jik

rhialto, 2 months ago to random

PSA: Time to delete your Glassdoor account

The TL;DR is: Glassdoor now requires your real name and

will add it to older accounts without your consent if they learn it,

and your only option is to delete your account. They do not care that this puts people at risk with their employers. They do not care that this seems to run counter to their own data-privacy policies.

Full text at https://cellio.dreamwidth.org/2024/03/12/glassdoor-violates-privacy.html

jik, 5 months ago to random

Judaism has laws about everything, and war is no exception.
For example, Jewish law explicitly, strictly prohibits cutting down your enemy's fruit trees during a war. Heck, Jewish law prohibits destroying fruit-bearing trees at all. Think about this the next time you hear about "religious" Jewish settlers in the West Bank destroying Palestinian olive groves.

jik, 5 months ago to Israel

Jews aren't allowed to risk their lives to follow Jewish law. If the choice is eat non-kosher or starve, you eat. If the choice is violate the Sabbath or a sick person can't get medical care, you violate the Sabbath.
There are only 3 commandments you're not allowed to break to save your own life. One of them is murder: you can't kill an innocent person to save yourself.
Think about this when you hear #Israel saying that killing all those noncombatants is the only way to take out #Hamas.
#Gaza

jik, 29 days ago to cashapp

Heads up! #CashApp probably had a big security breach they're about to announce, because they just released new terms of service with a draconian binding arbitration clause, and the only way to opt out is to fill out a specific form on paper and pay to send it to them via postal mail.
Personally, I'm just going to delete my account.
Ref: https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/tos
#privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #arbitration #BindingArbitration #ConsumerRights

jik, 2 months ago to politics

Holy shit #Biden is just directly, aggressively trolling the #GOP members in the room. "You mean you're not planning on passing another 2 trillion dollar tax cut for rich people? I thought that was your plan? Good to know." Epic. #politics #USPol #SOTU

jik, 9 months ago to random

Honestly, how can any public health professional say with a straight face, "Sure, the COVID vaccine only lasts for six months, but most people aren't vaccinating, so not only are we not going to recommend getting vaccinated twice per year, we're not going to even allow it for the people who want to."
Since when is one person's healthcare supposed to be dependent on whether other people are willing to take care of themselves?
#COVID

jik, 25 days ago to Columbia

The #NYPD in particular, and #cops in general, are such fucking clowns.
They're claiming the thick chains protestors at #Columbia used when occupying a building are proof that the protesters weren't real students.
In fact, not only are those chains widely used by students all over the city... Columbia itself sells them to students.
Don't fall for the NYPD's attempts to manufacture consent for violently attacking peaceful protesters.
#StudentSpring #politics #ACAB
Ref: https://www.404media.co/email/1cc25606-201a-4f10-87ce-aeefa8285c3f/

jik, 3 months ago to politics

Those of you who weren't around or aware in the 80's need to understand...
Ronald Reagan had increasingly debilitating Alzheimer's for his entire second term. The people around him were able to manipulate him. He was a puppet.
As far as the GOP Is concerned, Trump's brain being mush is an asset, not a liability.
If he wins, they'll manipulate him into appointing evil people, and then those people will manipulate him to achieve their evil goals.
#politics #USPol

jik, 3 months ago to mastodon

I'm just one #Mastodon user, here in the #Fediverse, begging you to please say something about the links you post.
Previews don't always work. Indeed, they frequently don't in the Mastodon web app.
We don't just want to see a link, we want to hear why you think it's worth sharing. We want your thoughts. Please share them!
#FediTips

jik, 9 months ago to boston

I'm in a group of COVID-cautious #Boston area folks who organize COVID-safe outings to private theater showings. Everyone who attends is fully vaccinated and symptom-free, takes a rapid test beforehand, and wears a good mask for the entire movie. If you're interested, go to https://groups.google.com/g/boston-covid-safe-movies and click "Join group" near the top. We're currently organizing a Barbie outing; if you'd like to participate, see "COVID-safe Barbie showing" once you've joined the group.
@universalhub #CovidCautious

jik, 3 months ago to random

Amazing that the Washington Post has plenty of time and space to showcase Libs of TikTok but literally can't spare a single word for Jack Posobiec at CPAC declaring explicitly in exactly these words that they tried to end democracy on January 6 and next time they'll succeed.

jik, 9 months ago to DEFCON

Let's assume 30k people attended #BlackHat and #DefCon.
If 1% of them catch #COVID, that's 300 people.
If 10% of them end up with #LongCovid, that's 30 people.
All the numbers are probably actually higher.
Is disabling 30+ people an acceptable price to pay for a bunch of security wonks to get to socialize in person for a week?
I don't think so. Do you? Explain your answer.
#CovidIsNotOver

jik, 6 months ago to novid

Daughter works at a retail chain I won't name because she can't afford to lose her job. Unvaccinated coworker went to a concert, unmasked, kept coming to work, and got visibly sick. D begged her to test before their shift today; she didn't. D texted me from work and asked me to bring COVID tests to the store. C took a test, which came back positive. Corporate said C had to finish her shift. D said fuck that and went home (good for her).
Capitalism is killing us.
#CovidIsNotOver @novid

jik, 6 months ago to random

PLEASE MAKE MY LIFE MORE DIFFICULT!

