#Switch to #opensource solutions:

Windows: #Linux
Photoshop: #Gimp 3.0-rc
Illustrator: #Inkscape
PremierePro: #Kdenlive, #Shotcut
Office/Acrobat: #OnlyOffice, #LibreOffice
Maya: #Blender
Media: #VLC
Unity: #Godot
ToonBoom: #SynfigStudio, #Pencil2D
InDesign: #Scribus
Nuke: #Natron
Procreate: #Krita
After Effects: #Friction
Mathematica: #SageMath, #SymPy
MatLab: #GnuOctave
Audition: #Audacity
Autocad: #FreeCAD, #QCad
Ableton: #Ardour, #LMMS (daily build)
Lightroom: #DarkTable, #RawTherapee

#foss

Just a reminder:

Plan B has a shelf life of four years. (Works best if you are under 155 lbs)

Both mifepristone and misoprostol tablets usually carry a 2-year shelf life. (95%+ success rate no matter what you weigh)

You can get 4 months of over the counter birth control (progestin-only pill form) at Costco for $50. Or 3 months on Amazon for about $45.

Mirena: Can last up to eight years
Liletta: Can last up to eight years
Kyleena: Can last up to five years
Skyla: Can last up to three years
Copper IUD: Can last up to 10 years.

Contraceptive Implants: Can last up to 3 years.

There are certain... I don't know, let's call them "foundational tenets" in library work. You'll find many of them in the Five Laws of Library Science, but there are many more beyond those. Some pop up through the course of a career and others are learned in schools.

But there is one that stands near the top I'd like to share with you. It goes something like this:

"It is better to have no information than it is to have wrong information.”

And once you understand that, you'll understand why I, as a librarian, have a massive problem with AI.

"The Mark Robinson scandal is shocking, but it gives incredible insight into who and what the GOP is and what it has always been. ...

In all of the controversy, something is getting lost. And we cannot afford to lose sight of this essential thing.

Robinson isn’t an outlier. He is the Republican Party."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#Republicans #MarkRobinson

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/who-they-are-and-who-they-have-always

I don't go on the bird site anymore, so I'll just say it here: #ElonOwesMe100Bucks

In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. ElonMusk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks www.ElonOwesYou100Dollars.com

#spaceX #Tesla #Twitter