@ejvbbb

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In case you are bloomscrolling…this photo will probably take some time. 😉 A cute little field of lupins 🥰😂.

Somewhere in Iceland…again. June 2022.

#bloomscrolling #iceland #photography #landscapephotography #spring #lupins

ME: I would like to use Google Chrome

GOOGLE: No

ME: I would like to use Mozilla Firefox

MOZILLA: No

someday Software will return to a state where I am making decisions instead of reacting to events

Just a reminder that Executive Orders are not laws.

If a Nazi says "I foster disadvantaged kittens", the correct response is still "fuck you, you fucking Nazi"—not "hey look, this Nazi likes cats".

Note: You can still be pro-disadvantaged-kitten-fostering. Kittens are pretty cool.

On Aaron Swartz: “He stood for freedom of access to information, especially for scientific research — things the public had already paid for.” - Lisa Rein, co-founder of @creativecommons

Learn more: https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/aaron-swartz-marble-statue-unveiled-internet-archive/

Aaron Swartz, patron saint of the open-access internet, gets immortalized in SF

Hundreds gathered at the Internet Archive for the unveiling of a statue honoring the late programmer, who's been embraced as a tech hero.

The San Francisco Standard

@hacks4pancakes It’s weird how when the Republicans were the minority, the democrats said their hands were tied.

And now the democrat minority leader is saying “it’s the republican’s government, now!” Seems like it was before, too. And now they just are glad they can get back to insider trading because *they* will be rich and okay, even if their constituents will suffer.

Allow yourself to celebrate even the smallest of victories in the face of adversity. Don't snuff out a light because it is not bright enough. Nurture it, and fight to make it grow until the shadows retreat. Even the greatest beacons may be lit with the smallest spark.
I'm just going to leave Freedom of the Press Foundation's excellent guide to leaking to the press right here in case anyone happens to need it: https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/sharing-sensitive-leaks-press/
Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press

Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.

Freedom of the Press

Agency watchdogs track down waste, fraud and abuse.
Trump fired them all.

The Government Accountability Office monitors federal spending.

What Elon Musk is doing isn’t oversight.

An unaccountable billionaire doesn’t have the power to cancel spending he disagrees with.

In feudal times, the rich didn’t pay taxes and the peasants worked until they died. Now, the rich don’t pay taxes and the peasants work until they die—but at least you have Netflix!