Soreth @Soreth@awoo.space

Congress is using this opportune distraction to try to push for outlawing encryption. Please fill out this simple form through the EFF to prevent this from happening.

https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill

i have been thinking

i have seen other people do this, but i have a lot of followers for a fediverse account so i am going to do it too. i hope you do not mind

if you're a person who is making less money due to the virus going around, pls reply to this post! i have heard that a lot of people are having a hard time with money right now.

if you have money to spare, pls have a snif around in the replies. in tough times like this it's important for us all to help each other 💕 thank mew

USB-A: The original rectangular one that you always have to turn over twice to fit into the slot. There's one on nearly every USB cable that isn't USB-C.

USB-B: The kinda square one used for every cheap long-abandoned printer ever so there are always a bunch of them in the way whenever another type is desired.

Mini-B: The one with the highest ratio of "confused for Micro-B" to "useful for anything other than last-gen videogame controllers".

Micro-B: Where did all my Micro cables go? Everyone borrows them, nobody returns them!

USB-C: They finally got it right! And with any luck, the cable's the right type and won't fry what it's connected to. The future is bright!

Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.

Callahan's Law, as recounted by Spider Robinson

something to keep in mind, my friends

thank you for sharing your selves

💜

For those in our Seattle & greater Seattle-adjacent communities who need some extra help weathering this pandemic for any reason, a group currently going by the name of "COVID-19 Mutual Aid" is rapidly forming to help match requests for aid with volunteer efforts.

The following message is copied in full (with some modification) from the "COVID-19 Mutual Aid - Seattle" Facebook group. The original is available here:
https://www.facebook.com/covid19mutualaid/posts/113866103559079

There are lots of facts here and very VERY sensible advice.
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Please do feel free to boost. Those of us who are healthy can help.

#COVID19 #corona

Relaying this reddit post:

"The state of Alabama is poised to execute Nathaniel "Nate" Woods at 6PM local time tonight for the shooting death of three cops that all witness including the convicted gunman say he didn't have anything to do with. You can find the information on the petition website here:
https://www.change.org/p/it-s-not-too-late-to-save-nate-governorkayivey-savenate-readthefacts

But I'm asking you, especially comrades in Alabama, to make phone calls to the governor's office too. I have extreme anxiety over making these kinds of phone calls for some reason and am trying to work up the courage to do it but I'd feel really good if I could get some other people to call too. You can call governor Kay Ivey's office at (334-242-7100). She seems set to murder this man, but maybe we can put the pressure on to help prevent this. Let's show our solidarity with this man, whose life is being threatened by the State."

https://www.reddit.com/r/MutualSupport/comments/fe2e1e/comrades_lets_try_to_save_a_man_on_death_rows/

friendship is magic

magic is just insufficiently understood technology

technology is knowledge

knowledge is power

power is energy over time

energy is mass

therefore, enough friendship concentrated in a single location can develop a substantial gravitational field and may eventually collapse into a black hole

"Important PSA for people living in the US: The FCC has been forced to reopen public comment on the Net Neutrality decision following a court case by #Mozilla. The influx of bots (suspiciously using the names of telecom subscribers) that were anti-Net Neutrality has caused this. The FCC is trying to bury this, and very few are reporting on it.
To (re)file your thoughts on the #FCC 's decision, go to https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express. Proceeding 17-108 is #NetNeutrality . This ends in March."
from https://www.librepunk.club/@polarisfm/103726763759428376

#politics #uspol