The internet was a mistake.

I haven’t watched US cable news in a while and just saw 9 (9!) pharmaceutical and supplement ads, in a row, with only one exception (a magic broom thing). Is the whole TV US ad industry now “medical” products which would be illegal anywhere else?

Another reminder, though, that the Vivaldi web browser has built-in free Proton VPN access, and that that law does not apply to the Netherlands. Where I now am. As far as Bluesky is aware.

“Once people get a taste for humiliating, they will fight very hard to be able to keep doing it. Like an addiction, the competitively powerful will often put this urge above all else and behave in profoundly self-destructive ways to chase it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/

This is how LinkedIn has been since ChatGPT launched. It's basically 50% C-suites huffing their own farts, and the rest is people using ChatGPT to generate comments that make it sound like they know what they're doing.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Useful post, as s longterm Protonmail and suite user, happy to see it mentioned at lot because it is good. Recently also using cryptpad instead of google docs for sensitive colabs. And of course Ecosia search for the trees! And it is reliable and good!

starting to believe that the Upton Sinclair quote about a man and his salary is the single most accurate sentence ever uttered in the English language.

When you’re just trying to get home but PSG wins the Champion’s League

Gmail was never truly free... ...free yourself from Gmail.

async await async await async await async await in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵

"Nothing to hide" is one of the biggest lies going.

Made grilled cheese with most of a block of Stilton, had a little left over, now I have a…rump o’Stilton.

The Netherlands does flowers right.

As if I needed *more* reasons to simp for @proton.me

Periodic reminder that surveillance capitalism can and is easily repurposed to facilitate tyranny, which is why it shouldn’t exist. Privacy matters.

I’m doing the same. It’s important to do what we can. I’ve changed to Signal where possible, Proton mail, Startpage browser/search or , Qwant search on Firefox. This is a good site for European alternatives: european-alternatives.eu

I helped my 77-year-old father load some audiobooks on his phone about week ago. He told me today, 2 books in, that he “didn’t think anyone had ever read to him before.” I almost cried—everyone should have that.

before tiktok, before bluesky, before twitter, before meta, before it all, there were sewers. after all, there will be sewers.

We’re not in Kansas anymore.

Pre-inauguration constitutional crisis was not on my 2025 bingo card.

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About to call stateside relatives and wish them a Happy New Year…from the *future*…

It took 3 years, but it finally happened: Wordle 1,290 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Apparently the Paris opera house and the Millennium Falcon share schematics.

I think I was just saved from a French bank scam phone call largely by being trash at speaking French so the guy gave up.

It's not exactly a controversial take, but privacy is both increasingly hard to come by yet also increasingly critical to well-being and safety. For the past 10 years we've been working to empower people to regain their online privacy at @proton.me 🧵 1/7

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Privacy advocate: Nobody should be able to see what’s inside the cup without its explicit consent.

In never expected to have to search for “Peanut squirrel onlyfans tax fraud” to understand the 2024 election. Definitely an incognito window for that one.

And my final #sciart pumpkin (also my most viral post ever) Jupiter in IR

Bluesky is actually an Umberto Eco chamber, as it tends to warn about the signs of impending fascism and its associated dangers, rather than, you know, to debate and encourage them.

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Have you read Dungeon Crawler Carl? I think you’d really enjoy it. The audiobooks in particular are phenomenal.

1/2 Coca-Cola gets a 2-for-1 cash grab/greenwashing award at the Olympics. They will only sell you drinks in a “reusable” plastic Coke cup. These cups cost 2 EUR, and you have to wait in line again to return them get your 2 EUR back, which nobody does. Cash grab, check. Then, the kicker…

So I was tired when I saw this picture and my first thought was wondering why someone thought necessary to label and number her undergarments.

I'm back on the SS back on the SS back on the SSRIs

Save time on housework by using the cleansing power of fire

Happy holidays! Stay safe! #privacy #holidayseason

I thought Heat vs. Raptors was decided 65 million years ago

Cursing the dead is ghoulish unless you are referring to actual ghouls. Henry Kissinger defined that category for the last 60 years and the day has finally come. May you rot in hell.

Happy Exploding Whale Day to those who observe

I don’t get how much Europe tends to look down on American food. Sure, eating too much of it will kill you and it’s not “classy”, but I’d put up fried chicken and waffles against anything in the taste department. Well-made barbecue too, the list goes on.

“Honey, I’m pregnant” [holding back happy tears] “Hi pregnant…I’m dad”

Thank you British Airways/American for leaving my bag on the wrong side of the Atlantic and issuing me invalid boarding passes that I had to replace for every leg of my flight. And looks like there’s a late-game delay for the third flight!