The Galactic Janitor

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For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border
A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Interminably Obscene Timelines of Social Media

Getting Journelly to Sync in France

You don't know how old you really are, until you see something like this:

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5669426/cursive-handwriting-school-controversy

https://www.reddit.com/r/AdoptableDogsTexas/s/sEamUsCtzm

If anyone is local to Texas, these little dogs don't have long before they are put down.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic Cory Doctorow has a wonderful piece out today called Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) in which he talks about RSS feeds. RSS, for those who don't know, is one of the best things ever created. I'll let you read the piece to to find out why...

https://somethingwonderful.eu/rss-reduce-enshittification.html

Cory Doctorow (@[email protected])

100K Posts, 964 Following, 74.2K Followers · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @[email protected]. Archived at pluralistic.net I post long threads. If you don't like these in your timeline but want to read them, I suggest unfollowing me here and subscribing to my RSS, or my newsletter, or any of my various long-form feeds. Links at https://pluralistic.net.

Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net

https://somethingwonderful.eu/early-sunday-morning-cleaning.html

1. Getting up too early

One of the things which I changed in my life is my schedule. I used to go to bed after dawn on most days. I liked the quiet time of the night. But then, I'd wake up around noon and felt like the entire day had gone by...

Early Sunday Morning Cleaning

D&D fan? Tired of giving out items which completely change the game each time? Well, why not try giving out some Useless and (mostly) useless items instead?!

This list will be updated over time (as it has been in the past). Enjoy!

https://somethingwonderful.eu/pages/uselessitems.html

D&D Mostly Useless Magical Items

Pay attention.

https://somethingwonderful.eu/getting-off-of-apple-podcasts.html

I've recently deleted everything off of Apple Podcasts. Keep in mind - I've used this app for years on a daily basis. It used to be reliably on my home screen - the first one, mind - at the bottom so I could reach it as quick as can be. But, no longer...

Getting off of Apple Podcasts