Chris Wiegman @chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com
- Website
- https://chriswiegman.com/
Developer focusing on #WordPress, #Privacy and the #OpenWeb. Also a speaker, teacher, blogger, and ex-pilot doing my best to make the world a better place.
Joined Apr 2019
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Look, I’m just doing my incredibly racist and harmful job. Stop being mean to me!
My dog is weird.
Bathing our special cat is a special kind of adventure.... Even where bathing cats is concerned.
I use Twitter, but I won't use their like feature. It is just too manufactured. Lately I've been told I'm in the wrong for this. Am I the only one that won't use it?
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Where can one get a map of traditional place names (both specific locales and general areas) of the central Alberta, Canada area?
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How Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts Were Made.
A Step-by-Step Look at this Beautiful, Centuries-Old Craft
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1049215 https://t.co/SgJKwbbxL6
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RT @andymci@twitter.com
From @pjrvs@twitter.com — “Saying that we should have “nothing to hide” is also a completely privileged statement and view as well—for those of us lucky enough to live in currently-democratic countries.” https://mailchi.mp/pjrvs/but-i-have-nothing-to-hide?e=74dc1d3d72
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10 years ago I started using ad blockers because I thought ads were annoying. Now I think that's the _least_ important reason to use them.
I think we should call them "browser firewalls." That more accurately describes their purpose.
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In case you missed it...
If you're looking for a free open alternative to Amazon's Goodreads, there's a project just started called #Readlebee. You can follow them at:
You can help out with feature suggestions and code at:
https://gitlab.com/Alamantus/Readlebee
https://gitter.im/Readlebee
Readlebee uses a wikidata-based book database maintained by @inventaire which you can contribute to:
https://floss.social/@Readlebee/102793000211075677
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Protip for Chrome users: to improve your security when using Google Chrome, uninstall it and use a browser that’s not from a company which makes its money from spying on you 24/7
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The Conspiracy doesn’t watch you. You watch The Conspiracy.
Break free! Spend six to eight hours a day staring at the face of J. R. “Bob” Dobbs instead. Here is a tiny one to get you started.
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If you're interested in privacy online, there's an excellent website called DarkPatterns.org which explores the dirty tricks some sites use:
("Dark patterns" are tricks used to fool you into doing things you don't really want to.)
Found out a very close friend is going in for emergency kidney stone surgery today. If you're the praying type, please say a little prayer for her.
After playing with GoLand for the last few days, I've cancelled my Jetbrains subscription. I just can't find the value over VSCode (at least enough value for the range of projects I'm working on anyway). It kinda feels like the end of an era
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This is the PineTime. A companion for your Linux smartphone, and new side-project of ours. More news coming in the future...
(If you have experience with FreeRTOS or mbed, and are interested, please get in touch!)
I haven't had such bad sinus issues in years. My hands are still tingling... but... I'm up and out today so at last I feel human again.
Grateful for friends like @Michele_Butcher@twitter.com and @sunsanddesign@twitter.com who have kept me sane these last couple of weeks. Thank you.
- Website
- https://chriswiegman.com/
Developer focusing on #WordPress, #Privacy and the #OpenWeb. Also a speaker, teacher, blogger, and ex-pilot doing my best to make the world a better place.
Joined Apr 2019
