Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

It's interesting when even former Google developers start to de-Google-ify their websites. This is from Jake Wharton who quit his job at Google just over a month ago (via Twitter):

"Google has been slowly rotting for years from their products outward."

Reason for removing Google Analytics from his website?

"Performance and privacy. Win-win."

https://plausible.io/blog/remove-google-analytics

I suspect it'd be far far more effective (and kind) to put the money required to equip NZ police with guns into social welfare for society's most desperate instead.

This.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thatsactuallyverycool/comments/gxselk/now_this_is_some_deep_graffiti/

Apparently, the uptake of Microsoft's "Windows Linux Subsystem" is miniscule despite it being blared from all MS PR speakers at full volume. Smart technologists realise that enclosing Linux within Windows is a stage in Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Locking the magnificent eagle, symbol of freedom, into a dingy little cage... is not a compelling proposition. Just drop Windows and use Linux. Only a fool puts on the shackles voluntarily.

Ban This Shit
https://gizmodo.com/ban-this-shit-1843904434 #privacy #security #purism

Anyone on here using collective.tools yet and have feedback?

Considering adopting it for our #Vt real estate co-op before we lock ourselves too deeply into Google, but figured I'd check before dropping the $$ for a subscription.

Our five-part series responding to the President includes an explanation of how the Executive Order is unconstitutional on several grounds, built on false premises, and is bad policy to boot. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/05/dangers-trumps-executive-order-explained

If they're not evil now... there's nothing to stop them from being evil later (when they've got more power). I've written about it before: https://davelane.nz/megacorps

Ubuntu and Canonical - this is not cool. https://ubuntu.com/blog/creating-cross-platform-applications-with-net-on-ubuntu-on-wsl You're far better than this. Have a bit of pride in your principles. Microsoft is *not our friend*. Not even a little bit.

The digital technology you use is a political statement, whether you know (or like) it or not. Be prefigurative by choosing technologies aligned with your principles. And actively avoid those which are not.

Google Facing $5 Billion Lawsuit for Tracking Incognito Mode
https://gizmodo.com/google-facing-5-billion-lawsuit-for-tracking-people-us-1843886498

@lwriemen The US (and the DNC) completely screwed up by not selecting Sanders as their candidate. But it looks like both of the risible plutocratic parties are run by corporate interests.

The announcement that the DEA was authorized to conduct covert surveillance on protestors got me thinking about how one could protect oneself against that kind of mass surveillance. In this post I give a quick overview of Stingray technology, the implications of its use at a protest, how aerial stingrays (“dirtboxes”) extends its mass-surveillance capabilities, and how the Librem 5’s hardware kill switches give you control over where, when and how you are surveilled.

https://puri.sm/posts/taking-the-sting-out-of-stingray/

The good folks at the Tilted Scales Collective have assembled this useful list of resources to help people navigate America's criminal injustice system. If you're concerned about getting arrested, check it out.

https://itsgoingdown.org/arrested-tilted-scales-collective-has-resources-to-help-fight-back/

PILES OF BRICKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BESIDE THE POINT.... a great piece from The Tower about the pitfalls of protest conspiracies. Check it out if you are confused about what's going on, and aren't sure what to think.

#BrickBait #BricksForRioters

https://north-shore.info/2020/06/03/piles-of-bricks-and-other-things-that-are-beside-the-point-11-arguments-against-protest-conspiracies/

BBC News: Extinction crisis 'poses existential threat to civilisation'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52881831 #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

There's been tons of people posting lately about mysterious bricks showing up at demos or being "left around" police cars -- with the idea being that cops are trying to set a trap for protesters by encouraging violence.... (THREAD)

#ACAB #NoJusticeNoPeace #Fuck12