Show threadRob Larter3d ago
Day 15 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: riding the waves across Drake Passage with Bark Europa in full sail, viewed from near the wheelhouse.
Show threadRob Larter3d ago
Days 12-14 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: sailng back north across Drake Passage.
1. Unfurling the staysails.
2. Members of voyage crew at the helm shortly before dawn.
3. A full set of five square sails on the foremast, together with a staysail attached to the forward side the mast.
4. A majestic rainbow compensates for unpleasant conditions after a squall had passed by.
#BusmansHoliday
Show threadtallship4d ago

@killyourfm

Jason what time of day (the dew) did you snap that pic? Or did you mist it before taking the photo? Nasturtium, I'll have to lookup that Genus.

Regardless, it's a beautiful shot. Thanks for sharing!

#tallship

Show threadRob Larter4d ago
Day 11 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): our final landing, at Orne Harbour on the mainland of the Peninsula. We climbed up a snow slope to a narrow ridge on which there was a chinstrap #penguin rookery. It was amazing to see how high up and how exposed the locations are where some chinstraps choose to raise their chicks. It was also impressive to watch them climbing icy slopes on which even experienced climbers would feel uncomfortable without an ice axe and crampons.
#BusmansHoliday
tallshipMar 26

Liable "only if it intended that the provided service be used for infringement"

8 years in the making, The US Supreme Court affirms that a provider is merely... a provider, and not complicit in the illegal acts that some of it's subscribers engage in.

You would think that this was a matter of common sense, but where deep pockets are involved... Well, Read on young Grasshoppa*, and while you're at it, *try to snatch the pebble from my hand. That's the lay version in common sense language.

For what it's worth, I say, Boom Shakalaka BOOM 💥 Mic Drop 🎤

For the dry, definitive version of the article you can read the actual unanimous ruling itself HERE

#tallship #SCOTUS #justice #piracy #ISP

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Show threadtallshipMar 26

Two weeks ago Cindy Cohn, the lawyer made famous in 1993 for Bernstein v. Department of Justice, held a Book Release party w/Corey Doctorow and has now announced that she's stepping down on 01 June, to be replaced by Nicole Ozer.

It will be interesting to see how the new skipper pilots that vessel, and especially in regards to the atrocious volley of legislation like California's AB 1043, that already has people preparing to disenfranchise Californians through changes in their licenses or AUP/ToS - forbidding people residing in California from using services seems to many as a sensible solution to the antics of an insane, despotic legislature; To others, it is a knee-jerk reaction to something that may never come to pass.

Anyway, here's the scoop on that announcement:

#tallship #Cindy_Cohn #Nicole_Ozer #FOSS #KYC #Industrial_Surveillance #Privacy #Identity

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After 26 Years at EFF, Cindy Cohn Is Handing Reins to Nicole Ozer - FOSS Force

Cohn, who helped lead a landmark crypto case and shape EFF’s agenda for decades, will hand leadership to Nicole Ozer this summer.

FOSS Force
Show threadRob LarterMar 23
Day 11 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa (continued): Gentoo #penguins on Danco Island.
#BusmansHoliday
Show threadRob LarterMar 22
Day 11 of my voyage to the #Antarctic Peninsula on the #tallship #BarkEuropa: landing on Danco Island, the location of former British Base O, occupied 1956-1959, demolished and removed 2004.
#BusmansHoliday
Show threadtallshipMar 22

@karlauerbach

Hi Karl, why don't you try asking that amazonian what a Thomas Guide is❓

#tallship #passive_listening #Industrial_surveillance #sidewalk #BLE

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Rob LarterMar 19
The postcard I sent home from the historic Port Lockroy base on the #Antarctic Peninsula on 27th January was delivered yesterday. I posted it when we visited the base, which is maintained by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, during a voyage on the #tallship #BarkEuropa