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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
It's the 5 stages of grief in these comment sections, with most people stuck at Denial, Anger, and Bargaining.
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Pro tip: if you're going to debate me on the existence of systemic racism and how to tackle it, maybe don't throw a bunch of book quotes and sources at me.
It heavily implies that despite being well-read, you've gone out of your way *not* to read anything authored by a Black or brown person. And I can only think of one other well-read group who does that. 🙃
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
librewolf@chaos.social ("LibreWolf") wrote:
As there seems to have been recent confusion about this, just a quick "official" toot to then pin: we haven't and won't support "generative AI" related stuff in LibreWolf. If you see some features like that (like Perplexity search recently, or the link preview feature now) it is solely because it "slipped through". As soon as we become aware of something like this / it gets reported to us, we will remove/disable it ASAP.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
librewolf@chaos.social ("LibreWolf") wrote:
@sylvie we are aware of this and this will, of course, be removed/disabled. The sole reason it is till in there is because it slipped through, so to speak. It says "LibreWolf" in the message because, indeed, Firefox' name gets automatically replaced with "LibreWolf" as part of the build process, so that happened there, too.
Sorry for the confusion to y'all. But rest assured: we definitely haven't suddenly "switched sides" - we still absolutely don't want "generative AI" related stuff in LW.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Many of the replies to the above post are solid examples of why people who are seeking alternatives to traditional social media still bounce off Mastodon: you all have a tendency to behave like assholes.
Nobody wants a lecture on switching to Linux, ever, or to be told how using the services they’ve been sold makes them a fool, and wasting that lecture on somebody who is already on Linux and already uses iCloud as little as possible just makes you a dick
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
stefano@bsd.cafe ("Stefano Marinelli") wrote:
When you try to install a software on FreeBSD, using the official "install.sh" way but it tries to write binaries in /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
anna_lillith@mas.to ("anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖") wrote:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:
I feel that, during this holiday season, it is important to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas: ghosts terrorising wealthy people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees a fair wage.
Mastodon FeedMastodon FeedWhat on earth…. Apparently Rust on Lambda was experimental until ~a month ago
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/building-serverless-applications-with-rust-on-aws-lambda/
Didn’t know that when I wrote
https://mastodon.social/@lloydmeta/115316480682496651I usually try to avoid that stuff these days…
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jwz:
NoahLoren13 ("Noah Loren") wrote:
Subtoot:
Godzilla about AI.
Attachments:
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("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?
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("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.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("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"
Mastodon FeedAfter `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.
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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.
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
This anti-vax, anti-science bullshit is going to kill a lot of babies before it's through
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Every year I rewatch the Matrix trilogy, forgetting how truly awful the third movie is, thus disappointing myself all over again.
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
OH MY GOD EVERY GEN-XERS WORST NIGHTMARE HAS FINALLY COME TRUE
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
flicka@ohai.social ("Rebecca") wrote:
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
Migueldeicaza ("Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉") wrote:
Jesus fucking christ.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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.
Mastodon FeedBoosted 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
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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.
Mastodon FeedGood 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/
Mastodon Feedadam@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.