Liz Stephens

Digital. AI. Data. Human Rights & Tech. Personal account. @lizstep.bsky.social

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

For three years Australia has proudly supported the brave people of Ukraine in their struggle to defend their sovereignty against the brutality of Russian aggression and in support of international law.

Australia stands with Ukraine. 🇦🇺🇺🇦

[Rest of World @restofworld]

In the West, lobbying by Big Tech companies over AI has been intense. “They are trying to kill every [piece of] legislation or write it in their favor,” said Harry Farid, a former dean at @BerkeleyISchool. “It’s fierce.”
https://t.co/P0cPCHYWog

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy will not serve in the new Department of Government Efficiency, the White House says. Trump had selected him to lead alongside Elon Musk. https://t.co/wYg7YOrkEm

[Yong Xiong @yongxiong2008]

CNN just published a months-long investigation by my colleagues and me about China building or expanding more than 200 specialized detention centers nationwide as Xi Jinping widens his corruption purge. #liuzhi #留置中心
Read our report & a thread (1/12): https://t.co/MhVnMzcTyJ

[Psst.org @psst_org]

A new resource for tech workers in Australia. Long before you figure out you're a whistleblower, this guide can help prevent you making mistakes that will cause grief later.

Download the guide here:
https://t.co/zfNR0yx2cu

Read about it here:

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

New details are coming to light on three Bulgarian spies arrested in the UK working for Russia. Jan Marsalek (yes, the Wirecard guy) directed them to spy on @christogrozev, and even considered murdering him or kidnapping him and whisking him away to Moscow
https://t.co/LZk1nMDcRw

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Henry VIII’s wives if they’d never met him.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING US government calls for breakup of Google and Chrome: court filing

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Joshua Wong and Benny Tai among 45 key Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners jailed for years after controversial trial
https://t.co/k4e5E1B2Bp

[ABC News @abcnews]

#BREAKING: The Privacy Commissioner finds Bunnings Warehouse interfered with the privacy of its customers by using facial recognition without consent in 62 of its stores over a three-year period. https://t.co/9fOsNdKsTs

[Liz Stephens @lizstep]

I’m now at @lizstep.bsky.social as well.

[Groucho @AllThingsMarx]

#GrouchoMarx: "I don't know what they have to say, It makes no difference anyway. Whatever it is, I'm against it. No matter what it is or who commenced it, I'm against it"
#HorseFeathers 1932

[The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动 @TGTM_Official]

Full video translated: BBC China reporter @StephenMcDonell was disrupted and pushed away when reporting the deadly car ramming attack in Zhuhai.

[vijay @VijayvinylVijay]

The Department of Efficiency needs two heads lmao

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

Social media platforms might get flooded with misleading images and videos on election day.

This is a step-by-step guide on how to quickly verify images on social media using free verification tools. It might come handy today.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Native American land loss in the United States of America from 1776-1930

[Don Van Natta Jr. @DVNJr]

The greatest New Yorker cartoon of all time.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Do not obey in advance. Lesson 1, first page, of my pamphlet "On Tyranny"

[Timothy Imholt @TimothyImholt]

Never tell your electrical engineer parent you want to be a transformer for Halloween.

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Gisele Pelicot takes stand at French mass rape trial with message for survivors: "It’s not for us to have shame - it’s for them" https://t.co/jrxAkmQ4NO