So, you've signed up for my newsletter?

I better not disappoint you then :P

Author

Elijah Crabtree
May 05, 2023

Welcome to Me!

Thank you for joining. I know you’re busy, so I’ll keep this short.

Something quick and funny 😆

3 useful AI tools 🤖

Spellpage: to-do lists on crack

Just imagine, a to-do list that does itself for you.

www.spellpage.com

Deeper: Relationship Questions

Get to know your partner deeper. AI-generated “random” questions, personalized for you to help strengthen your relationship.

getdeeper.app

Bigjpg: lossless image enlarging

Apparently, the tool is mainly for anime-type images, but I used it to enlarge one of my logos for this newsletter! The name is a little misleading, since it works with more than just JPG images.

bigjpg.com

Actually make a difference 🙃

Stop the Restrict Act and Pass Real Privacy Legislation

Under the guise of curbing data collection by foreign governments, the RESTRICT Act (Senate Bill 686) would set the stage for a restriction on the use of TikTok, but not do nearly enough to truly protect our private information. Due to undefined mitigation measures coupled with a vague enforcement provision, the bill could also criminalize common practices like using a VPN or side-loading to install a prohibited app.

act.eff.org/action/stop-the-restrict-act-and-pass-real-privacy-legislation

Battle for Libraries

Don’t let libraries die. As the future goes digital, major publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ defense of digital books from censorship. It’s time to fight back.

www.battleforlibraries.com

This isn't just a nightmare for media preservationists, the Internet Archive is important for researchers and historians too. IA is documenting the internet like no other organization, and offering open access to its archive. This lawsuit is undermining the archive's role of documenting and compiling the history of the internet, which is an affront to History itself! Imagine all those bits of information lost and erased from memory forever...

screenshot captured May 4, 2023 (May the Fourth be with you)

Something long and thought-provoking 🤔

I was so excited to see these two geniuses from such different fields, together in a single room. Andrew Huberman, a brilliant and accomplished neuroscientist and professor of neurobiology and psychiatry at Stanford Medicine. Rick Rubin, one of the most talented and decorated musical engineers the world has ever known. That might actually be an understatement. My head just about slid clean off when I found Rubin’s production discography on Wikipedia.

This is so densely packed with wisdom, it may take multiple sittings to finish listening. That being said, I found something life-changing in the first 20 minutes.

Great new music (2023) 🎤

The intensifying distortion on Theo’s voice, combined with his piercing falsetto, give this recording an especially fresh kind of chilling vibe. Like many of his songs, it gives me goosebumps time after time.

Historical & Musical (1969) 🎸

Especially to someone unfamiliar with Jimi Hendrix, this may at first sound like (unintentionally) sloppy playing. Continue listening. Just, continue listening.

Something decentralized ⛓️

Join Minds, and Elevate the Conversation

Minds is an open source social network dedicated to Internet freedom. Speak freely, protect your privacy, earn crypto rewards and take back control of your social media. (I am on this platform, and this is my own personal referral link)

www.minds.com/register?referrer=permafriday

Something for privacy 🕵️

Skiff: a Private and Secure Workspace!

Skiff is a more secure replacement for some popular Google products, like Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar. I use it almost every day!

skiff.com/open-source

Something disturbing 🙉🙈

No preview for this one. That’s not fair to you. View at your own risk.

This is real. Apparently…

What do you think?

Was this helpful / entertaining for you? How often should I send a new one?

Send me your thoughts by replying to this email!

If you like what I’m doing, please help out by showing a friend or four.

Thanks for being here :)

Here’s a special shout out to my 10th subscriber. You are a truly talented artist, and a respectable person. You’ve been really good to me over the years, and I appreciate you.