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Boosted by jwz:
NoahLoren13 ("Noah Loren") wrote:

Subtoot:

Godzilla about AI.

Attachments:

• gifv: GIF Godzilla smash Mecha Godzilla.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I've been really weighing the pros and cons of just being on the #Fediverse and not corporate social media.

I like to write about tech and social justice. But I'm discovering it's probably easier to write about the dangers of big tech to a non-techie audience on BlueSky or Substack than it is to convince a Mastodonian that systemic oppression exists. The former also just far more delightful

The absence of POCs here is just so heavy sometimes. It makes me question what am I actually supporting?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

If someone says it's your job as a person with privilege to dismantle systems of oppression, instead of panicking and getting defensive, you can do one or both things

1. You can just say "I don't know how to do that." Seriously. I think so much of these lame ass comments are because people panic and get defensive. And instead of just being honest, they try to intellectualize their way out of the anxiety.

2. Literally go google "black activist authors" or "queer activist authors" and learn.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Just the other day I was thinking how much the presence of POC are missed on this platform. And then I scroll the comments of a post talking about systemic oppression and I'm reminded why #Mastodon is 99% white.

How is it that so many of you are expert coders but haven't read a single book by an activist? How is it that you haven't accidentally come across even a quote to spark curiosity?

This is especially concerning for Americans. We're facing fascism and still at "I don't see color"

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

After `apt upgrade; shutdown -r` I've never heard again from lib.rs server.
I've restored a fresh one from a backup, but it's going to be wonky for a while due to cold caches and rebuilding of search index.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange ("Em :official_verified:") wrote:

It's white people's responsibility to stop racism.

It's men's responsibility to stop sexism.

It's cis people's responsibility to stop transphobia.

It's straight people's responsibility to stop homophobia.

It's able people's responsibility to stop ableism.

It's always the responsibility of the people in a position of privilege to stop the oppression they are benefiting from.

If you are part of a privileged group, in one way or another, get to it.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

This anti-vax, anti-science bullshit is going to kill a lot of babies before it's through

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/parents-refusing-vitamin-k-shots-newborns-study-finds-rcna247580

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Every year I rewatch the Matrix trilogy, forgetting how truly awful the third movie is, thus disappointing myself all over again.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

OH MY GOD EVERY GEN-XERS WORST NIGHTMARE HAS FINALLY COME TRUE

https://wapo.st/4oRglWg

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jgordon@appdot.net ("John Gordon") wrote:

Don’t fear, it turned out well enough. We had lots of professional advice — though mostly we had to figure it out.

But if I’d known 28y ago how afraid he was, and how that flipped to anger, aggression, and meltdowns, it would have been easier.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flicka@ohai.social ("Rebecca") wrote:

#DogsOfMastodon

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

Sadly, the web improves at the rate the consciousness of wealthy, iPhone-totting techies is elevated. But that's not impossible, and it's one reason the work @owa is doing is so important.

If you want to unlock practical access to the better web most users *already* have, browser choice for iOS is a must, so get involved and/or donate:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/donate/

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:

Jesus fucking christ.

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

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

Had missed this from Wikimedia; congrats to @krinkle and team:

https://techblog.wikimedia.org/2025/11/21/unifying-mobile-and-desktop-domains/?ref=sidebar

Boosted by jwz:
somafm@sfba.social ("SomaFM") wrote:

Is an example of some of the crap we have to go through to keep providing commercial, free, listener supported radio. How long is a time consuming, but it will cost us a lot of money in legal and accounting fees.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
gajim@fosstodon.org ("Gajim") wrote:

Gajim 2.4.1 has been released! 🎉

This release brings previews for GIFs and similar animation file formats 🎥, and many smaller changes and bug fixes.

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: https://liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

https://gajim.org/posts/2025-12-13-gajim-2.4.1-released/

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

The thing that's so infuriating about this is that we're only able to see how good the web could have been for the many at the rate Apple can be embarrassed into making it marginally better for the few.

The blinders that Cupertino put on progress, and that rich techies willingly wear, are shameful.

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

A conversation with an incredibly technical friend last night made it clear to me that the biggest change in computing of the last 15 years eludes the SV blob: most client devices are slow, low-end Androids with *incredible*, *up-to-date* browsers.

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Good news! Washington State is requiring movie theater chains to make open captions available (at least one open-caption screening per week per theater, for any film with at least 5 total screenings in that theater).

https://secretseattle.co/open-caption-movies-washington-2026/

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

The other one: The Gift by Stephanie Davis, performed by Aselin Debison. Released in 2002, it’s a beautiful song with a beautiful message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqaht41Wsyk

jwz wrote:

PRANIC LIFT 777.
https://jwz.org/b/yk0Z

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

A couple of holiday songs that (might) tug at your feelings. 💗

First up: Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. Released in 1980, it tells the story of a chance encounter Fogelberg had with an ex-girlfriend on Christmas Eve in 1975.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsvZ8P1QNk

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orleans-is-watching-you-fuckers

jwz wrote:

I think the Blewsky bridges are a terrible idea and long-term harmful, but that aside, how can anyone stand to read them at all? The bridged quote-posts aren't quote-posts, don't include the text, and include a giant URL that you can't read without logging in over there.

(Yes yes, the food was terrible and the portions were so small.)

Boosted by jwz:
spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

Over the last few days, the Eastern and Southern US have had some very bad storms and disruptions of normal activities. I hope you all are safe.

As an emergency tip: if you run out of toilet paper, coffee filters can be used instead. However, it will make your coffee taste different.

Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

Man, I hope I never show up in a photo where everybody else’s face has been redacted for legal reasons.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Usually not at the same time, though, which feels salient

RE: https://www.threads.com/@janewiedlin/post/DSNrcN-gUke

Boosted by jwz:
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Aside:

As a kid, I would give people like Carville the old reverse "You are so well spoken." I'd drag the bit out for 10+ minutes.

👴🏻You are so well spoken!

👦🏿And *You* are so well spoken!

👴🏻Huh?

👦🏿Yes! Your speech! It's amazing! Each word, so clear! And your vocabulary is so good for a, umm for --

👴🏻English is my first language!

👦🏿Me too! But where did you learn to speak? Your sentence structure is phenomenal! The way you map ideas to speech is incredibly sophisticated for, um, your people!

👨🏼OK, we get it. That's enough. You've made your point.

👦🏿What point? Did I say something wrong?

👨🏼You're calling him racist.

👦🏿WHAT?!?! No! How did you get that from what I said? I didn't say the word racist once! You're jumping to conclusions! Not everything is racism. I'm just complimenting the man on his oratory skills and solid command of the English language! He talks like us!

Boosted by jwz:
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Movie piracy is bad. That's why I want to know the best sites to block so I live free of sin.

I used to block dopebox.to, but since it doesn't work the way I want, I no longer need to block it.

What other good sites are there that I should block or whatever?

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

My girlfriend is not a gravestone.