Jeremy

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Stay-at-home parent worried about the future of democracy, enjoys cooking, baking, and crochet.

#philosophy #linux #cooking #food #baking #sourdough #ryebread #crochet #amigurumi

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JeremyJan 12, 2025
Electronic Frontier FoundationJan 11, 2025
Real-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How

Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real-time bidding” (RTB). This process does more than deliver ads—it fuels government surveillance, poses national security risks, and gives data brokers easy access to your online activity. RTB might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadJeremyNov 11, 2024
Another way to put it is that democracy isn't about making government better, at least not in the first analysis. It's about making the people better, about making us take responsibility for our choices and, hopefully, level up in our ability to handle that responsibility. If there's a silver lining here (and I admit, I'm desperate for one) it's that finally, and especially if the GOP takes the house, the feedback loop between our choices and our government will close. I hope we survive it. 2/2
JeremyNov 11, 2024
The thing that I'm pondering as I think through the election is a theory I've often toyed with for why democracy: that it's not about making better policy or making the "right" choice on important matters of governance. It's about making sure that the people are responsible for their own government. The emphasis here is on responsibility, not government. The American people are getting the government we (collectively) deserve. (1/)
JeremyAug 24, 2024

https://theconversation.com/the-modern-worlds-relationship-to-time-is-broken-and-its-fuelling-the-rise-of-the-far-right-232630

This impatience with uncertainty and complicated, messy process is something anyone who's tried to discuss the fediverse with traditional social media users is probably familiar with.

The modern world’s relationship to time is broken – and it’s fuelling the rise of the far right

Our fast-track society has made voters impatient – the far right promises fast-track, simplistic solutions to complex problems.

The Conversation
JeremyFeb 27, 2024
Adrianna TanFeb 27, 2024

Why jalapeños are no longer spicy

https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2023/05/why-jalapeno-peppers-less-spicy-blame-aggies/

Here’s Why Jalapeño Peppers Are Less Spicy Than Ever

Throw out those bogus shopping tips about pepper size. Decades of deliberate planning created a less-hot jalapeño.

D Magazine
JeremySep 24, 2023
Jeff JarvisSep 24, 2023
The Washington Post cannot see that this is not a poll about Biden but instead a poll about journalism and its failures to inform the public. Polls are their self-fulfilling prophesies. They are damaging to public discourse.
JeremySep 22, 2023
myrmepropagandistSep 22, 2023

Doctors can be arrogant. It’s not hard to understand why. Sometimes nuance can feel as it is backfiring. Often there simply is not enough time or resources to communicate clearly. In public health the dangers of over complicating advisories, recommendations & mandates with exceptions & conditions only multiplies.

The public simultaneously wants simple clear rules that don’t waffle or change, but the public will also punish those who make such rules for their lack of transparency and nuance. 1/

Show threadJeremySep 9, 2023
@eff I'll note that if you click on the humblebundle link you'll see a statement that it works on any device. If device means android vs ios, perhaps, but if "device" means that I can use the e-reader of my choice, certainly not.
JeremySep 9, 2023
The more I think about it, the more I'm upset that the @eff teamed up with humblebundle.com to sell drm-enabled books: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/seanan-mcguire-urban-fantasy-bundle-books . As a long-time donor to the EFF (going back to the 90's) I've always felt pretty confident I understood where they were coming from. I'd really like to know if this was an oversight on their part, or if they no longer consider DRM in the (book) publishing market a problem.
Humble Book Bundle: Seanan McGuire: The Urban Fantasy Bundle

Experience Seanan McGuire’s beloved October Daye and InCryptid series in this enchanting bundle & support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with your purchase!

Humble Bundle
JeremyJul 12, 2023
Show thread⁂ L. RhodesJul 12, 2023

Which is why important fact #4 is maybe one of the most important: Your data is not just about YOUR privacy.

One of the most basic forms of data ComSoc companies have about you are your connections to other people. The "social graph" builds that right into social media. And those connections allow them to use your data to infer things about the people in your social graph. Some of those are basic associational guesses: If you like hockey, your friends might, too. Some are not so casual.