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Notices by Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 03:34:36 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    Happy #WikipediaDay to all who celebrate!

    If you're putting off getting started because of the maze of complicated official docs and rules, there is a good one-page intro (video and text) at https://blog.mollywhite.net/become-a-wikipedian-transcript/

    In conversation about 2 days ago from federate.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: blog.mollywhite.net
      Video: Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes
      from @molly0xfff
      A written transcript of my video, 'Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes'.
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Dec-2025 13:26:08 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Em :official_verified:
    • Jeff Atwood

    @codinghorror @Em0nM4stodon YouTube just told my YouTube account that it's a child—which excuses you from the "personalized" ads, so I guess that account will never grow up

    In conversation about a month ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Nov-2025 14:14:18 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    "The American right, especially the emerging MAGA ecosystem, was simply a dream customer: highly engaged, highly inflamed, and extremely willing to click through to garbage sites that paid out ad revenue." https://www.reneediresta.com/on-the-internet-no-one-knows-youre-a-maga-patriot-in-lagos/

    (if there is a the funny part about all this, it's that the real #WinRed is losing traffic and probably donations to international rage-bait operations)

    In conversation about 2 months ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Oct-2025 02:20:14 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Michael ☕
    • Evan Prodromou

    @mcpinson @evan in the long run, the point of view of a publisher is going to align with the interests of the advertisers. You can't show favoritism to any one advertiser, but Road and Track is going to agree with "buying and driving fast cars is a good thing to do" and Linux Journal was all about buying hardware because you can run Linux on it. Look at the ads in the New York Times and the big picture is: living in an expensive apartment and buying expensive bling is what New York City is for

    In conversation about 3 months ago from gnusocial.jp permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Oct-2025 10:25:42 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    • Space Hobo Actual
    • Evan Prodromou

    @spacehobo @evan "Burn All GIFs Day may be the first time in human history that anyone has ever thought it worthwhile to stage an organized political protest, even a small one, over a mathematical algorithm."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/citation/wc991103.htm

    (we didn't know how good we had it—algorithms are doing all kinds of protest-worthy harms to all kinds of people these days)

    In conversation about 3 months ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 21-Sep-2025 06:11:23 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    @babe for some reason being in French makes this one sillier

    In conversation about 4 months ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Jul-2025 06:30:54 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    HP is putting #ads on their (Microsoft Windows) laptops. Isn't that special?

    (why, yes, we are having a Linux installfest next month, see my pinned toot for details)

    https://www.adweek.com/commerce/hp-is-launching-an-ad-business-with-laptop-targeted-ads-and-a-streaming-service/

    In conversation about 6 months ago from federate.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: static-www.adweek.com
      EXCLUSIVE: HP Is Launching an Ad Business With Laptop-Targeted Ads and a Streaming Service
      from laurenjohnson
      With 160 million U.S. users, the tech manufacturer wants a slice of the ad pie.
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2025 07:21:45 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    Question for #Linux #beginners and educators: What are some good intro to Linux books?

    (Background: I'm organizing an #installfest at the public library and the Linux books on the shelf are from 2009-2012. I'd like to be able to recommend some up-to-date intro reading. The installfest isn't until Aug. 30 so we have time to get some books ordered and/or into the library purchase request system)

    In conversation about 7 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-May-2025 04:35:36 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan it's not that simple -- surveillance advertising is also part of a political movement that goes back to direct mail ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/08/04/conservatives-pioneered-direct-mail-stoke-discontent-it-has-worked/ )

    In conversation about 8 months ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 03:32:04 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Aral Balkan
    • masukomi

    @masukomi @aral yes, that's a huge issue (and one that on its own should rule out having events here—conference organizers need to pay attention and not just assume that no attendee is affected)

    In conversation about 10 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 03:00:48 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Aral Balkan

    @aral I am in the USA and I agree. I'm not inviting anyone from outside the country for the foreseeable future unfortunately.

