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

mhoye wrote:

@kissane makes the extremely important point that in agreeing to federate with Facebook you're also letting them externalize the costs and effects of their moderation failures directly into your communities.

https://mas.to/@kissane/112168450000051408

https://glaad.org/smsi/report-meta-fails-to-moderate-extreme-anti-trans-hate-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Q: Why is Donald Trump suddenly selling $60 bibles?

A: It enables churches to funnel money to him without violating the (US law) ban on political campaigning by churches—it's a form of money laundering, in other words.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

It's always awkward for me to talk about sports with American people. After I shock them by telling I don't watch any of the sports they probably want to talk about (yes, even football, either kind) I shock them further by listing sports I'm a fan of: snooker, formula E, and now sumo, apparently. This usually ends the conversation. Which I'm fine with, but I can see it really feels awkward for my mostly extroverted interlocutors.

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

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Because the pundits are unclear on this

A non-compliance investigation by a regulator is not done to find excuses for a fine

The point is to change behaviour

If Apple and the rest change their behaviour before the end of the investigative period, odds are they’ll only get a slap on the wrist

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

In a meeting now.

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

Attachments:

• A stuffed Mastodon toy sitting in a large executive chair at a conference table. He is tall enough that his trunk is above the table.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

He’s a New York boy. Or at least an in New York boy.

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

Attachments:

• A stuffed Mastodon toy sitting in front of a window of a tall building with the skyline of New York visible in the background.

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

bjhess@social.lol ("Barry Hess") wrote:

Blogged: You Deserve It https://bjhess.com/posts/you-deserve-it

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

I'm not ever voting for the sticky-fingered candidate, and for sure I'm not buying his Bible with the stuck-together pages.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/27/great-bible-but-what-about-the-sticky-pages/

Attachments:

• hypocrite holding a bible (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu ("European Commission") wrote:

Nearly 14 million EU nationals live in an EU country different than the one they come from. And about 12 million of them have the right to vote.

If you are one of them, you can vote at the forthcoming European Elections 2024 in your country of residence.

To do that, you may need to register.

Learn more about the concrete registration deadlines in the different EU countries and other practical arrangements.

https://elections.europa.eu/en/ #UseYourVote

Attachments:

• A visual with the text ‘USE YOUR VOTE. European Elections 6-9 June 2024. #UseYourVote. Elections.europa.eu.’ The background is dark blue and features three yellow stars. (remote)

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Last night on Oxide and Friends, @bcantrill and I were joined by Nicholas Carlini to talk about his work on adversarial machine learning; some additional thoughts for you bots out there: :)ish? -> %{ NAME awesome coffee DJstructor Tuialsheet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATth8p-7Jnc

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:

I wonder if I'm doing something wrong when someone on LinkedIn whose profile says "helping founders get revenue-positive, faster" wants to add me as a contact because they enjoyed my NodeConf EU talk about the history of server-side runtimes...

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Fuuuuuucccckkkkkkkkkk

Canva Acquires Affinity
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/03/26/canva-acquires-affinity-serif/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Spruced up the ol' blog. Made some design changes and lots of internal updates. Really took advantage of @eleventy global data this go round.

#blogging #11ty #StaticSiteFanClub

https://fromjason.xyz/

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

Apples Never Fall is pretty much exactly as underwhelming as I expected from Peacock trying to make a prestige drama.

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

Hey @eff, @stevetex. Fam. If y'all can bitch and moan about ISPs, maybe the phones that almost every human on the planet carry deserve a minute of your time?

Letting @owa carry this is clown-car abdication of your mission(s).

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

ryanfb@digipres.club ("Ryan Baumann") wrote:

The idea that Truth Social might not have a clue about security is disclosed as a risk in their IPO filings. But I feel the public, who Trump is trying to offload this stock to, should be better informed that this risk already seems to be realized ahead of tomorrow’s potential IPO.

Attachments:

• an SEC filing detailing “risks related to TMTG’s business”, detailing that it operates Truth Social, with multiple bullet points listed, for “including risks related to its ability to” and the highlighted bullet point “prevent, detect, respond to, or mitigate failures or breaches of privacy and security” (remote)

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

ryanfb@digipres.club ("Ryan Baumann") wrote:

Theoretically, anyone with internet access would have been able to put two and two together to exploit this vulnerability since its public disclosure in July of 2023. But I'm sure nobody, and certainly not state actors, would have an interest in exploiting the security of a social network owned and used by a presidential candidate (who now stands to profit billions of dollars from its sale to the public)

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

hilarious

https://mstdn.social/@stux/112163975507522652

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

This could not be more important to the future of the web. If mobile choice is ever going to matter, it has to matter when you tap on links inside apps too:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/in-app-browsers-the-worst-erosion-of-user-choice-you-havent-heard-of/

The big question, ofc, is where the heck are Mozilla and EFF? Why are they spending more time on net neutrality than browser choice?

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

In case the reference wasn't clear:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/business/media/ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-msnbc.html?smid=nytcore-android-share&ugrp=c&pvid=d4d3aa87-a1f3-4640-8409-ceb067efe392

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

Imagine having a name that sounds just like Ronald McDonald, and having that be neither the funniest nor the most clownish thing about you.

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

I love a web browser but I'd like to run other kinds of applications too, while they're still legal!

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

I'd think I'd be much happier in a world where my paid feeds live in dedicated apps that speak open web protocols instead of The Inbox

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

Paid per-subscriber full-text RSS feeds could be an important next step for the web media ecosystem. People totally use the tech for podcasts, too! I'm hopeful that this announcement marks an inflection point https://www.404media.co/404-media-now-has-a-full-text-rss-feed/

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

rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

Your periodic reminder that Medicare For All would save $450 billion in health care costs and 68,000 lives per year.

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

wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social ("Wikimedia Foundation") wrote:

Wikipedia's vision is of a world in which everyone can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge. But we cannot achieve that when we are missing so much knowledge about women.

This #WomensHistoryMonth, join us in closing the gender knowledge gap on Wikipedia and across the Wikimedia projects.

#ChangeTheStats #OpenTheKnowledge

Get started: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia-needs-more-women

Attachments:

• Wikipedia needs more women (remote)
• Only 19% of all biographies on Wikipedia are about women (remote)
• Only 13% of Wikipedia editors identify as women (remote)
• Together, we can Change the Stats (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

New homepage for fromjason. What ya think?

Attachments:

• Promotional graphic resembling a book cover with stylized text and an illustration of a classical statue with a splash of red, possibly symbolizing ink or blood, over the mouth area. Text announces "FROM JASON" and references odes, satires

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

timkmak@journa.host ("Tim Mak") wrote:

#NATO is considering shooting down Russian missiles on approach to the Alliance's borders.

This can happen with the consent of #Ukraine and taking into account international consequences, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.

The arrival of a Russian missile on the territory of Poland is a deliberate act, said a top Polish official.

https://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/rozmowa-o-7/news-szejna-ambasador-andriejew-wykazal-sie-dezercja-dyplomatyczn,nId,7411894#crp_state=1

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

DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

#NewsMax #RWNJ

Newsmax got funding from Qatari royal family during Trump administration: WaPo https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4557594-newsmax-funding-qatari-royal-family-trump-administration-wapo/

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

pixelfed wrote:

PSA: We switched signing keys for our Pixelfed for Android app.

If you are having issues updating to the latest version (1.0.0.44), we suggest deleting the Pixelfed app from your Android device, then re-installing the APK from https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps

We've submitted our app to the Play Store for an open beta, and look forward to distributing the app via Play Store and F-Droid in the near future!

We appreciate your patience during this beta period!