Rooted my phone before I figured out how Mastodon works. Into #FOSS, #Android customization, digital #privacy, and deGoogling life one app at a time. Tech-curious, activism-inclined, and always down to dismantle a little digital surveillance. New here, still learning—say hi! #TechActivism #OpenSource #Infosec
This felt too valuable not to share. Braille-labeled maps of washrooms to help people find and use facilities in the washroom. Everyone deserves to get in, do their business, wash their hands, and get out in peace and safety.
This seems valuable for all public spaces.
You noticed how google search became unusably shit a few years ago?
Turns out that was on purpose
Things from RPGs I need ported into real life...
A team from the University of Zurich manipulated people on a subreddit for months with their AI bots to see "if they could change people's minds". Their bots pretended to be victims of sexual assault, pretended to be black people against the Black lives matter movement etc. massively maipulative shit. And they did not inform anyone. Nobody on that subreddit consented to being experimented on.
Their excuse "psychological manipulation of OPs on this sub is justified because the lack of existing field experiments constitutes an unacceptable gap in the body of knowledge".
When I say that I don't believe that academia is a huge help in us curbing the negative effects #AI will have, this is what I mean. The thing went through ethics boards and shit. Disgusting.
"Your call is so important to us, we have fired all the humans and replaced them with a terrible automated system that cannot understand you.
Please hold while we pay our executives another bonus for some reason.
Did you know you can use the Internet to discover our website can't answer your question?"
The Good Law Project is fundraising to challenge the UK Supreme Court's recent ruling on in the European Court of Human Rights.
If you are unaware, the ruling of the UK Supreme Court was that under the Equality Act 2010, 'sex' was to be interpreted as 'biological sex', rather than gender. This upended over a decade of existing practice and interpretation.
If you are able to contribute, please do: this ruling was devastating blow to the community, undermining our expectations and safety.
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people
Boosts would be welcome - the more people see this, the better the chances of them hitting their goal.
#Trans
#TransRights
#CrowdfFunding
#UKpol
#SupremeCourt
#Discrimination
#EqualityAct2010
I'm looking for a job. I have 30 years of experience doing complex systems programming in many languages, most recently Typescript, Haskell, and Python. I learn quickly. I can do advanced mathematics.
In 2024 I helped a company migrate 15,000 customers from another company into their own systems.
In 2023 I helped develop a differential privacy database product written in Haskell.
Before that I helped develop a laboratory information management system that tracked up to 40,000 Covid-19 tests per day.
I live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, but I have years of success working remotely, and I am also willing to consider relocation.
Please check out my CV.
:OSI: It's been a month now, and the global #OpenSource community still hasn't seen the unaltered results of the recent Open Source Initiative board of directors election. Now more than ever, the world needs technology stewards we can trust. Secrets and silence weaken our shared mission.
✒️ I've joined in signing this open letter calling for the release of the full results. Will you sign on, too?
:boost_love: #boostsAppreciated
📣 Hello! I'm seeking my next role. 📣
I lead a team of research software engineers, with skills in project management & collaboration. I'm also a software developer. My degrees are in ecology. See my website here: https://kristinariemer.github.io/
This is due to unfortunate financial circumstances of my current institution, negatively impacting my data science team: https://datascience.cct.arizona.edu/news/data-science-team-seeking-new-projects-after-losing-funding
Please pass my info along to your network and share relevant job postings with me. Thanks! 🎉
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click boost.
How come?
I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp
@rraggl Thanks, I appreciate the offer of help!
@lajuste thank you! This is very helpful.
Hi, I’m new here on raphus.social and Mastodon in general—still getting my bearings, but ready to raise some hell. I’m diving headfirst into Linux, privacy, open source, and learning how to code so I can fight back with tech. DeGoogling my life one step at a time.
I may be 5'4", but every inch of me is furious about the direction the US is heading. I refuse to sit back and watch The Handmaid’s Tale become a documentary. I’m here to connect with others who believe in digital resistance, community defense, and building something better.
#FOSS #Privacy #Linux #DeGoogle #DigitalResistance #OpenSource #TechForGood #Activism
