OliverUv @OliverUv@mastodon.social

.@Blender's videos on #YouTube have now come back, but they are also being told by Google/YT that they HAVE to monetise them. #Blender are considering refusing, which presumably would mean the videos being taken down again:

https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/

Whatever they once stood for, #Google's aim now is exploiting their users' content for maximum profit.

If you don't want your videos to be exploited, it is important to switch to an independent alternative:

https://joinpeertube.org/en/

#DeleteYouTube

Boof

There's word people are starting to gather today, more people coming tomorrow.

I will try to get down there at some point to at least take photos and see what's going on and how I can support from a non-campout standpoint.

Anyone else in #LosAngeles who can help out with this, please @.

“If we say that events are happening fast, what must we slow down in order to make such a pronouncement? If we delineate time as having a steady rhythm, what disjunctures must we smooth out or over in order to arrive at that conclusion? If we feel that things are calm, what must we forget in order to inhabit such a restful feeling?”
- Jasbir K Puar

So, according to these allegations, #Facebook:

1. Lost lots of ad money when people abandoned computers for phones.

2. Panicked.

3. Got smaller companies hooked on access to FB users' private data (not ads but personal data).

4. Once the companies were hooked, FB forced those companies to buy expensive FB mobile ads. Companies that didn't comply had their access to user data switched off.

In short, they allege FB was using our data to control these companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/24/mark-zuckerberg-set-up-fraudulent-scheme-weaponise-data-facebook-court-case-alleges

Individualism is just a tactic of the rich to stop you seeking society and connection with others and therefore stop you organising, unionising and freeing yourself from personal burdens

"Toward the aftermath, the main question is What will be left of advertising—and what it supports—after the adtech bubble pops?"

"Adtech is built to undermine the brand value of all the media it uses"

"Adtech spies on people and violates their privacy. By design."

https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2018/05/12/gdpr/

Oh boy. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1635

tl;dr Signal Desktop is based on Electron, which in turn is based on Chromium 58-59, and it seems to be affected by bugs that have been fixed in Chrome/Chromium 60-62.

Gotta love #Electron. As somebody said "now everyone is running 5 different instances of old insecure versions of the most scrutinized and attacked application on Earth."

#InfoSec

Have you ever refused to do a task at work or take an offer of work on ethical or moral grounds? How did you handle the difficult conversation? #qotd

When kids are fined fined by their #library for returning books late, they often stop reading altogether. An alternative approach: letting patrons "read away" their fines. Nice description of such a program by the LA Times from December:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-no-library-fines-20171225-story.html

Further evidence the #cypberpunk future is here

I think this is either a courier checking delivery requests, a gambler, or someone testing phones on the road

mood: going around on the internet and replying to every single piece of information you already know with "i already know this, thanks"

Time to full fan speed