John Sullivan @johns@librem.one
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
Well this is horrible: https://lithub.com/the-small-press-world-is-about-to-fall-apart-on-the-collapse-of-small-press-distribution/
(Small Press Distribution closes abruptly.)
Visited the NC Department of Revenue in person; now feel like I've also attended a live taping of Severance.
Several years ago I was working on an open letter to Jimmy Fallon and the Tonight Show asking them to drop #Apple sponsorship for exactly these sorts of reasons: https://www.engadget.com/jon-stewart-says-apple-asked-him-not-to-host-ftc-chair-lina-khan-090249490.html -- comedians should be allies of the free software and open source movements.
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Has anyone successfully used TransferWise/Wise's alternative to facial scanning/biometric data collection to set up an account with them? They say it can take longer but we've been waiting over a month since we sent email under the policy. Do they actually ever do this or is it just words in their policy?
Amazing idea, Discord, to email out notice about (real) changes to Terms of Service on...April 1. Nothing says you take privacy terms seriously better than that!
Maybe Boeing is just secretly working really hard to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Lyft's new policies should be illegal.
You cannot manage your account, including cancel your membership, or delete your account without the app. The website will log you in, but then tell you that you must use the app.
I decided to cancel my membership and delete my account, because the app also will not work without Google Play Services either. The app will open, show you a notice that you need it, then close.
But putting that aside, you should at least have access to your account without your phone by visiting their website. I had to use someone else's phone just to log in, cancel, and then delete my account.
#Lyft #LyftPink
"We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings." Happy Lawrence Ferlinghetti Day! #poetry
I have now tried two Organicville salad dressings and the two worst salad dressings I have ever tried are both Organicville.
bitcoin but mined using fidget spinners
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Some personal news: The Intercept laid me off 🫠, so I'm now in the job market! My current title is Director of Information Security https://micahflee.com/2024/03/the-intercept-laid-me-off/
Spectrum Business last month: "Turn on Autopay or else you'll be charged an extra $5 next month."
Spectrum Business this month: "Now that you have Autopay on, here's a $10 increase in your bill for no explained reason -- charge labeled 'business wifi'. Isn't Autopay great!"
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OK, this is cool:
1. Look up a podcast on https://podcastindex.org/
2. Check the number at the end of the URL in your browser. Example: https://podcastindex.org/podcast/270016 -> 270016
3. Follow <number>@ap.podcastindex.org. For example, @270016 .
4. Get podcast updates over ActivityPub! Including audio!
h/t @samsethi
So why doesn't "block all video" in Firefox block video backgrounds?
why is nobody talking about the potential synergies between lab grown meat and AI
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📣 We're hiring a remote, part-time contractor for a six-month period to work on the Dangerzone open source application!
Help us protect journalists and anyone else working with potentially dangerous electronic documents.
Learn more and apply:
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Sad to learn this. Lyn Hejinian's book My Life was very influential for me -- I didn't know #poetry could be like that until reading it. I'm glad there are still books of hers I haven't read yet.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/03/08/remembering-lyn-hejinian-1941-2024/
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It's that time at @outreachy when we have to start figuring out how many internships we can offer in the coming round. I hate the hard choices we have to make when we're short on funding when there are strong interns and mentors.
Please help us by making a donation, and if you work at a company that might sponsor, please ask them to sign up!
outreachy.org/sponsor/
Would like to see the minutes of the #LAMY meeting where they decided to still put a blue cartridge in the Pink Cliff or Violet Blackberry Safari #fountainpen, even when selling them in a set with cartridges and bottles of their actual matching ink colors.
Former shipper and executive director at the Free Software Foundation, now https://alliterativeadvising.com, https://crazyalansemporium.com, and board of directors for https://f-droid.org.
Joined May 2019
