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Keith Dawson

@kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy

Recovering physicist, erstwhile bellwether. Did some stuff at the dawn of blogging and before. Tech writer, software developer, tech marketer, unelected pundit […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ tldr.nettime.org/@kdawson, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Just back from a St. Paul city council meeting where the members voted unanimously for a resolution to ask the mayor and county board of supervisors to remove Flock ALPR cameras from the city. A good start. We need an ordinance, not just a resolution, and […] [Original post on tldr.nettime.org]

Table showing the numbers of comments to the St. Paul city council on the subject of surveillance technology and privacy. Comments in favor of surveillance: 2 written, 0 spoken. Comments against surveillance: 27 written, 27 spoken. Off-topic: 1 each.

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

New yard sign dropped

Yard sign reading:

NO SURVEILLANCE
GET the FLOCK OUT
EYESOFFSAINTPAUL.ORG

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Eyes Off Saint Paul is participating in the national week of action against automated license plate readers. #noalprs #deflock

Eyes Off Saint Paul

National Week Of Action Against ALPRs

Tuesday 8/18
Western District Community Meeting
Saint Paul Police Department
389 Hamline Avenue North
9 AM

Hear from the department's ALPR lead.
Show up, ask questions, and demand
the city end the program

Wednesday 8/19
City Council Meeting
Saint Paul City Hall - 15 West Kellogg Blvd
3:30 PM

Cut the contract with Skydio
Drones surveil our city and integrate
with ALPR technology. Tell the city no
to mass surveillance.

Friday 8/21
Demonstration
Pascal Street bridge (over I-94)
4 PM

Saturday 8/22
Community gathering
Mattocks Park - 441 Macalester Street
10 AM

Learn more about ALPRS and write a
post card to city council.

Pick up a yard sign:

NO SURVEILLANCE
GET THE FLOCK OUT
eyesoffsaintpaul.org

Suggested donation: $5

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

#MNastodon #Vote #Primary

Photo of the back of a hand with an "I Voted" sticker

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Eyes Off Saint Paul Posters #DeFlock 2/3

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Eyes Off Saint Paul Posters #DeFlock 1/3

Flock is used to track people seeking abortions

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Query: Is it acceptable for me to use the term "reach out" in the workplace?

Choice box: Are you a member of The Four Tops?

Yes -- It's acceptable
No -- Stop it immediately

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

um Penzeys, in light of *waves at Canada* you might want to think about renaming your spice

A bottle of the Penzeys spice named Northwoods Fire sitting on a wooden table

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

I have been waiting 33 days for Microsoft to finish reviewing a browser add-on for Edge. The Maybe Later Renamer does one thing and does it adequately: when the browser encounters a button labeled "Maybe later," it renders it with the label "F*ck all the way […] [Original post on tldr.nettime.org]

Microsoft's note to the add-on developer reads: Notes to publisher, The extension or its associated metadata contains excessive or gratuitous profanity.

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2025

The Cornbread Harris band gathering in Palmer's Bar, a close contender for the divey-est bar you ever did see.

Corner of a dive bar with Harris noodling on piano, and a bass player, guitarist, and trombonist waiting to get going

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2025

My partiality for that particular set of complications was formed when I was 23 years old and bought my first watch as adult, a Bulova Accutron. The quartz tuning-fork movement guaranteed accuracy of a minute a month — outstanding for the time.

A Bulova Accutron watch with day, date, and sweep second hand

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2025

The moment when the wildlife rescue crew discovered that the young raccoons were not in residence. 2/2 #Raccoon #Wildlife

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Keith Dawson @kdawson.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

@GossiTheDog @euroinfosec Here is a bookmarklet that forces any page to display black-on-white. Won't help with the poor font choice though.

Source code for a Javascript bookmarklet to render a web page in black text on white background:

javascript:%7Bfunction%20setDocumentColors(node,bgcolor,color)%7Bif%20(node.style%20!=%20undefined)%20%7Bnode.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;node.style.color=color;node.style.textShadow='none';%7Dif%20(node.hasChildNodes())%20%7Bvar%20children=node.childNodes;for%20(var%20i=0,%20len=children.length;%20i%3Clen;++i)%20%7BsetDocumentColors(children%5Bi%5D,bgcolor,color);%7D%7D%7D%20setDocumentColors(window.document.body,'white','black');%7D

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