NYT: Facebook is irredeemable
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg.html 
Opinion | Facebook Can’t Be Reformed
We need to reimagine the social network or find a way to survive its dominance.www.nytimes.com
STAY AT HOME LOOK AT PHONE
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Hello May flowers and showers.
My work's been keeping me busier than ever, even from home.
So daily postings went out the window. Like everyone else, I'm adapting.
Hang in there.
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Cambodia has had no new recorded Coronavirus cases in over two weeks.
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Pictures: Riverfront, Phnom Penh.
Hard not to take a good photo in morning light.
Important to check your phone first thing, like everyone, anywhere.
This group of people drinking invited me to join them.
It's a bit weird being on the other end of the 'night shift', getting up at 5am.
Used to be a night owl but fun to change things up.
Also pictured: ferry landing + masked up monks.
#Cambodia #PhnomPenh
Sunday Ramble
Phsar Chas / Phsar Kandal neighborhood
#PhnomPenh, #Cambodia
#DailyCheckIn
#FediverseDailyCheckin
#FediverseCheckInJW
#MorningCheckIn
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#MorningCheckInJW
#PhnomPenh, #Cambodia
#DailyCheckIn
#FediverseDailyCheckin
#FediverseCheckInJW
#MorningCheckIn
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Daily Check-In
#DailyCheckIn #FediverseDailyCheckin #FediverseCheckInJW February 02, 2020. Independence Monument, #Phnom Penh, #Cambodia.
Blogging with Activity Pub
An interesting article on blogging and ActivityPub, including Android clients.
http://jorgenmodin.net/blog/content/2020-01-11-1/Tools%20for%20static%20blogging,%20Activitypub%20and%20the%20Fediverse.html
http://jorgenmodin.net/blog/content/2020-01-11-1/Tools%20for%20static%20blogging,%20Activitypub%20and%20the%20Fediverse.html
Yow.
Frog Sculptures, #DiamondIsland, #PhnomPenh, #Cambodia.
#MorningCheckIn
#FediverseMorningCheckin
#MorningCheckInJW
#DailyCheckIn
#FediverseDailyCheckin
#FediverseCheckInJW
(Is that enough hash tags? Trying to establish personal habit of daily exclusive Fediverse photos, so that I have something just for Open Source Social Media.)
#MorningCheckIn
#FediverseMorningCheckin
#MorningCheckInJW
#PhnomPenh, #Cambodia:
“Maybe this world is another planet’s”
World Of Smoothies
Reflections on six months of smoothie-making in Cambodia: 'World Of Smoothies'.
#Smoothie #Smoothies #FruitSmoothie #WellMostlyFruit
https://jweeks.net/world-of-smoothies.html
Good Morning
Hi from Phnom Penh
#MorningCheckIn
#FediverseMorningCheckIn
#MorningCheckInJW
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Facebook sponsors Brett Kavanaugh event: 'gold circle' sponsor of The Federalist Society, which has provided recommendations for this administration's judges
(Google's also a sponsor)
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20963865/facebook-ads-brett-kavanaugh-federalist-society-employees
(Google's also a sponsor)
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20963865/facebook-ads-brett-kavanaugh-federalist-society-employees
As Facebook sponsors a Brett Kavanaugh event, a new campaign is telling employees to fight back
Facebook is sponsoring a dinner honoring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the Federalist Society.www.theverge.com
https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/mastodon-looking-for-moderators-speaking-tamil-bengali-says-founder-11573583306193.html 
Mastodon looking for moderators speaking Tamil, Bengali: Founder
Mastodon’s German founder Eugen Rochko explains how his platform is coping with the sudden rise in Indian userswww.livemint.com
Book notes on 'How To Hide An Empire' - Daniel Immerwahr
Too Long; Don't Read
TL;DR
Book notes on 'How To Hide An Empire' - Daniel Immerwahr
Good book! Some teasers / best bits from it.
http://www.jweeks.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/How-To-HIde-An-Empire-Notes-1.html
The Big Bitcoin Heist
Bitcoin mining: "very similar to growing cannabis. Everything is related: electricity, air, heat, cooling systems." (And avoidance of law enforcement)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-big-bitcoin-heist
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/11/the-big-bitcoin-heist
The Big Bitcoin Heist
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world’s leading miner of digital currency. Then the crypto-crooks showed up.www.vanityfair.com
Brexit, The Game
https://www.der-postillon.com/2019/11/brexit-das-brettspiel.html 
Neues Endlos-Brettspiel "Brexit" verspricht jahrelangen Spaß für die ganze Familie
Wird es das neue Spiel des Jahres? Das Brettspiel "Brexit" sorgt derzeit für Furore. Das neue Familienspiel von Ravensburger verspricht endloses Vergnügen für die ganze Familie. Der Clou: Immer, wenn ein Spieler kurz davor ist, sein Ziel zu erreichen, können andere Spieler einen Aufschub beantragen.www.der-postillon.com
Open Source Social Media at Barcamp ASEAN
Talk on “Open Source Social Media” at BarCamp ASEAN in Phnom Penh, Cambodia today. A big point of interest was that Mastodon & Pixelfed were passion projects by individual developers. (Many see FB, Insta, Twitter as monoliths.) Shout out to @dansup 😊👍
john@jweeks.net 10 months ago
Videos of prior talks on Open Source Social Media
https://aseanbar.camp/@mastoadmin/102955444492931698