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A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> retrograde <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>. If you are a scholar in job market, maybe avoid these two places. </p><p>> Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges <a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-and-kentucky-enact-laws-banning-dei-at-public-colleges/744031/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highereddive.com/news/ohio-and</span><span class="invisible">-kentucky-enact-laws-banning-dei-at-public-colleges/744031/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KentuckyProud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a></p>

Diligence Jones<p>On my glorious walk today with Benson (it really is beautiful in Oakland), I thought, "You know, Dems, the beauty of Project 2025 being published is that you can *read the ending* and start introducing some bills to stop the stuff they have planned!"</p><p>I mean, what's the point of having the plan in front of you if you don't try to stop future chapters from happening? </p><p>But maybe that's me.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckery</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SpaceKaren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceKaren</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OppositionPartyFFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OppositionPartyFFS</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> What Happens if Libraries Can’t Buy Ebooks?<br><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/03/25/what-happens-if-libraries-cant-buy-ebooks-opinion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/opinion/vie</span><span class="invisible">ws/2025/03/25/what-happens-if-libraries-cant-buy-ebooks-opinion</span></a></p><p>Let me bottom line it for you without some of the polite 🐮 💩 in the article: Libraries would be fucked, and more importantly, so would faculty who may rely on books and/or publish them. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> (c)</p>

QOTCA 💛<p>Get tf out of our campusii, AIPAC.</p><p>Jordan Acker, this ain't it. </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UofM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofM</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MetroTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetroTimes</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ssnews.page.link/UTXE8n548qrvZLrRA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ssnews.page.link/UTXE8n548qrvZ</span><span class="invisible">LrRA</span></a></p>

Robot Diver<p>I will only be using the term US Fuckery from now on because politics suggests there can be an argument, sides, views and discourse. This is none of that. This is fuckery.</p><p><a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/usPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usPol</span></a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://starlite.rodeo/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> Why so many people are getting scam texts saying they have unpaid tolls<br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/unpaid-tolls-scam-texts.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/03/19/unpaid-tol</span><span class="invisible">ls-scam-texts.html</span></a> </p><p>I've been getting these effing scam texts, which I just delete and block the number. They are basically the latest phone nuisance for me. Also another reason why I avoid toll roads, especially now that they've gone all electronic and make it a pain in the ass to pay cash, if at all. </p><p>I'll take the country road, thank you much.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CashIsKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CashIsKing</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>In today's Things you cannot do while Black: Being a Door Dash driver. Today's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> out of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EmpireState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireState</span></a> </p><p>> ‘You’re Where You’re Not Supposed to Be’: New York State Cops Detain Black Door Dash Driver Whose Car Was Stuck In the Snow and Refused to Help Him <a href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/03/19/new-york-state-cops-detain-black-door-dash-driver-whose-car-was-stuck-in-the-snow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">atlantablackstar.com/2025/03/1</span><span class="invisible">9/new-york-state-cops-detain-black-door-dash-driver-whose-car-was-stuck-in-the-snow/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KnowYourRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowYourRights</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KentuckyProud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProud</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> and retrograde <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>. </p><p>> Kentucky Republicans pass veto-proof bill protecting conversion therapy <a href="https://www.advocate.com/ky-republicans-conversion-therapy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">advocate.com/ky-republicans-co</span><span class="invisible">nversion-therapy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> 'Blacks are practically running this country!' C-SPAN boots 'very upset' white woman <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/c-span-cuts-off-racist-caller/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/c-span-cuts-off-r</span><span class="invisible">acist-caller/</span></a></p><p>They are? Because, I, for one, would welcome the new Black overlords. In today's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmerica</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>A pretty good overview of the significance of Amazon's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>. Part of it is the usual by now <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> bullshit. </p><p>> Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/alt</span><span class="invisible">ering-the-deal/</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BoycottAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmazon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DumpAlexa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumpAlexa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>And speaking of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> retrograde <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KentuckyProud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProud</span></a> edition. We are a private college (but does not mean they won't figure out how to come after us in the future). </p><p>> Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges <a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/kentucky-lawmakers-vote-ban-dei-spending-public-colleges/742511/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highereddive.com/news/kentucky</span><span class="invisible">-lawmakers-vote-ban-dei-spending-public-colleges/742511/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>In <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChampagneProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChampagneProblems</span></a>. 🍾 A few <a href="https://mas.to/tags/boycotts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycotts</span></a> may somewhat hurt the company but he can afford to wipe his culo with protest signs and keep up his <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a>. </p><p>> Here's why Elon Musk has lost billions (and is still the richest person in the world) <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-wealth-tesla-1.7480542?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-wealth-tesla-1.7480542?cmp=rss</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EliCologne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliCologne</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> Want to live in a walkable, bikeable city? Follow these tips. <br><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/11/want-to-live-in-a-walkable-bikeable-city-follow-these-tips/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yaleclimateconnections.org/202</span><span class="invisible">3/11/want-to-live-in-a-walkable-bikeable-city-follow-these-tips/</span></a></p><p>As I commented elsewhere, kind of tired of these hippy dippy somewhat privileged articles. I am not disarming unilaterally. You want me to get rid of my cars (NOT an option in Bumfuck USA TBH), you disarm and take away everyone else's. Otherwise, STFU. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/SoundsAboutWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundsAboutWhite</span></a> </p><p>In <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CheapBeerProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CheapBeerProblems</span></a> </p><p>> A Right-Wing Group Accused NASCAR of Discrimination Against White Dudes. It’s a Blueprint for Trump. <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-america-first-legal-nascar-nfl-dei-discrimination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/trump-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-america-first-legal-nascar-nfl-dei-discrimination/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RWNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJ</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> </p><p>> Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them <a href="https://futurism.com/google-sergey-brin-60-hour-week-ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/google-sergey-bri</span><span class="invisible">n-60-hour-week-ai</span></a></p><p>But yea, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> are rushing to embrace, including certain small campuses with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> who should know better. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assholes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BringBackGuillotines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BringBackGuillotines</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>

