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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

reichenstein ("Oliver Reichenstein") wrote:

"Banning TikTok, rather than passing comprehensive federal privacy legislation, is nothing but xenophobic theater. China can (and does) already buy a ton of data on Americans because we refuse to pass any regulation regarding data brokers who make this data available..." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/14/once-more-with-feeling-banning-tiktok-is-unconstitutional-wont-do-shit-to-deal-with-any-actual-threats/

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

rail_@bark.lgbt ("rail :neofox_flag_nb: 🌿") wrote:

At last

Fast charging

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• 3-phase high power electric plug with a thin USB-C cable coming out of the other end (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

bright_helpings@mspsocial.net ("Erik") wrote:

Hey how's work/life/anything going, Erik?

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• An infographic showing The Inaccessibility Cycle. There is a circle of arrows, showing a cycle as follows: > Inaccessibility > Disabled people unable to participate > Disabled people not visible in public > Disabled people seen as outlier/rarity > "So there's little/no need to consider them." The last arrow points back to "Inaccessibility", completing the cycle. The original infographic is by Pacing Pixie, redesigned by Siuman. (remote)

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

I'm at the @tailscale booth at SCaLE today! Come by and say hi! 🐧

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

There are a lot of reasons renaming Twitter to X was really stupid, and this doesn't even crack the top 10, but: in a list, it just looks like a typo. It doesn't fit in at all.

Typographically, I want to just say "Twitter" to actually balance it with the others, instead of having one item with a single character awkwardly dangling there.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

The amount of meta employees, meta-affiliated lobbyists, and venture capitalist with dubious ties to Meta running around Mastodon undetected is WILD.

I'm sure the average Mastadonian isn't aware, but there is zero chance that Fediverse and Indie Web leaders don't know the extent in which we are being nudged on this app.

In my opinion, it's a huge breach of trust and and an abuse of influence to allow this to continue.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

jdp23@blahaj.zone ("Jon") wrote:

@carnage4life@mas.to It's also interesting how little discussion there is of the #Meta's played in this by hiring Republican lobbyists to attack #TikTok https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

MisuseCase@twit.social ("Misuse Case") wrote:

@carnage4life Gridr’s sale put its data in the hands of folks who can now blackmail its users. This is not theoretical: it’s happened!

https://time.com/6083323/bishop-pillar-grindr-data/

I think people who believe that selling TikTok to someone in the U.S. will make it safer for U.S. users have a really screwed up threat model.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

evangreer@mastodon.online ("Evan Greer 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Ban facial recognition, not TikTok

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

ghibli@mstdn.social ("Daily Ghibli :verified:") wrote:

Did you know there are another incredible Chinese versions of Studio Ghibli posters?

🇨🇳

The artwork is stunning and adds a whole new layer to these beloved films. Check them out and let me know which one is your favorite!

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #poster #anime #hayaomiyazaki #ChineseCinema #Artsy

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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

Alkaris@meow.social ("Alkaris :verified_trans: :verified:") wrote:

Gumroad is banning NSFW content, and everybody has 1 day to remove all of their NSFW content.

#gumroad

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• Adult content on Gumroad The TL;DR In accordance with the policies of our payment processing partners, including Stripe and PayPal, we do not allow sales of the sexually explicit content. What is sexually explicit Sexually explicit content is media that is created for the primary purpose of sexual gratification - fetish content, media with characters depicted in sexual situations, or content that is clearly produced for titillation. If your products can be understood as being primarily for sexual purposes, then they are not eligible to be sold on Gumroad. To be clear, this includes all types of media: photography, videos, animations, illustrations, written media, audio books, and audio products. This can include but is not limited to: o Avatars in compromising or sexual positions or avatars that advertise NSFW uses or explicit modifications like "breast expansions” o Animated pornographic videos o Fetish-driven content « Financial domination content o Sketches/artwork where the content's focus is sexual gratification « Videos with lingerie or nudity « Audio-erotica or role-play audio o Adult comics with nudity or sexual acts » Cosplay/boudoir/lewd photography that's focused on sexual activity (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

denmanrooke@social.coop ("Denman Rooke") wrote:

So, a follow up on this. Wizards reached out to me today & we jumped on a call. They thanked me for being vocal about it, they agreed, & they reiterated their commitment as company to continue supporting human creativity & to not use AI. So that's good to hear.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We say we want a web that goes beyond the ad-stuffed keyword-optimized blogs, but when someone dares tries something different, some of us react like this.

