Bunch of new followers so I guess I should do one of those #introduction things.
👋🏼 I’m Tim, an iOS Engineer who works on the Music App at Apple.
I’m currently located in Barcelona. I mostly post about tech things, films, and books. And maybe some other stuff in between.
Fox News Loses Bid To Shut Down Voting Tech Company's Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit | Smartmatic accuses the conservative network of spreading lies that it helped “steal” the 2020 election from Donald Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-lawsuit-voting-tech-company_n_63ec97a6e4b02c2573799946
Apropos everything, I’m reminded of this from Douglas Adams:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
The most talked-about recent technological innovations are:
1) Social media, which empowered fascists, & gave everyone else the attention span of a gnat.
2) Cryptocurrency, which enriched a handful of rich grifters, & impoverished people who really couldn't afford to lose the money.
3) "AI", which looks set to "flood the zone" with a novel kind of bullshit, & destroy once & for all our ideas of what is real or true.
I'm pro-tech, but it's all starting to look like a bit of a mixed blessing.
Nice proof-of-concept, this search index for Mastodon, totally opt-in. Please boost.
#Search #Tootfinder https://www.tootfinder.ch/index.php?join=1
Well one is at my place! Lynx in France face extinction with population down to 150 adults at most https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/13/lynx-france-face-extinction-population-150-adults-at-most-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
RT @shinkir013
Kymeta to replace Starlink in Ukraine. Pentagon is setting up deal & other NATO countries will join.
Kymeta calls @elonmusk's Ukraine actions ‘egregious’ and 'there’s blood on his hands for that'. They will support SAT services for defensive purposes.
Margaret Atwood responds to the banning of "The Handmaid's Tale" from a high school library.
"How dare I question the school board’s motives? I do dare. After all, it has questioned mine."
Hi ! New to Mastodon, and flailing around a bit. I am totally blind and still adjusting even though it has been over 4 years. Previously I lived aboard my boat for over 10 years. I am a civil engineer/creative writer/Moth Storyteller.
#introductions #blind #liveaboard
There is a political dynamic we all get, but that the mass public does yet understand.
Mastodon has cleaved from the monopoly sites a small but significant userbase. And here, we are able to *organize*. Because of the size of the community.
On ALL of those other sites, whether #Peertube #PixelFed #Lemmy, etc ... there simply aren't enough users to reach critical mass.
But there are here.
Here on Mastodon is a PURPOSE that has attracted a large user community.
Timeline of a new Mastodon user:
Day 1: this sucks servers are confusing and why is my feed empty
Day 2: why is there no quote tweet this is dumb
Day 3: mastodon better make some changes if it wants to compete with tw_tter
Day 7: hm, people are really nice here
Day 10: loving the no ads and real conversations
Day 15: THE WORKERS MUST SEIZE THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND EXECUTE CAPITALISTS
Retired SysAdmin living in the high country of Arizona, USA. I enjoy learning about physics, cosmology, genetics, neurology, and suchlike. Deeply confused by worldwide trends towards authoritarianism. I thought we'd already learned about that stuff. But I guess not.