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Tony Nuspl
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goodreads bookwyrm, culture muncher, shutterbug (e.g. banner image is my photo, 2025) & cat butler Following #booksky #filmsky #envhist #opensource
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Tip no.15
The Firefox browser is one alternative that puts privacy first. Unlike Chrome, Firefox automatically blocks trackers and ads in Private Browsing mode

Firefox is free to download (comes pre-installed in most flavors of Linux, e.g. Linux Mint o/s)

#opensource

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy m...
www.eff.org
"Late Flight"
Question-Mark Butterfly in the third week of October
in NE Oklahoma, on Roadside Thistle gone to seed,
at midday, in full sun, at the forest edge
©TonyNuspl2025

'Nothing to munch on here, moving on...'

#OklahomaNatureWildlifePhotography
Now with AI's spread on campuses we see the further degradation of the educational system via "the AI coalition" working to create "a vast corporate-backed lower order of luckless pupils" whose instructors do little more than facilitate (serve?) AI chatbots

#LLM

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
The remake (2020) is worth watching, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James
Before GenZ, before GenX, before Boomers or Trads, there were the descamisados.
'Have i said too much?'
allusion to the movie-based musical

🎥🎬
#filmsky #moviesky
#YouTubeFilmSky
#BroadwayMusical
#filmadaptation
i wore my commemorative Blue Jays World Series t-shirt for a quarter century, till it was just too full of holes to keep wearing
Tailgating with camp stove, lakeside
©TonyNuspl2024

#banketjestukken #carcamping #openair
First heard on a mixtape made by a friend, and played on a portable cassette player (pre-Walkman era).
in Pryor Creek, OK. with mural on exterior wall
Well it's not a biosphere, but the Moon is one place that was both untouched and pristine, before the space age: now there are nearly 200 tonnes of human #spacejunk left on the lunar surface. Including bags of feces. Pretty much the opposite of 'Leave no trace'

www.theguardian.com/science/2019...
Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moon
After 50 years of exploration, the lunar junkyard holds nearly 200 tonnes of objects
www.theguardian.com
Reading this just after having seen the 2021 documentary "Seaspiracy" -- which addresses, in passing, both the carbon sequestering of whales and phytoplankton
Gerry, glad you made it to London! for #DickensDay
The problem goes back to #Winblows by #Microsucks

Fortunately, Linux OS is "capable of breathing new life into older machines that Windows 11 won’t touch." For your perfectly usable older computer, the #Endof10 guide helps Windows 10 users install Linux. 
#opensource #FOSSinside

endof10.org
End of 10
Windows 10 ends in 2025. Don’t buy a new PC — revive yours with Linux. It's fast, secure, and help is available to get you started.
endof10.org
According to NYT, it only costs $3.89 to drive your EV 100 miles, in Oklahoma, when charging your EV at home, a savings of -$6.95 compared to driving a gas car.

But in practice, on the highway using fast chargers, the cost goes up +$4.78

#EVstats
#50states

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
www.nytimes.com