I don't write for praise. I was well aware that my writing styles aren't for everyone. But most of these comments by grown adult men, have the spirit of a vindictive twelve year old boy.

I hate to dwell on this because I've had more people reach out with kind words, but this is wild.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39688165

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

bd@merveilles.town ("Bad Diode") wrote:

Saw the Talking Heads's "Stop Making Sense" concert on the cinema yesterday and it was incredible. The energy was unreal, I would be demolished after playing 2 songs moving like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIw-nCzF56Y

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Anyway, I wrote about how companies like Meta are positioning itself to sell us the next iteration of the web: computing power consumption

Consumption is why they try so hard to sell use on computing hungry tech. Consumption is why #Llama is on Github for free.

The cloud is an oligopoly and Meta positioned to destroy the earth in pursuit of power
https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Not the inventor of the hash tag blocking me on Threads after he tried to intimidate me for speaking out against Meta lmao

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

keithamus@indieweb.social wrote:

I need everyone to internalise this flow chart.

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• Start: Does your UI appear above other UI? No: As you were (End) Yes: Is your UI interactive? No: Use title= or aria-describedby= to a ``(End) Yes: Do you really want the user to deal with this now? Yes: Use a and call `showModal()`(End) No: Is your UI one of those weird sticky headers? No: Use a `` and call `.showPopover()`(End) Yes: Stop what you're doing and call the police. (End) (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

That_Fisch ("J.D. Fisch🍀🇮🇪") wrote:

Here's a other one I found on Threads, 😁 FACTS!

#Facts #Threads

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Twitter is dying. TikTok is about to be banned. Meta has its claws deep into Mastodon and ActivityPub. Social media as a whole is shifting towards becoming a hostile place for dissenting voices and activists.

TikTok is not without its flaws. And there may come a time when the tool proves not as useful anymore.

But in this moment, right now, TikTok is the move. If we lose this platform, those who live on the margins will be worse off for it.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

If you think we get the word out as fast and effectively without a platform out of the reach of the US government, you're wrong.

https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

And if you think we can just hop over to a new platform and reorganized, you are lying to yourself.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/15/success/instagram-threads-political-content/index.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

And no time in American history have we been more dialed into the horrors happening to the Palestinian people. We were able to share the stories on TikTok that the US press refused to cover.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We do not lift the veil on a revolution in Iran without brave women sharing their stories on TikTok, and other women around the globe amplifying those stories.

https://theconversation.com/iranian-protesters-turn-to-tiktok-to-get-their-message-past-government-censors-192321

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We do not have a nationwide Black Lives Matter movement without the Black Activists who were smart enough to recognize TikTok as a hub for social justice organization.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/tik-tok-black-lives-matter/index.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Here's the good news— it's not too late. We can change our minds after receiving new information. We don't have to dig our heels into the sand.

The lines that divides us are not digital. It is now and have always been a divide of class and wealth.

So pay attention to those who like to highlight factions among us. Those people are out there every day dancing between the space between us we've made.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

We should be checking in with our Black, Indigenous and Latine activists, with our LGTBQA activists, and ask _them_ how a TikTok ban or seizer affects the movement. Because some of the BEST social justice work is happening on #Tiktok right now.

Instead, we've decided for them that they can start fresh somewhere else. The irony of saying that on Mastodon where POC are not provided w a platform is nuts.

We have lost our way and our minds. We should be uniting right now.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

I knew we didn't have solidarity with each other. Like, I get that Americans have this innate hatred for working class folks. But rarely have I seen it manifested as strongly as this looming Tiktok seizure.

People are tripping over themselves to let the world know how elated they are that this will disrupt our ability to organize and disperse information. And it's happening in the name of some weird digital nationalism where we think we're better because of the platform we use.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

LALegault@newsie.social ("LA Legault dissents") wrote:

I’ve seen the CEO of #Tiktok in several interviews now and he has no intention of selling TikTok, he has explicitly stated if the bill passes it will simply mean a ban for Americans.

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

I don't even believe in Hell.

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

JK Rowling continues her descent with a stop at Nazi revisionism. Where will it end? In Hell, I hope.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/15/ignorance-and-hate-go-well-together/

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• JK Rowling doesn't know that Nazis burned sexology books. (remote)