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cyberlyra

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Sociology Prof @PrincetonU; Science, Technology & Society; NASA teams; critical HCI; remote work. Longtime data economy resistor. Co-editor MIT Infrastructures. www.optoutproject.net
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Jorvon_Moss, to Futurology
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Got the voice recognition system up and running controlling the crawling mechanics. #wip #robot #maker

Crawling, voice control test

cyberlyra,
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@Jorvon_Moss wow this is amazing! Great work!！

gregorni, to linuxphones
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After a few pmbootstrap issues and some help from the @postmarketOS Matrix room, I am now the proud owner of two Linux phones!

cyberlyra,
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@gregorni @postmarketOS @linmob Cool! Keep us posted on functionality.

cyberlyra, to random
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It's only May and my home province is already burning. :( <3 to Fort Nelson residents

NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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If you saw my post with the stamp of the rock form known as “The Pants”, here is a photo of a Polar Bear dwarfed by it, seen through its legs. I had the wrong lens on and couldn’t get a photo of the entire formation and bear.

cyberlyra,
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@NunavutBirder
wow, that is actually just stunning!! Bravo!

inquiline, to random
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Something terrible happened (saw a Cybertruck)

cyberlyra,
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@inquiline I still can’t get over that people own them, unironically.

rbreich, to random
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:

  • Paid family leave
  • Equal pay
  • Universal childcare

(But get your mom flowers, too)

cyberlyra,
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@rbreich

flowers meh. yes please to all bullet points above.

cyberlyra, to space
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As someone who keeps her children (born and unborn) away from data detection, I know how catastrophic the #MOMS bill’s national #pregnancy database is.

But I am also a scholar who studies #NASA, so I know a government handout bill when I see one.

Look past the website to Title II, section 1a, eligibility for government grants for maternal support.

This is a #handout for pro-life nonprofits, with restrictions against funding for orgs like #PlannedParenthood , dressed up as maternal support.

cyberlyra,
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite I’m not a expert, but the novel enmeshing of a privacy-violating technical system with anti-abortion politics might mean there is an opportunity for new bedfellows when it comes to lobbying on the Hill. Pro-choice and pro-privacy advocates must join forces to guard against the dual dystopias inherent to this Attwoodesque proposal. As in, @eff meet

cyberlyra, to canucks
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Go !! 🏒 🥅 🍁

arstechnica, to random
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NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket

"To reduce mission complexity, this new concept is doing one launch."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-wants-a-cheaper-mars-sample-return-boeing-proposes-most-expensive-rocket/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

cyberlyra,
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@arstechnica as Green well knows, the cost of mission does not include the launch vehicle.

DaveMasonDotMe, to stackoverflow
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It's hard to imagine #StackOverflow made their decision without considering the fate #Twitter and #Reddit suffered. That they willingly chose to burn the remaining goodwill they had with their users is bewildering.

Right now, people are having active conversations here on #Mastodon about an #ActivityPub / #Fediverse replacement for SO.

cyberlyra,
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@DaveMasonDotMe @mike

  1. Acquisition of Twitter and Reddit still looked like they could make a bleeding company money. They don’t care about community.

  2. We have a clone of SO from 2023 we are planning to host at home. Will post if relevant.

cyberlyra, to stackoverflow
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In the history of data, reuse is a constant. In human history, regime change is a constant.

Hence the extractive repurposing going on at #stackoverflow, #github & #reddit to feed AI and take over your jobs. (And countless injustices, like DACA used for ICE, Nazis using invaded country birth records to find Jews, etc).

This is the true “tragedy of the commons”: upon hostile acquisition, what was once a gift indicating membership, care, and community is liable to unethical extraction.

PearlescentFerret, to random

Announcing the public launch of of Open Torment, a FOSS alternative to The Torment Nexus.

cyberlyra,
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@PearlescentFerret @dajb MegaCorp has acquired Open Torment, put our logo on it and vertically integrated it into our stack. Now Open Torment can truly be experienced by all, and we can profit from its enterprise edition. Thanks, FOSS community, for providing this free alternative!

brycew, to random
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Off the cuff thought: I've seen a few places open sourcing code from the 80's and 90's (notably MS DOS 4.0 https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms-dos-4-0/), now that the code's 30-40 years old, now that it's not viable to sell it anymore.

