Arty-chan (Cynthia)

@artychan
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Strategy & Operations-er, Program Manager, Technologist, Support Engineer, Librarian, Educator, Developer, Accessibility Advocate, Documentarian, Mentor. Opinions are my own.
Bloghttps://cynthiang.ca
About mehttps://about.cynthiang.ca

Save the date!

#Code4libBC will be in #Vancouver November 26-27 this year.

#Code4lib #LibTech #libraries #VPL #c4lbc

Octofoxy: placated.
Apparently "it's in plastic" makes octofoxy less than happy... Octofoxy, we're working with it for dinner, just calm down O_O;;

Affected by #GitLab layoff, Looking for a new job with #ruby or #golang

#FediHire

My last #GitLab #reflection post: The end of 8 years.

Includes many never-written-about snippets of stories.

https://cynthiang.ca/2026/06/23/reflection-the-end-of-8-years-at-gitlab/

Reflection: The end of 8 years at GitLab

I was going to write and publish this post earlier, but the last couple of weeks have been trying to enjoy (the rest of) my vacation and submitting job applications. It’s also been a bit weir…

Learning (Lib)Tech

Public records show dozens of libraries have self-censored to avoid attracting negative attention.

https://www.404media.co/libraries-not-doing-pride-displays-say-they-shouldnt-be-judged/

Libraries Not Doing Pride Displays Say They ‘Shouldn’t Be Judged’

Public records show dozens of libraries have self-censored to avoid attracting negative attention.

404 Media

@adr @elibtronic maybe the sad part is aside from the famed vim and emac, nano is the only one I know (and what I use).

Also, I hope you’re both doing well.

Waiting for the first person to sue their employer for cognitive damage due to forced AI use. 🤔

Spur released their report today on some data referenced in our story last week about the Popa botnet's connection to the publicly-traded Israeli firm Alarum Technologies/NetNut.

tl;dr: "Everyone worries about the apps on their phone. Almost no one looks at the ones on their TV. We scanned 6,038 of them across LG and Samsung; 2,058 were selling your IP address."

https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks

Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs

Spur scanned 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found 2,058 with residential proxy SDKs, exposing privacy and home network risks.

Spur Intelligence Corporation