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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I hate the "intention" thing, but one of mine for the new year is to ask, less-then-more pointedly, why good people are still carousing at birdsite's nazi bar.

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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

@michaelgemar

Democrats are the Tracy Flick of parties. Paralyzed by perfectionism and fear.

The literal only reason there is no conversation about this is because "but but but what if it's WORSE?"

I think Biden could be talked out of running again. But there is some pernicious groupthink that "you always use the incumbent advantage" (it's still an advantage if the incumbent hands it off! It's graceful! Classy! Do it!)

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davidaugust@mastodon.online ("David August") wrote:

Wants it both ways, but that’s not how this works.

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• Screenshot of a Threads post by davidaugust: Schrödinger's insurrectionist. [quote Thread by] georgehtakei: This is in fact what he did. [screenshot of a post by] Alex Cole @acnewsitics: In Georgia, Trump argued that he is a federal officer. In Colorado, Trump argued that he isn't. (remote)

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davidaugust@mastodon.online ("David August") wrote:

Unfortunately, management cannot be relied on to treat people well all by themselves.

#UnionStrong #AChristmasCarol #unions #TradeUnions #work #labor

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• TRADE UNIONS because the odds of 3 ghosts visiting your boss to make him do the right thing are slim. [drawing of Jacob Marley visiting Scrooge in A Christmas Carol] (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I realize this made very little sense but I'm not editing it.

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jbhughes@flipboard.social wrote:

I remember when lying was generally seen as wrong.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Silent video game controllers is an underserved marketplace.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

tumblr's been going through it lately. I just got a blank html 1.0 404 page when I tried to load it

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Oh yeah, how could I forget to tag #nu / #nushell !? 😊

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Saw that Mastodon(.social) now has some statuses coming from #threads so I thought I'd check out their API support. So far, not looking good:

https://blog.nfnitloop.com/u/42P3FTZoCmN8DRmLSu89y419XfYfHP9Py7a9vNLfD72F/i/53md4qav97ySqnQ5Ypvsi6Aiq9q7j4m5FbQwwnwzjgMKhYhMGTqcmQ5mJPcYyZUe8dZ3uCgao7ZSWHWcpfsih62C/

#mastodon #threads #activitypub #activitystreams #fediverse

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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

The ability to be honest with yourself is a super power. Many people fail to grow because they’d rather lie to themselves than acknowledge the truth.

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fraying@xoxo.zone ("Derek Powazek 🐐") wrote:

When I talk about antisemitism, it's not because I think Jews are more important than anyone else. On the contrary - I'm trying to warn you! The people who hate Jews also hate my black and brown, gay and trans friends. We all share a common enemy: fascist white supremacy. And we can beat it when we all stand up together, and stand for each other.

I know I have privilege as a white-presenting mostly-hetero cis male, and I will happily use every bit of it to defy white supremacy.

Join me.

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bree@thepollen.garden ("Bree 🐝") wrote:

I'm needing a little help with federation, if anyone sees this post mind giving it a boost?

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dogzilla@metrobus.masto.host wrote:

The Maine Sec of State’s qualifications are extremely appropriate: “Currently, Secretary Bellows is serving on the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Elections, Cybersecurity, State Records and Archives … She was a member of the bipartisan 2021 NASS Task Force on Vote Verification. ... She is also a member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council.”

Maine Sec State https://www.maine.gov/sos/about/bio.html

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davidaugust@mastodon.online ("David August") wrote:

“The US Civil War was about state’s rights!”

State’s rights to keep slaves.

“The US Civil War was about economics!”

The economics of slavery.

It’s like those “explanations” are really just 3/5 of an explanation.

#USpol #CivilWar #elections #NikkiHaley

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MiBaWi@m.ai6yr.org ("MiBaWi - Michael Barthel") wrote:

#MarinCounty #California

ENG: Stinson Beach Fire has issued an evacuation order for the areas of Calles Pinos, Pradero, Sierra, Onda Resaca, Ribera, and Embarcadero, as well as sections of Calle Del Arroyo due to high surf and storm surge. Community members are instructed to EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY.

