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fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

First, a summary:

Using #ActicityPub and #Mastodon as a launching point, Meta could provide social cloud services that met regulation requirements. Small devs and admins, who couldn't meet it themselves, would be compelled to migrate.

This would first happen through #threads (dot) net. 
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Meta then offers a revenue-split with its ad network. This aligns with a well-documented #regulatorycapture strategy using a carrot and stick tactic. Where regulation is the stick and ad-revenue the carrot.

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

Let's talk about "Copy, Acquire, K*ll," #Meta's well-documented version of Embrace, Enhance, Extinguish. 💨

Yesterday I posted to my blog about how Zuck could be gearing up to pivot into social media cloud services.

There was so much info around this, I had to edit the post down to a modest 2,000 words 😅

So I wanted to offer more details in a thread 🧵

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/

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

Breaktime for Bonzo... preso almost drafted

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

What, exactly, am I supposed to celebrate on New Year's Eve? Nobody actually expects that next year will be better than this one, surely?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/31/screw-2023-2024-is-going-to-be-awful/

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Every New Year's Eve I briefly ask myself whether democracy is really the right system 😆

*Explosive noises in the background* 🧨

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

I don't know how I've lived my life without `color-mix` in CSS.

https://codepen.io/collinsworth/pen/BaboKLE?editors=0100

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Tonight is the night that each tree in the world adds a ring.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#SilentSunday

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• A woman in a red sweater and woolen plaid skirt is walking along an asphalt road covered in orange leaves under a grey sky, surrounded by yellowing trees on both sides, a body of water on the left and some houses on the right.

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Go is simply not a bad programming language, I'm sorry

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

Might not be a good writer, but at least I'm glacially slow at it.

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

It feels like we need "weight classes" for SSGs and projects based on full rebuild times. I'm curious what folks are experiencing, so a quick poll below. If your situation isn't covered, would love to hear more:

What's the throughput of your SSG on the box you work on day-to-day in terms of milliseconds per page generated in a full (clean) rebuild:

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colorblindcowboy@mastodon.art ("it’s-still-yule cowboy 😷✊🏻") wrote:

Bette Davis was divorced by her husband because, apparently, “she read too much.”

#Bookstodon

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• Period newspaper article with headline saying “Bette Davis Divorced: “She Read Too Much” – Says Husband (remote)

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

There's truth in the Embrace, Enhance, Extinguish theory. But #Meta has its own strategy. It's called Copy, Acquire, K*ll.

I wrote about that strategy as it relates to #threads and #mastodon. I also have some insight for what Zuck might be up to. It's not what you think.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/

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berniethewordsmith@mastodon.online ("Bernie The Wordsmith") wrote:

Sooo I defended the federation with #Threads as a way to attract more people to the Fediverse.

During the last weeks I saw Andrew Tate, Libs of TikTok and a bunch of racist weirdos get prioritized in its algorithm.

Then I read Adam Mosseri in an old article mentioning how his team lose "some" sleep about the Myanmar Genocide.

Kill Threads. With fire.

#Meta

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RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Even More Halloween Tarr") wrote:

If Snoopy were my dog, I'd wonder how he knew so much about World War I.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

matthiasott ("Matthias Ott") wrote:

Issue 6 of #OwnYourWeb is out. 🥳

Was 2023 the year of the personal website? And what about 2024?

Plus links to the blog posts of the year by @b0rk, @pluralistic, @davatron5000, @joshwcomeau, @slightlyoff, @shadeed9, and @tantek.com and many more!👏

Personal site of the (every other) week by @tylergaw 🛹🎉

https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-06/

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dosnostalgic ("Anatoly Shashkin💾") wrote:

New Year's Resolution:

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• A low resolution image of two crossed arrows going a light blue background the entire length of the image each A horizontal yellow one with text "320" A pink vertical one with text "200"

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

It's tough to get things done as a parent, but if you spend an entire afternoon on it, and neglect your kids in front of the TV, you can probably get about halfway done with a very minor project that will remain unfinished for weeks. I know you can do it.

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

Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to ("Nonya Bidniss") wrote:

#introduction
Retired civil servant interested in: #natsec #military #science #bioscience #biology #pandemics #EmergingTechnology #infosec #InfectiousDisease #virology #BiologicalWeapons #intelligence #space #DoD #history #nature #maker #sporespondence #mosstodon #frogs #hiking #antifascist

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

the return of the Spoils System

https://newsie.social/@morgfair/111671325892136488

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morgfair@newsie.social ("Morgan Fairchild") wrote:

How Trump Could Decimate the Civil Service - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/20/trump-civil-service-00132459

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

mhoye wrote:

I think it's important to recognize that NFTs served their purpose, that being as a mechanism to transfer wealth from the desperate to the rich, and once they passed some threshold of useful inflation, to facilitate money laundering.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406198-nfts-died-a-slow-painful-death-in-2023-as-most-are-now-worthless/

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

Another update on Cyber Toufan tonight - they've emailed customers of pts-tools.com the following message.

More details here: https://doublepulsar.com/cyber-toufan-goes-oprah-mode-with-free-linux-system-wipes-of-over-100-organisations-eaf249b042dc

#cybertoufan #threatintel

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

Here’s the video Cyber Toufan posted last month of them accessing the Bitbucket source code repositories of Joomi - a Magento developer (online shopping stores).

The repositories are not public so somehow they got into Joomi.

#threatintel #cybertoufan

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

I did a write up about Cyber Toufan - over 100 orgs breached and data dumped, including multiple cyber security vendors, about a third haven't been able to recover after being wiped. Includes TTPs, suggestions.

Customers of customers of customers of customers have been getting emails from threat actor, who are sending what are the first (?) lobbying emails from hack of a supply chain.

https://doublepulsar.com/cyber-toufan-goes-oprah-mode-with-free-linux-system-wipes-of-over-100-organisations-eaf249b042dc

#threatintel #cybertoufan

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

wise words

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/opinion/donald-trump-debbie-dingell.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J00.knKG.5KPWMzs2Jjli&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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• Representative Dingell (remote)

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

I am hopeful that he is correct

https://me.dm/@anildash/111670627290762486

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anildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:

Hey look, it’s my first piece for Rolling Stone! (Thanks @noahshachtman) And I meant every word — I believe we’re seeing the renaissance of the weird, human internet. It couldn’t come a moment too soon. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/

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warandpeas ("War and Peas 🧿") wrote:

Bye 2023 👋👋

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LukeBornheimer@sfba.social ("Luke Bornheimer") wrote:

A recent citywide survey found that 43% of San Franciscans would be more likely to use a bike/scooter if there were a network of protected bike lanes.

43% of San Francisco’s current population is 360,000+ people — this would massively, positively, and quickly transform our city!

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• The question: If there were a network of safe protected bike lanes across the city, would you be more likely to use a bike, e-bike, or scooter instead of drive on some local errands, or would it not make a difference? 43% More likely 46% No difference Survey by Grow SF (remote)