Mastodawn

Dead chuffed to have taken delivery today of advance copies of ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’, which comes out next month.

As ever, Picador have done a fabulous job in bringing my words to the printed page.

Incredibly, it’s my tenth book. I don’t quite know how that has happened.

Thanks to everyone for having indulged me for so long.

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Catalin Cimpanu 5h ago

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116283732151216512

It's ok. I'm sure the US tech bros will find a way to blame this on EU regulations by the end of the day

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Johnny Ryan 7h ago

Good interview by Hugh Linehan with Eoin Drea on how Ireland is seen in Brussels ("In the pocket of US multinationals") and other critical challenges for the State.

https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan/id794389685?i=1000756684020

'In the pocket of US multinationals': How is Ireland seen by Europe?

Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 23 March · 42m

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Johnny Ryan 7h ago

This afternoon I will speak at the Oireachtas Justice Committee. I will share new information obtained by ICCL about the latest Data Protection Commissioner recruitment process, in which a former Meta spokesperson was appointed Ireland's new Data Protection Commissioner.

https://www.iccl.ie/press-release/iccl-reveals-information-about-dpc-recruitment-process/

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javi 23h ago

Firefox updated their Terms of Use? Let's see!

As you type a search query within Firefox, Firefox offers search suggestions to provide you with faster and more direct access to what you’re looking for. Some of the search suggestions come from your search provider (“Search Suggestions”). Others come from Firefox, and are based on information stored on your local device (including recent search terms, open tabs, and previously visited URLs), or content from Mozilla and Mozilla’s partners, including paid sponsors and internet resources like Wikipedia (“Suggestions from Firefox”).

Here chat. Here. This is where Firefox dies.

"information stored in your local device" and "content from mozilla's parners" and "paid sponsors".

This is a very convoluted way of saying "we use your personal data to segment you into something we can sell to advertisers".

This is EXACTLY what chrome does, this is exactly why a lot of us stopped using Chrome and moved back to Firefox. In some circumstances Mozilla’s partners will receive de-identified search and interaction data, in order to serve relevant suggestions and measure user engagement with suggested content.This is making me really mad. THIS IS JUST CORPO-SPEAK TO DESCRIBE HOW THE ENTIRE INTERNET ADVERTISEMENT INDUSTRY WORKS. This is HOW FACEBOOK WORK. This is how GOOGLE WORK. This is how the entire programmatic advertisement industry work. This is what we call "sell your personal data". No, no one sells your address, no one sells your name. BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL IN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE WORLD.
We also work with advertising providers to deliver relevant sponsored content using programmatic technologies. To support this, we may share limited, non-identifying information — such as device type, IP-derived location information, and category of content viewed — to help determine which ads to display. We don’t share any information that identifies you. You can turn off sponsored content in your New Tab settings at any time.Oh it's so nice of you Mozilla, to do THE MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS when selling our data. You don't share information that identify me? so nice of you! you know how else does that? Meta! Google! Tiktok! Somehow big tech mega corporations are willing to comply with the minimum legal requirements as you do, mozilla!In some cases, we may share or publish aggregated and anonymized data to facilitate research or as part of the lawful business purposes outlined above (such as sharing aggregated insights with advertising partners).This is called "advertisement segmentation" and it's what it paid for Zuckenberg fortress in Hawaii!! Going places, Moz, you are operating exactly as how Facebook used to do in 2016!To provide our services as described above, we may disclose personal data to: Partners, service providers, suppliers and contractors"We never disclose your personal data!!! well, unless it's one of our partners who pays us for it, of course!"

oh wait! they include a table of what kind of data they share with partners!Technical dataLocationLanguage preferenceSettings dataUnique identifiersSystem performance dataInteraction dataSearch dataBrowsing dataThe SHARE FUCKING EVERYTHING. THEY ARE SELLING EVERYTHING. "Unique identifiers" is the closest to personal identifiable data they can sell. That's what advertisers can use to make a profile of you: They may not know your name, but they will know everything else about you.

This is the same information that google collects and sells from you. THE SAME.

Fucking ghouls. This is where Firefox died, folks.

Firefox Privacy Notice

Mozilla

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Thar🇪🇺2d ago

@ssalo76 voi hemmetin hemmetti! Pelolla odotin tätä 😕

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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt 2d ago

Palantir - named in my report for complicity in Israel’s crimes - is a threat to all of us. Palestinians were only the first in line.

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Thar🇪🇺2d ago

@jussi_og jep! Ihan pikkiriikkisen oon vahingoniloinen.

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Thar🇪🇺2d ago

@jussi_og On täysin mahdollista, että asiantuntijoidenkin arviot siitä, kuinka paljon ja kuinka nopeasti "kaikki tulee tekoälyn myötä muuttumaan" ovat vääriä. Muistelen hetki sitten ollutta argumentointia suht samoin perustein metaversumien kohdalla. Itsekin huidoin klönttilasit päässä "avaruudessa" ja mietin, että tämä muuttaa kaiken. Ei muuttanut lainkaan niinkuin huippuasiantuntijat ennustivat.

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Half-Illithid Og 2d ago

Luin taas jutun siitä, miten kielimallit tuhoavat aloja ja miten väistämätöntä se on ja miten parin kolmen vuoden kuluttua on sellaista ja tällaista, ja Siksi Kaiken On Nyt Muututtava.

Ensin mietin että tähän täytyy linkittää, tästä täytyy somettaa. Sitten iski tunne, että miksi, monesko tällainen tää on? Kaikki tietävät jo samat jutut, ja jatkuva väistämättömyyden diskurssi vain lannistaa. Olen syyllistynyt siihen itsekin. Aion vastedes yrittää miettiä, onko jaettavassa jutussa minkäänlaista validia kritiikkiä ennen kuin lisään omaa ja muiden ahdistusta. Ymmärtävätköhän toimittajat, mikä konkretiannälkä ihmisillä on tässä asiassa? Miten voin suojautua. Miten voin vastustaa. Miten voin rikkoa nämä mekanismit. Näistä syistä toivoa vielä on….

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