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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • The ad industry is parasitic. I have avoided ads since they first hit the web. Initially, I would not visit or remain on any web page with an ad. When that became untenable, I installed ad blockers. I presently download YT videos to view locally to avoid ads. When that stops working, I will stop watching YT videos.

    I pay to skip ads on podcasts if I like and enjoy the content. I skip them on the ones I don’t pay for. If the ad model is particularly obnoxious and I don’t like a show enough to pay, I stop listening.


  • EFF has been fighting the good fight for decades. I signed up for their newsletter in the 90s when I was a teen and still didn’t understand enough about the world to be confident that I properly understood what they stood for, concerned that I might have picked the wrong side. I occasionally check their job listings. But they need lawyers and legal experts and I’m trying to run their IT infrastructure. At some point, if I check enough times, maybe they’ll need the skills I have. I’d drop any job to work for them.