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This is my year of taking control of my digital life. Less big tech, more homelab.
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Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to
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January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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there are too many posts on here about "world events" and "AI" and not nearly enough about "Mitsibushi Delica"
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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If you want to share safe paths through your city or neighborhood with your neighbors, Route Scouts is an obfuscated map-making system whose routes can be shared visually, shorthand, and via a coordinate system.

As a bonus, it teaches ciphers and code-making.

pandiongames.itch.io/route-scouts
Route Scouts by Pandion Games
secret paths through the real world
pandiongames.itch.io
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Introducing Gate Crashing – EFF’s interview series where we talk to people who have used the internet to take nontraditional paths to break into the traditional worlds of journalism and creativity. Check out Episode 1 today! www.eff.org/pages/gate-...
October 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
June 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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I see people saying stuff like "why criticize Substack but give other problematic platforms (like, say, YouTube) a pass?

Which is a fair point.

Thing is, YouTube is a quasi-monopoly for sharable video. Substack wants to have a newsletter monopoly but *isn't there yet*. And it should never happen.
June 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Calling all artists, game devs, graphic designers, etc. - Our All Fonts Pack, which contains all 1200+ of our fonts for commercial use - is on sale again at only $19 for the next 2 weeks! Use them in as many weird & wonderful projects as you want! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #artists #art #gamedev
May 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My weekend reading from @exeunt.press was delivered a day earlier than the USPS said. Oh happy day.
April 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dan James goal!!!!
April 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now:

Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten...

How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t...

Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.0. iPhone: 7.0 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time...
ssd.eff.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Happy 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, to those who celebrate.
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 AM
I just figured out that I'll be in Philly during #PAXU. This will be my first time. Does anyone have advice for how to get the most out of it?
November 21, 2024 at 6:18 PM