The max copyright lenght in the US was 42 years for a good chunk of our history.

There's no reason it should have changed. That code could have all been in the public domain by now

cyberlyra,
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@brycew @b_cavello I would totally run 40 year old MS DOS on something. Oh the memories!

cyberlyra, to random
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I am really very excited about this open access special issue on AI, power and domination, with papers from friends and colleagues, that says the quiet part loud.

https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm

pluralistic, to random
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Cyberpunk trifecta

Me with Bruce Sterling on the streets of Turin
Me with Neal Stephenson at a bookstore in Seattle

cyberlyra,
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@pluralistic

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this is awesome!!! Living the dream :))

BootsChantilly, to random
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I lol-ed.

cyberlyra,
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@BootsChantilly This is of course also true!

tilde, to random
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In the 90s — so the story goes — the APA noticed that they were basically only diagnosing boys with ADHD, so they checked, and, yep, girls get it too, it just looks different because ✨reasons✨. So they invented the inattentive subtype for ADHD to make sure girls got diagnosed too. And anyway it is so strangely validating not only to finally have a formal ADHD Diagnosis, but also to specifically have Girl ADHD™, because yes, obviously, correct.

cyberlyra,
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@tilde
yep. comes with smaller pockets too, I'll bet.

cyberlyra, to random
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Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate!! May the fourth be with you :)

streetartutopia, to random
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The Top 5 Must-See Street Art Hotspots Around the World <3 https://streetartutopia.com/2024/05/03/the-top-5-must-see-street-art-hotspots-around-the-world/

cyberlyra,
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@streetartutopia You’re missing Vancouver, BC, home of Vancouver Mural Festival and hundreds of astonishing murals by First Nations, local and international artists aimed at visual sovereignty under gentrification. Walking tour via app.

Https://www.vanmuralfest.ca

https://vanmuralfest.ca/app

mattkenworthy, to random
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In my astronomy career I have had my foot run over by Stephen Hawking, had Neil deGrasse Tyson come to my seminar and promptly fall asleep, and stood in an elevator with Roger Penrose where he was wearing exactly the same clothing as the publicity poster on the elevator wall behind his shoulder.

cyberlyra,
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@mattkenworthy that sounds like the makings of an illustrious career indeed.

ElleGray, to random
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    cyberlyra,
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    @ElleGray HAHAHAH this is hilarious.

    arstechnica, to random
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    The BASIC programming language turns 60

    Easy-to-use programming language that drove Apple, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    cyberlyra,
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    @arstechnica BASIC was my first programming language, after playing around with Logo. I remember writing little programs to get the computer to make sounds like music while my classmates struggled with 100 PRINT "Hello." Such a great introduction to programming and interacting with machines.

    cyberlyra, to random
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    The age of Google is over. The next great search engine must needs filter out LLM-generated sludge and actually privilege information instead of content.

    cyberlyra,
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    @dryak federated search ... can it be done? ;)

    cyberlyra, to random
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    Start here by deleting everything Google thinks it knows about you.

    https://www.theverge.com/24141741/google-data-delete-how-to

    Then pick up with my tips for Google free living.

    https://www.optoutproject.net/the-best-non-google-search-engine/

    It’s so much better out here without a data-sucking behemoth controlling everything you see, flooding your search results with spam and injecting the internet with LLM-generated sludge. Bonus, if you leave, your data stops contributing to serious ethical problems.

    Thanks for @Em0nM4stodon for passing The Verge’s How To along.

    cyberlyra,
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    @ryan
    well i always think you should give a try. :) it'll let you keep your android apps without a store cos it runs android apks on a virtual layer. and its an entirely third player, a separate OS, not android or ios. Plus full functionality.

    https://www.optoutproject.net/sailfish-the-iphone-and-android-alternative/

    but others who aren't as resistant to Google products as I am are ok with e.
    i have tips on alternative mobile phones here:

    https://www.optoutproject.net/a-better-cell-phone/

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