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Hey, y'all, I've been on the fedi a minute. I've been on Mastodon since 2017, and an admin since '22. The people at IFTAS are doing great work. Needed work. They provide space for admins to share knowledge, and they build evidence-based blocklists new instances can use to stay safe. They need help. Now. Consider giving to IFTAS:

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I've done it. #fediverse #mutualAid #IFTAS #trustAndSafety

For Global Switch Day, I'll recommend my blog post about switching to Linux. I wrote it for academics, but other professionals might benefit from it:

FOSS Academic

Blog

Ok, so Microsoft did a thing, a potentially privacy-violating thing, called Recall. Microsoft has been doing lots of other things. Apparently these...

#GlobalSwitchDay

@npub10fdl...lytg and I wrote a book called "social engineering." The Trump White House loves that term. What do they mean by it? What is the history of this curious term? And might Trump and his pals, themselves, be engaging in social engineering? May I humbly suggest you check out our book? It's now available as an e-book on Bookshop.org!

Bookshop.org

Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication

How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication