Notices by Stephen Collins (trib@aus.social)

@Em0nM4stodon #1 piece of advice when attending protests or travelling: delete stored fingerprints and face prints before you start your travels.

@evan @stufromoz noting there should *always* be text for accessibility reasons, I'm a fan of the conceit where the piece starts in the writer's voice and from their perspective and then fades across to the perspective and voice of the reader.

Not in every case, but where it works, it's effective. I've seen it again recently, but can't remember what I was watching.

Stolen from a Facebook post. I don't know the author. If anyone does, let me know and I'll update.

Yes, Trek purists, Darmok doesn't speak like this. I know. I'm a Trekker from way back.

#musk #twitter #StarTrek #Darmok

Some time ago, I backed Bird Buddy on Kickstarter. It's an automated bird feeder with a camera included that's backed by a global database that recognises the birds that visit. Over the weekend I placed mine on our back deck and a satin bowerbird and a common bronzewing both figured out what's going on. Soon enough, I hope the crimson rosellas and the various other birds we get figure it out as well.
#BirdBuddy #BushLife #BirdsOfMastodon #birb

@danhon that's a goddamn legit question and one of the reasons why design as an industry needs to come up with an ethical standard to be accountable to. Naturally, this leads to all those accreditation and professional standards wars - who accredits, how, why, what counts as accreditable, who enforces the standards, etc. I used to disagree with accreditation, but increasingly, I'm for it (though I don't have an answer to all the questions by any means).

@brewsterkahle what kind of arseholes sue The Internet Archive? Oh, wait, it's music industry lawyers working for the labels. Of course.