Nate Bartram
nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
<p>π Founder, editor, agent of chaos <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil" class="u-url mention">@<span>thenewoil</span></a></span>.<br />π₯ Digital Content Producer <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides" class="u-url mention">@<span>privacyguides</span></a></span><br />π£ Board member <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@effaustin" class="u-url mention">@<span>effaustin</span></a></span>.<br />ποΈ Former cohost <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@sr" class="u-url mention">@<span>sr</span></a></span></p><p>βAll opinions are my own.<br />β Boosts =/= an endorsement of the person or their other posts.<br />π€ I was using em dashes (&a
Posts
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Post #4411490
Tuta Drive now has mobile apps in early access. Hell yeah. Coming along nicely.
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Post #4411489
Get you a witchy girl. They&#39;re easy to please. &quot;Here&#39;s a feather I found on the ground during my walk.&quot; &quot;Here&#39;s a cool rock.&quot; &quot;Here&#39;s an empty jar.&quot; No word yet on if my wife is Link and uses empty jars to capture revive fairies.
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Post #4411488
Call me crazy but I&#39;m starting to think that social media is bad for your mental health...
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Post #4411487
Today&#39;s video you should share with your friends and family. https://youtu.be/lnBPhelCdWE
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Post #4411486
Samsung had shit security and wasn&#39;t doing the basics to keep up with their competitors? I think there&#39;s a Futurama GIF for this one. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/
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Post #4411485
Another day, another garbage email sent by an AI agent wasting my time. If you can be bothered to write it, why are you wasting my time reading it?
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Post #4411484
Today I had to install child locks on the cabinets to keep our cats out. Further proof to me that cats are essentially the Lite version of toddlers. Also I had a vasectomy so there&#39;s a certain irony in me installing childproofing at all.
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Post #4411483
Police when using surveillance tech: &quot;Well if you&#39;re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. Only criminals need privacy.&quot; Also police when using surveillance tech: https://www.404media.co/do-not-mention-alpr-usage-how-cops-are-trying-to-hide-the-existence-of-flock/
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Post #4411482
What could possibly go wrong? https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-t-life-app-yearly-transition-3694189/
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Post #4210195
RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/117003983443069881 I didn't know I could recommend Meta AI less.
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Post #4127763
Thanks to the library, I'm reading Watchmen for the first time. Rorschach is a real piece of shit and I'm weirded out by anyone that identifies wth him. I mean, they all kind of suck, tbh. I assume that's the point. I'm still pretty early in. Will update as I go.
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Post #4123771
Watching Saved By The Bell: Kelly: "I want to be [Homecoming] Queen!" Lisa: "We'll let you know if anything happens to Princess Di." Me & my wife at the same time: "awwwww.... that one didn't age well."
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Post #4121414
Library update: my local library supports RSS for the events page. The wins just won't stop coming.
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Post #4121412
Literally the first time I've ever heard of malicious public Wi-Fi. Not saying it's never happened before, but I feel like that should just go to show how incredibly rare it is. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-hotel-wi-fi-dns-to-steal-microsoft-365-accounts/
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Post #4121399
Whatever you do, do NOT tell your friends and family about this new Netflix documentary that makes Kalshi look bad. That wouldn't be nice. They really don't want you to see it cause it's so unfair to them. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/25/kalshi-demands-netflix-take-down-trailer-for-prediction-games-documentary/
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Post #4064946
France, who's federal government just had a data breach, has decided that everybody should hand over their ID to talk shit on Twitter. This will definitely not get breached or abused. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/france-ban-social-media-access-under-15s
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Post #4048106
Privacy - a human right - is quickly becoming a luxury of the wealthy. https://www.wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/
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Post #4016174
Discovered last night that Tubular has stopped being developed. I'm starting to understand why some people are getting FOSS-fatigue where every project eventually just quietly goes away and you have to find a new one that does what it did.
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Post #3963695
Is there a setting to make threads appear in-order on Mastodon? So like, instead of seeing three replies and the original post, can it show the original post first and then the replies below it? #AskFedi #FediTips
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Post #3824113
Not to be a judgy asshole but if you still regularly use Meta products willingly what the actual fuck is wrong with you? Cue the reply guys who missed the "willingly" part. https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-used-ai-target-workers-with-medical-conditions-layoffs-former-employees-2026-07-14/
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Post #3647260
What a very unhinged post from Proton. "Is this data broker safe to use?" "Yes, and here's how to use it best. Oh btw it's kinda fucked up." Def not the angle I would've taken. https://proton.me/blog/is-truthfinder-legit
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Post #3524566
I wish there was a way to let a venue know how many times I've passed up going to an event they hosted because of Ticketmaster's extortionist practices.
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Post #3426384
Literally just had a conservative tell me that it's fine that my marriage nearly fell apart back when I was working audio/video AND doing Surveillance Report because "you were sacrificing for a payoff. For independence. For your own company. Few marriages survive that in reality. It's sad but its true." I literally don't even know what to say to that. Something something "sanctity of marriage"?
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Post #2826352
Cloudflare is making the internet unusable with a VPN. Yeesh.
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Post #2561846
Just in time for my flight tomorrow. A little bit of light reading in the terminal.
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Post #2429805
The Fast &amp; Furious franchise is old enough to rent a car.
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Post #2346805
Tried out the new SPA Quiz from @techlore for fun. &quot;Data &amp; Storage&quot; and &quot;Physical habits&quot; are my weakest point. That sounds about right lol.
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Post #2088470
Spineless fucking cowards. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-tees-up-surveillance-law-overnight-passage-after-two-hour-vote-2026-04-29/
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Post #1919909
Thank god. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/websites-that-hijack-your-back-button-must-stop-by-june-15-or-face-googles-wrath/
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Post #1905947
Sometimes I criticize the tech community. Sometimes it delivers the laugh I need. Thank you random GitHub stranger.