Magnar G. Johnsen @magnargj@mastodon.social

Why libraries are the greatest places on earth:

- books
- free!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- quiet, so quiet, so peaceful is heaven
- people leave you alone
- also movies and computers and things
- staff literally know everything and want you to know everything thanks
- you can stay the whole time they're open and not have to pay anything at all
- you can get lost in the big ones and that's cool
- mmm smells of wisdom

Opinion: Don’t Regulate Facial Recognition. Ban It. We are on the verge of a nightmare era of mass #surveillance by the state and private companies. It’s not too late to stop it. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/evangreer/dont-regulate-facial-recognition-ban-it?__twitter_impression=true

#imperialism #fascism

Starry night
#krita

Cherenkov Telescope at Sunset

(source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181018.html)

#apod #astronomy #cosmos #telescope

CERN Is Ditching Microsoft Due to 10x Higher License Fees #cern #oss #opensource #technews
https://www.pcmag.com/news/368987/cern-is-ditching-microsoft-due-to-10x-higher-license-fees

[#Privacy] After @microsoft moves its servers back to the USA, German state's privacy commissioner advises schools not to use #Office365 https://boingboing.net/2019/07/11/hesse-nein-danke.html (boingboing)