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Latest revision as of 20:29, 25 June 2026

What's Cooking

Ongoing,

Update Library
Supplant Guide to Being Anonymous with a personally brewed privacy guide index -> Pirate's Privacy Guide?

Ideas,

state party logos for wiki entries?
Michigan

More

Candidates for library/related areas

CGP Grey content, introduction
capable.design - clothing to confuse creepy cameras
Piracy is morally correct, actually. by noRugrats on Youtube
Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software part 1
- The presentation as text at futo.org
Consumer Rights Wiki - documenting (mostly) business abuses
OpenStreetMap - community driven mapping
- CoMaps - an app to use with ^

Dubious relation to the pirate party now, but possibly compatible causes & reading

Keep Android Open
Check gaming compatibility on Linux: ProtonDB & Are We Anti-Cheat Yet
- Most games, give or take effort of setup, do work on Linux. Option overload, troubleshooting, roughly maintained documentation, and a handful of games that refuse to work are why the idea of most games not working on Linux still exists.
Coffeezilla on Youtube
Techdirt.

More interesting outlinks,

Privacy is Marketing. Anonymity is Architecture. - if you care about privacy, stop collecting information you're probably going to lose
He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison. on YouTube from Naomi Brockwell TV

Deflock your life

deflock.me - find known roadway surveillance cameras
- Have I Been Flocked? - check if your car is known to be under this surveillance
- alpr.watch - known instances of this surveillance being discussed, and upcoming events
- All links are a community effort, if something was missed, add :)

Why is Flock a garbage company, deserving this sort of callout?

Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance from ACLU
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists from the EFF
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows from 404 Media
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI from Wired
Georgia Police Chief Charged With Using License Plate Readers to Stalk and Harass People from US News
- The list is vast, you can find more from a routine search

A useful way to punch back: multiple courts have found flock roadway cameras to be public information. Submit public information requests alongside any other complaints about them. These have a useful chilling effect as the state is less than pleased to share the dystopian fruits of its labor. For private businesses the best you've got is complain and avoid unless you have better recourse in your state/community.

Age verification is awesome

https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-just-leaked-3-million-drivers-licenses-and-passports

Rule of law

Here's what happens when you're a rich sob.

https://apnews.com/article/meta-ai-copyright-lawsuit-sarah-silverman-e77968015b94fbbf38234e3178ede578

Here's what happens if you're a poor.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-pirate-gets-two-year-suspended-jail-sentence-for-being-stuck-in-the-past-burning-and-selling-remix-cds-of-famous-artists-four-year-investigation-into-copyright-infringement-on-40-year-old-medium-began-in-2018

Remember, its justice for the people who make the money, and the middlemen. Not for the consumer, or the people who actually make the things.

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 ==What's Cooking==
-* Forward, back for meetings -> [[/NavMM/]]
+Ongoing,
-* Templates for state condition -> [[/StateActive/]]? and other conditions, but definitely [[/StateInactive/]]
+* Update [[Library]]
-* Templates, will need official action to complete -> ? [[/Info/]], ! [[/Note/]], ! [[/Warning/]]
-** May also need Obsolete, Official(? for party documents like bylaws that are officially adopted and require votes to substantively change), and something to base [[Template:CoreValue]] on
-** Note for [[Talk:Main Page]] that we're active elsewhere, as well as notes for other spots where appropriate. Rebase state condition templates on ^ formatting.
-* Rename committees to have "(thing) Committee" as the title
 * Supplant [[Guide to Being Anonymous]] with a personally brewed privacy guide index -> [[/Pirate's Privacy Guide/]]?
-* Some categories for completion/need for updates?
-* Youtube based resource of educational content creators? complete with alt links like nebula, odysee, peertube as applicable
-* Improve [[Local Party Organization]], [[New State Guide]], [[USPP Frequently Asked Questions]]
+Ideas,
-* Divide [[Template:USPP Menu]] sections into transplantable, individually editable parts so they can be part of more local navigation. For example, "States" can become its own template, used in the main page but also referenced on every state page and in the [[Local Party Organization]] reference.
+* state party logos for wiki entries?
-* Recheck: [[Special:UnusedTemplates]], [[Special:WantedCategories]], [[Special:UnusedFiles]], [[Special:UnusedCategories]], [[Special:UncategorizedTemplates]], [[Special:UncategorizedPages]], [[:Category:USPP_States]] (you can't redirect a category), [https://wiki.uspirates.org/w/index.php?username=&group=bureaucrat&wpsubmit=&wpFormIdentifier=mw-listusers-form&title=Special%3AListUsers&limit=500 bureaucrat list] (this is a potential security issue given the high quantity of advanced rights holders who are also inactive, given the wiki is also intermittently updated)
+* [[/Michigan/]]
-* Dead link resolution ([[Trifold_flyer]])
+==More==
-And more...
+Candidates for library/related areas
+* CGP Grey content, [https://youtube.com/watch?v=orybDrUj4vA introduction]
+* [https://www.capable.design/ capable.design] - clothing to confuse creepy cameras
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuKOkaZJb6Q  Piracy is morally correct, actually.] by noRugrats on Youtube
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et5PPMYuOc8 Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software part 1]
+** [https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software The presentation as text] at futo.org
+* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Mission_statement Consumer Rights Wiki] - documenting (mostly) business abuses
+* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap] - community driven mapping
+** [https://www.comaps.app/ CoMaps] - an app to use with ^
-==Wishlist==
+Dubious relation to the pirate party now, but possibly compatible causes & reading
-Temporary until this can better integrate with the [[IT]] Committee's list.
+* [https://keepandroidopen.org/ Keep Android Open]
-* Favicon for wiki.uspirates.org
+* Check gaming compatibility on Linux: [https://www.protondb.com/ ProtonDB] & [https://areweanticheatyet.com/ Are We Anti-Cheat Yet]
-* Commit to a to-do structure, overlaps with tickets but does not have to be new software per se
+** Most games, give or take effort of setup, ''do'' work on Linux. Option overload, troubleshooting, roughly maintained documentation, and a handful of games that refuse to work are why the idea of most games not working on Linux still exists.
-* Major improvements to the usability of non discord venues (IRC, review the forum, review other possibilities)
+* [https://www.youtube.com/c/coffeezilla/videos Coffeezilla] on Youtube
-* Consider state.uspirate.party domains
+* [https://www.techdirt.com/ Techdirt.]
-* It committee's mailing list link is down
-* Revisit support.uspirates.org's purpose and continued existence
-* Review the project list, start fresh, and commit to items
-* Wiki needs a cache refresh, various SpecialPages list entries that no longer exist
-* Something is broken reviewing entries at [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Non-free_web_screenshot]]
-==More==
+More interesting outlinks,
+* [https://servury.com/blog/privacy-is-marketing-anonymity-is-architecture/ Privacy is Marketing. Anonymity is Architecture.] - if you care about privacy, stop collecting information you're probably going to lose
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4 He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.] on YouTube from Naomi Brockwell TV
+===Deflock your life===
+* [https://deflock.me/ deflock.me] - find known roadway surveillance cameras
+** [https://haveibeenflocked.com/ Have I Been Flocked?] - check if your car is known to be under this surveillance
+** [https://alpr.watch/ alpr.watch] - known instances of this surveillance being discussed, and upcoming events
+** All links are a community effort, if something was missed, add :)
+Why is Flock a garbage company, deserving this sort of callout?
+* [https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/flock-roundup Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance] from ACLU
+* [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists] from the EFF
+* [https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/ ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows] from 404 Media
+* [https://www.wired.com/story/flock-uses-overseas-gig-workers-to-build-its-surveillance-ai/ Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI] from Wired
+* [https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-11-20/georgia-police-chief-charged-with-using-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-and-harass-people Georgia Police Chief Charged With Using License Plate Readers to Stalk and Harass People] from US News
+**The list is vast, you can find more from a routine search
+A useful way to punch back: multiple courts have found flock roadway cameras to be public information. Submit public information requests alongside any other complaints about them. These have a useful chilling effect as the state is less than pleased to share the dystopian fruits of its labor. For private businesses the best you've got is complain and avoid unless you have better recourse in your state/community.
-Party allies (to spin onto a page later)
+===Age verification is awesome===
-* The U.S. Transhumanist Party [https://transhumanist-party.org/ website], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanist_Party wikipedia]
+* https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-just-leaked-3-million-drivers-licenses-and-passports
-* Favorable towards YNP, CNP, etc; those affiliated with the CIAO (unofficial, not to be spun out)
-Random...
-* IRC support bot [https://git.omada.cafe/omada/irc-supportbot omada git]
-Discord alternatives,
+===Rule of law===
-* Rocket Chat, Spacebar & clients, Mattermost, Zulip, Matrix
+Here's what happens when you're a rich sob.
+* https://apnews.com/article/meta-ai-copyright-lawsuit-sarah-silverman-e77968015b94fbbf38234e3178ede578
-Foundational issues for third parties everywhere:
+Here's what happens if you're a poor.
-* Binary thinking (left/right, republican/democrat, at omission of all else)
+* https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-pirate-gets-two-year-suspended-jail-sentence-for-being-stuck-in-the-past-burning-and-selling-remix-cds-of-famous-artists-four-year-investigation-into-copyright-infringement-on-40-year-old-medium-began-in-2018
-* Ballot access (third party visibility in the first place)
-* Winner takes all voting (the overwhelming incentive to ignore better choices in favor of perceived least bad, and the bedrock of binary thinking)
-==Other interesting causes, links, resources==
+Remember, its justice for the people who make the money, and the middlemen. Not for the consumer, or the people who actually make the things.
-Dubious relation to the pirate party now, but compatible I would think.
-* [https://keepandroidopen.org/ Keep Android Open]
-* Check gaming compatibility on Linux: [https://www.protondb.com/ ProtonDB] & [https://areweanticheatyet.com/ Are We Anti-Cheat Yet]
-** Most games, give or take effort of setup, ''do'' work on Linux. Option overload, troubleshooting, roughly maintained documentation, and a handful of games that refuse to work are why the idea of most games not working on Linux still exists.