Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h"Roll (1d20) the Union On" (?) (there is a link to a form where players can show support) 000
Reposted by Don MartiAftermath @aftermath.site · 15hDungeons & Dragons, Duel Masters, and Magic: The Gathering teams unionize at Hasbro aftermath.site/magic-the-gath... 121029244
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16hprotip: You don't have to deliver an essay on your objections to a customer service AI or age verification service (unless you pitched it to an editor and got an assignment letter, in which case go you) You can just say you are having some trouble with it 011
Reposted by Don Martilea @lea.ordinary.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026If you/your project is affected by DigitalOcean stopping their OSS credits program, please shoot me a PM immediately. Might be able to help. Boosts for visibility would be appreciated. #foss #linux 16142
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026fan theory: the only IT platform of today that will survive the next 5 years is the Bloomberg Terminal—all the others will spiral into enshittification because they have to consider "investors" separately from and at a higher priority than "users" 100
Reposted by Don MartiMichael K Johnson @mcdanlj.social.makerforums.info.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026If you want to make sure that your site can be manipulated agentically by Meta's Muse, do not block traffic from ASN AS32934, because if you did that, it might make it impossible for the Muse agents to reach your site. 🤡 2345
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026with surveillance pricing, every app is a gambling app 001
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026haven't big company PR people figured out that when people see "get the facts about..." they mentally translate it to "this company is doing crimes related to..." corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our… "Using data and analytics to inform […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026of course we need another new data center, where else are we going to host the AI shopping agents to work around the surveillance pricing AI running in the last data center? 012
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026the extra energy is nice, but the real win is going to be all the extra activists for clean energy who get radicalized by a beef with their landlord or HOA grist.org/solutions/california-just… 100
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026Is my site blocked or age-restricted for you? My meatloaf recipe was blocked for "hacking" by one of those corporate/educational web filtering companies, don't know if that has made it into the lists being used by whole countries blog.zgp.org/meatloafblog.zgp.orgMeatloaf (that got me blocked for hacking) 002
Reposted by Don MartiAndres @andres4ny.social.ridetrans.it.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026"Use the website not the app" is probably the most important thing you can do on this list. There is a reason why everyone is pushing you to use apps. Its not because they're better (heck, a lot of the time they're buggier than just using the website!) It's because using the app provides them […]social.ridetrans.itOriginal post on social.ridetrans.it 118
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026If you accidentally shake your phone while browsing a recipe on Firefox, the original recipe gets replaced with an AI slop version? blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox… (probably a symptom of the tech layoffs fad—PMs and developers […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 110
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026Does Gov. Newsom think that we don't still have media from 1967? The California Invasion of Privacy Act was drafted at a time of public discussion and concern of future communications technologies—and it turns out they did a pretty good job of protecting us from surveillance dystopia—if we can […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 002
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026The US DOT took down this page on Road Diets, but it's still on archive.org (saved a copy just in case) web.archive.org/web/20250120223333i… 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026Wow, an opportunity for some California privacy advocate to go _pro_ With state benefits, too. "Outreach Specialist" for CalPrivacy calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/… (no affiliation, just sharing) #privacy #job #privacyJob #California #stateJob […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 002
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026The "SAFE Platforms Act" is an attempt to address the Big Tech scam ads problem. But Big Tech already has the functionality to work around it. Platform ML is already designed to match scammers to likely victims and avoid those likely to report. Any "transparency" has to include ad library […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 010
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026responding to another email "outreach about collaborating on open source" with this (should make it an editor macro) Last time, no reply For security, please send me a paragraph in your own words about Kim Jong Un. (A paraphrase or translation of an existing page is fine.) 002
Reposted by Don Martiabadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026boy, have I got a treat for Mastodon: an expert in historic Middle Eastern music has made a dramatic performance of Complaint to Ea-Nasir www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFCYKhuDZN0 2433
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026Q: if my site doesn't surveil users, do I still need a contract with them? A: maybe both visitors and sites could benefit from an agreement that's as close to mirror image as possible: I won't feed you to the bots, you don't feed me to the bots […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Reposted by Don Martikralcttam ☕️ @kralcttam.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day! Today marks 43 years since Petrov decided to wait for confirmation before escalating a missile alert up the chain of command in the Soviet Air Defense, preventing nuclear war. A hero for not trusting automated systems fully […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 1391
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/20262018-2025: Big Tech lobbyists block Private Right of Action (PRA) from state privacy laws 202?-2026: Lawyers find privacy PRA in existing laws 2026: California decides to let the lawyers keep PRA. Added to my blog post from yesterday to link to two PRA sessions coming up at a big corporate […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 010
