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Joe Ortiz
I work in the IT/Marketing/Social fields, a Culture Vulture in heart and an one part geek in a all-rounder way!

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K-9 Mail Acquired by Mozilla Foundation owned Thunderbird to create a Android app

So the last true open source email Android app left in K-9 Mail is soon dying as they're acquired by Thunderbird. Sigh.... [k9mail.app]
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Microsoft officially bans any workarounds on Windows 11 that allows people to change the default browser

So Microsoft is officially banned any workarounds on #Windows 11 that allows people to change the default browser, thus forcing people to use Edge. [howtogeek.com]

#antitrust issue galore.

Longpost below:
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Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you unlock the bootloader

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CW: sexual assault/harassment/suicide/misconduct

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FicHub

FicHub [fichub.net]
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Striking Telecom Workers Are Building a Community-Owned ISP

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2021-04-07

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Jason Schreier on what caused the disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 rollout

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PATRIOT Act 2.0?

PATRIOT Act 2.0? [fastcompany.com]

See #longpost below.
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Proposed draft DMCA rewrite could kill the internet

Proposed draft DMCA rewrite could kill the internet [eff.org]

More on this at my Longpost.
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Florida State Police Raid Home Of COVID Whistleblower, Point Guns At Her & Her Family, Seize All Her Computer Equipment

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Comcast data caps

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InkjetWars

DRM Printer Wars [eff.org]

Longpost below:
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Movie industry trying to blame VPNs, Tor, and piracy for the direct threat to legitimate streaming services

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RIP MPS

I just heard that @mps, one of the great ADN people and all around great woman, has left this Earth on October 14th. [gofundme.com]

Longpost below for more.
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How to block the Windows 10 October 2020 Update, version 20H2, from installing

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Microsoft plans to buy Zenimax Media, Bethesda's parent company for $7.5 billion

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Thoughts before signing off.

My last words before I sign off for the night for US folks:
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9/11 thoughts

The terrorists won. Is that simple.

More below.
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Jason Kottke says it best on the Mars-like skies due to the fires on the west coast

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