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benjamineskola@hachyderm.io wrote:

Shocked — just shocked — to discover that supposedly-decentralised social network Bluesky is entirely under the control of the single company that developed it and runs the entire network, and that their CEO is able to personally override moderation decisions to unban high-profile transphobes and ban people who complain about it.

This was completely impossible to predict and nobody ever suspected that anything like this could happen from the outset.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@WeirdWriter @keirFox

Yup. Also, being able to talk to the people who run your social network server is one of the best things about the Fediverse.

Keeping each server small enough that the admin is reachable makes it a lot easier to have a humane approach to social media.

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anildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people. https://www.theverge.com/news/791533/google-apple-ice-tracking-app-store-red-dot-iceblock

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azonenberg@ioc.exchange ("Andrew Zonenberg") wrote:

@thegaffer @pluralistic The shooting sports community has been working for years to do something similar, replacing the term "accidental discharge" with "negligent discharge" to reflect the fact that barring extremely rare mechanical malfunctions, guns don't just go off on their own.

If it fires without you intending, it's because you were doing something stupid and dangerous like having it loaded when you shouldn't have, leaving your finger on the trigger, etc.

So just like with a significant number of car crashes, it's not an accident it's negligent behavior on the part of the operator. This sort of terminology should become more prevalent in general.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

They’re putting YouTube thumbnails on everything now

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Repeated, Gratuitous, and Harmful Hat") wrote:

It’s essential that you find common ground with Trump supporters. For instance, you know that you have many flaws, and they believe you are less than human. Work with that. —Ezra Klein, tomorrow in the New York Times

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

I've been implementing some improvements in my @11ty blog, mostly related to performance and deferred code loading. I'm pretty happy with the results, and hope they might be useful to someone else too:

https://infrequently.org/2025/10/11ty-hacks-for-fun-and-performance/

Attachments:

• gifv: ac500db22f111816.mp4

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Meanwhile, "waffles" is becoming a transphobic Nazi dog whistle because Jay Graber of Bluesky is an asshole.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
orci ("J.R. Orci") wrote:

This little guy at the zoo is wondering if he qualifies for #Caturday or whether he has to do #Meerkaturday.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

The only fire Manton has ever put out was when he had to take Vincent Ritter’s name off the Micro.blog website because he couldn’t actually address the issue of employing a Musk-loving guy who thinks pronouns are bad.

How about we pay attention to which social community leaders show active support for marginalized people, and which ones show active support for waffles.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
mbjones@social.lol ("Brandon") wrote:

@manton arsonists like tech ceos that point and laugh at transphobic users lighting on fire the trans users of a service? I agree it'd be a good idea to point them out and hold them accountable for the harm they are causing, particularly in the current climate that is normalizing dehumanizing trans, immigrants and more broadly anyone not MAGA. It's a good idea to be fire fighters ready to point those arsonists out in order to protect those being harmed. 👏 👏 👏

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Great analogy. Whenever I see a clueless entitled tech guy lighting a fire that burns marginalized people, I’ll be there to toss a bucket of water on him.

https://www.manton.org/2025/10/04/nice-walk-with-the-dog.html

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The UW nazi was not a UW student--just a random outsider crashing the campus.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/04/nazis-will-be-prosecuted/

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

Muting this thread because it broke containment and I can’t keep up. Talk amongst yourselves.

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Ported an old Scala app to #Rust , now running it as a #lambda, wrote about it

https://beachape.com/blog/2025/10/04/porting-instabeach-to-rust-a-10-year-old-play-app-goes-serverless/

Boosted by kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

My latest: Discord said late on Friday that hackers stole users' government-issued IDs (passports and driver's licenses) from one of its customer support databases.

I wrote a few words about the risks of age verification laws, and why collecting people's government IDs is bad for security and privacy.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/discord-says-users-government-ids-used-for-age-checks-stolen-by-hackers/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

You’d think switching between Mac and Windows daily wouldn't be an issue because I'm using Emacs, but the Meta key—by default, Option/Alt—is a physically different key on each OS. Argh! I'm giving up and making the left Command key the Meta key on the Mac. (Right command key stays command.)

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Testosterone-addled boys hyped up on comic books and video games are in charge of the country.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/04/the-country-is-being-run-by-snot-nosed-immature-teen-aged-man-children/

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The first resort of fascists is always cruelty -- and they execute it so clumsily. Tearing naked children away from their mothers is just stupid. You are the baddies.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/04/the-battle-of-chicago-has-begun/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
paparatti@phire.place ("🍅📚 natalie ✒️🌱") wrote:

Just so everyone knows: Seattle Public Schools is holding vaccine clinics for the general public every weekend, plus some weekdays, from now until the beginning of November. Covid AND flu. You do not have to have a kid attending SPS, you do not have to live in Seattle, or even King County, you just have to want to be vaccinated and have insurance or $. I'm getting mine next weekend!

https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/health-services/vaccine-clinics/

#seattle #PNW #health

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

There will be some people who read this thread, clutch their pearls, and exclaim how wrong I am about Manton.

I’m tired of those people’s willful ignorance, and the way they inevitably prioritize their support for one man over the need to build and promote genuinely inclusive spaces. Especially right now, more than ever.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Manton says he’s tired of being “attacked” (as if pointing out his embarrassing conduct qualifies as an attack on anything other than his own ego). But do you know what *I’m* tired of? I’m tired of people in positions of leadership and influence carelessly hurting others through their ignorance. I’m tired of watching my trans friends suffer through a rise in fascism and seeing those who could be using their influence to help only further twisting the knife.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Yesterday, in the face of active turmoil surrounding the Bluesky CEO’s disgusting treatment of trans people on her platform, Manton Reece (owner of Micro.blog) posted a message praising that very CEO and her “strong principles and vision.”

Even after multiple people pointed out how terrible and insensitive of a take that was, and even after the day passed, his post remains exactly as he wrote it. No retraction, no clarification.

He’s telling you exactly what he means.

https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Sunset at Low Rigg.

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🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #LakeDistrict #TheLakes #Cumbria

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film_girl ("Christina Warren") wrote:

Kinda wild Apple will kick ICEBlock out of the App Store on safety grounds but the Saudi government app that lets men track women (their “property”) and control their travel is fully allowed even after the Human Rights Watch AND members of the Senate begged them to ban it.

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

Most people in tech: “This is probably the biggest tech bubble of the century, popping on top of the worst tech job market of the century, all hosted by the shittiest, most authoritarian, garbage US admin in modern history, but I’m sure it won’t affect me personally.”

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

Been calling “AI” a financial bubble for three years now (1. “this is gonna be a bubble”, 2. “This is a bubble but hasn’t peaked yet”, 3. “This is fucking huge, what’s wrong with you all?!”) and it’s nice to see mainstream rhetoric finally shift, even if most of tech is still in some denial

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dale_price@mastodon.online ("Dale Price") wrote:

Everyone in the fediverse whenever there’s #bluesky drama

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apilsetas wrote:

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

#photograpy

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

TIL that if you are a US citizen who was born in an aircraft traveling over international waters, your passport will forever list your place of birth as "In The Air". That seems pretty badass.