Mastodawn

Jillian C. York Feb 7, 2023

Do not like. https://chaos.social/@jonty/109818563737353115

Jonty Wareing (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video Favourite thing I've learned in 2023: Rosenthaler Platz U-Bahn station in Berlin is entirely decorated with radioactive uranium glazed tiles. @gigabecquerel visited with a geiger counter to check. https://chaos.social/@gigabecquerel/109818433760462038

chaos.social

Jillian C. York Feb 7, 2023

Finally. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/02/02/jigsaw-google-alphabet-layoffs/?sh=2ef1b8a82d71

Google Cuts Company Protecting People From Surveillance To A ‘Skeleton Crew,’ Say Laid Off Workers

Jigsaw, which produces tools to protect people from surveillance and other threats, saw its staff slashed by at least a third amidst concerns its altruistic work is being shelved in favor of more profitable endeavors for Google.

Forbes

Jillian C. York Feb 6, 2023

So Lizzo saying she saw Beyoncé perform when she (Lizzo) was in 5th grade really threw me. Beyoncé is my age, Lizzo is 34. How is this even possible?

Jillian C. York Jan 25, 2023

I set my Google Docs account to British English for a specific piece of writing and now it sees everything I type as wrong.

Jillian C. York Jan 19, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/17/free-the-nipple-meta-facebook-instagram

Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram told to overhaul ban on bare breasts

Meta’s advisory board says policy impedes right to expression for women and trans and nonbinary people

The Guardian

Jillian C. York Jan 17, 2023

My colleague Paige Collings wrote about the anti-LGBTQ bill that's in the Ghanaian parliament and why social media platforms need to fight it https://www.newsweek.com/social-media-giants-must-speak-out-against-lgbtq-persecution-ghana-opinion-1773752

Social Media Giants Must Speak Out Against LGBTQ Persecution in Ghana | Opinion

The time to speak out is now, before the worst-case scenario comes to pass.

Newsweek

Jillian C. York Jan 11, 2023

My least favorite thing about Mastodon so far is the word limit. I liked 280.

Jillian C. York Jan 11, 2023

The legal team at @eff is looking for a legal secretary (to be based in the Bay Area). Now's your chance! https://eff.bamboohr.com/careers/104

Legal Secretary

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF’s mi

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Jillian C. York Jan 10, 2023

A six-year-old in Virginia shot his teacher. What sort of society allows guns to be in close proximity to children'? A deeply sick one that I'll never choose to return to, that's what.

Jillian C. York Jan 3, 2023

hands-down the dumbest article i've read in awhile. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/opinion/jack-dorseys-twitter-signal-privacy.html

Opinion | Jack Dorsey and the Dangers of Privacy At All Costs

The debate about dilemmas posed by the text messaging system.

The New York Times