Any act of repair a gratifying gesture of refusal and subversion these days. A poke in the eye to corporate waste and consumer lassitude.
Feeling like renegade heating engineer Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) of ‘Brazil’ right now, having decided: eff no, not into landfill—not yet.
And how fitting: while finishing up, @pluralistic heard on CBC radio discussing DCA & right-to-repair.
details in #alttext
#Stratford #canada #repair #technology #corydoctorow #environment #coffee
@404mediaco has obtained a list of sites and services monitored by an ICE contractor ShadowDragon to let government analysts search and draw connections between people.
"The long list of sites and services that ShadowDragon’s SocialNet tool accesses is a reminder of just how much data is accessible and collected from and about us to provide surveillance services to the government and others."
404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…
#news #USNews #ICE #immigration #surveillance #technology
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance. The AP and Seattle Times teamed up on this investigation.
From their overview: "But these tools raise serious questions about privacy and security. In fact, when The Seattle Times and The Associated Press partnered to investigate school surveillance, reporters inadvertently received access to almost 3,500 sensitive, unredacted student documents through a records request. The documents were stored without a password or firewall, and anyone with the link could read them."
Read more at apnews.com/article/ai-school-c…
#databreach #EduSec #infosecurity #surveillanvce #AI
AI surveillance on school Chromebooks has security issues, investigation shows
Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor student accounts and school-issued devices like laptops and tablets. The goal is to keep children safe, especially amid a mental health crisis and the threat of school shootings.Sharon Lurye Of The Associated Press (AP News)
#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this image of the Sun through the dusty martian atmosphere in July 2018 while the dust storm that ended the Opportunity rover's mission was still raging. Curiosity was not affected by the decline in solar input because it is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré
As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.
We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.
youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5t…
Clarifying what's happening at Mozilla: an Interview with Ryan Sipes from Thunderbird
Use a secure, encrypted, and fast VPN with Proton VPN: https://protonvpn.com/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedoc...YouTube
I love Firefox and Thunderbird even more, I would be sad to have to switch!
Overcoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Union
The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules.Open Source Initiative
Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.net
A new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.Medievalists.net
theonion.com/only-good-looking…
Only Good-Looking Person In Office Mingles With Hideous Coworkers Like Missionary Among Lepers
CHICAGO—Showing a graciousness and magnanimity that the rest of the world has denied these pariahs and rejects, Jordan Hall, the only good-looking person in the office, was reportedly mingling Wednesday with his hideous coworkers like a missionary am…The Onion Staff (The Onion)
It is now time to Rocq out with the Coq out
mathstodon.xyz/@gadmm/11414960…
Guillaume Munch-Maccagnoni (@gadmm@mathstodon.xyz)
https://rocq-prover.org/releases/9.0 "Rocq 9.0 This page describes Rocq version 9.0, released on March 12th, 2025. Go here for a list of all releases. This is the first release of Rocq, version 9.Mathstodon
Rylands BlogVotes For Women! Making Light Of The Fight
The first blog in our series for International Women’s Day.Rylands Blog
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Check this out..
@mirlo is killing it right now, and working hard to do the important (but un-shiny) work of making a site for #Musicians that anyone can host **inexpensively**
This is the endgame for the #Fediverse - thousands of indie sites, not mega instances - but it’ll take this kind of work to pull it off.
Good job, guys. I’m super jealous of you rn.
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Two different projects, but yes. I believe #Mirlo is working on Federation: github.com/funmusicplace/mirlo…
Today, we celebrate Mirlo 🎉
My project, #Bandwagon federates with ActivityPub, but is still missing other important features that Mirlo supports (like paid album sales)
The good thing is that we’re all converging on a similar point, and that will be a huge win for indie artists and labels everywhere.
Integrate ActivityPub · Issue #146 · funmusicplace/mirlo
I wonder if this would be the way to do activity-pub-express at the easiest level, though it seems to be primarily based around a mongo database.GitHub
It's amazing what both #Mirlo and #Bandwagon have achieved in the last few months. Big up yourselves! ❤️
(Not to forget #TheIndieBeat of course)
Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners
So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/blue…)
Not so fast.
1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file
h/t @Lydie tech.lgbt/@Lydie/1141490233448…
more...
Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI | TechCrunch
Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Monday, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said the social network has been working on a framework for user consent overSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Paul Cantrell reshared this.
“The goal is to cast vaccines into the shadows. That has deadly consequences.”
Legislators are bent on dismantling our vaccine safety net even as this deadly disease sees a frightening resurgence in our state. texasobserver.org/measles-outb…
#politics #USpol #Texas #measles #antivax #vaccines #health #healthcare #news #TXlege #Republicans
Amid Texas Measles Outbreak, Conservatives Double Down on Anti-Vax Crusade
Spread of the virus is due to low immunization rates in certain communities. Meanwhile, some legislators are cheering for more “medical freedom.”Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)
Is Your Printer Producing Gibberish? A Windows 11 Update May Be to Blame
After installing a Windows 11 preview update, some USB printers are churning out random, programming-related text. Microsoft is working on a fix, but there is an interim workaround, too.Michael Kan (PCMag)
Faster clapping yields lower-frequency sounds, as does cupping one's hands while clapping.
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…
How one’s hand configuration affects the sound of clapping
Faster clapping yields lower-frequency sounds, as does cupping one’s hands while clapping.Jennifer Ouellette (Ars Technica)
Right at the end is the scary part:
"It might even be possible one day to identify someone based on their distinctive claps and use it as a kind of acoustic login for electronic devices."
More surveillance - AI to be used to review footage of every concert, theatrical performance etc. ever, and produce a massive database linking you to the sounds of your hand claps.
Then you can be tracked by the sound you make whenever your flat hand contacts something 🤯😱
@cdwilson
All my shack/office photos are carefully angled and tightly cropped.
I just backed up & shot a pano, as it's presently (just pre-spring) in the worst condition it's been in months.
Toying with posting for comedy.
LEAH HOUGHTALING | Woodworking on Instagram: "When I was in Atlanta two weeks ago @heartwood410 brought me crepe Myrtle. It’s stunning, and full of figure, and chatoyancy. It’ll need a few months to dry before I’m able to use it. Thank you, Jonathan! ❤️❤️
1,036 likes, 49 comments - leahhoughtalingwoodworking on March 12, 2025: "When I was in Atlanta two weeks ago @heartwood410 brought me crepe Myrtle. It’s stunning, and full of figure, and chatoyancy.Instagram
12 March 1903 | A Slovenian, Josef Sitter, was born in Šentjakob. A car mechanic.
In #Auschwitz from 28 September 1941.
No. 21141
He perished in the camp on 24 February 1942.
amazon.com/dp/B08VN7W1JR?ref=t…
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Firing the refs doesn't end the game; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2025/03/12/epi…
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Let me tell you how I became a proud science denier, and how it saved my life.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2025/03/12/epi…
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I don't think this science denial. A big part of science is rigorous debate of the evidence. If you have evidence to the contrary, whether it's "anecdotal" lived experience or published data, then not blindly trusting established narrative *is* science. Dissenting views and contradictions are more valuable to the scientific process than confirmations* because it's evidence of some misunderstanding that can be used to push science as a whole forward.
*Of course you need some confirmations, and the replication crisis is a whole separate issue that leads to mistrust in science
In case you weren’t paying attention, most of the people that understand economics told you that Trump was going to be a disaster. Only those that were part of the cult told you otherwise. So now you are going to act surprised because you voted for a felon, a bigot, a con man, and a dolt.
fastcompany.com/91294460/trump…
WOW 😳 🤯
The Trump administration and GOP, they are admitting this!!!
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