ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Top media company CEO pay in 2023:

Disney: $31.6M
Warner Bros: $49.7M
Netflix: $49.8M & $40.1M
Comcast: $35.5M
Paramount: $31.3M

Remember when execs claimed they couldn't afford to pay writers and actors more during the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike?

That was pure fiction.

If you are the tech-savvy person within your family or friends group :

Never ever shame someone for coming to you for advice after being the victim of a scam, malware, or for using an unsecured product.

If you do this,
they might never come back to you later. They might just feel so ashamed they will just stay alone with their tech problems.

Instead, always tell them:

1. It was a good idea to come to you with this. Be empathetic with them 💚

2. Give them advice on how to minimize the damage now. Actionable advice 🚑

3. Help them harden their security for now and for the future. Recommend better products to them. But be careful not to overwhelm them with advice. One step at the time 🔒

4. Talk to them with respect and empathy. Tell them how the people who abused their trust are horrible and anyone can fall for the right scam. Remind them there are things to do to reduce the risks of being victimized again in the future, and help them slowly implementing these 💪

5. Be thankful they trusted you with this. It means they think highly of you 🥰

#Security #Privacy

Looks like the same attack that took down the British Library for so long also targeted the Library of Congress, but good multifactor auth and fast action from their IT and security staff protected them. https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/05/thwarted-cyberattack-targeted-library-congress-tandem-october-british-library-breach/396399/

Did you know that Dansup who made PixelFed is working on a federated TikTok clone called Loops and it looks extremely good https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112331179499992996

Dansup has been posting a lot about the WIP and the design choices are very user-centric in a way that the Fediverse sometimes is not

It's #TilingTuesday again!

#Tiling #Geometry #MathArt #MathsArt

Is it time to panic?
No, it is not time to panic.
But when the CDC asks
for personal protective equipment
to be made “available to workers
on dairy farms, poultry farms,
and in slaughterhouses”
it is probably time for you
not to panic, but
to order more respirators.

These are Ketzeleh’s sweet potatoes

#Ketzeleh #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #SweetPotatoes #Veggies

“It’s comically difficult” to turn off your new car’s data collection, EFF’s @Thorin told Sherwood News. “I do this for a living and I am not 100% positive I have gotten everything correct, which is ridiculous.” https://sherwood.news/tech/how-to-opt-out-of-the-privacy-nightmare-that-comes-factory-installed-in-new/

What is OUR meaning when we say "our?"

Who do WE mean when we say "we?"

"We" sure don’t mean everyone.

My overwhelming thought as Trump won was: “A lot of people will suffer and die because of this, and the people who voted for this know it, and knowing it makes them feel happy and safe.”

I was right about that one. Even a fool could see it.

And that left the question: so now what?

https://www.the-reframe.com/very-fine-people/

This World Press Freedom Day is dedicated to the importance of journalism and free expression in the context of the global environmental crisis. EFF fights for free expression for journalists, human rights defenders, and internet users everywhere. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/world-press-freedom-day-and-every-day-we-fight-open-internet

We just published our first Tusks & Tidbits post! This will hopefuly be a monthly update where we showcase what we worked on last month, and what's coming next.

I hope this will bring more visibility to all the efforts and love that put on Mastodon

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/05/trunk-tidbits-april-2024/

#mastoadmin #mastodev #mastodon

Israeli assault on Rafah may cause ‘bloodbath’ and famine, aid agencies say
With routes for aid into Gaza closed, relief workers say helping displaced people could become impossible
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israeli-assault-on-rafah-may-cause-bloodbath-and-famine-aid-agencies-say

Good for him. This quote from the Republican former GA lieutenant governor sums up my own position as well, except I abandoned the GOP in 2016 when Trump got the nomination, without needing to wait for multiple indictments.

"Unlike Trump, I've belonged to the GOP my entire life. This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass."

https://www.ajc.com/opinion/geoff-duncan-why-im-voting-for-biden-and-other-republicans-should-too/LFLE5YWCBBA6VDGJAJKMNPCDKQ/

Really fucking annoying that the far right explains what’s happening in Israel as Jews controlling Biden and the far left explains it as Biden being controlled by Jews. It’s all just antisemitism.

And neither side will acknowledge reality: Bibi is an insane war criminal. Israel is not an American colony, it’s a nation that Biden has no control of. It’s completely arrogant and wrong to think either man can control what the other does, or that the Jewish people have any say over any of it.

Look, someone clicked 'inspect element' on the street!