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Wendy M. Grossman

@wendyg@mastodon.xyz
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Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. (#NetWars). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www.pelicancrossing.net for more. also @wendyg@mastodon.xyz on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www.pelicancrossing.net/lasttriphome.htm. Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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freelance writer
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Computers, freedom, and privacy
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https://www.pelicancrossing.net

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 27, 2026

This week's net.wars, "Saving no one", finds that 3D printing is enabling puzzle-making and ponders the mess of the Information Commissioner Office's fine against Reddit: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/02/27/saving-no-one/ #NetWars #OnlineSafetyAct

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 20, 2026

This week's net.wars, "Information wants to be surveiled," discovers surveillance pricing, in which the pythons of industry use everything they know about us to wring out every last drop of profit: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/02/20/information-wants-to-be-surveiled/ #NetWars #Surveillance #Retail

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 18, 2026

RE: @julf@social.secret-wg.org

you have a problem with that?

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 13, 2026

This week's net.wars, "Whooped", watches the recent Australian Open, where the powers that be disagreed about whether #tennis players could wear Whoop fitness tracker bands in competition: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/02/13/whooped/ #NetWars #data

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 08, 2026

RIP Dave Farber, sometimes called the "grandfather of the Internet".

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 06, 2026

This week's net.wars, "In search of the future Internet", goes to meetings building opposition to AI-withouth-public-consent: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/02/06/in-search-of-the-future-internet/ #NetWars #AI #polycrisis

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Feb 04, 2026

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk what is this?

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Jan 30, 2026

This week's net.wars, "Universal service", plays Techdirt's One Billion Users Game and contemplates the potential loss of Freeview, the UK's public service broadcast TV system: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/01/30/universal-service/ #NetWars #TV #SocialMedia

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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Jan 28, 2026

RE: @oneguynick@mastodon.social

Some great movies there...

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My controversial take: Linux desktops peaked with KDE 3.5.x. (Gnome is a ghastly abomination and KDE's been going downhill ever since.) macOS desktops peaked with Snow Leopard (10.6). Everything since
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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Dec 24, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop People tend to equate "easy" with "familiar". Creates a lot of inertia.
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Metaverse today, "AI" (actually just grand theft autocomplete) tomorrow. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115663189943069630
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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Dec 05, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop "grand theft autocomplete" is very fine.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 25 Nov What are some tips you can share to avoid 'clunky' phrasing? Everybody's suggesting reading your work aloud, but I disagree: prose fiction should not focus on replicating spe
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Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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Wendy M. Grossman
Wendy M. Grossman
@wendyg@mastodon.xyz

Freelance writer specializing in computers, freedom, and privacy, aka "net.wars", published every Friday at netwars.pelicancrossing.net. ( # NetWars ). Contributing editor, Plutopia News Network podcast. Regular visitor to the Tech Grumps podcast. Founder The Skeptic (UK). Folksinger. See https://www. pelicancrossing.net for more. also @ wendyg on Bluesky. New folk music CD 2024: The Last Trip Home, https://www. pelicancrossing.net/lasttripho me.htm . Will be live at the Old Songs Folk Festival 2025!!

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@wendyg@mastodon.xyz · Nov 25, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop As against that, a lot of people now "read" by listening to audio books. Do you adapt for this at all?
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