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@jmlich I have that second one from the bottom too (amazfit neo). I don't actually use it as a smartwatch, but it reminds me of the old school Casios and that's why I like it.

Image containing multiple icons with text that together create the sentence “I believe Black Lives Matter, science is real, love is love, women have the right to choose, trans rights are human rights, diversity makes us stronger, small acts change the world & kindness is everything.

My Flask Mega-Tutorial ebook is now also available from The Pragmatic Bookshelf store, without DRM!

I'm super excited to offer this additional channel for those who do not want to be locked in to Kindle.

https://pragprog.com/titles/d-mgflask/the-new-and-improved-flask-mega-tutorial/

@georgetakei what an ignorant statement.

@Hundstrasse wow nice!

@eth0 I believe it's called enp0s25 now.

What an absolute hero!

While Musk is trying to kill entire government agencies by tweet, Samantha Power walks into The Late Show and explains why USAID is the agency that keeps the world safe and free from disease.

Everything Elon is trying to hide because he wants to free up money for his own tax cuts, Samantha Power lays out beautifully right here:

https://youtu.be/OIHJub72vuM?si=yDT2rOtUWGxums89

Boost her!

‘Shocked’: UN rapporteur slams international community for ignoring Israeli 'genocide' in Gaza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Af-JZSrz8

@thibaultamartin @pabloyoyoista @postmarketOS @gnome I only have a Librem 5 but I'm so impressed with what they have achieved with Phosh, really amazing software!

@EndIsraeliApartheid It's insane. Trump unhinged statements deserve worldwide sanctions.

@bri_seven I got my nails painted once and hated it (it just felt dirty and I wanted to get it off). However, it will give me much more satisfaction knowing that it pisses off bigots, so thanks for the tip, the next time someone wants to paint my nails I'll comply!

@jgys For example, if you import a used Apple part (like a display) from China, this is considered counterfit the same way that you would import fake clothing to sell. Your goods will be seized and you can face criminal liability. But, that's just some of the things Louis covers, there's also a lot that he doesn't.

@jgys He was one of the people at the forefront of right to repair, so yes it's one of his main issues with Apple, but far from the only or even most important one. He also dives deep into quality issues (which doesn't make Apple evil per sé), but he also delves into how Apple screws over their service centers, employees and users. Also in particular he focusses on how they abuse IP rights to avoid importing of used parts.

@jgys Heh, I used to have a very good YouTube playlist for this that contained some great videos on the topic (Louis Rossman famously covers many of Apple's biggest problems), but no, I don't see it as sealioning, I think more people should ask about it and talk about it because the issues are huge and severe. I think I'll go ahead and make a web page dedicated to this rather than rely on YouTube for a playlist and pass it on!

@jgys Oh yeah as I alluded to before, it works great for me and I know how to maintain services, but I'm not pushing it or recommending it to anyone for exactly the reasons you mention.

an unelected billionaire storming into US agencies, installing his unqualified and unapproved lackeys, purging civil servants, seizing access to sensitive data and payments, unilaterally eliminating federal agencies: fine

identifying the lackeys: illegal

FearNonelnc @RayInsideOut. Here's a list of techies on the ground helping Musk gaining and using access to the US Treasury payment system. Akash Bobba Edward Coristine Luke Farritor Gautier Cole Killian Gavin Kliger Ethan Shaotran 

Elon Musk @elonmusk. You have committed a crime. Same reply by Musk, but showing the original post was removed as a violation of Twitter rules

The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.

Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!

CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Topics cdc, government, united states, dataset, archive
Language English
Item Size 98.5G
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

The German party AfD is suspected of being right-wing extremist and anti-constitutional. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has analyzed the party and generated a detailed report. We are publishing this document in full. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/verdachtsfall-rechtsextremismus-wir-veroeffentlichen-das-1-000-seitige-verfassungsschutz-gutachten-zur-afd/

@valhalla @jgys @LALegault Well yeah I'm a technical person so that's solved for me, but the problem is with that last part in that it's really not yet a solution for everybody. And if 95%+ people are mass surveilled, then effectively everyone is.

@jgys You're not alone, phone's are a privacy nightmare. I use a de-googlified Android phone (and sync to my own server using Nextcloud). For technical/convenience reasons, obviously not a good solution for everyone. But that doesn't change the fact that Apple is about the worst of the worst when it comes to abusing copyright/IP, collecting data on their users, using data against their users, etc.

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