Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

"Firefox’s AddOn Operations Manager said: “For malicious addons, we feel that for Firefox it has been manageable...since they are mostly interested in grabbing data, they can still do that with the current webRequest API.” ...when a malicious extension sneaks through the security review process... the malicious activity happens elsewhere. A more thorough review process could improve security, but Chrome hasn’t said they’ll do that. Instead, they want to restrict capabilities for all extensions."

OH: "it's as if you colo'd your identity card with Google"

boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That was a poem for a simpler time. Now the boss make 1000 and I make a buck, let’s steal the catalytic converter off the company truck

>>>>> “If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

>>>>> We did, except it wasn’t called autism [ . . . ]

>>>> [ . . . ] “little Jonathan doesn’t talk but does a good job herding the sheep, contributes to the community in his own way, and is, all around, a decent guy.” [ . . . ]

>>> [ . . . ] The Myth of the Changeling child, a human baby apparently replaced at a young age by a toddler who “suddenly” acts “strange and fey” is an almost *textbook* depiction of autistic children. [ . . . ]

>> I think it’s worth noting that many like me, who are diagnosed with ASD now, would probably have been seen as just a bit odd in centuries past. [ . . . ]

>> [ . . . ] If I went back in time and lived on a farm somewhere, would anyone even notice there was anything odd about me? No police sirens, no crowded streets that go on for miles and miles, no flickery electric lights. Working on a farm has a clear routine. I’d be a badass at spinning cloth or churning butter because I find endless repetition soothing rather than boring.

>> [ . . . ] What I’m saying is that disability exists in the context of the environment. Our environment isn’t making people autistic in the sense of some chemical causing brain damage. But we have created a modern environment which is hostile to autistic people in many ways, which effectively makes us more disabled. [ . . . ]

> “How come nobody ever heard of ‘dyslexia’ until widespread literacy became a thing?”

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I'm not encouraging you to visit twitter, but something happened yesterday and I think you'll enjoy these highlights.

why is the messaging about covid still so fucking bad

- yes, pcr tests can still test positive for a longer time, because they also detect "dead" non-replicating virus
- selftests/rapid antigen tests however detect high levels of viral protein, and POSTIVE = CONTAGIOUS
- even a faint line is still a positive test. It's less viral load than a bright red/black line, but it's still over the threshold

Hey Fediverse admins & moderators!

We're working hard on the new Settings interface for #GoToSocial, and we'd like your input. What do the current implementations do well? What could be improved? What features do you miss?

Bulk import/export of domain blocks is already implemented, but there has to be more, so please speak up :)

I wish I was kidding.

Google: Hello, for reasons we won't explain you can no longer submit updates to your app to the Playstore until you make changes to it we won't specify. We will send you the same mail again if you appeal but have fun trying regardless.
Also Google, a few days later: We feel like we haven't wasted enough of your time yet, please answer these questions about your recent app suspension, did you think it was as funny as we did?

Sometimes I say 'I forgot' because "I was constantly aware of it I just couldn't.. *do* it" is harder to explain.

#ADHD peeps who work or are looking to work: If given the choice, do you prefer to go into a workplace provided by your employer/client separate your home (commute), or to work from home or otherwise at a workspace you voluntarily and autonomously arrange (remote)? Also are you disabled, whether from ADHD or other factors?