John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

I didn't know about this system before; seems like an opportunity for the USFG to use its negotiating leverage against DRM. (Also while I dislike taxpayer dollars funding DRM, I do not support firing everyone.)

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/us-libraries-cut-ebook-and-audiobook-lending-programs-following-trump-executive-order-205113868.html

GNU has its own version of bikeshedding bikeshedding where we can't talk about what color to paint the shed until we talk about whether "bike" and "shed" are the correct terms for the thing to be painted, if that's what we are going to call the activity being proposed -- but is it an activity, and is it actually a proposal...

"no-reply@replies.uber.com"

bad11.org must've been taken https://endof10.org/

#badvista

I heard something about this once before, years ago, what was it...
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nintendo-grants-itself-the-power-to-brick-switches-with-pirated-games-162129077.html?src=rss

#bricknintendo

I was so glad to get all these emails from suppliers about how they are completely absorbing the costs of tariffs! Then I woke up and looked at my real inbox, eyebrows singed by the heat of the ever more expensive dumpster fire therein. This man has very obviously never actually been anywhere near a real business. Changing prices is a lot of work -- hope someone studies just the cost of that, among all the other negative impacts.

Is WPA3 in #Debian expected to work?

New Coke is 40 years old.

This is a good, insightful testimonial piece on Lifehacker and has the potential to be a great interview series. People I know should respond to the call :) https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-much-convenience-do-you-compromise-for-online-privacy

#privacy

Good to see this happening in Japan -- I think scrutiny of deals around preinstallation of software on #Android devices is important for the future growth of projects like @fdroidorg
, and of mobile freedom in general. #google

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/japan-clamps-down-on-googles-android-app-pre-install-deals-130050220.html

Do you think these two NYT advice columnists, published on the same day of the paper edition, knew they were separately answering the same question? Scroll to the questions about office attire..

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/business/do-dogs-belong-at-work.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/style/in-laws-wedding-attendance.html

#HireMeNYT

One thing it should obviously not be is a platform actually owned and run privately by government officials (truth social, X..).

Government use of private social media has become an issue that bothers me disproportionately to what it should (naked promotion/enrichment of specific private businesses while compelling citizens to become their customers), but here's more https://www.engadget.com/social-media/the-social-security-administration-is-reportedly-moving-all-official-communication-to-x-223201698.html . Would it be okay if what they were using federated? Or does there just need to be a publicly run platform (federated or not)? Or should it be privately run on a bid-based system like other government contracts?

Recently finished The City and Its Uncertain Walls (Murakami) which lead me to start rereading parts of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. When not doing that, finished The Vegetarian (Han Kang) and now need something a little less real / destabilizing, so probably starting The Book of Love by Kelly Link. #books