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EFF announces its new Executive Director, Nicole Ozer: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/nicole-ozer-named-electronic-frontier-foundations-executive-director

Nicole Ozer Named as Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Executive Director

SAN FRANCISCO – Nicole Ozer has been appointed as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation effective June 1. Ozer is a legal expert on privacy and surveillance, artificial intelligence, and digital speech. She currently serves as the inaugural executive director of the Center for...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

I automated my entire read-it-later workflow with a local LLM so every article I save gets summarized overnight
https://www.xda-developers.com/automate-read-it-later-workflow-with-local-llm-to-summarize-articles/

I automated my entire read-it-later workflow with a local LLM so every article I save gets summarized overnight

No more fighting an endless article backlog.

XDA

Mick T.

3d ago

hexamander 3d ago

Messing with new-to-me software. Cat purring on my leg, slowly putting my foot to sleep. Delicious tea to drink. Plants growing outside.

This is what I do it for.

Mick T.

3d ago

Paco Hope 3d ago

"I'll take 'Costumes You'd Never Wear in the Desert' for 200, Alex."

FERC Issues Orders on Virtualization and Low Impact: What Changed and What You Need to Do https://ampyxcyber.com/blog/ferc-issues-orders-on-virtualization-and-low-impact-what-changed-and-what-you-need-to-do

FERC Issues Orders on Virtualization and Low Impact: What Changed and What You Need to Do — AMPYX CYBER

FERC unanimously approved Order Nos. 918 and 919 on March 19, 2026, finalizing CIP virtualization standards and new low-impact BES Cyber System controls, plus an updated "Control Center" definition. All CIP-registered entities are affected. Implementation windows are 24 and 36 months respe

AMPYX CYBER

Mick T.

6d ago

Mar 8

Bad news 😔💔

I am sad to announce today that unfortunately I will not be working with Privacy Guides anymore after the end of this month.

Good news! 🚨

I will be available for a new position or contract, starting in April!

I am looking for a position or contact for:

✊ Digital rights activist (with a specialty in privacy rights)

🔒 Privacy expert or consultant

Fediverse and Mastodon advocate

🙌 Managerial position

📰 Tech journalist

💻 Technical writer

💚 Or any other fitting positions

I am especially interested in working with nonprofit organisations, cooperatives, open-source projects, privacy-oriented software companies, or any other organisations working for the public good.

🇨🇦 Remote from Canada

All the work I produce is guaranteed to be AI-free

Let me know if you hear of any good opportunities!

#FediHire #GetFediHired #Tech #Jobs

Mick T.

Mar 18

Sk@tterBr@iNz Mar 18

The 2026 Enterprise Guide for Managing Microsoft Access

If your business is still relying on Microsoft Access for critical functions, you're doing it wrong. Use a real database, or find a better place to store and retrieve data. Uninstall it. Tune in here for more expert tips and advice. 🙂

https://skatterbrainz.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/the-2026-enterprise-guide-for-managing-microsoft-access/

The 2026 Enterprise Guide for Managing Microsoft Access

If your business is still relying on Microsoft Access for critical functions, you’re doing it wrong. Use a real database, or find a better place to store and retrieve data. Uninstall it. Tune…

Skatterbrainz Blog

Bonus content, in apology: this is how I remember (will, in fact, never ever forget) the binomial for American robins — sorry, robins

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Mar 17

#Gartner suggests Friday afternoon #Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes
Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing #Microsoft’s #AI helper is not a trivial job
Copilot output isn’t fit for sharing without review making validation necessary for all users at all times. He suggested Friday afternoons are a time when workers might just want to get job done and won’t bother to check for errors that Microsoft’s #chatbot produce
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/gartner_copilot_security_mitigations/

Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes

: Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing Microsoft’s AI helper is not a trivial job

The Register

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