IMHO the solution for the so-called paradox of tolerance is not to be intolerant to the intolerant, but to be intolerant to the intolerance. hate the sin, not the sinner, as some say. reject the intolerance, but don't dehumanize that who fell in the cognitive trap of intolerance. we ought to help them get out, not hate them back, them and everyone and everything connected to them.

congratulations and much gratitude to @npub16g0w...3cxh for taking up the position of president of the Free Software Foundation. and happy 40th to the @npub167r7...p2re

one passage in @npub1fdrp...lvhs's today's essay inspired me to start mentally expanding CEO as Chief Enshittification Officer because, in the enshittocene, that's the CEO's job

@npub1fdrp...lvhs's recent posts on wilhoit's law e.g.

Pluralistic: Maga’s boss class think they are immune to American carnage (13 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

and on cryptography

Pluralistic: “Privacy preserving age verification” is bullshit (14 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

got me thinking of conservative cryptography, of the "nerd harder" wishful thinking kind: There must be in-groups whom cryptography protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom cryptography binds but does not protect today's great post of his returns to wilhoit's law

Pluralistic: By all means, tread on those people (26 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

tarda mas não falha! IRPF-Livre 2025 v1.3 r19812 está finalmente pronto para quem quiser fazer sua declaração de imposto de renda usando software livre, com toda a transparência que a lei exige da Receita Federal, mas que ela continua se recusando em oferecer

Index of /~lxoliva/fsfla/irpf-livre/2025/r19812

..., 40, 41, 42 towels. that should be enough for today (I hope I'm doing this right 🙂 #TowelDay