Karl Austin @[email protected]

ok now that I can post about this publicly:

I really really need a new job, because {current job} suddenly turned into an ableist micro-manag-y conservative nightmare over the last month

I do Linux administration, infrastructure stuff, automation, a lil' bit of programming and generally everything computers tbh, but those are my main things

I have some more info on https://cherrykitten.dev

Preferably Remote and has to be Autism-friendly (as far as any job can be..)

pls boost and dm me if you know something

TIL that the EU (EPSO) has joined the bandwagon of discriminatory, privacy-invading 'remotely proctored tests':

https://europa.eu/epso/application/CotoFiles/file/AD%20382-20/CBT/Instructions%20for%20RP%20EEAS%20EN%20-%20FINAL%20(1).pdf

✓ Must show face on webcam at all times
✓ Must show ankles (???), inside of pockets and 360 degree view of room
✓ Must have an empty, dedicated room
✓ Cannot fidget/move/stand up
✓ Cannot use anything other than 100% zoom
✓ Recent macOS/Windows and Chrome only
✓ Must give your data and admin access to your computer to some random US company

Unbelievable double-think happening here. The UK government is going full-throttle in its war on encryption, with the Online Safety Bill the vanguard in exposing the security of everyone's device.

Encryption protects us from cyber-criminals, keeps our messages private, and stops governments and corporations from spying on us. It is online safety for kids and everyone.

✍️ Sign our petition to save encryption: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/959/553/635/

#e2ee #encryption #ukpolitics

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65686989

So to confirm, because Johnson was too tight to pay his own legal fees, the Cabinet Office got to see his diaries. Because they're officially the client.

Which means that in the process of defending him from one set of crimes, they found evidence of ANOTHER set of crimes, for which they've now had to refer him to the police.

God these spin-off series of the Tory Shitshow are getting hard to track.

I'll have a blog entry about it soon, but before then, you get to hear about it first: A full transfer of the USC Cinema sound effects library, which includes the work of Sunset Editorial and their hundreds of sound effects.

You can browse the collection here:

https://archive.org/details/usc-sound-effect-archive

Typography: it matters!

#typography #proofreading #writing #writers #writingcommunity #humor #humour #funny #emphasis #italics

This. Is. Amazing.

Montréal suburb Brossard has a traffic light in a school zone that defaults to red, and only turns green when an attached speed camera detects a car driving under the speed limit.

The light is on a 90-day trial, on a 2-lane residential street. Similar signals are widespread across Europe.

Before it was installed, average vehicle speeds of 40 km/h. But in the past week, average speeds have dropped to 29 km/h.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/05/05/steal-this-idea-in-quebec-a-new-traffic-light-only-turns-green-for-safe-drivers/

#Montreal #VisionZero #WalkTO #BIkeTO

6 new reserves created in Brazil.

"#Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of natural resources on these lands, viewed by scientists as a bulwark against Amazon deforestation - a major challenge in the fight against climate change."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230428-brazil-s-lula-decrees-six-new-indigenous-reserves

#brazil #amazon #climate #jungle #rainforest #environment #southAmerica #humanRights

Genocide has 10 stages, they don't have to be done in order - and they can happen simultaneously - here are the 10 Stages of Genocide with Trans examples.

https://authortheorose.com/2023/05/04/the-genocide-of-trans-people-explained/

#Trans #LGBTQ #TransRights #TransRevolution #HumanRights

Anyone else get slightly annoyed at couriers charging the recipient an admin fee for customs/duty.

It is just one of many bits of admin getting a parcel from sender to recipient under a contract with the sender. But they charge the recipient, with whom they have no contract.

I doubt it has a legal basis at all. One reason for this doubt is legislation allowing Royal Mail to make such a charge. If there was a legal basis for such, RM would not need a special law for it.

I’ll see what DHL say.

Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.

Fer reals.

The amount of effort which goes into making our home computers work is absolutely incredible!

We mine the purist silicon sand we can find & extensively purify it further. We grow massive crystals from it's molten form, then slice it like deli ham using special saws.

In our cleanest & most tectonically-stable buildings we use complex expensive equipment to etch absolutely microscopic runes (mostly for memory) shaping how electricity flows through this otherwise non-conductive crystal.

1/2?

If the #OnlineSafetyBill comes in in the UK and requires us to seek age verification, thus increasing the likelihood that we would need to store personal records for users, then we will be shutting down our site and absolutely not participating in that process. This is a recipe for a privacy disaster. We take great pride in storing as little as possible of your personal information and don't want to store more just because a fascist government wants even more control then they already do.

£500 open source human-skin printer made from Lego

https://www.inkl.com/a/waopnXhqZXq

#lego #MindStorms #3DBioPrinting

"I want," the man said to the art robot, and then described an image in some detail.
"Certainly," said the art robot. A printout came out of its chest.
"Thank y- Hey! What's this?"
"A list of artists who make images of the kind you describe, and who are accepting commissions."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Resetting everything...

I found a bot which was hammering my site. So I asked the author if they could make it opt-in.

Apparently consent doesn't matter if it's for the greater good.

The #AI brainworms are strong!

https://github.com/rom1504/img2dataset/issues/293

Heh. So, you know how as a kid you once accidentally called your teacher "mum" and it was mortifyingly embarrassing?

Heard of a friend's kid who last week mistakenly called their teacher... "Alexa"!