Frank<p>NSW honey packer says Coles is hurting small producers in its push for profits</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/01/coles-supermarket-reducing-products-simplifying-range-honey-feature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/01/coles-supermarket-reducing-products-simplifying-range-honey-feature</span></a></p><p>Australian supermarkets being cunts to suppliers? I AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELLS YOU.</p><p><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Supermarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Supermarket</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckery</span></a></p>

Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p>Fuck, <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> (nearly none?)<br> <br><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> [+user comments below] </p><p> "You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox."<br>---------------------------------------</p><p>This sounds like a clear violation of:</p><p> Principle 4 - Individuals’ <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional.</p><p>It also sounds like boilerplate AI harvesting language. If this is intended specifically for the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/chatbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatbot</span></a>, that needs to be clearly carved out, and not included in the general <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/terms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terms</span></a>.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>It's for this VERY reason I'm going to look for a different branch of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> to use (like <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> for example). I've also reported them on twitter for threatening to share private information since this very clearly falls under that.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>Doesn't change that the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>license</span></a> to use and abuse our <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> so take your PR bs and leave. You're not pulling the wool over our eyes, either remove those vile terms or lose at least half your users.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>We are concerned because this answer, as per your blog, does not seem to be true. What basic functionality requires you (Mozilla) to collect our data and thus need a license for it? You (mozilla) only need a licence if you take our data. There is no need for a licence if you never see or never <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/collect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collect</span></a> what we are <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> </p><p> E.g. for searching it’s between me and the engine perform this searching. Not between me and Mozilla. Collecting data under license on everything going through a browser is a big issue and these terms give you permission you to do that.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>This comes at the same time as you are removing language from the FAQ about selling personal data. (Old string expires 25-04-2025, so this is coming in 2 months apparently.)</p><p>‎bedrock/firefox/templates/firefox/faq.html<br>Old:<br>Yep! The { -brand-name-firefox-browser } is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal data.<br>New:<br>Yep! The { -brand-name-firefox-browser } is free. Super free, actually. No hidden costs or anything. You don’t pay anything to use it. </p><p> It definitely feels like a rug pull.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>And this underscores everything we need to know about their intent... The fact they will come on here and lie about intentions also tells me everything about what I need to without an abrupt about face from Mozilla.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>No. This doesn't even pass the smell test. Right now, at this very moment, Firefox is a fully functional web browser with a fully functional search feature without requiring users agree to these "Terms of Use". If Mozilla is preparing to finally pull a total 180 on just about every principle it's held for an open web, just say so. We're not stupid.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>You're going to spy on us, monitor us, harvest our browsing information in violation of our privacy.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>The ToU clearly states what you just said it didn't. Either you're reading comprehension level is of toddler age, or you are lying. Any addendum to the ToU without specifically striking the offending verbiage means absolutely nothing. People are no longer ignorant or too lazy to read the fine print. You're about to lose thousands of users and Forefox will gobthe way of the Netscape browser </p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p>I don't use Google for Searches. All the Search box should do is pass it on to the Search Service. There's no need for an explicit licence.</p><p>Nor is it acceptable to require an absolute licence to enter data into a third party application using a browser.</p><p>No one needs to grant a licence to an Editor to edit files on a Desktop.</p><p>This is an overreach and an unfair Contract Term.</p><p>S. P. Lucy</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>The word "we" isn't helpful here. Is it being used as some kind of a personification of the locally running code of the browser? Or does it refer to Mozilla-provided services that use my data?</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>> We need a license to allow us to make some of the basic functionality of Firefox possible.</p><p>That's a load of crap and you know it. "Basic functionality" is to download and render webpages.</p><p>> Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox to perform your searches, for example. </p><p>I do not WANT you to use that information. It doesn't belong on your servers or anyone elses.