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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:
Alex Russell @slightlyoff makes some solid points about the limitations of technical solutions to social problems: the @tag did indeed misfire here.
https://infrequently.org/2024/07/misfire/
BTW, a previous TAG recognised this limitation:
https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/unsanctioned-tracking/#h-limitations-of-technical-solutions
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
So my friends over at the @tag wrote a Finding on third-party cookie depreciation. TBH, I'm disappointed, but the good news is that could still be fixed with some targeted additions (and a bit less grandstanding).
I lay out the case here:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lukeharby@octodon.social ("Luke Harby") wrote:
Hey!
Do you own a circular slide rule, or know someone who does? Maybe you have a box in the attic or a whole drawer of them.
I am working on an artist’s book with one chapter dedicated to circular slide rules.
If you would like to help me out and get a credit in a really cool book then please scan your slide rule(s) and submit via the form on my site or you can email me lharby@gmail.com.
Details and submissions at this link https://slackwise.org.uk/submit
Please retoot for more toot-ins!
Thank you!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aliettedb@wandering.shop ("Aliette de Bodard") wrote:
Oh hey my book is out!
Four bickering juniors. One eldritch space monster on the loose. And just to make things worse, the juniors' superior is murdered.Aka "disaster lesbians try to cooperate. It involves a lot of finger waggling, dangerous situations, and also some pining and longing because what's a mission without a fling?"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250324887/navigationalentanglements
(cover art; Sija Hong)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Your Trump voting neighbor may deny they are supporters of anything "weird" like Qanon if you ask them.
But there's a good chance they believe some or all of the basic ideas of Qanon if they support Trump.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
technotenshi@infosec.exchange ("TechnoTenshi :verified_trans: :Fire_Lesbian:") wrote:
The Senate has passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which could enable extensive online censorship and monitoring under the guise of protecting children. This bill threatens free speech and privacy. Contact your representatives to protect our digital and privacy rights.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
elfin@mstdn.social ("`Da Elf") wrote:
@GottaLaff
@GhostOnTheHalfShell>>Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch wrote, "If Democrats can't defeat a party that wants to end recreational sex then I give up."
Right?!?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
socprof@masto.ai ("SocProf for Harris") wrote:
"Donald,. if you have anything to say, SAY IT TO MY FACE" was the line of the speech. And the crowd went nuts. 🐔
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I think this view is towards Bowfell, but I'm not sure. From Dungeon Ghyll facing west.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #TheLakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:
k-street food version of an "egg roll"
:insta: seoultoast_bong
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:
#stonecanyonfire #lyonscolorado #lyonsfire
Trying to move livestock to Jeffco as of 16:45. We do have some folks at BoCo fairgrounds. I have some alfalfa bales and chicken feed, water, human snacks here at BoCo fairgrounds (look for the red 4runner with llama trailer). If you need animals out of fire zone and don’t have trailer, hit me up and we’ll get folks to you.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Ewww, ick, wash your hands!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/30/reinforcing-that-dumb-jock-stereotype/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
Governments always want to censor and surveil the internet and the only thing that ever changes is the boogeyman they point to as justification for their power grab.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Some of y'all don't understand the gift that is not having to learn about some weird racist conditioning you have in public.
Because everyday, Black liberators are on these apps giving you the advice of a lifetime.
And instead of self reflecting next to a cozy fire and a recommended book, you decided to learn about your racism on the internet for all to see, under a Black woman's comment section.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, take the fucking advice and spare yourself the embarrassment.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:
Please stop asking Black women who have spent their lives fighting racism what we’re doing to fight racism. That’s actual delusion.
Instead, ask your very White self what have YOU have done to dismantle racism in your own life. What are you actively doing to protect people of color from this type of behavior? That is the only question you get to ask or focus on.
Less on me. I wake up actualizing anti-blackness. What did you do today?
