easy to read poetry that feels like it was plucked from your own mind! available now! https://a.co/d/hK9kCWM #Amazon #Kindle #writing #writer #poetry #books #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
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When Amazon tells you they're replacing actual human narrators at Audible with AI for the glorious cause of accessibility, remember that those assholes regularly rope authors into Audible Exclusive deals, which not only means you can only hear them on Audible, it also means those audiobooks then become inaccessible to PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
It's not about accessibility, it's about the profits.
With just a few week's notice, Amazon is telling folks with Echo devices that the setting that lets smart speakers & displays process Alexa requests locally is disappearing. Starting March 28 all requests will be recorded and sent to Amazon's cloud servers, whether you're using Alexa+ or just plain old Alexa. #Amazon #AmazonEcho #Alexa #privacy http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/
After Amazon's news this week,
I feel the need to share this advice from my Privacy Guides article again:
Notify guests if you are
using a smart speaker 🔇
If you are using a smart speaker device in your home such as Amazon's Echo (Alexa), Apple's HomePod (Siri), Google's Nest,
Inform your guests about it when they enter your home ⚠️
These devices have the capacity
to record all conversations, and there has already been instances of accidental privacy invasion reported about this 🔓
Even if you don't mind yourself,
offer your guests to UNPLUG your smart speaker while they are visiting you 🔌
Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
Amazon Rainforest Cut Down To Build New Road For COP Climate Summit https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/amazon-rainforest-cop-climate-summit/
#Amazon #environment #forest #rainforest #deforestation #COP #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#myameeicangirlfriend hat recht. Anlässlich des Kaufstreiks gehen wir einen Schritt weiter. Morgen werde ich auf unbestimmte Zeit in #Amazon-Abstinenz gehen, #Prime kündigen, #Audible absagen.
Meine Hörbücher lade ich gerade lokal runter. Zum Glück war ich nie der Kindle-Leser, weil das wäre mir doch echt zu aufwändig, glaube ich.
für audible nutze ich
https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation
Das Tool lädt die gesamte Medithek auf das NAS und codiert die Files um, so dass vlc künftig reichen wird. 🤫
Reminder to procrastinators: last day to download your Kindle ebooks!
This tool worked for me:
https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/how-to-bulk-download-kindle-files-while-you-can/
#procrastination #Amazon #Kindle #ADHD #reading #books #ebooks #enshittification
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🆕 blog! “Automatic Kobo and Kindle eBook Arbitrage”
This post will show you how to programmatically get the cheapest possible price on eBooks from Kobo.
Background
Amazon have decided to stop letting customers download their purchased eBooks onto their computers. That means I can't strip the DRM and read on my non-Amazon eReader.
So I guess I'm not…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/automatic-kobo-and-kindle-ebook-arbitrage/
⸻
#Amazon #ebooks #kindle #kobo #python
When Puff Daddy turned out to be a scum bag, that hurt but life goes on. You listen to different music. When big tech turns out to be a scumbag, what is the alternative? Samsung flip phones? Duckduckgo? MapQuest? I'm at the point where I don't want anything to do with companies that willingly go along with nonsense for what must be monetary gains. Is anyone making serious changes to their tech based on this disgust or am I just overreacting and this will blow over? #bigtech #google #meta #amazon #apple #gulfofmexico
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There is a chance, possibly, that conversational generative AI is, just maybe, hard to do well.
https://www.theverge.com/news/613821/amazon-alexa-ai-upgrade-delayed-accuracy-issues
Strip the DRM from your Kindle books, simple effective, free, online https://dedrm.com/
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#Shopify, #Amazon, and #TiktokShop are bullies. I quickly put together a list of #pet #stores that use alternative storefronts. Those alternatives are GARBAGE at promoting their clients. Sheesh. Feel free to share any additional store! #DogsOfMastodon
bookwyrm.itBruciare i libri?
Triviale!
Se Amazon fosse stato nella Germania di Hitler degli anni '30, ecco come sarebbero stati i suoi roghi di libri:
Un click e tutti i libri Amazon spariscono per sempre dallo store, dal Kindle anche se li avevi comprati, da goodreads anche se li avevi recensiti, e chi ne parla su twitch demonetizzato, penalizzato, bloccato.
Lasciate #Amazon, usate le librerie indipendenti
usate https://bookwyrm.it
Usate https://owncast.it
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Periodic reminder
Your parents probably taught you from a young age not to take gifts from strangers, right?
