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I'd also suggest finding a backup plan for your use of Gmail, Gdocs, etc. because even if other vendors refuse to play along, Google will use their sites to show "oops, sorry, your fake browser is not supported, download the true Chrome here".
They have a trillion dollar business that is at odds with privacy and ad blockers. Trillion dollars always wins over being nice.
Mastodon FeedPlease, please, do not use the closed-source Chrome. If you must use Chromium, pick one that is NOT from an advertising company. @Vivaldi will treat you well.
Google can't resist their desire to own the Web, like their big tech peers own their operating systems.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
andy_blum@drupal.community ("Andy Blum") wrote:
Following Twitter's lockdown of tweets, a lot of sites have seen their embedded timelines break.
If you're looking for a way to embed mastodon posts, I've just created a new project that lets you embed your timeline of toots.
🪶 It's lightweight (<2kb).
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
And it's not like we would generally go over their nominal cap by much, but again, and I cannot stress this enough, *this is how I work*.
I'll be the first to point out that these are obscene numbers from many perspectives, and I can afford to pay more, but that's not the point: I literally *can't* pay anyone more for better service. SF is a service desert in large sections...because regulatory capture. SF city govt is incompetent and unperturbed that fiber isn't widely available.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Comcast introduced an "unlimited" tier, at least allowing us to pay for the privilege of not having to worry if we got near 1TB of transfer/mo. This was not great; abysmal compared to symmetric fiber, but at least could hook up a competent modem and router, rather than dealing with their jank-o-rama.
In the last month, this changed. Now, if you don't pay Comcast an *exorbitant* price ($15/month) for a truly shit-tier modem/router combo, you can't even pay more to stay uncapped.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Why does the US need competition regulators? A vignette: I'm a work-from-home-er and have been at least part-time for many years. These days, it's full time. My network connection is my ability to function.
I'm also in San Francisco, a connection desert.
After screwing us over (promising to install symmetric 2gbps fiber in 2017, then bailing), we've been stuck with Comcast cable service, capped at ~40mbps up, ~1gbps down. This is not great, particularly for the price.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
This year's legislative agenda is an all-you-can-eat buffet of bad internet legislation. If you live in the US, now is the time to contact Congress and tell them that these bills are dangerous and wrong-headed.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Fsck Comcast.
[ send toot ]
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
_silversmith ("Shawn Smith Peirce") wrote:
In new USA Today poll, huge majority—including a third of Republicans—backs abortion rights amendment in Ohio
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/24/2183117/-Huge-majority-including-a-third-of-Republicans-backs-abortion-rights-amendment-in-Ohio
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
alank@sfba.social ("Alan Kyle") wrote:
Shots from the failed sign change at twitter today. Building management called police and had them stop halfway through. The crane was blocking traffic and there were few safety precautions being taken
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:
Next week: DeSantis claims that some Jews benefitted from the Holocaust, arguing that obesity was nonexistent in the concentration camps.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“A significant portion of the child abuse material researchers uncovered was from networks in Japan, where there are “significantly more lax laws” that “exclude computer-generated content as well as manga and anime,” according to the report.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
when someone claims they know what “God” wants and has done and why, I recommend you back slowly out of the room while keeping a firm hold on your wallet.
‘Kunneman kicked things off during his morning service by declaring that it is an “insult” for anyone to even challenge former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination because “when God raises up a deliverer, you better recognize it.”
He then issued a warning to younger voters who might be intrigued by Ramaswamy.’
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
“Republican officials don’t want solutions; they want chaos,” says an administration official on background regarding the action in #Texas.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
truth
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
OldAndCranky@sfba.social wrote:
My NYC daughter made a little garden on her fire escape and a mourning dove nested there. Here she is with her babies, watching the sunset.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stribley@journa.host ("Robert Stribley") wrote:
Apologies for the link to the App Formerly Known as Twitter but ... remarkable: "Back in 1993 I co-founded a company that become known as XE, an extremely popular currency site and app. This was our logo from 1993 to 2007. Perhaps it looks familiar." - Stephen Dengler
https://twitter.com/Dracogen/status/1683220073798852609
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
this is hilarious
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
carlmalamud@official.resource.org ("Carl Malamud") wrote:
"Autoenshittification." Need I say more? https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/ ht @pluralistic
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
shepgo ("✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦") wrote:
Facebook already appears to hold the social networking rights to ‘X’
Elon Musk, who bought #Twitter for $44 billion last year, announced that the platform will now be called "X," but Mark #Zuckerberg's #Meta has already registered an "X" logo in connection to "online social networking services" and "social networking services in the fields of entertainment, gaming, and application development."
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-holds-rights-to-x-twitter-rebrand-elon-musk-2023-7
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Brock is now jobless and still facing criminal charges, all stemming from a traffic stop the deputy said was based on an air freshener he’d spotted hanging from Brock’s rearview mirror.
The Sheriff’s Department has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks for two other use-of-force incidents caught on camera”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-23/video-trans-man-beaten-la-county-sheriff-deputy
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:
Love asking a React stallwart why they think its still a necessary abstraction in 2023.
All the answers I get are either logical fallacies or a strange appeal to popularity as though the web, and by extension web standards, are far larger and more encompassing than a proprietary dialect that compiles to it.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
everywhereist ("Geraldine") wrote:
"Maybe it’s time to put the bird to rest. It was wonderful to us for a while, and it was also horrific, and it’s gone now, and we’re messed up about it, because that’s what grief is."
My thoughts on the end of Twitter as we knew it:
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Such a relief when you're back to work after a two-week vacation, and there are no paradigm shifts, platform changes, new radical approaches, etc. And you don't have to rethink your ongoing tasks from scratch.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
reading "7.2. Defining Modules to Control Scope and Privacy". need to re-read a few times
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Spotted our first Argiope of the season, and it was right there in my yard.
Waiting for it to reemerge so I can get a decent photo.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
step 1: perform Greensleeves on a lute
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Linkletter ("Ian Linkletter") wrote:
Countless educators stand against academic surveillance tech and Turnitin's new AI detection tool is an escalation. Turnitin is pivoting from a technology that encourages teachers to investigate sources to one that tells them to blindly believe their "state-of-the-art" black box.
Don't buy it. And come contract renewal, do not forget what they did. #Turnitoff
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press") wrote:
Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as 'unfavorable': Pew
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicanshttps://www.businessinsider.com/third-of-republicans-now-view-trump-as-unfavorable-pew-2023-7
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
FediFollows@social.growyourown.services wrote:
#MusicHistory / #Music picks of the day:
➡️ @historyofpunkrock - Info, photos, clips and flyers from the #PunkRock era of the 1970s and 1980s
➡️ @auditorymusings - Music blog recommending classic albums
➡️ @canyonsfan - Musicologist writing about #classical music
➡️ @dylyricus - Devoted to #BobDylan, his music, his tours & his lyrics (incl. lesser known alternative lyrics)
➡️ @AccordionBruce - #Accordion historian, musician and author
➡️ @Vinyl - Artwork from classic #records
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