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Ian McKellar

@ian@mckellar.social
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Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California.

Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel.

I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

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Joined October 28, 2022
Location:
Chochenyo Land
Pronouns:
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Twitter:
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Home Page:
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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · May 01, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

People who say Kilmar Abrego Garcia is innocent until proven guilty but don't think KSM is innocent until proven guilty (even though we've imprisoned him for more than 20 years and still haven't found enough evidence to bring him to trial) kind of disgust me.

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Apr 12, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

So if Trump is taxing mobile phones, computers and computer accessories at vastly lower rates than other electronics, is anything with a CPU going to be classified as a computer and anything with USB or HDMI ports going to be classified as an accessory?

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 13, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

I found an Imagewriter II on a curb the other day with a "FREE" sign. It's in the back of my car. I haven't told my wife about it yet. I have so many half-baked art project ideas for it...

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 12, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

The joke's on Trump. Australia mostly exports iron ore and bauxite rather than steel and aluminium because we're terrible at having value-added industries and like to just export our raw dirt some someone else can make all of the big profit.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/us-rules-out-tariff-exemption-for-australia-after-trump-considered-it-and-considered-against-it

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 11, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

This makes me feel patriotic, but for a country I haven't lived in since I was a child: https://youtu.be/XKhE3EEZ4D8

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 10, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

As an ally I'm doubling down on mansplaining to trans women.

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 10, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

@peternlewis@mastodon.social @paddington@mastodon.social I was supposed to need an interview to be able to skip all of the lines (TSA PreCheck / Global Entry), but a couple of days ago I just got approved. I assume as a cost cutting measure they're lowering the bar for skipping the normal security measures.

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 09, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

@alexr@mastodon.online @ceejbot@toot.cat I'd generally suggest against unpacking tarballs in the root of production (for sufficiently homelab values of "production") systems. Not that I've never done it...

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 05, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

Democrats are refusing to clap for Trump. Meanwhile in Serbia they have a real opposition: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/04/serbian-mps-set-off-flares-and-smoke-grenades-inside-parliament

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Mar 04, 2025
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social

Trump applies the same rules to the Russia/Ukraine conflict that every administration has applied to the Israel/Palestine conflict and everyone loses their mind.

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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Apr 14, 2023
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social
Replying to @kewms@mastodon.social
@kewms @jschuh @Popehat @mmasnick @nilay_patel The problem for an American company is that overt racism is not only the editorial line of major mainstream media organizations, but also the platform of one of the two major parties. By saying "we're not going to be the Nazi bar" you're limiting your audience and revenue drastically. They don't want to have to make that call. Unfortunately for them, they've chosen a business where they have to make that call.
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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Apr 14, 2023
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social
Replying to @jschuh@infosec.exchange
@jschuh @Popehat @mmasnick @nilay_patel What I don't understand is why the PR team & lawyers haven't had a set of answers cooked up for this question literally years ago. This is an obvious question that any half good journalist will ask anyone launching a new publishing / social media company.
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Ian McKellar @ian@mckellar.social · Feb 04, 2023
Ian McKellar
@ian@mckellar.social

Hacker, dad, husband, musician. Grew up in Australia, living in Alameda, California. Working on Fuchsia at Google. Preciously worked on: Google WiFi, Google Glass, Rdio, Songbird, Flock, Eazel. I like making Free Software, gadgets, music, good trouble and future freedom fighters.

mckellar.social
Replying to @chasnah@tech.lgbt
@chasnah@tech.lgbt @timbray@hachyderm.io SMT has led to such suburban sprawl
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