Just subscribed to the PBS Documentary channel on Prime to run documentaries in the background while I work, and the majority of the "Top Documentaries" are:

Documenting Hate

American Extremism

The New Nazi Movement

American Insurrection

...sigh. Hopefully people are watching them to be horrified, and not inspired.

Getting old while digital includes watching the same memes about getting old get shared among different groups multiple times because we either forgot we shared them previously or are too tired to check.

nostr:npub1c22xzvf409x7yyyd7ytv99qhlkj2cpxn5kl3re0y3jx3a96lt34sshulw9 That's an entirely fair perspective.

i just want the world to be a little less fucked. just a little. and i keep hoping if i do the right small thing, or lean the right way, blow on the right butterfly, maybe it'll help.

but it just seems to get more fucked, and i am tired and sad.

If you're a Netflix or Disney subscriber in particular, please open a ticket with customer support letting them know you are unhappy with both the service and the AMPTP. Flood 'em.

The AMPTP, representing the "entertainment industry," has seen its position threatened enough that it's just hired on a crisis PR firm to try and regain the upper hand. I'm busily posting here, there, and everywhere about my WGA and SAG-AFTRA support in the hopes that together we can signal creative and artistic work is critical to our society, and we stand for the workers involved. If you are so inclined, please join me.

Let's get our support rolling on every platform we can.

Their bill’s come due.

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From a locked account, quite astutely:

“I'll take Things Only White Men Can Wear for 500, Alex.”

cc nostr:npub1rktzfmgzpejqjq0yywt6ja3n3z6njkpfwazrqan3r0ujraleha9qplsqek icymi

nostr:npub1cp03zfrqtyk39q6hj2jgp2p7emafvywpgqw7zf6r4kwfdylvvk0swyms9f Definitely a good thought!

Huh.

Salesforce has an Office of Ethical and Human Use, and they've got open positions for ethicists, managers, and others.

https://blog.salesforceairesearch.com/trusted-ai-jobs/

Store Security: "Excuse me sir, but are you carrying a concealed weapon in a shoulder holster?"

Me: "Why yes I am, I've got my e-reader and in case of extra danger, a battery."

Store Security: "Wait it's not a gun? It's for your e-reader?"

Me, patting my hoodie over the holstered kindle: "Gun? Nah. This is way more dangerous."

nostr:npub1sn6ldz3yctcdk6vch5q73ane7kz3pdqpqxqk0jcvc64tuu9xxphq7s8vx8 ahhhh sorry other way around - I knew Amazon had failed at phones.

I want Apple to own at eink!

nostr:npub1sn6ldz3yctcdk6vch5q73ane7kz3pdqpqxqk0jcvc64tuu9xxphq7s8vx8 oh have they?!

or an e-ink iPhone.

That would be cool too.

nostr:npub1efq4w3ktyz0l3sdakhnlygxc5pcq60n22r2602ya5tsqnscf69vss9qvjy AH! Gotcha, thanks.

nostr:npub1efq4w3ktyz0l3sdakhnlygxc5pcq60n22r2602ya5tsqnscf69vss9qvjy wait now it's...

...are you messin with me?!

nostr:npub1efq4w3ktyz0l3sdakhnlygxc5pcq60n22r2602ya5tsqnscf69vss9qvjy In Advanced Web View, boosts/faves show one avatar offset over another, and I was trying to figure out why my network wasn't loading yours correctly for a good minute or three before realizing your avatar was actually a spinny loading circle.

Well played.

The other thing Apple has going for it is Advanced Data Protection, which essentially E2E's quite a bit of iCloud content.

72 hours later, 75yo Dad's stolen iphone now fully resolved - $250 phone insurance deductible and a little time was the only real loss.

Person with the phone called again after 24h of silence and tried to extract more money. I got to tell her she missed out on cold hard cash the day before for doing the right thing, and wished her well.

Gonna be writing up lessons learned for folks w/ aging loved ones. TLDR, as a loved one ages and you have responsibility:

-Move them to your cellular plan.

-Insure their cellphone.

-Make sure there's at least a passcode required to access the phone (FaceID/TouchID okay, honestly).

-Set up their phone with an account you have access to.

Some data tradeoffs here, but:

-Set up device so location is shared with you.

-Enable cloud backups for their device.

For these last two, Apple Family Sharing makes this SUPER easy. Set up Family Sharing on your device/account first so you're the Organizer, then invite the loved one.

(I'm less well-versed in Google or Samsung capabilities here but looking into those so my eventual blogpost on this will be decently thorough).

Last point, and maybe the most important:

-The aging loved one will likely feel wicked embarrassed about losing their phone. Do your best to reassure them - and, if you set up stuff like the above, you'll be able to quickly and easily demonstrate that it really is not a huge deal.

Unfortunately, this'll cost a little ongoing money, between phone insurance and cloud backup space. But the saved time and frustration is worth its weight in gold.

#aging