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#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
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New Hampshire courts thought the name of a law enforcement vendor was so secret, they tripped over themselves keeping it out of the public record. We found the company’s name with a Google search. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/foilies-2022#concord https://t.co/oMo0RHny50
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With $1.158M, you could buy oceanfront property in Florida. Or you could pay the Pasco County Sheriff’s Department—this year’s winner of highest fee estimate—to produce records about a controversial policing program. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/foilies-2022#pasco
In the USA at least, the cholesterol numbers for doctors to prescribe statins has crept into the range where it's borderline to a small increase in exercise/antioxidants. Maybe prescribing a healthier lifestyle is a better choice.
Headlines of these things make it seem so urgent. Your probability of being diagnosed with prostate cancer early rose 41% for the .012% of men between 45 and 75 probable for a diagnosis of prostate cancer.
After 75, there is a sharp jump upward, but who needs to live much longer than that anyway?
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*sigh* yesterday I saw that a young band I was really impressed with have allowed one of their songs to be used by Microsoft to advertise the "Surface"... Too bad. Sorta ruins their music for me. :(
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Don’t ask forgiveness, radiate intent - Elizabeth Ayer: https://scribe.rip/@ElizAyer/dont-ask-forgiveness-radiate-intent-d36fd22393a3 (Medium via Scribe)
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👀 Yet more consumer hardware is spying on you. This time, routers sending every hostname your devices need to a third party -- even if you have the "feature" switched off.
https://teddit.net/r/hardware/comments/tbthjj/psa_newer_tplink_routers_send_all_your_web/
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Privacy Workshop: BigBlueButton Admin Features
BBB video chat platform respects and protects our privacy while proprietary platforms collect our information.
Join us at 3pm - Wednesday the 16th of March
See more detail here https://communitybridge.com/privacyworkshop
“Strange Paradox:” Rural Towns Surrounded By Farmland Are Losing Food Access
https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-food-access-dollar-store-grocery-closures
The Fight to Reclaim Colorado's Privatized Rivers for the Public
https://inthesetimes.com/article/colorado-rivers-privatization-public-access
A New Law Promised Debt Relief for Black Farmers. Instead, Some Got Collection Notices.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/usda-farmers-of-color-debt-relief-collection-notices
The Existential Danger of Using the Ukraine Invasion to Ramp Up Fossil Fuel Production
https://inthesetimes.com/article/fossil-fuel-oil-gas-ukraine-russia-biden-psaki
How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex
https://inthesetimes.com/article/spotify-military-industrial-complex-daniel-ek-prima-materia-helsing
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And now there is an election for "individual" board members.
🤔 Which corporate tech giant should get my vote?
👀 The proprietary software SaaS voting platform whose trackers also share my personal information with Google awaits....
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Now hiring!
The #Inkscape project is seeking to fill a 12-month contract position for a Project Coordinator.
You'll find more details here: https://inkscape.org/news/2022/03/11/hiring-project-coordinator/
Programming languages: This open-source AI code generator is very good at writing in C | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-languages-this-open-source-ai-code-generator-is-very-good-at-writing-in-c/
Encryption meant to protect against quantum hackers is easily cracked | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2310369-encryption-meant-to-protect-against-quantum-hackers-is-easily-cracked/
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‼️ Внимание ‼️
Руководство от Access Now по цифровой безопасности и обходам блокировок и отключений интернета для гражданского общества России и Беларуси.
Digital security and circumvention tools for civil society and resistance movement in Russia and Belarus, and free VPNs and digital security assistance for civil society including in Russian via help@accessnow.org. Please share with your networks!
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🔓 Nearly 40 civil society organizations this week issued an open letter calling on the U.S. government to not disrupt internet access in Russia or Belarus, and to ensure sanctions do not reinforce efforts to assert total information control.
https://www.accessnow.org/US-government-internet-access-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions/
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa
Joined May 2019
