I don't know this guy, but he just followed me, and he seems cool... and in his bio he asked for people to introduce him to Mastodon...
So, everybody, give a big warm welcome to...
A good writeup on the right-to-repair movement, focusing on Jessa Jones, a stay-at-home mom who taught herself to fix phone and tablet motherboards after her kids flushed a new iPhone down the toilet.
@freemo This is our shore today. Bad sea condition, seaguls at home but never on the ground! Those aren't by far the worse sea condition we ever have seen but we are in may and we were hoping better weather by now...
I've finished my daily sweep of advertising accounts, I've got a coffee. How are folks in #QOTO today? :D
Hey #Google! Fuck you!
Spying, Complicity, Censorship and Political Interference are not only wrong, I won't accept it any more!
I am not allowing my self to be used by you!
Here are 5 alternatives to google (search)
1. searx
2. duckduckgo
3. startpage
4. qwant
5. yandex
The above are just some alternatives I know of. As they also have high levels of censorship we as a society should push for better privacy respecting and protecting, censorship free, decentralized and Free/Libre alternatives to Google Search and other things relating to google here.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE