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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Is Your Period App Selling Your Data? What Stardust, Flo, and Others Actually Do With It (opens the original)

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    A quick note before you read: Most of the legal and regulatory context in this piece is American, largely because that’s where some of the most documented cases, enforcement actions, and post-Roe privacy concerns have played out. But the bigger issue is not uniquely American. Period trackers, health apps, AI assistants, and the intimate data we give them are used everywhere. The questions around trust, privacy, and where that information goes affect all of us.This piece started with one very sim

  2. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    What If AI Was Built With You in Mind? - Girl, Read This 014 (opens the original)

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    An AI assistant built specifically for Black communities made me question something we mostly take for granted: what does it mean for technology to be neutral?<img alt="Image of people in a room networking" class="sizing-no

  3. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    Claude Just Started Signing Its Own Work. You Can't See It, But It's there- Girl, Read This 013 (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    He Flew to Thailand for a Job. He Came Back Running AI Scams for Traffickers. (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cs9w!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9977b489-96d6-4af4-a69d-579584b7e988_1672x9

  5. Issue · Jul 29, 2026

    The AI Detector Said My Writing Was 100% AI - Girl, Read This 012 (opens the original)

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