gnarlin @gnarlin@mastodon.social

And this friends, is why:
1) I refused to use the school's provided Chromebook
2) Installed a version of Linux on a laptop that I owned and controlled
3) Enabled privacy measures as much as possible to prevent privacy leakage
4) Employed tools to block advertising and tracking on the network level

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/25/governments-harm-childrens-rights-online-learning

It's not hard or expensive to do but it is your child's privacy.

#OtD 26 May 1937 organisers from the United Automobile Workers union were brutally beaten by Ford company thugs as they tried to leaflet a Detroit plant. Despite the repression, the company caved three years later and recognised the union https://libcom.org/history/battle-overpass

#OtD 25 May 1779 a crowd of men with clubs visited shopkeepers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and forced them to lower their prices. This is a history of food riots and the role they played in and after the American Revolution https://libcom.org/history/food-rioters-american-revolution-barbara-clark-smith

“Their bed time is at 8, call me if anything happens”

ZugZug used to like monitoring the wifi. (This is a pretty old pic, but just ran across it again.)