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

I can’t believe anyone would have to say this right now, but here we are:

Nazis are terrible. Their ideology, their paraphernalia, and their behavior—all terrible. There is no nuance to this. There is no intellectual reasoning that leads to any valid conclusion to the contrary.

Speak out against Nazis clearly and loudly. Or don’t! But don’t try to crack the door open on tolerating any aspect of that stuff and expect it to go well for you.

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

I wish the "Listen to Page" feature worked on PDFs 😭

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

@adam “He's free to think I'm a nazi apologist, or sympathizer, or whatever else he thinks I am (and since I'm Italian, you should also assume I'm a Fascist while you're there). I’m not gonna lose sleep over that.” 🤔 That’s a long way for Manu to go to avoid saying, “I’m not a Nazi apologist or sympathizer, and I’m not a fascist either.”

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

The social/open/small/indie web needs more progressive spaces. More progressive voices. More progressive manifestos and progressive values.

Write a manifesto in 2026! I want to read it and share it. I want to learn what your ideal web looks like if it weren't overrun with pacifist and centrist ding dongs.

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

The point continues to woosh right over Manu’s head. Everyone else wants to talk about how Nazi shit is terrible, but three blog posts later he *still* wants to try to make an intellectual argument about language and reasoning.

Zoom the fuck out, dude. How hard is it to just call Nazi shit terrible? Why are you continuing to find a way to use technicalities to defend the abhorrent point you originally made?

These people just can’t help themselves.

https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/sharing-is-caring-redux

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

Creative folks: When I say "Fuck ICE" I know that there are some people who will write me off. Let's say half of the US population writes me off right there. That means I am left with 160 million potential customers. If I somehow pissed half of THEM off, I would have 80 million potential customers. And if I pissed half of them off, 40 million would be left! The population of California!

You're probably gonna be fine speaking your mind, is what I'm saying.

Also: Fuck ICE. Straight to Hell.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jdp23@neuromatch.social ("Jon") wrote:

Hey @fediforum when I clicked on the link you just sent me in the email you just sent about your un-workshop on "Growing the Open Social Web" my email client warned me that it was a tracking link.

As I said last year,

"The "Open Social Web" is a term surveillance capitalism companies and their friends have been using since at least 2008 either as a synonym for "the Fediverse" or "the fediverses". FediForum used to be about "the Fediverse", and I'm not quite sure when they changed their focus."

Thanks for providing such a great example of the surveillance capitalism-friendly nature of so many supporters of the "Open Social Web"!

By contrast, a long-standing #fediverse value is the critique of openness. I don't know how many of you were here in 2020, but that's when the outstanding Seven Theses On The Fediverse And The Becoming Of Floss was published, and it's got an excellent section on that. Please read it!

@general

#fediverse #openSocialWeb #FediForum

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

FYI this is a scam I feel writing that. I know y'all know. But jic.

Reported

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

I think it's the feeling of being courted. Centrists love knowing that democrats rack their brains trying to figure out the correct level of compromise; the exact number of dead bodies it'll take to garner their favor.

Remember, Atlanta progressives put Biden in the White House. Centrists brought Trump back.

/rant

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

The open/indie/social web is, unfortunately, rife with centrists—people whose only sense of obligation is to their personal comfort. Who equate intelligence with apathy. Who, if ever faced with a teaspoon of oppression, would fold like origami. You'll never fully know what a centrist believes, not because they hide it, but because they're husks. They don't believe in anything. They hear about state sponsored murder and violence and they reach for the mute button. Truly the worst of them.

Boosted by kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin"):
jcrabapple@dmv.community wrote:

2025 mood continuing in 2026.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

We’ll be out in force at @fosdem '26 at the end of this week, with eight talks on a wide variety of topics—the latest on @servo, GStreamer work, graphics stacks, MathML interop, WebAssembly runtimes, handing out Servo stickers, and more! #FOSDEM2026 https://www.igalia.com/2026/01/26/Igalia-at-FOSDEM-26.html

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

HELL YES PHILIP GLASS

RE: https://www.threads.com/@philipglass/post/DUBSRixjR%5FN

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mntmn ("Lucie / minute") wrote:

this is very good, xfce getting a new wayland compositor written in rust (based on smithay) https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost%5F15.html

