1226
Starting to look like pattern behavior.
apnews.com/article/biden-…
1227
𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙩 𝙄𝙤𝙫𝙞, 𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙞.
apnews.com/article/biden-…
1228
Today, an "anti-fake news" outlet (@InsiderEng) falsely claimed that I lived in a KGB safehouse. They even know which floor I'm on! What a scoop!
The problem? It's a lie. I don't cooperate with spies or live in a safe house, much less 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺! 🤦
1229
@InsiderEng Bonus points for those who notice the absolutely massive train station and shopping complex full of cameras *directly behind* these knuckleheads' "safe house," which definitely sounds like a plausible place for a hunted whistleblower to live.
Deeply embarrassed for these people.
1230
I used to believe that while the media does make mistakes from time to time, "most" things you read in the news could be relied on.
Nothing robs you of that innocence like becoming yourself the subject of news. When they write on what you 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, errors—and lies—are clear.
1231
For those of you who are curious about what happened in real life, as opposed to whatever planet these people are on, I wrote a book about it called "Permanent Record." You can find it at just about any bookstore or library.
us.macmillan.com/books/97812502…
1232
@RepMTG I actually disagree. I hate being lied about, sure, but that's not only the right of every journalist, it's the right of every person. You can't make it a crime to lie without making the government, the cops, and the courts the arbiters of truth.
I'd rather suffer the lies.
1233
@RepMTG Speaking up in defense of Julian Assange is a brave thing in Congress, and I do hope you'll continue. Given recent administrations' own cavalier handling of classified, it's past time for gov to correct its error in persecuting Assange for publishing stories of public importance.
1234
Julian Assange is a political prisoner.
1235
One of the cool things about Nostr ("Notes and other stuff transmitted by relays", a new decentralized protocol that replaces things like Twitter and Instagram)—beyond censorship resistance—is that you aren't limited to 280 characters.
Find me there.
1236
My public key on Nostr:
npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9
Check it out at snort.social, iris.to (which looks like the only one working in the Tor Browser), or via one of the iOS/Android apps like github.com/vitorpamplona/…
1237
How is it possible that I have fewer classified documents in my house than the last few White House admins?
The Espionage Act is a "strict liability" crime: good intentions are no defense. Under the (dumb) law, these guys are all unindicted criminals.
foxnews.com/politics/vice-…
1238
If you work at the CIA or NSA, don't let a security officer write you up for failing to secure a document within the safe.
Instead, inform them that recent policy demonstrates that DOJ may accept your home, corvette, random college, or underwear drawer as an approved container.
1239
.@elonmusk really shouldn't be fighting #Nostr, since it's just about the only thing that can save his business.
The fate of the old platform model over the next decade is clear. (cf. Daniel 5:5)
theintercept.com/2023/01/24/twi…
1241
@PLT_cheater @elonmusk Twitter's core political problem is liability for content they exclusively control.
By moving user-generated content to the Nostr protocol (and getting encrypted DMs for free), while retaining control of their own front-end experience, government must go chase somebody else.
1242
@PLT_cheater @elonmusk Today, internet businesses need to be looking at user-generated content as a liability, not an asset.
The first movers to (honestly) show governments their company *legitimately* lacks the ability to unilaterally delete inconvenient speech from the internet will benefit.
1243
I recall that the Department of Justice was somewhat less generous when I self-reported, even after I went to the trouble of doing so on the front page of every major newspaper in the world.
s m h twitter.com/DailyCaller/st…
1244
You can't routinely take classified material home (itself a crime):
…from 1973-2009 ("docs dating from his time as a Senator"),
…again from the WH (2009-2017),
…report it only after somebody ELSE stumbles across your stash
…and claim it's OK bc 𝙣𝙤𝙬 you're "cooperating"
1245
I hope you enjoyed this episode of "Proper Handling of Classified Material" with your host, Edward Snowden. See you next time.
1246
There are solutions to the censorship problem that will keep Twitter out of bankruptcy, @elonmusk. You've seen them. You could change the world within twelve months. It will work. Take the risk. twitter.com/ryangrim/statu…
1247
👀 gonna be a big week twitter.com/mtaibbi/status…
1248
This gaggle of spies and neos ran a disinformation campaign against the biggest corporate newsdesks in the world, knowingly misrepresenting ordinary Twitter users who simply disagreed with their politics as foreign agents and dupes.
Incredible thread blowing the hoax wide open: twitter.com/mtaibbi/status…
1249
Pretty funny how even after all this time, the guy still hasn't realized that without a Twitter account, he doesn't exist.
1250
Imagine using all those capital letters and still nobody hears you.
You can find me on #nostr @ pubkey: #npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9. (use Damus on iOS, Amethyst on Android, or snort.social)