From: @lucasgonze
https://indieweb.social/@lucasgonze/112877498836103949
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Firefishy@en.osm.town ("Grant Slater") wrote:
Dear AI Companies, instead of sneakily scraping OpenStreetMap.org, how about a tiny $10,000 donation? We'll even throw in a shiny new download link to our entire planet's geo data! Who knew it was that easy? Start here: https://supporting.openstreetmap.org/donate/ #win #ai #bots #OpenStreetMap 🌍 🤖 🤑
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
The day we stop approaching racism, particularly anti-Black racism, as an external problem we need to fix, and approach it as internal conditioning we need to undo, is the day we make actual progress.
The people who believe they don't need to do that are the ones who need to do it the MOST.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
CaribenxMarciaX@scholar.social ("PVs- DR. Artist Marcia X") wrote:
"the insidious nature of whiteness has informed the building of the code and that is reflected in the way users interact with one another. To see the quote ‘For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change”-Lorde is an oxymoron on the fediverse."
This was written in what.. 2020
ITS 4 YEARS OLD
https://www.artistmarciax.com/post/archived-post-op-ed-decoloniality-and-fediverse
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
I love when white people tell us we should be grateful for what they enable us to have.
Just in case there was any question about which type of racism is the problem here:
"Minorities don't make as much money, or get as much education, and despite that, this place enables them to have a voice."
This is why moderation won't solve racism. Because who is going to suspend this diet-coke racist?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:
great signal out here
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
We can't code away the racism problem in the Fediverse.
Racist trolls are a symptom to a much bigger issue. Mastodon's demographics mirror Big tech. Every last power structure in the Fediverse is controlled by white people who have sprinkled in a couple of tokens towards the bottom.
No one has done any anti-racist work because we all have either decided that we were born enlightened or that our oppressed identities omit us from white supremacy.
The call. Inside the house. So on.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lmorchard@hackers.town ("Les Orchard") wrote:
This song scratched my brain meats in a good spot:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Biles is friggin’ amazing, as a person and as an athlete
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
Newsflash. 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️
White LGBTQ+ people can be racist. Is that something we need to say?
So many responses here being like, as a trans person, I got such better community on Mastodon from the beginning.
Change that to "As a WHITE trans person."
Take a look at what Black, Arab and other nonwhite trans people have been saying on here, and how you've been treating them.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
jdp23@blahaj.zone ("Jon") wrote:
You can't migrate your followers to a server that's been defederated (or that's defederated your server).
In other situations ... well, theoretically yes, but in practice it's not always smooth. Erin Kissane's Notes from a Mastodon Migration is a great read.
And of course you can't migrate your posts to another Mastodon server at all, whcih is what people really want. When people not familiar with the fediverse ask me why that is, I point out that the Mastodon code base is controlled by the same people who control the largest server, which is generally regarded as having bad moderation, so it's not in their interest to make it easy for people to move -- hmm, I wonder if that accounts for the lack of investment in this?@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org @blogdiva@mastodon.social @KraftTea@mastodon.social @midgephoto@photog.social
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
I'd like to see more "lets reflect on what the culture of the community that has been curated on the fediverse is, and how the tooling has enabled that culture," and less "its just about switching instances" or "do this one thing and the racism bug will be fixed."
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
@TomSwirly
As I wrote many times, I want to see more reflection on the culture here & less "maybe its the instance I"m in that is better that's why I don't see racism."We received a lot of abuse from trans white people.
Seems like people don't want to believe that the fediverse is as blatantly racist as it is. You don't see it because you're not the target. Period. Not because you're on better instance, or someone else is doing something right. You're not the target in a toxic platform.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
The report continues
"...In any case the "trans women masquerading as ..." trope is highly offensive and the amount of barely concealed transphobia that followed on from it was almost shocking. I say almost because I am almost immune to it now."
It seems that according to Mastodon, only white queer people exist!
And we have the insufferable brand of "its your moderation that's the problem."
Not its you. Its your supremely white toxic curated community on here that's the problem.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
Let me show y'all just how toxic you are.
Someone at lgbtqia.space reported Alex, an Arab trans woman with this to say about her and our instance.
"I find this problematic in the context of wide ranging reports of racist abuse coming from BIPOC folks on Masto and dair-community dot com. It seems that this is an AI centred community with an incredibly laissez-faire attitude to moderating, with a transphobic mod who also tolerates ableist hate towards autistic people at the very least.....
