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Facebook & the Reign of Surveillance Capitalism http://radioopensource.org/facebook-the-reign-of-surveillance-capitalism/ via @radioopensource@twitter.com

Hey! You know what it's time for?

That's right, it's time to download an archive of your profile!

If you're on Mastodon, just head on over to your Preferences » Data export > Request archive. While you wait for that, go ahead and download your Follow list, and maybe your mute and block lists if those are important to you.

If you don't see "Download archive" show up within an hour (may require refreshing page) or don't get an email with the link, let your admin know. :-)

@guerrillablack Traffic signs and roads are designed for cars by traffic engineers who pretend that cyclists and pedestrians don't exist.

If you really want cyclists to obey every sign and traffic law, we can. You won't like the results.

https://www.bicycling.com/rides/traffic-laws/what-happens-when-bicyclists-obey-law

Fediverse folk!
Don't forget to boost interesting stuff.
The system relies solely on organic discovery.
We on small instances depend on boosts quite a lot!

This is Mastodon

I think more people in our society need to read this comic: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/190
More technology, surveillance, science or mathematics will never help us develop a sense of morality. We need philosophy for that.

"Germany's supreme court has dismissed a landmark case brought by a publisher looking to destroy ad-blocking services in the country. European behemoth Axel Springer was defeated in its years-long battle with Eyeo, the firm that owns AdBlock Plus. Springer argued that blocking adverts was in violation of competition law, while AdBlock's whitelist strategy was legally dubious."

https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/20/german-supreme-court-ad-blocking/

Use more #hashtags when you post to #Mastodon! Not having a central search database means we have to make it a little easier for people to find our toots!

“Thank God repressions are handled by such incompetent idiots. My family remembers full well how it was when they were carried out by professionals.”

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/17/17246150/telegram-russia-ban

Another reason to dislike Elon Musk: https://www.revealnews.org/article/tesla-says-its-factory-is-safer-but-it-left-injuries-off-the-books/

I really worry about this "Move fast and break things" approach to business. Using your customers as guinea pigs instead of doing proper testing. Business models that rely on breaking the law until you've got enough money to change the law, with the risks outsourced to workers. Long hours that lead to accidents. I dislike this arrogant culture.

Hello fediverse! https://lib.reviews/ is a free/open/nonprofit alternative to proprietary review sites like #Goodreads, #Yelp, #IMDB.

It plugs into #opendata sources: #Wikidata, #OpenLibrary and #OpenStreetMap (OSM integration is very basic at this point). Still a long way to go but we have a small community and lots of reviews already. On GitHub at: https://github.com/eloquence/lib.reviews - IRC: #lib.reviews on irc.freenode.net - Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#lib.reviews:matrix.org

#introductions

If you're using Google's reCAPTCHA on your website, please consider replacing it.

– reCAPTCHA spies on your users and turns them into Google slaves to train an AI algorithm.

– reCAPTCHA denies access to all Tor users.

There are alternatives. See here: https://pad.foebud.org/google-alternatives

“A developed country is not when the poor have cars. It is when the rich use public transportation.” Gustavo Petro, socialist candidate for Colombian presidency