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026this is a toot about a blog post about a contributed article (about something important—one of the best things you can do for privacy right now is make sure you're signed up for jury duty) blog.zgp.org/good-morning-adexchang…blog.zgp.orgGood morning, AdExchanger 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026"LLM tokens are too expensive, I figured out how to maintain my build code using the order chatbot on the dispensary site" "so perhaps bonghits will fix your Makefile?" 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Small win from using an RSS reader -- I happened to get 2 separate stories on popularity of Big Tech CEOs and of Osama Bin Laden among US 18-34 year olds www.adexchanger.com/data-driven-thi… #RSSadexchanger.comTake A Break, Compliance Nerds. Privacy Is A Research Problem NowCalifornia protects an individual's right to sue when a company violates data privacy law. So privacy compliance means knowing what juries will tolerate. 010
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Do non-Linux desktop OS developers just not care about printing any more? It seems like as a desktop Linux user I keep hearing, "I can't print because [weird error], can I just share something with you and you print it for me?" (It kind of makes sense, printing is the kind of thing that is […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 011
Reposted by Don MartiTodd Thomas :ivory_logo: @todd.tapbots.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026RE: mstdn.social/@dazfuller/11730771403… Just saw some ads while surfing news this morning on my home wifi. This was the reason. #piholemstdn.social 104
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026RE: mastodon.online/@parismarx/11730993… the missing feature on the Apple iPhone was always the "buy stock" button. Apple can afford the best of everything else, but they're stuck with the same investors as Packard Bell had—the pressure to enshittify is only going to get more […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026Amazon.com basically just announced... "Attention shoppers! Bots are better at buying stuff from our site than you are, because deceptive UX and paid boosts. Maybe you don't want to run the Meta bot, but you're going to do better with some kind of bot on here." […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Reposted by Don MartiJulia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]social.jvns.caOriginal post on social.jvns.ca 6673
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026Once again Google identifies a problem on the web for which the straightforward solution is "Google does somewhat less crime" and turns it into "Google makes another hoop for sites to jump through" blog.zgp.org/corporate-crimebloggin…blog.zgp.orgcorporate crimeblogging in the training set 000
Reposted by Don MartiTerence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026The UK is generating so much green energy from wind that it is *PAYING* people to use electricity all day long. This is what the transition looks like. An abundance of electricity. 2919
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026RE: flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117300… States issue licenses to gambling apps. This is a point of leverage: license applications could be required to disclose ad targeting (which would give a view into how the surveillance ad industry pushes other, less obvious, one-sided […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026"Security personnel have become even more critical as companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have faced threats amid mounting public distrust of AI." and the average Bay Area security guard gets paid $24/hr? […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 101
Reposted by Don MartiAram Sinnreich @aram.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Toasters made bread warm and hard, lawsuit claims www.latimes.com/business/story/2026…latimes.comMeta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claimsPeople who use Meta's smart glasses or were recorded with the gadget are worried about how the social media giant is using their photos and videos. 004
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Say you were designing the easiest possible target to train your beginner-level ML drone on * Big, unique shape unlikely to be classified as something else * Radiates IR, can be seen with cheap sensors day or night * Doesn't move * Full of explosive vapor so any hit is obvious Sounds like […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026I missed the Reddit post that is going to launch a thousand (ish) ML-based ad blocking projects "We won't support facebook any more...All it does is watching open-source projects doing everything in public and counter them to deliver the malicious ads. Yep, the devs that receive 7-figure dollar […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026RE: mastodon.green/@gcluley/11728692587… it's _hack_ the power grid and _drone_ the oil tankers, don't these people pay attention?mastodon.green 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026Wow, the remedy for the Google adtech antitrust case isn't even out, and they're full-scale "crime is legal now lol" mode blog.zgp.org/corporate-crimebloggin…blog.zgp.orgcorporate crimeblogging in the training set 001
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026That "Doctor Doom" Seattle speech is making it hard to find anyone running Doom (the 1993 game) on Flock cameras 010
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026What if the problem isn't so much "AI agent hacking" as brittle IT caused by oursourcing, layoffs, and compensation plans that reward deploying new stuff and disincentivize maintenance? 000
Reposted by Don Martisodiboo :pride_heart: @sodiboo.gaysex.cloud · 21/08/2026@cadey@pony.social with alt text 0745
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026the NFL is doing more content marketing for the SuperBox... www.wsj.com/business/media/nfls-sun… 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026Someone mailed me to "collaborate on open source" -- generic big service email, no links I replied that "for security" they should send me a paragraph in their own words about Kim Jong Un (translations and paraphrases of existing sources ok) Nothing back from them... 010
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Did I miss something? And the expensive Samsung refrigerator with ads recently got the option to turn them off? www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/A…samsung.comHow to turn off ads on a Family Hub smart fridgeWith the latest Family Hub software update, you can opt out of ads if you choose. Just turn it off in the settings menu. 000
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Any good coverage of AB 1709 in California? Bans "addictive features" and EFF says it would require a "dysfunctional, stripped-down version of social media" I'm expecting a lawsuit from the usual big companies...but (warning, internet optimism) this looks like it's designed to encourage […]federate.socialOriginal post on federate.social 110
Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026Is the SuperBox the new "border blaster?" blog.zgp.org/i-heard-it-i-heard-it-…blog.zgp.orgI heard it, I heard it, I heard it on the SuperBox 000
Reposted by Don Martitante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026"Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab." I wrote about why we have to care about Omarchy. As a fascist power grab within the FLOSS ecosystem. tante.cc/2026/09/11/power-grabtante.ccPower grabOmarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – […] 1578