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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-21 at 02:49

Well that’s fucking awful. USDS had a solid mission and good people.

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113864025013713853

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-20 at 17:16

Of, by, and for the billionaire class.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-20 at 16:42

@manet Any chance Apple TV is on your roadmap?

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-19 at 14:04

Just once I’d like to come across a website that says “We see you’re using an ad blocker. Good job.”

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-17 at 02:27

Climate solutions are doomed, even in VT. https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/16/clean-heat-standard-is-less-expensive-than-previously-thought-though-not-well-suited-to-vermont-commission-says/

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-15 at 02:36

Finished reading: AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9780691249131

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-11 at 23:30

Had fun moving some stuff from Netlify to https://pico.sh today.

https://pico.sh

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-11 at 16:32

To be a kid in school today is to be told you need to think critically about technology and media when the adults that impose it upon you have utterly failed to do so.

Sure, part of growing up is learning to co-exist with hypocrisy. But this captive hypocrisy is a whole new extreme.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-10 at 23:12

What's the common thread? Outsourcing to third party vendors.

This is all free labor on my part to keep track of things, avoid paying more than I should when another bill shows up, or to keep my record clean.

And then there's the "student information system" the school uses getting hacked and exposing the kids' data...

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-10 at 23:10

Started the week forwarding a receipt to the eye doctor to prove I paid my bill. Why didn't they have the payment? "Sometimes things fall through the cracks."

Then it was the bank tracking down that using their vendor's UI to change a recurring transfer from principal payment to standard payment doesn't actually do that, which meant my payments didn't count. OK.

Now it's a bill from the city saying I didn't pay my water & sewer bill. No? Here's the receipt.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-06 at 23:15

“The Vermont Legislature overwhelmingly passed a privacy bill with meaningful data minimization requirements, strong civil rights protections, and a private right of action before Governor Phil Scott vetoed the bill.”

This model policy for US states is nice to see, though.

https://techpolicy.press/a-new-model-for-state-privacy-legislation

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-06 at 23:12

8°F warmer than 100 years ago, a steady trend. https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/06/2024-was-vermonts-warmest-year-on-record-again/

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-05 at 23:55

Finished reading: Smart University by Lindsay Weinberg 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781421450018

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-05 at 18:34

“It’s a bit surreal watching this all unfold right in front of us...analyzing what is happening right now requires nothing but the ability to describe events accurately without succumbing to delusion.”

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/its-not-looking-great

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-05 at 02:59

"I need you to stop trying to explain away how fucking offensive using the internet and technology has become."

"Yet it’s not just the algorithms — It’s the entirety of the digital ecosystem, from websites to apps to the devices we use every day."

Sooo many good quotes in this one.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-04 at 14:55

I have a theory that all of this is a reason people are sour on the economy. The economy never lets up or leaves you alone.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-04 at 14:34

Navigating all of this is so much labor. Local businesses and organizations are an absolute disaster when it comes to technology and privacy.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-04 at 14:32

School teachers send emails to multiple parents without using BCC. Private driver’s ed teacher emails all the parents and kids together without using BCC. City council candidate emails all her friends and neighbors without using BCC and, upon getting elected, sends bulk email from city address using BCC, with no unsubscribe link.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-04 at 14:28

The eye doctor includes a slip of paper with their mailed invoice, a third-party payment URL on it. I use that to pay the copay balance with my credit card in November. There’s a receipt in my inbox. In January I get an invoice with a 30-day past due amount. I have to listen through two loops of holiday closures (Christmas and New Year’s) when I call, after the holidays have passed, and then ring through to a voicemail inbox where I first have to listen through old Labor Day closures.

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Written by Mark Reeves on 2025-01-04 at 14:23

Our long-time dentist retired, sold the practice. New dentist drops my email address into some bullshit AI-powered CSAT feedback platform that tells him he can boost his local ratings. This is a town of 8,000 people in rural Vermont and their calendar is fully booked six months out. What’s the goal here?

And then the billing issues.

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