@desc

my own ramblings here

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Hand tremors from Parkinson's can make using a mouse nearly impossible. SteadyMouse set out to solve this problem: steadymouse.com
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Worth sharing for someone you may know - FACE COVID – How To Respond Effectively To The Corona Crisis d8l.uk/2Uw9eXZ
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Coronavirus: Raspberry Pi-powered ventilator to be tested in Colombia bbc.in/3ceMmCF
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During this concerning time - Please RT- Please pass on to those who have time or those who need some support d8l.uk/2WjTGYZ
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You know you've had a strange week when you see a picture of a heron riding an alligator and it doesn't even surprise you xitter.cf/SlenderSherbet/status/…
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£1m boost for male survivors of domestic abuse trib.al/F492y4q
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On my commute home today I had someone wave a thanks at me after my Tesla (on Autopilot) made room for them to merge in. The future is rad.
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My timeline is currently populated by people who believe that God is Flat, that Darwin supported brexit and that Jesus is not a greenhouse gas. Or something like that.
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Thank you so much - it is great to be involved with major positive changes in a person's life - in conjunction with familysp.com
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Do you know what 'IMSI catchers' are? The UK police can use them to locate, track & grab data from your phone, and they're doing this secretly. We’re working with @libertyhq to shine a light on how your local police force might spy on you. #NeighbourhoodWatched
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Tesla
@Tesla22 Dec 2018
“The Tesla detects the car in front of the car in front of me stopping, and automatically applied the brakes to avoid the wreck”
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@ElectrekCo22 Dec 2018
Tesla automatically avoids crash caught on video, says owner electrek.co/2018/12/22/tesla… by @fredlambert
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Life after an acquired brain injury - some personal stories and insight. 'Before, I was quite a shy person': life after brain damage d8l.uk/2QrsN3x
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The NHS patients who are 'abused and ignored' d8l.uk/2SqUE0c
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Researchers found that Facebook uses your phone number for targeted advertisements. Leave Facebook and Google! Switch to these alternatives, here your data belongs to you and is not being abused: tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-… eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/yo…
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@wire@wire1 Nov 2018
Apps like WhatsApp are free because they use data, rather than membership fees, to make money. Using free messaging tools means they can weaponize your business's data and build an in-depth profile of it. cnet.com/news/whatsapp-will-…
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Hope you all had a great summer. We all need to stick together, this mum was a participant (please read 2nd para too). I know her personally so this is NOT a fake money grabbing thing. - our community can assist each other - a couple of quid each? gf.me/u/kxh8tx
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Verizon throttled the connection of firefighters while they were fighting a wildfire making it hard to coordinate emergency response. This again shows how important #netneutrality is. Throttling or blocking can happen to all of us: tutanota.com/blog/posts/comc… motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a…
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The most private place on the Internet is also the least understood. Learn what is the dark web and why you might want to go there. protonmail.com/blog/what-is-…
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