Speaking as a #PollWorker, if past history is any predictor of future results, then tomorrow is going to be a pretty boring day at the voting location I work at.
PLEASE, people, VOTE in these off-year elections. They're IMPORTANT.
I can assure you with absolute certainty that every single poll-worker wants you to make them work harder tomorrow.
#vote

jik, 1 month ago to random

I am so sad and angry about being increasingly shut out of most communal Jewish life, starting in 2016 thanks to Trump, seguing into the pandemic, and more recently escalating thanks to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
🧵 1/10

jik, 5 months ago to trans

#Trans folks warned us about #Substack and too many didn't listen. #Transphobia, like #antisemitism, is the canary in the coal mine. It may start there, but it never ends there.
While I'm glad some Substack authors have finally grown a spine, nothing happening now should have been a surprise, and they should have abandoned the platform when the #TERF shit went down
Also, we'll see how many of them actually leave, now that their bluff has been called.

jik, 3 months ago to random

Mad props to @firestorm in #NC for accepting #BannedBooks from #FL and sending them back to FL for anyone who asks. It's a huge good deed.
Furthermore: every person in the photo in this story of them boxing up the books is wearing a mask. All the unmasked photos were taken outdoors. This is what real inclusion looks like in the age of #COVID.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/3wdpyCE

jik, 1 year ago to random

My wife's cousin just died, and the non-religious daughter is having it out with the religious son about whether to honor their mother's verbal wishes expressed to the daughter—cremation + no funeral—vs. a religious funeral.
PSA: Parents, WRITE DOWN YOUR FUNERAL WISHES and make sure your kids know where that document is.
Also, you need a will, a healthcare proxy, and advance directives.
Don't leave behind a mess for your kids to deal with at a terrible time.
#death #dying #grief #parenting

jik, 3 months ago to politics

The media breathlessly reporting #Hur's smear of #Biden while ignoring #Trump's descent into dementia is a stark illustration of why they need to be, but aren't, following @jayrosen_nyu's rule for modern political coverage: "Not the odds, but the stakes."
They ignore Trump's lying, threats, and insanity because it's not news, because it's not new.
Their insistence on covering what's novel instead of what's important is endangering democracy.
We're rhyming with 1930s Germany. #politics #USPol

jik, 9 months ago to Law

Any advice on dealing with a bogus trademark infringement claim sent to Google?

Someone told Google that my "LInkedIn Jobs Filterer" Chrome extension violates LinkedIn's trademark. It doesn't. What can I do about it, when I can't afford to pay lawyers to defend a free, open-source extension? (See the linked blog posting for more details.)

#trademark #linkedin #law #legal #help #FOSS

https://blog.kamens.us/2023/08/21/any-advice-on-dealing-with-a-bogus-trademark-infringement-claim-sent-to-google/

jik, 10 months ago to boston

Boston peeps: There will be a #COVID-safe (masked, vaccination required, no COVID symptoms) screening of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" at West Newton Cinema at 10am on Sunday, July 2. You need to reserve and pay in advance. DM me your email if you want to attend and I'll send you details.
@universalhub #CovidCautious #Boston #BostonMA #movies #SpiderMan #Newton #NewtonMA

jik, 2 months ago to random

#PSA: It's not a fluke or a lark that the "Black" in "Black people" is capitalized but the "white" in "white people" isn't. CJR does a good job of explaining why: https://www.cjr.org/analysis/capital-b-black-styleguide.php
If you post in a thread in which anti-Black racism is being discussed and you capitalize "White", you're going to come off as ignorant at best, or intentionally antagonistic and disrespectful, or a White Nationalist (see how it's capitalized there? they do that) at worst.
Don't be that person.
#racism #DEI

taylorlorenz, 3 months ago to random

I sat down with Chaya Raichik of LibsofTikTok to talk about Nex's death, her role in Oklahoma politics, her beliefs on gender, the great replacement theory, sex education, her false accusations against the Uvalde shooter, why she and Seth Dillon cut ties and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL-40gDBRx0&t=2359s

Read my latest story on her impact in Oklahoma: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/24/libs-tiktok-oklahoma-nonbinary-teen-death/

darnell, 4 months ago to random

@downey @jik Thanks!