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amit@social.lol ("Amit Gawande :verified_coffee:") wrote:
25 January 2025 at 10:23 : https://amitgawande.com/blog/2025/20250125-1023
For the past few days, I have wanted to write a lot, but I have stopped so many times. I read views from many people I have learned to trust and have loved them for their opinions. Yet, while they discuss this particular situation, I see them steer themselves toward opposing sides with lit...
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Linux_Is_Best@misskey.de ("Linux Is Best") wrote:
Anyone who goes through my post history, knows I work for Meta (Facebook).
I am "Consumer Content Administrative Manager". My primary duties include content appeals, account appeals, account reviews, and some peer review.
It is no surprise that my job depends on people using Facebook. Today, I am going to suggest, you not do so. I can make that suggestion because we have a user base of billions, and I know most people would keep using Facebook even if the Devil ran the company. People are strange.
But if you feel you can truly live without Facebook, do so. Internally, things are changing, and not for the better. You should especially consider leaving Meta if you are a minority, woman, LGBTQ+, trans, or identify as progressive, politically. If facts matter to you, and misinformation is something you do not want to be subject toward, you should especially consider leaving, Facebook.
You have no privacy from Meta, while using Meta. None. I do not care if you believe you disabled a "feature" or "opt out" of something. You only seem to have done so. And even if you're going to continue to use Meta, uninstall the app (all of them). We collect data on you, even when you're not using the app.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
matt@isfeeling.social ("Matt Birchler") wrote:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
codinghorror@infosec.exchange ("Jeff Atwood") wrote:
I love that Teen Vogue is, and I do mean this quite literally -- there is zero irony or comedy in this statement -- on the cutting edge of journalism in the United States right now. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/billionaires-should-not-exist
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
jaredwhite@indieweb.social ("Jared “Indie Social Web” White") wrote:
One Week Down, Only 207 to Go! 🤪
Some thoughts on performative apologies, authentic allyship, and being proactive instead of reactive when it comes to social justice.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
dgodon@mastodon.online ("Demian") wrote:
#seattle voters should be receiving their ballots for the Feb 11 election this week. One of the most important items on the ballot is Seattle Prop 1A to tax wealthy businesses to fund social housing. Don't get fooled by Prop 1B which would rob affordable housing funds and was put forth by Seattle's conservative city council to avoid taxing the wealthy. Vote 1A!
https://www.letsbuildsocialhousing.org/
Mastodon Feedcelesteh@lgbt.io ("CharLES ☭ H") wrote:
Bluesky users: For a mere $30million USD, we can distribute Bluesky to one other node
Fedi users: I put an instance on my car!
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Good night, good people. I hope you're able to get some rest.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
I keep coming back and rewatching this, there's something hilariously compelling about using an orchestra to play EDM songs
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:
I have been on Mastodon for over 5 years and I just now reported my first account. It is not that there haven't been other bad apples (especially in the past 2 years), but they are usually flagged before I need to. This one was harassing Native Americans and spreading lies about our culture, so it was probably not seen by most.
It is going to be even more difficult than usual for marginalized people moving forward, so if you are a privileged person please try to put your own existential crisis into perspective. We need your allyship and courage, not your personal displays. There are a lot of good people here, so I know you can redirect that energy in the right way.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Fuckity fuck fuck https://anniemueller.com/posts/fuckity-fuck-fuck
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange ("AN/CRM-114") wrote:
Elevator pitch: five bucks a month buys you a tiny box with a lifetime data SIM, a battery, a serial port, and just enough smarts to set up a SSH tunnel to a remote server with email, irc, nntp, gopher, fedi, and a shell, (And maybe the Web and/or internet radio), all behind firewalls, adblockers, and a ton of countermeasures, wrapped in a code of conduct and aggressively opt-in federation.
I call it “The New Dialup”
(I should build something like this for myself, perhaps on the uConsole. But to have something like this largely available and easy to use, as an alternative to bloated broadband? What if CompuServe but Fediverse? FOL?)
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Body horror has traumatized me for the first time ever.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/24/true-horror/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
britt@mstdn.games ("Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:") wrote:
I’m going to brag about myself for a brief moment because I need the positivity in my life right now.
Story time:
I am in my late 30’s and I’ve been back at University for a year. Yeah, it definitely has felt like I don’t fit in, but I’m determined to do this for myself. It’s been a lifelong dream and I finally have the accessibility supports I need to succeed as a person w/ ADHD, Autism, and Dyslexia/Dysgraphia. Things have changed so much in that realm since I was college age and I’m super grateful for that.
So my humble brag? My GPA is 3.6! 💜 I’m so damn proud of that!! Given everything my physical body throws at me between POTS/MECFS and Rheumatoid Arthritis, I feel like I’m kicking ass and living my dream despite the uphill challenges.
So, that’s all. Celebrate your wins, friends! I absolutely want to hear all about them!! 🎉 🏆 📣 😃
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("David Roberts") wrote:
Welp, there you have it. The "sin of empathy."
Mastodon FeedReblogged 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.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
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 💁♀️
