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  This is an excellent summary of #XMPP by @contrapunctus@en.osm.town and answered so many questions for me. 👍 https://xmpp-guide.codeberg.page/

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  How websites fingerprint and track you across the web — even without cookies Great interactive demo #privacy #cookies #web https://kuber.studio/cookie/

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  #SilentSunday

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  ✅ Submitted DROP data broker removal requests for the whole family Thanks, #California! Deletions start Aug. 1. #privacy https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

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  More industry context for balcony solar offerings in the US. It’s only legal in Utah so far (but everybody’s doing it anyway), and lots of various players gearing up to sell you cheap-ish panels and kits. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/balcony-solar-for-sale-us

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  Reminder that there are many, many more kind, creative, and caring people in the world than hateful and controlling ones. The latter are just much, much louder and are vastly over-represented in the psyche.

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  Balcony #solar kits at cost. ☀️⚡️💪 https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/balcony-panel-bright-saver-deal

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  20 years ago, I would read The NY Times every Sunday and feel smarter after doing it. Today, I open the NYT home page and feel much dumber for having done so. “Is your pillow too soft?” Actual headline. JFC. 🤦‍♂️

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  Overly pleased that there was not a single firework to be heard or seen at this remote location in the #SierraNevada mountains yesterday. 💪

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  Random website: Hi! I would like to access your locat— Me: [random website added to blocklist for all time]

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  RE: https://sfba.social/@karlauerbach/116830782669560454 I know there’s a lot to be upset about but add to the list: an executive branch-controlled rogue agency building “copies” of essential government web services (like vote.gov) but loaded with trackers and the ability to feed whatever data you input straight to… whomever.

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  i’m so fed up with it they began with visions of engelbart et al, the “building blocks of thought” etc it was going to be so great but now it’s well (sigh)

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116801682855958954 I thought #California would be safe from this sort of insanity I literally cannot understand the delusions that seem to have taken hold across the populous It’s like we normalized so-called “alternative facts” and then “AI” “hallucinations” and now consensus reality is a sci-fi concept The problem is reality still exists, consensus or not, and real people suffer as a result of choices by people in power, whether or not there is an agreed...

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  Good morning! In May, for the first time, the US produced more electricity from solar than from coal. 💪👏😎 https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/solar-beat-coal-us-grid

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  RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116567154245513238 “Developers say the facility could eventually require up to 9 gigawatts of power. For perspective, Utah’s current statewide electricity demand typically peaks around 4 to 5 gigawatts. That means a single AI-focused campus could theoretically consume more power than the entire state currently uses.” Gotta always appreciate Yahoo! News for doing the math for us! 💪🤔

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@xabd/116527370557548161 Call me crazy, but maybe browsers should *never* have access to your passwords. Separation of concerns, etc. (Not an #InfoSec person, but this seems like just one of 1M things that could easily go haywire.)

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116526566378135231 Good advice for all US voters, not just Californians. Personally, I will no longer be voting by (USPS) mail; I’ll drop my ballot directly into a secure (locally controlled) drop box. #voting #security

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116521307476692073 I’m old enough to remember how mad everyone got when Apple pushed a free U2 album on everyone

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  RE: https://floss.social/@CoMaps/116517672895821847 A really amazing community (volunteer-led) project. If you’ve got iOS skills, especially, please take a peek! (But really all manner of contributors are needed and welcome!)

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  Spotted this bumper sticker and I love it ♥️ #Marin #SFBA

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  #SilentSunday

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  Hey my @1password plan is up for renewal. Can you good folks remind me of your preferred alternatives? Ideally: - Mac and iOS integration - “family” sharing of items - Not hosted on AWS, Azure… - Established security (eg, not some random FOSS project that only one person has ever tested) (I asked this question a couple months ago but somehow lost my bookmarks and tabs… 🤦‍♂️ I promise to take notes this time!) #AskFedi #privacy #passwords

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  Sad news about #PhilzCoffee, whose CEO instructed all locations remove their pride flags. 🏳️‍🌈 WTF, right? Unfortunately, since Phil sold Philz to private equity some months ago, the #enshittification was to be expected. 💰 That said, I love how this is so offensive to locals that it qualifies as front-page news. Go Bay Area! 💪 #BoycottPhilz #SFBA https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/philz-coffee-pride-flags-ban-22195803.php

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@screambiogenesis/116390559867926031 This is the kind of A+ alt text that every Mastodon commenter dreams of 🥰

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  RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/116280718186575575 I think someone at Apple deliberately released this exploit because no one wants to update to “liquid glass” 😤

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  Today I learned about naked streets: “…a naked street involves the removal of all hard safety measures, including safety barriers, traffic lights, warning signs, speed humps, pedestrian crossings and road markings. These are all replaced with road surfaces that do not clearly distinguish between vehicle and pedestrian space, ambiguity in defining traffic rules, and a street environment that fosters eye contact and human interaction.” “A favourite demonstration of Monderman’s was to walk backwa...

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  Here there’s a huge bar of gold, you can buy some of it super cheap just use this blockchain Wait isn’t the point of gold that it’s like a real physical thing with perceived value Yeah exactly see now you can own part of that! Okay so I slice off a piece or what No no no *I* keep the gold bar and you trust me to hold onto it forever, all you get is this string of characters that other computers think means part of the actual gold belongs to you Wait let me get this straight 🤦‍♂️ https://www...

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  RE: https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/116156105428080267 This worked for me

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  RE: https://mas.to/@KatyElphinstone/116164957970499355 Superlative thread about #autism and “black and white” thinking ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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  @jmcrookston For easy reference, see https://leavesubstack.com