@scribbler

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Engineer, parent, questioner, heathen. I can pay attention when I'm interested, otherwise, I'd rather be making a mess with one of my many simultaneous projects or enjoying nature with my family.

How can I monetarily support media I like (news, software, etc) without giving away my privacy? If you serve that media and can figure that out let me know. I might show my support.

-I self host my own services
-I clear browser data on exit
-I check out as guest
-I don't allow unecessary notifications

Fun HobbyAdding Flock ALPRs to openstreetmaps

We did it everyone! We forced Google not to be evil. 💪 🎉

Side-loading will be cumbersome, but it will remain possible.

Thanks everyone for speaking up against Google's plans! 🙏 ❤️

The orange rapist told you he’d run america like a business.

he is.

It’s called Asset Stripping. Basically, you buy a business, sell the profitable pieces, gut its workforce, load it with debt & walk away rich, leaving everyone else holding the bag.

the USPS? for sale. the military? subcontracted to the Saudis/Israel. The debt? YOURS!

Congratulations, #MAGA. you didn’t hire a president. you hired a liquidator.

#politics #GreedyBastards #liquidator #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism

Framework teasing a Linux-focused event this month is worth paying attention to.

Not just new hardware, but a reminder that your computer can still be something you own, repair, and control, not just rent from a platform.

Read link below.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/909401/framework-next-gen-linux-teaser

Do you think user-owned computing is making a comeback?

#Linux #OpenSource #RightToRepair

Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event

Framework has announced it’s hosting an event on April 21st and it looks like Linux is going to be the star of the show.

The Verge

From my perspective, US #Republicans present the citizens with a pattern of war that is remarkable.
#Korea #Vietnam #Iraq #Afghanistan and now #Iran.

If US citizens want to end foreign wars, the real question they should be asking is why they keep electing the US #Republican when the pattern of war is clear?
#Iranwar
#MAGA
#NoKings

Investors push Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to disclose data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen resolutions ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings

More than a dozen investors are pressuring Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's Google to provide detailed data on water and energy consumption at their U.S. data centers.
#hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/investors-push-amazon-microsoft-and-google-to-disclose-data-center-water-and-power-consumption

If a Muslim majority nation passed a law to dictate what women & men can & cant wear, we'd rightly condemn it & do condemn forced hijab laws.

But because Ohio House MAGAs just passed HB 249 "Indecent Exposure Modernization Act" to ban clothing, makeup, or appearance that the State of Ohio thinks men or women shouldn't wear, corporate media ignores it & this is probably the first you've heard of it.

But hey, since MAGAs now love Big Government, let them go arrest the men in these photos first.

Update. "Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter #Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law."
https://www.wired.com/story/tech-companies-are-trying-to-neuter-colorados-landmark-right-to-repair-law/

A new bill backed by #Cisco and #IBM would “exempt information technology equipment that is intended for use in critical infrastructure from Colorado's consumer right to repair laws.”

#RightToRepair

Tech Companies Are Trying to Neuter Colorado’s Landmark Right-to-Repair Law

A bill in Colorado is a glimpse into the future of how corporations are working to limit the freedom people have to make their own fixes and upgrades.

WIRED

It's not getting enough attention that the Trump administration has banned the sale of ALL WiFi routers made outside of the US. It's one of the first steps required to control Americans' use of the Internet, to spy on what you're doing online, to suppress information they don't want you to see and to even turn off the Internet at their discretion.

This is looking increasingly like a trap.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/trump-fcc-prohibits-import-and-sale-of-new-wi-fi-routers-made-outside-us/

FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models

Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban.

Ars Technica
Bernie Sanders and AOC Want to Pump the Brakes on AI Development

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are introducing legislation aimed at slowing down the development of AI data centers.

Rolling Stone

RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.

History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Children #History #Science #RFKJr

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.

ProPublica