Thread by @doctorow

It's incredible to think that @EFF is now 30 years old (likewise incredible to think that I've been to the 15th, 20th, and 25th birthday parties!).

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Normally, we'd be having a blowout, maybe at the @dnalounge, but of course, it's a livestream instead, this Friday from 3-10PM Pacific.

eff.org/event/effs-30t…

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In some ways, that's only fitting - after all, this is the year when we went from having debates over whether everything we do involves the internet to the rock-solid, terrifying certainty that everything we do REQUIRES the internet.

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There's never been a moment when EFF's work was more urgent, and there's never been a time when the org was better prepared to do the work. When I first got involved, EFF was 6 people working from home after getting evicted during the dotcom bubble (I gave 'em office space!).

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Now we're up to nearly 100 people, and we bought our building (thanks, @humble!) and will never face eviction again.

We've really grown and grown up, and this Friday's blowout is a real showcase.

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It kicks off at 3PM with "the premiere of a year-long series of interactive Fireside Chats about the past, present and future of online rights... special guests including digital freedom luminaries, figures from EFF history, and even the pets that make up the net's backbone."

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From 6PM on, it's "a special virtual edition of our annual Tech Trivia where you can play along with a panel of special guests as we explore the fascinating minutiae of digital security, online rights, and Internet culture" (I'll be on this one!).

supporters.eff.org/civicrm/event/…

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