Notices by Derek Caelin (argus@mastodon.technology)

What is this weird Twitter army of Amazon drones cheerfully defending warehouse work?

Here is a strange little online community to puzzle at. Amazon has developed an unnerving, Stepford-like presence on Twitter in the form of several accounts of definitely real on-the-floor workers who regurgitate talking points and assure the world that all is right in the company's infamously puni…

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/what-is-this-weird-twitter-army-of-amazon-drones-cheerfully-defending-warehouse-work/

PureOS: One Linux for both PCs and smartphones | ZDNet

One operating system for two platforms? It's an old idea, which has never worked out, but the Linux laptop and smartphone company Purism is giving it another try.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/pureos-one-linux-for-both-pcs-and-smartphones/

I made the decision to stop reading a book that no longer holds my interest. Past me would have kept reading so I can say I read the book, but time is precious! Read what brings you joy!

"We found that at least 61 percent of apps we tested automatically transfer data to Facebook the moment a user opens the app. This happens whether people have a Facebook account or not, or whether they are logged into Facebook or not."

😱😱😱

Investigating Apps interactions with Facebook on Android | Privacy International

https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/investigating-apps-interactions-facebook-android

Voting for a third party candidate.

#linux #ios #windows

Don't try to be great, try to do something great and become great in the process.

@mayel

I hear a bit about social.coop from people in my feed, including you. I'm fascinated by the idea. Can I ask, what are the topics most often discussed in there? I can't see a preview in the social.coop site.

Calling techies and comms people who have 5 minutes and want to volunteer to help Civic Space defenders.

https://innovationforchange.net/help-us-build-a-tool-for-civil-society/

#ict4d #techforgood #data #volunteers