ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Traveling from the US to a jurisdiction with real privacy laws is instructive. Visiting some of the same web sites I always visit, after clicking through a “manage cookies" banner from one (US) web site I saw this. Folks, I’m more than casually knowledgeable about privacy; it's one of my research areas and I write about it, and even I was shocked at the number of (I assume potential) partners in this pop-up, to say nothing of the cookie types that couldn't be disabled.

Finished "The Woman in Me" by Britney Spears. ⭐⭐⭐

This is a rough book. It's tough to believe that Britney endured all that was thrown at her. But I suppose this is the nature of abuse; it's a dynamic of the abuser's behavior and the abused's inability to find a way out.

I hope this encourages more victims to take action. And I hate that the onus is on them, as they don't deserve what's happening to them, but that's the only way things are going to improve.

#bookstodon

Anna’s hummingbird

Fog + frost = some pretty interesting ice!

9 year old is into mythical epics. She knows Beowulf. Got her a kids Iliad, Odyssey, and Ramayana. What else?

Remember how my previous employer denied my WFH request so that I could flee the state of Ohio to take care of my trans kid while still working for a company I loved?

I just heard they did it to someone else today.

When you insist people come in to an office a few days a week because you want a "hybrid culture" not a "remote culture" and then tell them to just fuck off when all they want to do is get their kid somewhere safe that makes you an absolutely shitty person.

I'm done hiding who it was.

The company is #OverDrive, based in Cleveland. They make ebook lending software for your local library called #Libby. They say they care about their LGBTQIA+ employees and families but that is clearly a lie.

Ohio lawmakers are turning my home state into absolute garbage and companies like this one are playing along.

Tell your local library to #DropLibby

#Trans #TransRights #Ebooks #Libraries #Bookstodon

Nikki Haley:

-Said Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill “doesn’t go far enough”

-Would sign a federal abortion ban

-Pledged not to "expand Medicaid ever”

-Proudly called herself a “union-buster”

Don't let anyone fool you into thinking she’s some moderate alternative to Trump.

@girlonthenet It's hard to pick a favorite but this one has got to be the most "me" of them all, or very nearly. I got seduced by flattery into showing off my #porn #provenance #research skills and then writing a #tutorial about my methods.

"How To Find A Flying Fuck: Porn Provenance Research"
http://www.erosblog.com/2016/10/27/how-to-find-a-flying-fuck-porn-provenance-research/

Why the Reactionary Campaign Against Claudine Gay Is a Matter of Great Concern
 
We discuss the rightwing campaign against higher education and why the mainstream media is so eagerly joining the crusade against diversity and pluralism.
 
New episode of Is This Democracy:

🧵1/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/31-why-the-reactionary-campaign-against-claudine-gay/id1652741954?i=1000641292555

Google formally supporting Right To Repair is great. Even better is they are attacking parts pairing where companies like Apple & John Deere use software DRM to force customers to only use their stores first repairs.

More Apple shenanigans being exposed to regulators which harm consumers while enriching their bottom line.

https://www.404media.co/google-formally-endorses-right-to-repair-will-lobby-to-pass-strong-repair-laws/

Saw a most excellent heron today

Today I will be posting thoughts about Aaron Swartz, who died on this day in 2013. The academic community should be much more aware of him, and challenge the massive problem of academic publishing that we are all part of. Let's make it our mission to tell people about Aaron and what he stood for.

#academic #academicmastodon #academicchatter #copyright #publishing #openaccess #publicdomain

Aaron's Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

@gratefuldread

When I got to the question about “quitting social media” I was like “why would I want to quit? I learn so much here? I have a great time!” — I think I’ve forgotten how miserable being on twitter was.

It’s so nice to have real conversations, and not always be on the verge of an ugly argument. Sometimes I even get to have a “beautiful argument” where I have to think about changing my mind— and there is space for that with a foundation of respect.

House Republicans can't decide if they'd rather impeach Hunter Biden or their own Speaker, again.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/us/politics/house-republicans-johnson-deal-shutdown.html

I very much feel this column on "slaying zombie projects"; I remember as a newly-minted PhD not understanding how it was possible to have a drawer full of unpublished data. I now have my own zombie data sets, and this take on how to deal with undead projects is a quite refreshing way to look at them.

Perhaps time to clean up some hard drives.

(sorry, its in Nature, thus not OA. Moral of the story: "do, or do not, there is no try")

#academia #science @academicchatter https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03958-8

📆 6 February 2024 10:00–12:00 CET
'W3C in Europe' will be a 2-hour online meeting with a mix of presentations and social small-group breakouts.

This is an opportunity for W3C Members and community located in Europe to learn who is involved in what W3C work in the area.
https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/6e0d77c5-06a4-47c5-a282-b44bdf1d7849/

BREAKING: Apartheidist supports apartheid. https://popular.info/p/musk-uses-megaphone-to-promote-misleading

The real headline here should be:

"Even after being purged with no explanation, prominent journalists cling to toxic platform hellbent on undermining a free press"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d948x/x-purges-prominent-journalists-leftists-with-no-explanation