Published inCenter for the Study of Internet Extremism·Aug 9, 2020Teespring Is (Still) Selling Extremist MerchandiseBy Daniel Malmer — Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Internet Extremism Teespring has a history of selling extremist merchandise. Here’s some of what I found. Takedown of Antifascist Merchandise On August 7th, Antifa International announced in a tweet that Teespring had shut down their t-shirt fundraiser. According to an email…Technology9 min readTechnology9 min read
Jul 22, 2020Hard Drive Metrics That MatterHow I bought a hard drive that’s great for backups, but awful for my use case. I’m surprised at how difficult it is to find good information about hard drive performance. If you can find any performance numbers at all, it’s usually just maximum transfer speed. It turns out that…6 min read6 min read
Jun 30, 2020Mounting Old Windows/Mac Hybrid CDs on Mac OS XFor the impatient, here’s the solution that worked for me: mkdir ~/cdrom sudo mount -t cd9660 /dev/disk2s1 ~/cdrom I found an old CD from 2002 that had some files that I wanted to view. I was hopeful that when I inserted the disk that the drive would mount and the…Hacks3 min readHacks3 min read
Jun 18, 2020Why Is Twitter Taking Money from a Hate Group?Twitter helps hate groups reach new people, and profits in the process. Yesterday, while I was writing an article about how Twitter is emailing me white supremacist propaganda, Twitter suggested that “I might like” the Federation for American Immigration Reform. They didn’t do it for free, it was a sponsored…Twitter3 min readTwitter3 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jun 17, 2020Twitter Keeps Emailing Me White Supremacist PropagandaIf Twitter wants to find the Nazis on their platform, they need look no further than the emails they’ve been sending me. In November of 2019, I saw the Fred Rogers biopic, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Full of nostalgia, I created a Twitter account, @mrrogerssays, that I intended…Propaganda5 min readPropaganda5 min read
Jun 14, 2020Using wget To Mirror Websites That Require AuthenticationThis article explains how to use wget to mirror a website that requires authentication by saving the necessary login cookies. Before we get started, if you’re mirroring a site that doesn’t belong to you, always keep the following in mind, whether you’re using wget or another tool: Always obey the…Web Development4 min readWeb Development4 min read
Jun 13, 2020Here’s Why wget --convert-links Isn’t Converting Your LinksHopefully this will save someone the frustration that I just went through trying to get wget --mirror --convert-links to function properly. TLDR; it will, when it’s done with the entire site. wget is one of the common tools used to mirror websites. In my case, I wanted to mirror my…Web Development3 min readWeb Development3 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jun 12, 2020Handling Email for Multiple Domains Using One G Suite AccountThis is the process I went through to configure my single G Suite account to handle email for half a dozen different domains. I manage a number of domains. My primary domain is where I get most of my email. I use G Suite for that. I have several less…AWS7 min readAWS7 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jan 11, 2020How to Read 100 Books This YearI did it, and you can, too — In 2019, I read over 100 books. I’d never read anywhere near that many books in a year before. I used to love reading books, but my attention had gotten so fragmented by technology that I found it difficult to finish even one book. Here are some tips, if you’re…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Dec 18, 2019I Read 100 Books This YearHere are some of the highlights — A neighbor of mine named Eric spends most days in front of Books, Inc. He’s a vendor of Street Sheet, a publication of the Coalition on Homelessness. (Plug: the Coalition is a non-profit that does important work. If you can afford to, please consider including them in your charitable donations.)…Books8 min readBooks8 min read
