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Short snippets, notes and thoughts

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Facebook and Google are the only “safe,” free places to keep lots of photos now.
— Read on www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/2/6/18214046/flickr-free-storage-ends-digital-photo-archive-history

A sad reminder that the glory days of the internet are well over a decade ago.

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“Horrifically deformed” turkeys have been discovered at a factory farm named as a supplier to some of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains. Secretly taken video footage shows crippled birds unable to walk, with missing feathers and exposed skin, and appearing unhealthy or suffering. Sick birds were also recorded being attacked by others. The turkeys would have lived in the shed for between eight and 26 weeks before being slaughtered.
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/turkeys-christmas-asda-sainsbury-supermarkets-factory-farming-animal-welfare-video-footage-a8664131.html

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This is why I hit on @apple. From the article:

This situation has some prominent Mac users up in arms. Forum posts have been popping up at various locations since Mojave’s release and last month, a petition that currently has over 2,800 signatures landed on Change.Org urging Apple and Tim Cook to work with NVIDIA.
— Read on www.forbes.com/sites/marcochiappetta/2018/12/11/apple-turns-its-back-on-customers-and-nvidia-with-macos-mojave/