So, why do you blindly accept now "free" services from companies online?
Another #lesfic coming your way, this time with swords:
https://eroticmythology.com/lesfic-penthesileia-erinyes-alecto?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@mythology @smutstodon @lesfic #erotica #mythology #wlw #wlwfiction #smutstodon #kink #knifeplay #amazon
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Billionaire #oligarch Jeff #Bezos deletes '#LGBTQ+ rights' and equity for Black people from #Amazon's policies. If not a national boycott now, then when? https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jeff-bezos-deletes-lgbtq-rights-34533955
The two private jets owned by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, spent nearly 25 days in the air over a 12-month period, releasing as much carbon as an Amazon employee in the US would in 207 years.
#capitalism #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #amazon #california
Amazon is flooding striking workers at DBK4 in Queens with freezing water in sub-zero weather, endangering everyone.
If you can, please do not shop at Amazon right now.
Social media posts confirming the flooding:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD2nNx1Sl6i/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD2oNicJ96-/
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/bjYgQLcLVv9NVBRn/
![Screenshot of a post by pstomlinson:
Two tweets apart on my scroll.
[screenshot of a post by
Luis Feliz Leon @Lfelizleon]:
ICYMI: Amazon appears to have flooded striking workers in Queens with raw sewage and freezing water during sub-zero temperatures this afternoon. That's according to workers and allies on the scene.
Video courtesy of Ryan Bruckenthal.
[still of water and sewage flooding out between a building and gate]
[screenshot of a post by New York Post @nypost]:
Jeff Bezos to marry fiancée Lauren Sanchez in lavish $600M Aspen wedding next weekend: report [url]
[photo of bezos and Sanchez together]](/proxy/post_attachment/383425/8593c6494f.jpeg "Screenshot of a post by pstomlinson:
Two tweets apart on my scroll.
[screenshot of a post by
Luis Feliz Leon @Lfelizleon]:
ICYMI: Amazon appears to have flooded striking workers in Queens with raw sewage and freezing water during sub-zero temperatures this afternoon. That's according to workers and allies on the scene.
Video courtesy of Ryan Bruckenthal.
[still of water and sewage flooding out between a building and gate]
[screenshot of a post by New York Post @nypost]:
Jeff Bezos to marry fiancée Lauren Sanchez in lavish $600M Aspen wedding next weekend: report [url]
[photo of bezos and Sanchez together]")
Amazon Workers Arrested by NYPD During Historic Strike
https://inthesetimes.com/article/arrested-amazon-strike-nypd
Police suppressed striking drivers in Queens who “blocked deliveries”.
#Strike #Amazon #PoliceViolence #UnfairPractices #Unity #WorkersRights #Teamsters
“Amazon chose not to act” to address safety risks, allegedly “accepting injuries to its workers as the cost of doing business.”
Daddy, why do CEOs get shot?
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The #documentary film that I'm featured in is now available for #free viewing:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb4q_dXo7Bw
It includes footage & shared #deforestation issues with the #Amazon. It's all connected.
I'm holding back tears near the end of it. I was arrested a few days after doing the documentary film interview at gate to River & Landback resistance camps.
#DocFilms #EcoFlix #FreeDocumentary #DirectAction #ClimateAction #blockade #FairyCreekBlockade #Comrades #CorporateMercenaries #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Activists #Protest #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNewDeathParty #BCForestryReform #FuckTheBCGovernment #CDNpoli #BigotsWithBadges #KKKanada #ACAB #BritishColumbia #ColonialResistance #FuckTheRCMP #FlashbackFriday #AmazonWatch
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Looking for some #positivity to end the week? I have recapped 42 notable #positive #environmental and #ClimateChange articles from past month including: a grove of 100 giant #trees in the #Amazon, #BritishSignLanguage incorporating Climate Change terms, and the first #GreySeal pup of the season in the #UK, and more.
https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-008/
Reminder: Do not cross the picket line!
"Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in more than 20 countries during Black Friday to press for better workers’ rights and climate action from the US retailer."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/25/amazon-protest-strike-black-friday
#amazon #labor #workers #WorkersRights #protest #strike #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
#PSA: amazon workers in multiple countries, including the U.S., are striking for Black Friday to Cyber Monday.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
#Unions #SupportWorkers #SupportUnions #amazon
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/25/amazon-protest-strike-black-friday
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