Notices by Bill H. (krusynth@mastodon.publicinterest.town), page 3

A reminder that Spotify continues to find new ways to not pay smaller artists while simultaneously paying hundreds of millions of dollars to white supremacists like Joe Rogan.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/masonbissada/2022/02/17/joe-rogans-spotify-deal-allegedly-worth-200-million-doubling-initial-report/?sh=4de75c9c2c39

https://loudwire.com/spotify-payouts-less-smaller-artists/

Please consider other ways of getting your music.

A ransomware organization exploited a financial services organizations, and when they didn't get paid, they reported the breach to the SEC themselves. Incredible.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-files-sec-complaint-over-victims-undisclosed-breach/

If you need any further proof that the internet has truly become bloated garbage, look to weather.com, where the last thing to load on the page, almost a minute after first byte, is the current weather. 😒

I don't understand how we've reached 2023 and none of the major popular desktop operating systems actually allow you to configure basic UI interface settings, like default button size, shape, color, font, etc. What is this madness?

(Don't @ me about linux.)

GSA is currently doing a study to investigate racial bias in facial recognition technology, particularly for automated identity proofing. PLEASE share this as widely as possible so that they can get a wide range of feedback, not just from white folks. Thanks!

https://identityequitystudy.gsa.gov/