James Creel
jsc@hcommons.social
<p>Working in Scholarly Communications. Not necessarily reflecting opinions of my employer. On the Fediverse seeking to advocate for a more humane information ecosystem.</p>
Posts
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Post #2997831
The pen is mightier than the sword. Many swords were sent to test this - but with much tribulation, humanity grew in wisdom and technology. Unfortunately, it then turned out that the centralized corporate social-media app was mightier than the pen.
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Post #2997830
In my weaker moments I have uttered profanities inappropriately. I fear that with age I may do this with less volition and more impulse. Yet, I am sure that I would not do so from public office on &quot;Truth Social&quot; unless I were completely demented.
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Post #2997829
Hello, everyone. A slightly urgent question - has anyone seen a diminution in the quality of commercial VPN services? I am on NordVPN, which has proven excellent, but things have been getting wonkier just of late.
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Post #2997828
Some of y&#39;all might remember around 2020 when everyone was coming down with coronavirus and some of us (non-essentials) got to stay home. Including kids in school. Well, In those days I was super fastidious about internet hygiene and I had google.com blocked in my hosts file. So, time came for the kids to do online classwork to keep up appearances and stay enrolled, right? And they couldn&#39;t log in to anything. And, with a sinking feeling, I knew I had to go edit that hosts f...