Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

I can tell I’m growing as a person, or at least away from social media, because of my frankly saint-like restraint in not constantly rage posting against the billion dollar data broker industry trying to gut the California act with Senate bill 1076 this year.

Fun fact that’s totally not related: did you know that thanks to the Delete Act we now know that Experian’s marketing division deals in precise geolocation information, reproductive healthcare data and kids data?

Blame Inflation on Monopolies — Robert Reich on NBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFD2vEIiFvM&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Samantha Power Confirms Famine Is Likely Underway In Parts of Gaza https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/samantha-power-confirms-famine-is-likely-underway-in-parts-of-gaza/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

An important observation: defining the notion of "identity" as a construct is functionally identical to establishing a locus of authority.

True of any mechanism of power, of course, but insisting that identities be unique means the auditor or enforcer of that uniqueness has been granted a position of specific power. For example, if your drivers' license or passport is the guarantor of identity, then the function of anonymity is reserved to the state, that can print whatever docs it wants.

Why does ChatGPT always sound so generic? Because it’s been trained on publicly posted language. What’s the most common public language around infosec? Marketing language.

"The solution is simple: We need to tax the rich"

Killing Humanitarian Workers as a Strategy: Israel’s Endgame in Gaza https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/11/killing-humanitarian-workers-as-a-strategy-israels-endgame-in-gaza/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Stop calling it "Sideloading" and start calling it what it is "Installing a program"

Sideloading is a term made up to make users afraid of having choice...

Let’s hope this #security-conscious *choice* in the Kia EV9 is the start of a trend. They didn’t have to give us this. In a real button, no less — you can connect or disconnect the data from your phone while #USB-charging it in your car. From MKBHD https://youtu.be/CRhjL9X2yKA

Can we all just marvel for a second at the fact that NASA has found the error that caused Voyager 1 to send bad data, and is working on a solution?

The probe is 163.163 Astronomical Units from the Sun. That's 24408837426 km, and counting (rather quickly at that).

NASA can work around hardware issues in a 46 year old device in outer space. What does that say about the commercial hardware and software industry?

Does everyone in Arizona now looking for a compromise position on abortion recognize that Roe v. Wade *was* a compromise position on abortion?

#abortion #AbortionRights #Arizona #democracy #SCOTUS

Arizona's vile 1864 abortion law, now reinstated by the state's supreme court, is a reminder that right-wingers who control legislatures and courts can -- and routinely do -- overrule what the public overwhelmingly prefers.

Don't believe for even one second the criticism of the ruling by (some) state Republicans. They could have overturned the 1864 law anytime they chose to do so -- and they just blocked its repeal again. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/10/arizona-republicans-block-repeal-state-abortion-ban

"Traditional methods of evaluating accuracy and safety are flawed."

How would anyone know? Even when software is demonstrably broken and is killing people, there aren't any consequences. It's almost as if git is a license to commit murder...

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112247337355646447

What's gonna happen to the grid when we all switch to EVs?

I dunno, Greg. You didn't seem all that concerned about the grid when you started crypto mining and using AI to write your college essays.

Driving back from seeing the eclipse in Vermont, I saw a car with a license plate that said “SHA-3”. Old-timers will remember the fake “UNIX" license plates saying “Live Free or Die”, which is on real New Hampshire license plates. Someone I know saw a car with what appeared to be a real version of that… (Oddly enough, both cars were Teslas.)

WOW - online course on using crochet to make "Topologically nontrivial, visually pleasing yarn sculptures" https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/

After reviewing the privacy policies of all 3 apps, I find that a deceptively broad interpretation of the Overdrive/Libbyapp privacy policy enables them to share your checkout history with advertisers.

3/x
#privacy #library

In a world where the #Senate was a democratic institution, the majority would simply override the minority’s obstruction.

Alas, we live in an increasingly minority-rule system with democratic features.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/senate-republicans-impeachment-mayorkas-trial

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #impeachment

A single man, William T. Howell, wrote the 1864 law that the AZ Supreme Court has revived to ban nearly all abortions in the state.

Women didn’t have the right to vote back then, and none had any say in the territory’s laws. But they can vote now. And they will have a big say.

US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul https://truthout.org/articles/us-billionaires-have-doubled-their-wealth-since-2017-trump-tax-overhaul/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon