PhillyWisper traffic for the last few days. Looks like some people watched football. 😀

This is a very good, in-depth and nuanced post about censorship by Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (AFK) . Touches on the recent Hugo awards, the Inquisition, public vs private, self-censorship, and more. pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/sel…

6 years ago today the Philly region got hit by a massive Nor'Easter winter storm. It caused havoc everywhere including impacting PhillyWisper. Follow the link for a photo story of how we dealt with the storm and the snow build-up. spotlightproject.org/nor-easter-201…

Your smart TV knows what you watch. Every second it take a screenshot and compares it against a database. This is intrusive and it many cases can be turned off. See the following article for details. themarkup.org/privacy/2023/1…

There is a fun & fascinating article about undersea cable repair. Plus it seems the industry needs more people. Save the Internet and see the world! :-) theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

An amazingly nice summer day. Another customer install. And taking a moment to enjoy both. 😀

A fine example by j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜ of resistance to Google's surveillance capitalism! Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK "Your personal information is very important to us." jwz.org/xscreensaver/g… Context: jwz.org/blog/2024/06/y…

Looks like things are wild and wholly with the Internet today! PhillyWisper is running fine but you may have trouble with to your favorite sites. tomsguide.com/news/live/redd…

Incredibly sad. Even more incredible music. RIP. theguardian.com/music/2024/sep…

LinkedIn is now using everyone's content to train their AI tool -- they just auto opted everyone in. I recommend opting out now (AND that orgs put an end to auto opt-in, it's not cool) Opt out steps: Settings and Privacy > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement (OFF)

The brilliant Cory Doctorow is on fire with his latest post about the American health industry, and the absurdly complex, ridiculously corrupt Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), a pathology that has only metastasized since 2008. Read! pluralistic.net/2024/09/23/shi…