Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

“What does a ‘Chief Eschatology Officer’ do?”

“We plan how to maximize shareholder value during and after the end of the world”

“The end of the world caused by your company’s own actions?”

“Pretty much, yeh”

“Didn’t CEO used to stand for something different?”

“Not really”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Netanyahu – “Nothing Can Stop Us” – Not Even the Majority of Israelis https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/30/netanyahu-nothing-can-stop-us-not-even-the-majority-of-israelis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I'm honestly a little disturbed that someone just tried to argue with me that the DOJ shouldn't be bothering with Alabama, since they turn red every election.

1. That's not the point of the DOJ - they're there to protect the interests of all Americans, not the Americans who vote blue.

2. States like Alabama routinely turn red because of voter suppression.

3. Ditching Alabama is directly harming all of the vulnerable people in the state. Like, come on.

“…when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users. With human enforcement, in contrast, police officers stop Black drivers at a rate that far outstrips their presence on the road.”

Police stop more Black drivers...

I agree with every word of this.

"Kathleen Siminyu, a natural language processing researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute, said that while pursuing her undergraduate studies in mathematics and computer science, “I had lecturers who would say things in class like, ‘We can’t have a group for a technical project that just consists of the girls, because who is going to write the code? Girls are for writing documentation.’"
https://newafricanmagazine.com/30540/

The federal constitution, as well as the constitutions of 16 states, never fully abolished slavery.

This allows prisons to force incarcerated people to work jobs they have little to no say in for as little as pennies an hour. https://boltsmag.org/california-amendment-forced-prison-labor/

Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/government-funded-social-network-attacking-pesticide-critics?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I am sure that Jim Jordan will be launching an investigation into Elon Musk's suppression of this leak about someone close to a presidential campaign this close to an election. Right? Or did that only apply to the Hunter Biden laptop?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kck47heocs5bu6wfspyoidun/post/3l53cbuejrg22

Kamala Harris released a detailed, 82-page policy paper yesterday (link below) that outlines exactly how she plans to lower costs and create an opportunity economy.

The media won’t cover this, so it would be great if you could share!!
#HarrisWalz2024
https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy_Book_Economic-Opportunity.pdf

Eric Adams got free "gifts" of luxury commercial flights and fancy hotel stays, totaling in the six figures -- and he just got indicted by the Feds.

Clarence Thomas got free "gifts" of PRIVATE JET and YACHT trips, totaling over $4,000,000 -- and NOTHING is happening to him.

TL;DR: A new FTC report reveals extensive commercial surveillance practices by major tech companies, indicating a significant invasion of consumer privacy. The findings call for urgent legislative action to address the lack of safeguards against data exploitation in the online advertising industry. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/ftc-report-confirms-commercial-surveillance-out-control #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote in Congress on Blocking Weapons to Israel https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-files-to-force-first-ever-vote-in-congress-on-blocking-weapons-to-israel/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When you build vehicles with remote functionality, you get security and privacy problems like this. For the love of God, please stop building cars with the ability to lock/unlock, stop/start the engine from an app or a website.

https://www.wired.com/story/kia-web-vulnerability-vehicle-hack-track/

This is why I never connect my TV to the Internet. Ever.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/

Talk about a grotesque invasion of privacy:

"Smart TVs from Samsung and LG take screenshots of what you are watching even when you are using them to display images from a connected laptop or video game console"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/

How can this possibly be legal?

Here's why: Congress isn't just indifferent to your privacy. It is actively complicit with big corporations -- and law enforcement -- in embedding surveillance into everything we do.

As International Community Continues to Enable Israel, People Must Heed BDS Call https://truthout.org/video/as-international-community-continues-to-enable-israel-people-must-heed-bds-call/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When we're talking about mobility aids and prosthetics a right to repair and a right to freedom of movement are the same thing.

https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/

#sysadmin pro tip!

If you generate a lot of fresh Let's Encrypt certificates today, and don't enable auto-renewal, they will expire on December 25th, giving you a good excuse to leave your family dinner early.

The difference between C and C++ is that C has really basic memory unsafety, whereas C++ has very advanced memory unsafety