NothingEspeciallyClever

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Northeast USian. Alas, anonymous, for reasons.

If you’re still using #Google #Chrome to browse the web, it’s time to make the switch to #Firefox to protect your #privacy. #internet

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/how-to-switch-from-chrome-to-firefox/

How to easily switch from Chrome to Firefox | The Mozilla Blog

There’s never been a better time to switch from Chrome to Firefox, if we do say so ourselves.  Some of the internet’s most popular ad blockers, su

Crucial! Please read and spread this link. "The press must get across to American citizens the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win... If elected, Trump will use the federal government to go after his political rivals and critics, even deploying the military toward that end. His allies are hatching plans to invoke the Insurrection Act on day one." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/09/trump-president-democracy-threat-media-journalism
The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault

With democracy in the balance, the press must relay the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win

The Guardian

Mastadonians wanting more security- and privacy-related content here: there are a bunch of journalists, researchers and engineers who are woefully underfollowed relative to the impact and importance of the work they do. Please follow and engage with them so they have a strong incentive to use this platform more.

There are way too many to name all of them. In no particular order here are some (but sorry, not all; please look at the people I follow for more):

@lhn
@josephcox
@jasonkoebler
@malwarejake
@sophieschmieg
@howelloneill
@selenalarson
@philip
@neilmadden
@ryanc
@Wednesday
@yossarian
@LukaszOlejnik
@chenghlee
@saraislet
@Bryan

Please boost for visibility

TIL there's a direct correlation between imprisoned people whose names are called during mail call & a lessened level violence those people experience from guards & other imprisoned people, & i nearly broke down crying in this Q&A.

(It's because it reminds the other people the mail getter is human)

This is just straight up sabotage of Alberta's economy for purely ideological purposes. In the face of a global energy transition the rest of the world is rising to meet this is the stuff of banana republics.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/alberta-announces-six-month-pause-on-renewable-energy-citing-rural-concerns/article_19f92614-8fdf-5723-8ebf-24054b98eb98.html

#abpoli #Renewables #ClimateChange #cdnpoli

Alberta announces six-month pause on renewable energy, citing rural concerns

EDMONTON - Alberta’s United Conservative government is pausing all approvals in the province’s booming renewable energy industry in response to what it says are rural and environmental concerns.

I defy anyone to travel 100km in any populated place in the USA and conclude that Americans are serious about #ClimateChange
Please, restaurant owners. For the love of all things, let’s retire this QR code menu concept.
Twitter: I follow news and political giants, but all I see are bad people and arguments
Bluesky: I follow 10% of my old friends who were able to get out of twitter in time and sometimes it works
Threads: I follow my friends but I can’t see them through the algorithm of businesses
Mastodon: oh look a beekeeper in the Netherlands

Cognitive dissonance is two headlines days apart:

Today was the warmest day on earth in 125,000 years.

Today was the day with the most planes in the air at one time ever in history.