digital surveillance, unix colors, and twitter's right turn (20230530)

links, etc

• NO_COLOR: disabling ANSI color output in various Unix commands

  it would be nice to see this baked into something a little more formal than this web site. still, this is a nice start.

• Private Spies Hired by the FBI and Corporate Firms Infiltrate Discord, Reddit, WhatsApp

  remember kids, if you’re doing anything publicly or in a forum where you don’t know all the participants, you really should be operating under the assumption that a profile is being assembled on you. it will not necessarily be a government entity that does this, nor will it necessarily be an advertising capitalist seeking to provide you with “ads you’ll like”.

• Many Sunscreens Still Have Potentially Dangerous Chemicals - Bloomberg

  endocrine disruption in all the things. archive.is link

• Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network - The Atlantic

  file under: duh. still, a pretty solid rundown on things here.