience for their incredible creativity.

Few people are famous and successful due to being "better" than everyone else.

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People say, "The Internet is forever".

This is not true. So much on the Internet has disappeared. I would state further that more has disappeared from the Internet than currently what exists.

This is one reason I wish that a P2P content delivery system was the default: because not only would it deliver information faster, information would depend less on WHERE it is and more on WHAT it is -- thereby creating an avenue for redundancies.

#telegram is rolling out its premium plan. It’s one thing to get your #privacy invaded for free; it’s a whole other thing to pay for it.

@reiver thanks so much! I can try it and see how I get on.

Really great thread on the power of just one guy saying “that’s not acceptable” to a group of guys. Even when drunk and out with pals. threadreaderapp.com/thread/153

@thomasfuchs it’s like the beanie baby bubble. But without adorable plushies you could at least cuddle if you’re into that. ft.com/content/1563d643-332f-3

@TomboyGirl_id@mastodon.social @Gargron really great of you to take this chance to be this islamaphoc in public👏🏼 🙄

“Starting today, Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to all Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the most private and secure major browser available across Windows, Mac and Linux”

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One of the hardest things about becoming a mom is having less time for this little guy because kiddo wants to grab and squeeze and touch him whenever she sees him.

Not safe for either of them, but especially him. So one on one time is while she is in nursery.

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