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

I am honestly baffled by the fact that anyone publishes Thomas Chatterton Williams, who seems to have made being a pretentious twit into a lucrative career.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/27/kickin-thomas-chatterton-williams-and-the-atlantic-yes-please/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6uwbE%5FpxCE&t=1617s

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:

The American Southwest’s Iconic Joshua Trees Are Blooming Early—and Scientists Want Your Help to Figure Out Why

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-american-southwests-iconic-joshua-trees-are-blooming-early-and-scientists-want-your-help-to-figure-out-why-180988069/

#ClimateChange #Ecology #Nature #Science

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

The biggest mistake one can make when leaving the corporate web is to falsely equate contrast with morality. Just because someone says "hey we're not like meta" doesn't make them people you'd want to associate with if you believe in "radical" things like trans rights, or that a fascist military should be abolished.

It's easy to make a compelling argument for leaving the corporate web. But it's so tricky to steer someone towards alternatives.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
wordshaper@weatherishappening.network ("Dan Sugalski") wrote:

Solar panels last longer than expected -- after 30+ years some panels still generate 80% of their original power. At least in the study area (which was Switzerland) panels made in the 80s and 90s had a degradation rate of about 0.25%/year, which is frankly not all that much.

Solar panels. They're just a really good energy investment.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d4el00040d

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
rachelplusplus@tech.lgbt ("Rachel Barker") wrote:

Alright Mastodon, I'm looking for work.

Senior software developer, specializing in low-level, embedded, and systems programming. Previous work includes video compression (developer on AV1 and AV2), silicon verification, and scientific/numerical software. Full CV/resume available on request.

Primarily looking for remote work, but would consider in-person in the UK if the circumstances are right.

Available for either contract work through the company I run (easiest route if you're outside the UK), or direct employment.

Tagging #FediHire for visibility.

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

@adam what I've noticed is these type of folks are really good at walking the line of plausible deniability. It sucks that so much of our tech is owned by pacifists.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jim@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Jim Killock") wrote:

Great news today the French government have launched their own Visio video conferencing tool #digitalsovereignty

But the PR stories, while explaining it is French built, don't mention it is Open Source and based on LiveKit - so any government can reuse what they have done.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/01/27/france-to-ditch-us-platforms-microsoft-teams-zoom-for-sovereign-platform-amid-security-con

https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet

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

And as I’ve pointed out before, it’s no surprise that Manu Moreale’s Blogroll.org is proudly sponsored by Micro.blog. You may choose to only see their shared love of blogging, but there’s a shared ideology there, too. It’s right in front of you. *They’re telling you who they are.*

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

Before you dismiss me as just having my usual axe to grind, compare these two links:

October 3: https://archive.is/zhCQW

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

Even when Manton knows he’s in the wrong, he’ll never own up to it. He’d rather silence *you* than ever admit to holding a disgusting belief.

Think about that.

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115967085240217609

“[H]e made an argument for tolerating Nazi rhetoric in our public discourse and it’s obvious from the discourse I saw in my feed reader – mostly from micro.blog accounts – and my replies, quite a few people found the argument compelling.”

It’s astonishing how many people will make excuses for their online heroes. Manu can advocate for Nazi shit because people enjoy his interviews. Manton can support bigots because people enjoy his software.

*Fuck that.* Stop covering for terrible people.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115967431998954575

Predictably, this film is also drawing negative reviews from people who would really prefer not to have the "AI" narrative challenged. It's informative (and entertaining) to see what the criticisms from such quarters are.

One review is headlined "‘Ghost in the Machine’ is Already Behind the Times" ... which is particularly hilarious because the film does an amazing job of tracing the historical roots of today's "AI" ideology.

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
tante@tldr.nettime.org wrote:

"If “AI” is actually more expensive than paying actual people actual wages that’s still a good investment for capital because it is about breaking up the structures, networks and organizations that help workers organize and fight for labor standards and fairer wages."

(Original title: Winning the wrong game)

https://tante.cc/2026/01/25/winning-the-wrong-game/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
oantolin@mathstodon.xyz ("Omar Antolín") wrote:

There is much truth to this post about about #math textbooks.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com ("Laura Kalbag") wrote:

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website.

https://accessibilityforeveryone.site

The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

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

The evolutionary science here is garbage, but I respect the celebration of weirdness.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/27/dont-be-afraid-to-get-weird/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

this is so self evidently stupid i don't really know how to approach writing about it https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations

how deliberately ignorant of everything would you have to be to think this was a good idea?

this ignorant i s'pose