Mastodawn

Reading https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit ( HT @pluralistic ) and I'm astounded.
I had heard of web ad auctions.
I had heard of edge computing.
I did not realize they were pushing their ad auction calculations onto your device!
Knowing this, I think ad blockers are too polite a response. Are there any browser plugins that send them something like a decompression bomb? Or maybe that interferes in the ranking so the cheapest bid is returned as the winner? My device is the one deciding, after all!

The 49MB Web Page

A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦1d ago

Screen Rant 1d ago

As promised, Nathan Fillion and the cast of Firefly officially unveiled their much-anticipated announcement.

Admitting it is virtually impossible for them to do a revival, they are doing an animated series instead. bit.ly/4bu7s0f

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦4d ago

Sneaky exfil #Marathon

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦Mar 11

Ghostrunner Mar 11

"They're having problems with their economy again."

1975 cartoon by american artist Ron Cobb.

#uspol #cartoon #meme #history

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦Mar 10

Grickle Mar 10

Life changing. #grickledoodle #horror #religion #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦Mar 10

BeyondMachines

Mar 10

The protomolecule knew what it was doing

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦Mar 9

I continue to think cameras on glasses is a bad idea.
https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

Meta’s AI Smart Glasses and Data Privacy Concerns: Workers Say “We See Everything”

Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives.

Svenska Dagbladet

Mike Runcieman 🇨🇦Mar 9