🇪🇺 Chat Control Update 🇪🇺 Yesterday the EU institutions met & were in discussion, but as of now no final agreement has been met regarding the scanning on content.
We must continue to say NO TO CHAT CONTROL & NO TO SURVEILLANCE. 😡
Make your voices heard & contact your MEPs now objecting to this 👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
This is why @pluralistic is always preaching about #DRM-free digital media and software. Sony is deleting over 500 movies customers paid for through the PlayStation Store because they don’t want to renew their license with Studio Canal. #enshittification
In 2025 NetBSD raised $50,000, in 2026 they've already raised $400,000. Maybe people care about slop-free operating systems? https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/annual_general_meeting_2026
Anthropic: We scraped the entire internet, art, books, music and called it fair use. We argued that that’s how humans learn and we won’t pay anyone anything.
Alibaba: Cool, same.
Anthropic: Wait, no, not like that.
:garf:
I’ve noticed there are no
open positions for entry-levels, juniors, or mid-levels in tech anymore.
So my prediction for the future is
that no new person can get hired in tech anymore. From now on, it’s just seniors and leads and staffs and directors until they all get laid off and slowly replaced by AI.
Then,
it becomes AI software designed by AI, written by AI, moderated by AI, and consumed by AI, all the way up and down the production chain,
forever.
Humans run back into the woods,
naked,
computerless,
and happy at last.
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Reminder: These people aren't stupid, they're corrupt. They aren't ignorant, they're conniving. They aren't mistaken, they're lying.
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instance admins are the real heroes of the fediverse and open social web.
they turn our software into real communities.
so let's not forget them, and everything they do for us.
pay them, thank them, remember them. they are the glue of this whole network.
I farted so loudly in my sleep once, it woke me and my wife up. She was convinced we were being burgled and made me go and check.
Gmail: Want me to summarize that email?
Me: It's two sentences long
Gmail: Don't worry. It'll take four tons of water, but I can handle it
Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.
I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.
This is not a drill.
If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.
They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊
#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
@davidgerard UK government to force Arch Linux on iPad kids
it's a category of one
PRIVACY ALERT!
Please boost for reach! 🚨👇
The Canadian government is planning
to introduce a bill on Wednesday, June 10th, to mandate identity surveillance of every adult using social media in Canada! 👁️🗨️
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/
A ban on social media for children
does nothing to reduce the harm caused by commercial social media. Instead, it means mandatory ID scans for every adult using social media.
We must stop this authoritarian proposal,
and demand our government focuses instead on reducing the harm for everyone using social media.
It has been explained by experts over and over that bans of social media are shortsighted lazy measures that do not help in the end, but in fact harm everyone, including the children.
Stop ID surveillance in Canada! ✊⛔️
Contact your MP and our Prime Minister TODAY to voice your opposition. Here's where to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
If you aren't aware of this issue yet, here's more information on age verification: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification
#AgeVerification #Privacy #Canada #HumanRights #CanPoli #StopIDChecks #StopIDSurveillance
It looks like @protonprivacy directly supported a far right French YouTuber who is a holocaust denier and pro-hate just about everything that isn’t a straight white dude.
Not just an automated ad, it was a direct sponsorship for which the YouTuber thanked Proton.
Local #Seattle artist Light Guerrilla projected “TAX THE RICH” on the side of Mark #Zuckerberg 's stupid boat while it was docked in Lake Union. The boat is now anchored in the middle of Elliott Bay several miles away.