ESP: El Dept de Bomberos de Stinson Beach ha emitido una orden de evacuación para las áreas de Calles Pinos, Pradero, Sierra, Onda Resaca, Ribera, Embarcadero, y secciones de Calle Del Arroyo debido a las altas olas y mareas de tormenta. Se exije que la comunidad EVACUE INMEDIATAMENTE

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• 47550d56995e822d.jpg (remote)

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KeithMcNeill@mstdn.ca ("Keith McNeill") wrote:

"In geological terms, we’re warming at a hellish pace; but that’s not how the 24/7 news cycle works."
– Bill McKibben
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/most-important-thing-2023-heat

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

from ISW:

“Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani announced that his administration will begin procedures to remove International Coalition forces from Iraq during a press conference on December 28, likely due to pressure from Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. An Iraqi decision to expel US forces will very likely create space for ISIS to rapidly resurge in Syria within 12 to 24 months and then threaten Iraq.”

and will threaten Kurdistan

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

maybe @helpingfriendlybot will work for the show tonight!

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Sideloading and competing app stores that leave in place the basic facts of mobile OSes are not great for society!

What we want, instead, are safe-by-default platforms (which neither Apple nor Google are keen to provide) and capable, portable runtimes (which Apple and Google have done every underhanded thing you can think of to prevent).

Where's the journalism that explains this to the buying public?

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

There are basically zero articles that are honest about what competing app stores or iOS side-loading will mean in practice: which is to say, a lot of bad times for users, and not many good times for developers or publishers.

Why? Because the three inherent roles of app stores (sanding off insecure-by-default API misdesigns, further proprietary/per-OS APIs, and being shitty directories in lieu of decent search) are not things we should cheer anyone for fusing together.

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paulisci@mstdn.ca ("Paul Fairie") wrote:

Welcome to the exciting Quarterfinals of the 2023 Headline of the Year contest! (🎆🎆)

Several close contests including the 11th seed (Hijackers praised for team work) beating the 6th (DUI dog switch). This round also saw the 80,000th vote cast!

Let's review the results so far:

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• Quarterfinals: Consultants consult vs Zoo denies bear costumes God-given middle fingers vs Well organized rave Murder scene just yoga vs Hijackers good team work Ex-President jail crowded vs Brit Museum stolen items (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Working on a post about how coverage of big-tech antitrust has totally missed the browser vs. native story over the past couple of years. It seems that tech journalists have been fully captured by horse-race coverage (because clicks?) and don't engage with the consequences of change, or inform readers of what's at stake for them. It's weird that this genre not only persists, but is dominant even at the best outlets!

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letoams@defcon.social ("Paul Wouters") wrote:

I realized systemd is the Tesla of opensource.
A few brilliant groundbreaking innovations, but shoddy manufacturing, ignoring industry standards (RFCs), year long defects ignored or denied, crashes regularly, and blaming the end user for all problems. And comes with a disliked rock star

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Something this article doesn't cover is SF's gutting failure to build social housing and/or new locations for housing the unhoused. The waiting lines are still over 300 per day, but Breed and the Supes aren't using new zoning flexibility to construct new shelter, despite massive funding for homelessness mitigation. Why not?

https://sfstandard.com/2023/12/21/san-francisco-housing-construction-new-laws-sb423/

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scott@carfree.city ("scott f") wrote:

How it started / How it’s going

#TransitTooter

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• New York Times in 1986: Reagan seeks cut of 40% in funds for mass transit (remote)
• San Francisco Standard in 2023: SF’s Market Street subway runs on Reagan-era floppy disks (remote)

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forrestbrazeal@hachyderm.io ("Forrest Brazeal") wrote:

DHH says most companies should “seriously reconsider the cloud craze.”

OK, I considered it seriously. Here are my very serious thoughts.

https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/wait-is-cloud-bad

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

"Shitposting is an anagram of Top Insights."

yes!

h/t @GossiTheDog

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Pinning this: if you DM me, I can’t see it, sorry - I have DMs disabled, they get yeeted into the abyss with the Star Wars Holiday Special.

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OldAndCranky@sfba.social wrote:

ooof. Husband just put on a few minutes of Ricky Gervais' new Netflix special. So bad. Makes me sad- back in the day he'd make me laugh a bit. Now he just seems like he's trying soooo hard to be edgy and he's just doing a lot of dumb punching down. Not clever, not witty, just dumb. I still love The Invention of Lying, though- or most of it. Warmed my little atheist heart.