    (I have a rough idea what to do if a visitor has trouble with local law enforcement here, but you could be sent to a Federal or private location out of state where it would be hard for any host or their lawyer to communicate with you)

    In conversation about 10 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Mar-2025 08:14:40 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Paul Cantrell

    @inthehands good point, there's already a fart sound effects feature on those things, hopefully the compromise will be annoying and not dangerous.

    Did you ever see the old Reddit thread where a former Tesla employee wrote about ssh-ing in to people's cars?

    In conversation about 11 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 04:42:41 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Aral Balkan

    @aral good point. (and how much money would the USA's Big Tech companies owe in EU fines if the EU wasn't going easy on them because they rely on the USA's help for regional defense?)

    In conversation about 11 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Mar-2025 01:53:36 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    myth: #Mozilla is forced to do creepy advertising shit because the users are slacking and not making enough donations!

    reality: the users see Mozilla making hella $$$ from creepy advertising shit, so they don't need donations like other .orgs do

    In conversation about 11 months ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 13:39:33 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Evan Prodromou

    @evan I figure that by blocking surveillance ads I should be spending an extra $17/mo on subscriptions to even things out https://blog.zgp.org/or-we-could-just-not/ (but that's a USA number, probably lower in countries with less total money spent on advertising)

    In conversation about 11 months ago from federate.social permalink

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      or we could just not
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 12:24:53 JST Don Marti Don Marti

    not affiliated with this #job just sharing what looks like an awesome #privacy #sysadmin opportunity in #california

    (implementation for the #DeleteAct so you get to go home every day knowing you helped make the surveillance industry big mad)

    https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=466076

    In conversation about a year ago from federate.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: calcareers.ca.gov
      IT Systems Administrator
      Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:45:45 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Glyn Moody
    • Charlie Stross
    • Fábio Costa 🐇🕐🎩☕

    @fabiocosta0305 @glynmoody @cstross The fair use issue in the USA still isn't decided. In the EU, though, AI can be trained on copyrighted works unless the copyright holder "expressly reserves" -- which all the mainstream publishing companies, and most independent authors, have been doing

    https://cultureactioneurope.org/news/european-parliament-adopts-the-ai-act/

    In conversation about a year ago from federate.social permalink
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:31:20 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Tekniquelly correct
    • jonathankoren™

    @tek @twifkak @jonathankoren and the NSA, and the CIA... https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-nsa-and-cia-use-ad-blockers-because-online-advertising-is-so-dangerous/

    In conversation about a year ago from federate.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.vice.com
      The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
      from alley
      The Intelligence Community has deployed ad-blocking technology, according to a letter sent by Congress and shared with Motherboard.
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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:07:44 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    in reply to
    • Tekniquelly correct
    • jonathankoren™

    @twifkak @jonathankoren @tek (and yes, "experienced advertisers" in the USA are more likely to run an ad blocker than average https://www.ghostery.com/blog/privacy-report-advertisers-and-adblockers )

    In conversation about a year ago from federate.social permalink

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    Don Marti (dmarti@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 09:06:43 JST Don Marti Don Marti
    • Tekniquelly correct
    • jonathankoren™

    @twifkak @jonathankoren @tek

    Malwarebytes has more info on fake domains showing up in search ads -- in this case it's fake ads for ads.google.com but looks like the same principle (?)

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/the-great-google-ads-heist-criminals-ransack-advertiser-accounts-via-fake-google-ads

    In conversation about a year ago from federate.social permalink

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    1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: lh3.googleusercontent.com
      Google 広告 - 新規顧客の獲得、売上増加に活きるデジタル広告
      Google 広告を使ったデジタルマーケティングで、事業拡大を目指そう。新規顧客獲得も売上増加も、オンライン広告で。
    2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.malwarebytes.com
      The great Google Ads heist: criminals ransack advertiser accounts via fake Google ads
      from Jérôme Segura
      An ongoing malvertising campaign steals Google advertiser accounts via fraudulent ads for Google Ads itself.
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    (he/him) Desktop Linux user, live in California, on US-Eastern time mostly. I'm usually either the privacy person in the advertising meeting or the advertising person in the privacy meeting.
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