Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

FBI Recommends Ad Blockers as Cybercriminals Impersonate Brands in Search Engine Ads https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-recommends-ad-blockers-cybercriminals-impersonate-brands-search-engine-ads

"Google will do to the #fediverse what they did to email".

But this is not email. There's nascent community here, an inchoate shared culture, saplings of governance.

Community creates resilience. That's why Google has not been able to kill #Wikipedia. They tried their hand at building community repeatedly & failed.

Yes, every server is different. But there are clusters of commonalities, shared values & transferable practices. These are foundations we can build on to prevent a GMail scenario.

Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

2022 isn’t the year that we emerged from the pandemic.

It’s the year we chose to normalize ignoring it and leaving the most vulnerable behind.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

Hi, I'm Jo. I'm from rural Wisconsin, USA. I left Twitter for Mastodon. What a mess over there. 🙄

I'm an amateur #photographer & short #filmmaker. My subjects of interest are #pets, #wildlife, #nature, & the beautiful characteristics of #humans, etc.

Our home, the "Chickadee Cottage," is my studio. 🙂

I'm a Mechanical Engineer by trade & worked on Military Defense products, such as #Thadd.

I'm looking to connect with other #kindhearted, genuine, #funnypeople. Any takers? 🙂

#introduction​

At Christmas, I found out a member of my family has an OnlyFans. Not only was I flattered she trusted me enough to tell me but I’m also happy to have had the opportunity to react with pure support, zero judgment and pride that she has found something finds empowering. #SexWorkIsRealWork

⚠️🇦🇫With Taliban Education Ban For Girls Back In Place, Afghan Man Takes Daughters To Pakistan To Get Them An Education (VIDEO)
http://www.rferl.org/a/32194242.html #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

Come work with me on open ocean bio!I’ve got research ideas (🧵below), but I’m also interested in how I can support yours! Sponsors are required to apply, so get in touch! Deadline fast approaching!

https://apply.interfolio.com/116657

I think it’s important to repeat: you don't "have something to hide" when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you're on the can or wear clothes.

Privacy isn't about having something to hide. It's not about keeping secrets. It's about you being the person who chooses what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is "dignity". Your inherent dignity, as a human being.

Your privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.

Over 8,000 shoes that belonged to the youngest victims of Auschwitz need conservation.

Every person can support the preservation of those moving objects that testify about the tragic history of the camp. Help us save them for the future.

Donate here: https://www.motl.org/soultosole/

#Auschwitz #children #shoes #artifacts #conservation #future #donate #soultosole #help @museum

Happy Birthday to a brown-skinned Jewish refugee and migrant, a major prophet in Islam, a socialist, a champion of equality, who was arrested and abused by authorities, who preached for love and against exorbitant wealth, hatred, hunger, and homelessness. Merry Christmas, friends! ❤️

So, Usenet is still a thing. With rapidly increasing data volume. https://www.newsdemon.com/usenet-newsgroup-feed-size

"We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth" –Bill Anders, Apollo 8 astronaut

"Earthrise," one of the most powerful photos in @nasa’s history, was taken by Anders #OTD in 1968 as the Apollo 8 crew orbited the Moon.
#NASAhistory

24 December 1902 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Anna Marianna Grijsaart-Reens, was born in Amsterdam.

In December 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz. She did not survive.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts #Amsterdam #Netherlands #woman

Why not make a resolution to embrace #freesoftware in the new year? Not only will you be supporting ethical principles but you'll also have the freedom to customize and control your own technology. Empower yourself and make a difference in the world with your tech choices by climbing the #FreedomLadder. https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-journey-begins-with-a-single-step-climb-the-freedom-ladder #NewYearsResolution #SoftwareFreedom

Federal grants for master's, PhD students unchanged since 2003, leaving many 'below the poverty line' | CBC News https://bit.ly/3Wpfe2u #Science #MastersDegree #Doctorate #GraduateEducation #cdnpoli @cdnpoli

Special Counsel Jack Smith just received a massive gift that will help his investigation into Trump https://youtu.be/g-iB2O7IBpE

From #NPR:
Emmett Till and his mother were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Till, 14, was tortured and murdered by two white men in MS during the summer of 1955. A white woman, the wife of one of the murderers, falsely accused him of flirting with her.

The medal will be on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://tinyl.io/7a4Q

#History
#BlackHistory
#BlackMastodon
#BlackFedi
#BlackFediverse
#Histodon
#BlackFriday

Clickbait/buzz/shit posting is not #journalism.

A first step in the right direction could be to stop calling journalists those who write such poor content, even those who own a press card.

Are they unhappy for Mastodon not being a drop-in Twitter replacement? And they 'threaten' to leave? Good riddance. That should leave some room for more competent authors.