Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

"... we can restore balance going forward: by mandating the use of vendor-neutral, royalty free, open standards for all software procurement. In doing so, we would simply be applying the same prudence to software procurement that we do for procurement in almost every other industry. Having signed up for the D5 Charter, we'd be demonstrating that we've learned from the UK's sensible and bold example: they mandated open standards in 2014."

@lightweight

https://openstandards.nz/

#PolicyNZ

The people flooded out on the flat land saying they want to move to the hills

And the people smashed by land slips on the hill saying they want to move to the flat.

Climate change is all of us, it's not gonna be avoided by moving.

Here's a possibly unpopular #Infosec opinion.

For ordinary non-corporate end users, SSO systems like "Sign in with Google/Microsoft/Facebook" are a bad idea.

Here's the reason. It's possible to get banned from an entire ecosystem based on a perceived infraction on one site, and there have been multiple cases of this happening. When these bans occur they can stop you being able to use that SSO system, locking you out of every account that uses it.

Ordinary end users have very little chance of getting a sensible response from mega-corps when this happens.

The impact of being locked out of all your systems if this happens is high, and possibly a worse outcome than losing an individual credential because of a hack when you're managing your own credentials.

Last week, my colleague Kevin was ready to give up Google in favor of the new AI-powered Bing. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/technology/microsoft-bing-openai-artificial-intelligence.html This week, he writes about a chat with Bing's AI leaving him deeply unsettled after it told him about the many terrible things it's "shadow self" wanted to do and confessed its love repeatedly for him. The cycle from enchantment to terror with new technologies is really accelerating! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html The convo transcript is worth a read. Unlocked: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html?unlocked_article_code=5L9j4UTGa2Sq9R0FulDKfmcq3aesNcqqwZkPBwsIW7EvqkbanIdsZU0hoKktwWijvrw8qobVzmdbyZfxtRjhZQWMN1Qi39t035TVJEllXwc9_zmJYNu_Y9gQ-8ROXYZ8ReuKsdz9WCv7bu_V75hZNZXipGPrv_h5g6phWp8GUX2DTCGQMjV-CTjJybDonBvQaR_kPJbX2zzNM8s4PROKIK32tEVmqGFG0Z1mfzUetZbXqKtz-3b7jFe4M4ylQHHbCnqtSyX4zN6HT4SLsCliddmSW4Aq5V5MZXuwzlSaLgLra8kE5mc1MQuP7cMU9jA6JiP7lhfRpgwcKeHKrGOCRiL21Bw&smid=url-share

RT @tzimmer_history
The “cancel culture” and anti-“wokeism” moral panics rely on a complete inversion of the actual balance of power, portraying traditionally marginalized groups as mighty forces that urgently need to be reined in – and those in elite positions as desperately in need of protection.

PSA: Referring to the exercises given to schoolchildren to help them learn how to effectively communicate their ideas as "pointless essays" is anti-intellectual and I don't like it.

My 11yo boy just got home from school on his bike (just!) quite shaken: a tradie in an SUV drove past him at speed on a section of road with parked cars on either side, making it dangerously narrow, clipping his elbow with the car's wing mirror.

We managed to track down the company & the driver. My wife had a fairly forceful word with him - he made bad excuses... his callous driving could easily've cost us our boy & the driver any sort of positive future. 1.5m = min legal passing distance.

The US is so dystopian that I genuinely need to clarify that:

* Housed people commit *significantly* more crime against homeless people than vice versa. Housed people also commit more crime against other housed people.

* The solution for "people with untreated mental illness living in the subway" is neither "involuntary detention in a mental institution" nor "forced medication." It is "Affordable and accessible mental healthcare and medication."

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109874911422615244

🤔So... we're at war with *checks notes* Mrs. Krabappel's 5th grade Earth Science class?

Are we winning?

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf

Those balloons cost ~$100 each. So for $1000 and a trip to Party City's helium tank rental counter, a bad actor could potentially scramble 10 F-22s, and cost us $10 million dollars? Seems bad.

At the front of the house, Alice found two curious characters, both search engines.

"I am Googl-E," said the one plastered in advertisements.

"And I am Bingle-Dum," said the other, who was the smaller of the two, and sported a pout, as to having fewer visitors and opportunity for conversation than the other.

The really remarkable thing isn't just that #Microsoft has decided that the future of #search isn't links to relevant materials, but instead lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a #chatbot who happens to be a habitual liar - even more remarkable is that #Google agrees.

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:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/tweedledumber/#easily-spooked

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Worth remembering the Conservatives would rather deprive working people of a living wage than safeguard the U.K. economy.

Next time you hear or see the rightwing press slagging off rail staff for having the temerity to withdraw their labour remember who caused the disruption: the Conservatives. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/18/rail-strikes-cost-uk-1bn-and-settling-would-have-been-cheaper-minister-admits?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Who changed this headline? And why? New York Times readers deserve answers. (And my DMs are open)
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RT @froomkin
Revelatory catch by @ParkerMolloy: https://open.substack.com/pub/presentage/p/why-i-signed-the-nyt-letter-and-you?r=cfko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://twitter.com/froomkin/status/1625986858919383040

Interested in #InvestigativeReporting on #Intercollegiate #Athletics? The Drake Group Education Fund recognizes graduate or undergraduate college student journalists who publish work addressing college athletes' welfare, economics of college sports, academic integrity, ethical conduct, gender and racial equity, treatment of a whistleblower, or other significant issues. The deadline is March 17. For details, go to https://www.thedrakegroupeducationfund.org/2023-student-investigative-journalism-prize/ #journalism #journalists

The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists is accepting applications for reporting projects (e.g., journalistic work in any media format that covers underreported issues of global importance) or professional development opportunities (e.g., security training, conferences, workshops and media development initiatives). More information can be found on the International Women’s Media Foundation website, https://www.iwmf.org/programs/fund-for-women-journalists/ #journalists #funding #journalism

@Benjaminblackoak @Artisan_recycler

Modern life is built on the exploitation of others & overusing the environment.

We want to eat strawberries in winter, so underpaid labor in Spain grows berries in a drought, using illegal irrigation from pumping water out of national parks.

We want food but don't want to grow it ourselves.
We want cars but ignore a frying planet.
We want a life of ease built on the labor & resources of the 3rd world.

@parkermolloy @tzimmer_history

Getting rich means becoming habituated to self-enrichment at the expense of others.

Staying rich means ignoring human misery.

Your voice informs people of their self serving rationalizations.

Keep up the good work. You have allies.