Notices by Joe Brockmeier (@jzb) (jzb@mastodon.social)

@killyourfm Wow. That sounds like an amazing trip. Hope you'll be posting pictures along the way!

@badnetmask OTOH "built by DHH" may be seen by many as a good reason to avoid it, so it's probably good that it's mentioned early on. I might be intrigued if a distribution was built by someone who'd been involved with other distros, though.

If you ever wonder if people are reading your articles/publication, just include a typo. You'll find out quickly.

@bugaevc This is a casual reminder that most people get really, really, really tired of tedious and pedantic "reminders" like this when everybody knows what was meant in the first place. @alilly

@codinghorror @dalias The reaction you're having is *exactly* what ad tech companies hope for.

Their malicious "compliance" is not required by the GDPR, but that's how they've chosen to strike back at users for daring to use legislation to try to protect their data.

@killyourfm So cute! Great pictures.

@dalias a bit more than 30 years ago I got my first job in radio, weekend shifts from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. -- part of the job was running Sunday morning programming, which included "Focus on the Family". It never failed to raise my blood pressure. I can't remember a single Sunday that I had to listen to that garbage where the program was actually Christlike in its message. Always an us-versus-them mentality.

@annika Dang -- it's missing my favorite one, "Sleve McDichael." That one has always cracked me up, not sure why.

@badnetmask I’m showing this to Meg next time it’s suggested I cull my cable box…boxes.

@dalias @Edent I lean toward sites should provide referral data. I’m struggling to see the harm to individual users of “this request was referred by someone clicking a link from XYZ” - but I see lots of reasons why the fediverse would benefit and why site owners legit want and need that info. (e.g. blocking traffic from a malicious mastodon instance.)

We should stop calling them “ad blockers”. If a site serves up a few banner ads as images like the old days, that’s fine. I don’t object to a site paying the bills, or seeing a banner ad.

They’re malware blockers and privacy protections. I don’t want a site popping up bullshit and trying to track me across the net. If that’s what a site is serving, it’s more than an ad, and I absolutely want to block it.

Neutrality is, and always has been, a trap. Journalism is inherently biased: done right, it's a public service that is performed to tell people what they need (not want!) to know. That almost always puts journos at odds with power structures, business interests, and anyone trying to bilk the public.

Journalists do not owe "balance" or neutrality to those they report on, they only owe them truthful and fair reporting. They don't even owe them a right to comment.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hss3j2uwxdxklj6f3bx7ch5y/post/3lravbbyemk2f

Cats and string. Always a great combo. The Wonder Twins, Sir Wobbles and Cupcake. #caturday #CatsOfMastodon

@WarnerCrocker @Daojoan I wish I could read that without a Medium account...

Happy birthday to Bubby. According to his microchip, he's 20 years old today! IMO he doesn't look a day over ten.

We got him at 14 years old from a shelter. He was not considered adoptable due to his age and having diabetes. Since I already had one diabetic cat, how hard could it be to handle two?

He's a prince, one of the sweetest cats you'd ever meet. Likes everybody. He just wants a soft place to sleep, regular meals, and some attention. #CatsOfMastodon #Blackcat #SeniorCat

Surely nothing will go wrong with this... nothing dystopian or privacy harming about this at all.

If your open source project is using Discord as its real-time chat, support, and/or development communication platform *please* reconsider:

https://gizmodo.com/discord-begins-testing-facial-scans-for-age-verification-2000590188

Today's SMBC really speaks to me... #OpenSource

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/last-rights

"We didn't like Firefox's recent privacy change so we chose Brave instead" is a kind of mind-boggling choice.

@killyourfm That's wild. Sort of breaks my brain a little bit.

In the distant past* @LWN used to do a yearly Linux and free software timeline. As a sometime contributor and reader, I enjoyed those timelines as a way to look back on the past year -- and as a reference to when this or that happened.

This year, I thought, why not bring it back and see if people enjoy it and find it useful?

* (or not-so-distant, depending on your perspective and how many decades you have under your belt...)

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1004204/e7d32b13ac2bc3b4/