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“Opioid use is easier to start than end” and the connections afforded by the Internet allow the opioid epidemic to persist in a way that it would not, without them.

“Opioid use is easier to start than end” and the connections afforded by the Internet allow the opioid epidemic to persist in a way that it would not, without them. 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/inside-snapchat-teenage-opioid-crisis-1235036691/

The Farcaster formerly known as Kchamp. Books, beats, bodybuilding, bright ideas and beautiful things.

katherinechampagne.com

I think it's worth asking Snapchat to record the snaps and conversations for 30 days and scanning them because wtf.

Front toward enemy. @seyitaylor on twttr. 

"because wtf" seems like a really easy way to justify dragnet surveillance

founder of @comm.eth
open source / build in public

I am sympathetic and tbh am starting to prefer the idea of an authoritarian surveillance state vs the unruly masses and their messy freedom but understand why this would be unpopular

I'd be okay with an authoritarian surveillance state given a hypothetical perfect state

the reality is very far from that, though... eg. imagine getting arrested and sued for >$100k just for a meme  https://www.deccanherald.com/world/on-my-way-to-blow-up-the-plane-joke-turns-into-a-spanish-court-trial-for-this-uk-man-2866231

and that's Spain, a modern healthy democracy! my family is from the former Soviet Union... the stories I've heard from them, the pervasive climate of fear...

I am grateful to live in a timeline where E2EE exists and cryptographic privacy is possible