It’s actually true. 56% of Americans are “partially illiterate”, which explains a lot about the state of affairs in that country.

In 2023, 28% of adults scored at or below Level 1, 29% at Level 2, and 44% at Level 3 or above. Anything below Level 3 is considered “partially illiterate”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States

I’m guessing you use Firefox? It’s much better at evading that tracking.

Linux is a better alternative to windows than, e.g., LineageOS is to android?

It’s true. Camera apps for example are much, much worse than the OEM version.

FWIW I use Fastmail and it works great.

At least Luckey went with the name of the good guy’s sword rather than the bad guy’s surveillance device, like Peter Thiel.

No, I pretty much only look at the number of contributors (more is better)

Hello vegan, I’m dad.

Critics of aggressive voter roll purges warn that certain methods can disproportionately impact communities of color, naturalized citizens, and other vulnerable populations.

Wow I can’t believe the Racism Nexus built by racists is being used in racist ways.

Alec is also (unsurprisingly) on the Fedi: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify

Damn, it must include a lot of CDs

5 pounds for a magazine in 2000 seems incredibly expensive!