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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Spending thirty million dollars to get bluesky to interoperate with itself while people are out here connecting C64s, AA-powered PalmPilots, aquarium pumps and toothbrushes to the Fediverse is definitely an entire idea.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:
with a bit of organization and a few handfuls of folks who were willing to volunteer to shoulder the effort to keep it up and running a group could set up a pretty massive e2ee overlay network with whatever peering rules the group wanted to enforce and drop all those services completely off the public facing net without using tor. lots of groups could do that. over and over. especially if the first group or two released some of their tooling to simplify their lives.
just saying.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
This excellent piece by @chipotle sums up the unfortunate dust-up this week. If you’re looking for a fair summary of what happened, this is it.
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chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
New post: "The pressure to stay genteel" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/pressure-to-stay-genteel/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
cygnoir@social.lol ("cygnoir :prami:") wrote:
You don't get to decide https://cygnoir.weblog.lol/2025/01/you-dont-get-to-decide
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Best line of dialogue on any current TV show, period. #severance
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Holy shit my kid is in Atlas Obscura!
Mastodon Feedcomputer@facts.computer ("Computer Facts") wrote:
are you a better programmer than ai? it depends, how many lakes do you drink to write a python script?
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will have 1.3M GPUs for AI by year-end | TechCrunch
"Zuckerberg said that Meta expects to spend $60 billion-$80 billion on CapEx in 2025, primarily on data centers and growing the company’s AI development teams. That projected range is around double the $35 billion-$40 billion Meta spent on CapEx last year."
Meta is pivoting to cloud infrastructure services. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/mark-zuckerberg-says-meta-will-have-1-3m-gpus-for-ai-by-year-end/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
@adam BTW, I've tried to write something about this: https://havn.blog/2025/01/24/lets-try-to-always-provide.html
I'd appreciate it if you had the time to read. And feedback is very welcome as well. :)
(For instance, I chose to share the apology in question – which I'm unsure of.)
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Apple customers used to be able to email tim@apple.com. Sometimes, Tim Cook would even respond.
Today I emailed him, as I’ve done several times in his tenure. This time though, my email got kicked back. Apple deleted that address.
I wonder why? mailto:tim@apple.com
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🚩") wrote:
🇺🇸 🚨 For the first time in 70 years, the US Centers for Disease Control did not publish its "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)" today.
☣️ This report would have shared several new discoveries about the active biosecurity threat #H5N1 bird flu.
⌛ Every day these public services are disrupted increases the risk and damage to the world.
UPDATE: This story has more detail.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/113905
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange ("The Nexus of Privacy") wrote:
A good report as always, and agreed about the importance of @nodebb's release.
With @pixelfed , it's important to highlight that the moderation story is a disaster waiting to happen. @dansup himself has said that he still needs to implement key functionality like moderation roles and a dashboard, and that he doesn't have a moderation team in place. Others have pointed out multiple unfixed bugs related to reporting.
A high-profile Pixelfed fiasco (or worse, blatantly illegal content) could not only destroy the reputation of Pixelfed, but the sharpnel could have an impact on fedi as a whole -- especially at a time when regulators in the UK are clarifying enforcement of the Online Safety Act, and anti-LGBTQIA2S+ fascist oligarch who run social networks that compete with fedi are in power in the US.
It would be great if Dan changes his stance -- turning off open registration on pixelfed.social until he has the moderation situation under control would be an easy first step that could make a big difference.
And also, we really need to think about what we can collectively do to limit the damage to fedi as a whole.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
tracketpacer@infosec.exchange ("TracketPacer 🚀") wrote:
i can do all things thru adderall & caffeine, which strengthen me
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
nileane@nileane.fr ("Niléane") wrote:
Come listen to @comfortzone! You'll get one radicalized trans woman, two perfectly sane dads, silly tech challenges and topics, *and* rants about billionaires, all in the same package.
I think it's a pretty great deal 💁♀️
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Typographics@typo.social wrote:
A bare bones website is up for the 2025 Typographics Festival and blind bird tickets are available now until Feb 28.
https://2025.typographics.com/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/typographics-conference-2025-tickets-1203784514889
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
neato@social.lol ("Neato") wrote:
“Have you finished Neato yet?”
“What does it look like I’m doing?!”
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Only a tiny minority of biologists think human sex is binary, and they're all neo-liberal propagandists.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
davefischer@hachyderm.io ("Dave Fischer") wrote:
Love this diagram from Thornton's book on the CDC-6600:
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
And they called *me* performative.
@manton, I respect you more than you think. But you botched this, no matter how many cishet white guys on Micro.blog tell you that you’re great. During the first week of Trump’s 2nd term, questions were raised, and you didn’t answer them. You updated a policy, removed a name from your website, and made a donation to an organization. Fine. But you still haven’t declared yourself an ally.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:
The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Some_Emo_Chick ("Frankie ✅") wrote:
whitehouse.gov is now a WordPress app with free plugins
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
samf@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:
@adam Unrelated but relevant: https://werd.io/2025/in-the-face-of-this-who-do-you-want-to
"The question now is not a million miles away. Who will support? Who will collaborate? Who will decide that they are “not political” and look away as millions of people are harmed? Who will make excuses for it all? Who secretly welcomes the push for theocracy, for in-groups and out-groups, for “traditional” values that prioritize rigid gender roles, segregation, and oligarchy? Who, in other words, is safe?”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ddanielson@social.lol ("Dave 💖") wrote:
A NOTE FOR THOSE CLOSING MB ACCOUNTS - If you hit “cancel” to be sure you don’t pay more, it will cut your ability to post immediately, even if you have months of paid time remaining This is unlike every other paid service.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
This is what’s wrong with everyone making the “attacked by a woke mob led by a bully” argument. They’re not recognizing the underlying problem; they’re too busy *defending* the problem.
I’ve never seen Jason make a clear, personal statement of support for queer people. I’ve seen him disparage one behind her back, and I’ve seen him (just now) declare that he’s not a transphobe. But I’ve never seen any actual support.
It‘s so much easier to engage in name-calling than it is to become an ally.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Torches and pitchforks, Jason Kratz? Really?
You conveniently left out the part about why *you* were labeled a transphobe. It was because you brought your own torch and pitchfork to Ritter’s aid after he cried about being “cancelled” following his mishandling of someone’s decision to leave Scribbles. You knew a trans person was hurt, and you piled on anyway.
But I totally get it. When *you* do it, it’s fine. But when I call for accountability, it’s bullying. Right.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Regarding “defensive deflection”, I want to be fair and acknowledge that when I made my critical post on Tuesday, I was *hot*. It’s plainly reflected in the acerbic tone of the post.
It’s a bit rich of me to wrap my point in razorwire and then complain when people felt cut. There are important issues to discuss, but I also see how my frustration and passion caused the very defensiveness that I criticize.
I’m not perfect, in case you hadn’t noticed. 😅
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
our friend Oscar is getting weak, wants to play and then tries to change direction too rapidly and almost falls over. I miss hearing him thumping up and down the stairs, heavy-footed.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
For Ben Shapiro, facts are things you make up to serve your ideological point.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/24/shut-the-hell-up-ben/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
One of those self-portraits.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 1600
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Spieker Film Lab#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography #35mm
