strangefreeworld

28 Followers
325 Following
135 Posts
Hello. Computer geek living in Northern VA. I enjoy #Python and #ThomasMerton. Looking to connect with interesting and fun people. Current interests include #StarTrek, and watching movies of musicals (my partner has decided I need education on these things but enjoy that and her). I consider myself #leftist but am in a learning process about that.

I think I need to put into my talk this line that keeps running through my head

So many leaders want people to trust them, which is exactly backwards

In organizations, positions are typically appointed through the hierarchy and authority of the organization. However, like trust, "leadership" is earned: slowly built and quickly lost.

Asking how to earn trust means admitting you have failed, and more importantly means committing to a change. If you don't uphold those changed behaviors, you will simply lose trust again and consequently fail as a leader no matter how the organization helps you fail upwards.
#GideonTheNinth

@craiggrannell
I'm also very much for @pluralistic 's proposition that countries outside the US should use Trump's tarrif setting precedent; breaking trade agreements, as reasonable justification to unburden ourselves from all the DRM legislation forced on us by US for one-way value extraction. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again

The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow

The Guardian
If you respect yourself I greatly recommend simply not watching any cable TV news for the foreseeable future. Or ever, really. You'd be better informed binging the muppet show.

We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

Motorola News | Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS

Motorola announces three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including GrapheneOS partnership, Moto Analytics and more.

Global Blog

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/115941198098862825

Hey, USian Democratic elected officials:

This is what we want •you• to be saying, believe in, and follow thru on.

Do this. Put it on repeat. That’s how you get (at least some of) the 1/3rd of registered voters who don’t vote to get off their asses and vote in the midterms.

Ignore the Democratic Strategists and their tired old ideas that are about keeping the status quo.

Enough is enough.

#vote #USpol

Mx. Eddie R (@[email protected])

Sweetie, I *know* I have an ad blocker. I installed it myself. Blocking your article to tell me I have an ad blocker is annoying and unnecessary, and I'm not going to turn it off for your intrusive creepy adtech infested blog.

The Wandering Shop

If you collect it, someone at some point will come to exploit it.

#Privacy #DataMinimization

i think another (maybe the primary?) factor driving the use of "ai" tools in software dev right now is that it simply doesn't make market sense right now for a business to care whether or not their software works. so what if it's broken? end users will stop using the software but they'll forget to cancel their subscription, or they'll grit their teeth and deal with the jankiness bc the business in question has a monopoly and there are no good alternatives
Here is 2025 in a nutshell
The band has taken the stage #rockthevine #loveloudoun