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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Alameda DROP Day at the main library—stop by and have your personal information removed by all data brokers registered with the state alamedafree.events.mylibrary.digita… #libraryEvent #CalPrivacy #privacy #Alameda #California

Library meeting room table with a laptop open to the CalPrivacy site. In the background is a whiteboard with "Welcome to DROP Day Alameda!" and Wifi and laptop guest account info.

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

The Alameda library is doing well on new book acquisitions #alameda #california #library #linux #books

Two paperback library books, face out on a metal shelf.

"The Linux Cookbook" by Carla Schroder and "Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard

Each book has a yellow NEW sticker on the spine

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

there has to be a meme template for "Mozilla on the Fediverse" vs. "Mozilla on LinkedIn" but I can't think of one

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

Vibe CMS? Error message somehow posted as a story: "Article Cannot Be Produced — Source Material Does Not Exist" (fwiw a story about this subject does exist, at techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/delve-acc… )

Screenshot of a web news site

Article Cannot Be Produced — Source Material Does Not Exist
Written by Dave Ritchie
Saturday, March 21, 2026

The source article provided (TechCrunch, dated March 21, 2026) does not exist. The date is in the future, and no such article can be found or crawled. Additionally, no corroborating current news coverage about a company called ‘Delve’ being accused of misleading customers with fake compliance could be located through web or social media searches.

As a matter of journalistic integrity, this article cannot be fabricated from a non-existent source. If you have an alternative, real source URL or can provide the actual content you'd like covered, I'm happy to produce a detailed long-form article based on verifiable information.

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Wow, "open to brand messages" that's why I'm running #firefox, they sure got me figured out! #mozilla #enshittification

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

@liaizon And attending the Advertising Week conference in New York City, to promote in-browser programmatic advertising

Social media banner featuring photos of two executives, both women, both smiling

Headline copy:
Mozilla Ads
Adding trust to your ad buy
Monday October 6, 2:20 PM EST at the Innovation Stage
Advertising Week New York

Executive photo 1 caption:
Suba Vasudevan
COO of Mozilla.org
SVP at Mozilla Corp

Executive photo 2 caption:
Lori Goode
Chief Marketing Officer
Index Exchange

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

A solid safety decision by someone at the city of #Alameda, #California to prepare for today's #noKings event. Heavy city trucks parked in the street to protect the crowd from other vehicles. Good-sized crowd, too

City street scene with a white dump truck parked perpendicular to the traffic lanes. The truck has a city seal on the passenger door. There are some trees, a parked car, an antenna tower, and a US flag on a flagpole in the background.

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025

For most people setting up ad blocking on their own, a full-featured tool like #uBlockOrigin is a good choice. But if you're using DNS to protect a whole family or organization, you also need to check that you're covering the search malvertising problem.

Screenshot of a Firefox browser window.

Blocked Page

Your organization has blocked access to this page or website.

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

Getting ready for the #Linux installfest in #Alameda on Saturday. We'll be at the library all day from 10am-5pm www.alamedafree.org/Events-director… #endof10 Bring your computer to try a live USB image without installing, if you like -- or just try a demo

Photo of a flyer in a taqueria window: Alameda Free Library Linux Installfest, August 30

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2025

The #Alameda #Linux installfest flyer is in the Island Taqueria window...guess that makes it official, see you on Aug. 30 #endof10 www.alamedafree.org/Events-director…

Photo of a taqueria front window with flyers taped to it, including one for "Alameda Free Library Linux Installfest"

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2025

Flyers are going up for the #Alameda Linux installfest next month at the library. (Not just for Microsoft Windows users affected by #endof10 -- you can bring your existing Linux system and questions, too.) More volunteers welcome, Signal channel available

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2025

[uspol] If you look up dhs dot gov on the Google "Ads Transparency Center" adstransparency.google.com/?authuse… and sort by most recent, you get a bunch of thinly disguised Republican campaign ads (worded as "warnings" to immigrants to leave […] [Original post on federate.social]

Screenshot of an ad listing on Google's advertising directory, showing a still frame from a Department of Homeland Security video ad

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2025

End of an era at the public library. No more Western section, which I remember being next to science fiction for as long as I have known how to find it. (I guess now we're down to "mystery", "science fiction and fantasy" and "fiction" now)

Photo of a sign on a library shelf. "Looking for Westerns? They are now in Fiction under the author's last name."

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

I thought the AI was supposed to take over doing this kind of stuff—does this "master storyteller" job include pretending that a bot did your work?

Screenshot of a Linked in job ad from Google

"We are looking for an AI social media 🦄 for our Google DeepMind comms team - if you're a master storyteller, who can translate complicated tech into super compelling engagements...if you're especially good at content creation and know how to talk to AI superfans and tech enthusiasts, and you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves, you might be the one we're looking for"

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2025

@futurebird @hjwp Also the "advertising" that people are blocking today is different from what "advertising" used to be. Fewer agency people, doing more ads each, means that each ad carries less info on brand quality and reputation, and it makes more sense […] [Original post on federate.social]

Table showing "deliverables per Creative FTE" increasing over time. 1983: 3, 1992: 7, 2004: 9, 2010: 11, 2015: 83, 2017: 177, 2018: 284, 2019: 311

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