Attachment: Two frames: Bilbo Baggins, looking at a phone. Beneath that, a conversation with ChatGPT on a phone screen. Bilbo: "After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?" ChatGPT: "You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself."]]> https://mas.to/@swelljoe/116413169851882694 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:49:34 UTC https://mas.to/@swelljoe/116413169851882694 Age verification is a deliberate attack on system sovereignty, both for individuals and countries. There’s no “age verifcation”, there is only “identity verification that includes age”, and the system doing that verification is not just a privacy-invasive user tracking system but a remotely controlled off switch for anyone of any age.

https://income-tax-body-count.lav.io/

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At least when Allie Goertz covers Nine Inch Nails, missing the point is the point.

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• Claude's constitution

This is the toughest time to work at a charity. When a charity posts its fundraiser, the total ask has been vetted 100 times: it's the amount that the org needs to keep going for the coming year.

Unlike your local PBS/NPR station, #SFC doesn't have a service we can interrupt to
pitch appeals for donations (& we probably wouldn't even if we did).

#SFC is short $48k with just days to go.

If you want me & my colleagues to work for #SoftwareFreedom in 2026, please give.

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You can still yell at the screen, but only about categories that you solved.

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Such motions are difficult to win, so this is amazing.

Her decision is tentative; join the hearing today (details in linked post) to hear the oral arguments in real time.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/04/tentative-vizio-ruling-in-favor-of-sfc/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #copyleft #SoftwareFreedom

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You can become a sustainer and read more about what we've been up to here:

https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#YearInReview

https://news.itsfoss.com/canonical-academy/

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I say this not to attack the liberal arts, but to note that the theory that a certain sort of education improves one's moral judgment seems to be having a hard time these days.

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http://www.blacksheepcomics.com/shop/mewni-t-shirt-black

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