Joshua @Joshua@social.privacytools.io

Google, Mozilla, and Apple are blocking an encryption certificate issued by the Kazakhstan government, which citizens were asked to download, and which critics say would enable the government to monitor users' internet traffic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/cuc3vi/google_mozilla_and_apple_are_blocking_an/

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-mozilla-block-kazakhstan-governments-browser-spying-tool-2019-8?r=US&IR=T&utm

If your Google Calendar is getting filled with spam appointments (see pic of mine), how to partly fix: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/23/20829615/google-calendar-spam-events-sharing-email-how-to-stop

The irony of @googlecalendar@twitter.com enabling these security failure defaults while @Google@twitter.com talks privacy this week is not lost on me.

If 20% of a group are harassers (evenly across genders), & the group has more men than women… then each woman gets 16x more bad experiences than each man.

The Petrie Multiplier: in a group where x% are bullies/harassers, the minority will feel it (x/100)^2 more.

This blog post has stuck with me through the years. I like the maths in it, & I like the conclusion that attacking sexism/racism etc doesn't have to be an attack on the majority.

From @turingfan@twitter.com

http://blog.ian.gent/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html

The Amazon Is Burning Because the World Eats So Much #Meat https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/23/amazon-burning-because-world-eats-so-much-meat

Things I liked about 80's/90's computing:
- Total control over my hardware
- Software that worked with me, not against me
- Superior aesthetics (yeah I said it :3 )
- Overall sense of promise and freedom

Things I like about computing today:
- Easy and open access to knowledge
- Insane amounts of storage
- The sheer computing POWERRRR

Now if only we could make these attributes come together instead of being period exclusive.

@Joshua I just don't use Apple Pay that often, and if I have to use my physical card I wouldn't use this one because I get better rewards from NFCU and Discover.

It has some features I'd like to see other cards implement like on-device processing (so Apple can't see transaction data) and the lack of a printed card number, but as a product it's just an average card.