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June 12, 2021
Mozilla encourages laws censoring ideas
Mozilla — the mega corporation behind Firefox — has been working, at high speed, to restrict speech across the Internet. Specifically of people that do not share their political afiliation.
On January 8th, 2021, the Mozilla CEO, Mitchell Baker, wrote an article entitled “We need more than deplatforming.”
“as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality. Donald Trump is certainly not the first politician to exploit the architecture of the internet in this way, and he won’t be the last. We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done.”
Baker goes on to explain some of the ways Internet services should not only completely deplatform (read: ban and censor) specific political leaders… but also silence and restrict statements or ideas that Mozilla disagrees with politically.
More recently, Mozilla has become actively critical of the YouTube video recommendation system. And not for the reasons that so many — myself included — dislike it (such as irrelevant video recommendations, shadowbanning of many creators, etc.).
Mozilla’s objection seems to be primarily that some recommended videos might contain ideas that don’t agree with the (highly political) worldview of Mozilla leadership.
Mozilla repeatedly equates “Right Wing” politics with “hate”. As on their “YouTube Regrets” page they have set up. Quote: “Any search for positive LGBT content results in a barrage of homophobic, right-wing recommendations.”
But Mozilla is not stopping with simply expressing their opinion that Conservative (or “Right Wing”) voices should be silence…
On June 8th, 2021, Mozilla posted an official blog post entitled, “Mozilla Explains: Why Does YouTube Recommend Conspiracy Theory Videos?“
In that post, Mozilla fellow, Guillaume Chaslot, “recommends regulators step in and issue laws that begin to curb this.”
That’s right. Mozilla Corporation (the mega corporation owned by Mozilla Foundation — both run by Mitchell Baker) is seeking actual legislation to make showing “Right Wing” content go away.
To be clear: This is horrific. Not because Mozilla seeks to silence Conservative ideas or voices. But because Mozilla seeks to silence any political voices at all. This would be equally as disturbing if Mozilla were to make statements against “Left Wing” ideas or voices.
May 15, 2018
Thunderbird 60, eFail, & security embargoes with Ryan Sipes
With the release of Thunderbird 60 coming up — and the eFail email exploits making the rounds — I brought on Ryan Sipes (Community Manager of Thunderbird) to talk about all of it. Then we have a nice chat about the pros and cons of embargoes related to security exploits.
Also we gaze upon each other longingly.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
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May 14, 2018
2018: The Year of Creepy Tech
2018 is shaping up to be the creepiest year in technology history. Sure, we’ve had mass surveillance for years. Facial recognition and cell phones — also highly creepy. But two companies — Amazon and Google — have really turned the creepy factor up to 11. With such things as Amazon controlled door locks to Google talking to other humans for you (and teaching your children to treat Artificial Intelligence nicely)… well… 2018 is definitely winning the creepy tech contest.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
Pick up “Linux Sucks. Forever.” right here.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
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Linux “Thursday” – Live from LinuxFest NW – April 28, 2018
It’s Thursday! Kinda. This was actually filmed on a Saturday (April 28) during LinuxFest Northwest 2018. With a live audience asking me — and my super rad guests (Matt & Paul) — whatever questions they have on their minds. And it’s all over the map.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
Pick up “Linux Sucks. Forever.” right here.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
== About Matt ==
Freedom Penguin: https://freedompenguin.com/
Matt’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freedompenguin
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthartley
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May 10, 2018
Linux Thursday – May 10, 2018 – “Kinda Snotty Edition”
It’s Thursday! And that can mean only one thing… Linux Day on the Lunduke Show! Where you decide what we talk about… as long as it’s at least a little Linux-y! This week we took a boat-load of questions — sent in via email — about Linux and Free Software.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
Pick up “Linux Sucks. Forever.” right here.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
== About Matt ==
Freedom Penguin: https://freedompenguin.com/
Matt’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freedompenguin
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthartley
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May 3, 2018
Linux Thursday – May 3, 2018 – “Fire Code Edition”
It’s Thursday! And that can mean only one thing… Linux Day on the Lunduke Show! Where you decide what we talk about… as long as it’s at least a little Linux-y! This week we took a boat-load of questions — sent in via email — about Linux and Free Software.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
Pick up “Linux Sucks. Forever.” right here.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
== About Matt ==
Freedom Penguin: https://freedompenguin.com/
Matt’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freedompenguin
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthartley
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May 2, 2018
Linux Sucks. Forever. – Filmed live at Linux Fest NW – April 28, 2018
This is the 2018 installment of the “Linux Sucks” series — “Linux Sucks. Forever.” Filmed live at Linux Fest NorthWest on April 28, 2018.
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April 26, 2018
Lunduke Q&A – April 26th, 2018
It’s Q&A time! I’m about to head up to Linux Fest Northwest, so today we’re doing a fun Q&A with questions provided by my patreon supporters! We talk about retro computing, kids and computers, religion and computers, road trips, openSUSE, and a bunch of other fun stuff.
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Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
Purism: https://puri.sm/
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April 23, 2018
“Religious People” – Most Discriminated Against Group in Tech?
Today we’re going to compare Religious Discrimination to Gender & Race Discrimination in the Tech industry. I know. I know. But no opinions here. Just raw data and numbers suggesting that a discussion around this is in order.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Google+
April 19, 2018
Linux Thursday – April 19, 2018 – “Sit Down Time Edition”
It’s Thursday! And that can mean only one thing… Linux Day on the Lunduke Show! Where you decide what we talk about… as long as it’s at least a little Linux-y! This week we took a boat-load of questions — sent in via email — about Linux and Free Software.
Watch on YouTube or grab the audio podcast below.
Contribute to the show at patreon.com/bryanlunduke.
== This episode sponsored by ==
Purism: https://puri.sm/
Pogo Linux: http://www.pogolinux.com/
LulzBot 3D Printers: https://www.lulzbot.com/
== About Matt ==
Freedom Penguin: https://freedompenguin.com/
Matt’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/freedompenguin
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthartley
Google+
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