that whooshing sound you're hearing is me rushing off to join any class action lawsuit against Meta for training its LLMs on my books #Meta #LLaMA #generativeAI
Hey, accessibility advocates! While I've used screen readers on occasion, I do not use them regularly. I'm curious to know from folks who either regularly use screen readers or are accessibility experts: is this site accessible?
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Free Our Feeds
 I took a look at the code and it's almost entirely javascript and styling, not really readable HTML. My take is this is pretty inaccessible to something like a screen reader, but maybe I'm wrong? boosts appreciated #accessibility #askFedi
Umm... hey, Canadians, why don't you also look for Canadian social media instead of discussing "Buy Canadian" on Facebook? You know, the company that won't let you read Canadian news? image
I have reached the copyediting phase of the book, with a proof version of the title page as a nice tease of what it will all look like! #bookstodon image
My university, York U, is suspending admissions to a bunch of programs, mainly in the humanities. This includes Indigenous Studies. There's news coverage in @npub1x6r5...uhj0. But it doesn't really address the cause. 1/2 #academicchatter #indigenousStudies #YorkU
UsefulSmallCorp is now a part of ConHugeCo. Over the next few months, we'll migrate your account to ConHugeCo, where you will be ignored except when we eliminate the free plan you initially signed up for.
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:
Support IFTAS with a Charitable Donation – IFTAS
 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:
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Ok, so Microsoft did a thing, a potentially privacy-violating thing, called Recall. Microsoft has been doing lots of other things. Apparently these...
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@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!
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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
Me in 2010: you should leave corporate social media. Others: LOL, that's silly. They spread Democracy(TM)! Me in 2015: you should leave corporate social media. Others: sure, they spy on me, but I have nothing to hide. Me in 2025: you should leave corporate social media. Others: that wasn't a Nazi salute, I swear. And what about Engagement(TM)?