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Join me at @changinghands bookstore in Phoenix on Wednesday, Oct. 7, for a discussion about my book, "Murder in the Fourth Estate: The Assassination of Investigative Journalist Don Bolles" changinghands.com/event/2026…
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Read this.
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
1. The Main Switch
This is the main setting Google shows you, but it's not the only one.
Gmail (Desktop):
⚙️ Settings → See all settings → Smart features and personalization → Uncheck "Turn on smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet" → Save Changes.
2. The Hidden Switch
Turning off the first setting isn't enough. Most people stop there.
On the same settings page: Google Workspace smart features → Manage Workspace smart feature settings → Turn off both checkboxes → Save.
Both settings need to be turned off.
3. Your Phone
The settings don't always sync between devices, so check the Gmail app separately.
Gmail app → Menu (☰) → Settings → Select your account → Turn off "Smart features and personalization" → Confirm.
4. Delete Gemini History
If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans.
Go to myactivity.google.com/produc…
→ Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time.
This removes your past Gemini chat history and stops future conversations from being saved.
5. Move Sensitive Emails
Turning off Gmail's smart features helps, but for truly private emails, consider using a separate service.
For medical, legal, or financial emails, use a free Tuta Mail account. It offers end-to-end encryption and doesn't use AI to scan your emails.
Keep Gmail for newsletters, promotions, and less sensitive messages - if you must.
More: tuta.com/blog/google-gemini-…
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This note in the final book from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library wrecked me last year when my daughter turned 5. Tearing up again reading it now.
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Join me at @changinghands bookstore in Phoenix on Oct 7 to hear me discuss my book, "Murder in the Fourth Estate: The Assassination of Investigative Journalist Don Bolles" changinghands.com/event/2026…
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Mocktails are coming to First Draft, just in time for #BookstoreRomanceDay! 🍸♥️
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i DO NOT want an AI summary of my Google search.
i DO NOT want an AI summary of my friend’s text message.
i DO NOT want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read.
I can read. PLEASE just let me.
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Let's do a reading experiment.
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Out in November 2026:
Confronting Zionism and Building the World Anew co-authored w John Reynolds & published by @haymarketbooks.
Write to rory@haymarketbooks.org for an advance copy.
#Palestinian #Liberation #Decolonization #OnThisLand #Zionism
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We strongly condemn the Israeli apartheid government for banning @lsarsour from visiting her family, her friends, and her homeland in occupied Palestine.
This act of sheer racism that the Netanyahu regime has perpetrated against Linda Sarsour is nothing new. Israel has spent years preventing Palestinians around the world, even Palestinian-Americans like Linda, from visiting their families and their lands. The Israeli government has even banned Jewish Americans who dare to criticize the country’s ongoing history of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
This is unacceptable. Apartheid Israel does not have the moral or legal right to cut off Palestinian-Americans from their families and loved ones living under occupation. It is long past time for our government to defend the rights of American citizens and others to visit Palestine without interference.
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Exactly. What too many Democrats just can't seem to understand is that this is not just about Biden's policy or winning certain voters. It is about whether the Party understands what is happening in the world, whether it has a moral framework, and whether it has credibility to fight for anything.
The words "Gaza" and "genocide" appear precisely zero times in the DNC autopsy.
Turning a blind eye to crimes against humanity was a grave injustice, and a terrible election strategy.
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Hosting this event at @changinghands in Phoenix. Tonight, 6:30. Come! Andrés is awesome. We'll be talking global sports, World Cup ...
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In 2023, New York’s 92NY cancelled an event with Viet Thanh Nguyen because he signed a letter urging "an end to violence and destruction in Palestine.”
Since then, 92NY has platformed numerous militant Zionists, but not a single Palestinian.
Next month, 92NY will host this man.
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We welcome the principled decisions by the Netherlands and Iceland to join South Africa’s genocide case at the @IntlCrimCourt. Their participation strengthens the global demand for accountability and reinforces the obligation of all nations to uphold the Genocide Convention. Our own government must listen to the American people and support international law by ending U.S. support for the Israeli government's crimes, including the genocide in Gaza.
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“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
― Edward W. Said
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This unraveling began in a Western-backed genocide of Palestinian ppl in Gaza. Facilitating it required a sustained attack on, & disregard for, intl norms & institution. Salvaging it begins in Palestine- with accountability for genocide & justice for its survivors.
Today's attack on Iran is an attack on the postwar legal order. Yet again, Trump has taken an action that threatens to end an era of historic peace and return us to a world in which might makes right. The cost will be paid in human lives.
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