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>Can you clarify it in the legal document and not on some blog?</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>We do not want things explained to us in a blogpost, we want clear license that explicitely says how the data will and won't be used.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>What is an example of information we are uploading or inputting through Firefox that Mozilla needs a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use?</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>I've been using BetterFox as just a config file injection into Firefox for awhile and been happy with it. Improves performance and security, and knocks out all of the ads and super annoying AI crap. </p><p>Although now if their TOS is really changing as much as they say it is I have no idea if this is still really working or would just be hiding whats going on. </p><p>Going to think about transitioning this week on everything to WaterFox which seems like a solid fork of Firefox that is patently less evil than whatever is going on here</p><p><a href="https://www.waterfox.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">waterfox.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>and</p><p><a href="https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/main/Securefox.js" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox</span><span class="invisible">/blob/main/Securefox.js</span></a></p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>Ordinary people ARE NOT LAWYERS. And we cannot read and actually understand massive blocks of legal jargon constantly presented to us during the course of operating a device. Unfortunately, every company today has discovered that they can bury a fifty page long legal document in a link on any app or website and people will click "OK" to it our of a sense of learned helplessness. That is part of the reason some of us prefer open source software.</p><p>One of the worst things all such services contain are provisions like this one: "Every once in a while, Mozilla may decide to update these Terms. We will post the updated Terms online. We will take your continued use of Firefox as acceptance of such changes. We will post an effective date at the top of this page to make it clear when we made our most recent update"</p><p>This is basically saying that every single time I use Firefox, it's apparently my job to go look up your terms of service and determine if they have changed since the last time I used it, and see if I am still OK with the new terms. </p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>What we want is a GUARANTEE that you won't share or sell our data. Mozilla previously promised me that your product had "no shady privacy notices or advertiser backdoors"</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.<br><a href="https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mozilla.org/privacy/firefox/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>You want a license to something I wrote in an email while logged into webmail though Firefox? That looks like it would be covered by the current wording, and that's NOT ACCEPTABLE.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>I am using Firefox for two reasons, only: uBlock origin (MANIFEST V2) and privacy. They are mission critical.</p><p>I would like to see a build of Firefox with no AI – it adds zero value that prioritizes privacy and does not upload data to Firefox ever, under any circumstances, except when I authorize that (for example, in a crash dialog).</p><p>A browser that works that way and has no such features is more valuable than a browser that adds useless features and suddenly requires ToU and uploads data into foreign countries.<br>This is becoming more important every day the US of A slides deeper into fascism.</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>Unethical. You’ve given me the task this weekend of migrating my bookmarks and leaving your browser. </p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>"acting on your behalf" sounds incredibly broad. This could be construed to mean that we are giving FireFox permission to make purchases or do things with potential legal implications "on our behalf".</p><p>---------------------------------------</p><p>⬆️ From Source:<br><a href="https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/td-p/87735" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">connect.mozilla.org/t5/discuss</span><span class="invisible">ions/information-about-the-new-terms-of-use-and-updated-privacy/td-p/87735</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional?<br>The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.<br><a href="https://reason.com/2025/02/25/is-the-jones-act-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/2025/02/25/is-the-j</span><span class="invisible">ones-act-unconstitutional/</span></a></p><p>Hawaiian company suing, but you know who else this hurts? Puerto Rico and the rest of its colonies and territories, not that regular gringos give a fuck. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> Microsoft is testing free Office for Windows apps with ads<br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/618278/microsoft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/618278/micro</span><span class="invisible">soft-office-free-windows-apps-ad-supported-version</span></a></p><p>OK, fucking hell. Time for me to finally look into Libre Office or similar. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assholes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a></p>

A. Rivera<p>> ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners. From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/22/the-tyranny-of-apps-those-without-smartphones-are-unfairly-penalised-say-campaigners</span></a> </p><p>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>, the odious pain in the ass that are every business wanting you to get their fucking app to give you a measly piddly discount. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a></p>

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