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I hope y'all inspire me to read some more. I also Design, sometimes.
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Cats sill act like gods and tbh they deserve all the worshipping🐈
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U.S. Government agencies have been ordered to enact sweeping takedowns of information— but technologists, librarians, and open access organizations have mobilized a preservation effort.
DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive
Who needs a DDoS (Denial of Service) attack when you have a new president? As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a serie...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
U.S. Government agencies have been ordered to enact sweeping takedowns of information— but technologists, librarians, and open access organizations have mobilized a preservation effort.
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Professor of evilology here. Evil people often lie to obscure their true motives. 🧵
February 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Professor of evilology here. Evil people often lie to obscure their true motives. 🧵
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It’s reasonable to worry that tech companies’ backbone for protecting users from government data requests "might soften when they get too politically involved with any one administration," EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept.com.
Proton Mail Says It’s “Politically Neutral” While Praising Republican Party
The “privacy-first” company surprised its user base when CEO Andy Yen lauded Trump on social media.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It’s reasonable to worry that tech companies’ backbone for protecting users from government data requests "might soften when they get too politically involved with any one administration," EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept.com.
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the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
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I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
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RIP David Lynch
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RIP David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
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RIP David Lynch
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RIP David Lynch
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Wrote this note to myself several weeks ago and just found it today. Timely.
Stay in touch with your people.
Stay in touch with your people.
January 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Wrote this note to myself several weeks ago and just found it today. Timely.
Stay in touch with your people.
Stay in touch with your people.
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If you want to understand that no, Mark Zuckerman isn't some harmless money-grubbing schmuck, go read the truly shocking "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. You will have trouble sleeping after reading this book.
January 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you want to understand that no, Mark Zuckerman isn't some harmless money-grubbing schmuck, go read the truly shocking "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. You will have trouble sleeping after reading this book.
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every tech company in 2025
January 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
every tech company in 2025
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Something to keep in mind for 2025
Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction
Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction
January 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Something to keep in mind for 2025
Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction
Written by James Miller of A Small Fiction
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tbh it is pretty wild that companies will simultaneously moan about "losing money" to piracy while also actively refusing to sell things to people that they already have totally available and could put up for digital sale at any time. like sorry you are choosing to be bad at business. sounds rough
December 31, 2024 at 1:14 AM
tbh it is pretty wild that companies will simultaneously moan about "losing money" to piracy while also actively refusing to sell things to people that they already have totally available and could put up for digital sale at any time. like sorry you are choosing to be bad at business. sounds rough
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December 28, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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Digging through the photos I've taken with my X-T4 since I got it a couple of years ago.
This still stands out as my favourite image.
#UKWildlife #Photography #FujiX
This still stands out as my favourite image.
#UKWildlife #Photography #FujiX
December 29, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Digging through the photos I've taken with my X-T4 since I got it a couple of years ago.
This still stands out as my favourite image.
#UKWildlife #Photography #FujiX
This still stands out as my favourite image.
#UKWildlife #Photography #FujiX
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there are probably some amazing video games i would have loved that i never played solely because they had a name like RayneBlayde: Chronicles of Knyfe Saga
December 21, 2024 at 11:32 PM
there are probably some amazing video games i would have loved that i never played solely because they had a name like RayneBlayde: Chronicles of Knyfe Saga
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Anybody with me?
December 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Anybody with me?
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Still looks like it's from the future.
December 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Still looks like it's from the future.
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Should be in every newsagents window.
December 17, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Should be in every newsagents window.
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"I painted in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions."
— Joan Miró
#art #artsky #fineart #modernart #painting #miró #abstract #motivation #quote #artist #inspiration
— Joan Miró
#art #artsky #fineart #modernart #painting #miró #abstract #motivation #quote #artist #inspiration
December 15, 2024 at 12:48 PM
"I painted in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions."
— Joan Miró
#art #artsky #fineart #modernart #painting #miró #abstract #motivation #quote #artist #inspiration
— Joan Miró
#art #artsky #fineart #modernart #painting #miró #abstract #motivation #quote #artist #inspiration
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