George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

It’s 4 months since I quit #twitter (I occassionaly lurk to see emerging events). #Mastodon is my replacement.

One thing I’ve noticed in myself: I don’t check Mastodon as incessantly as I used to check Twitter.
There is less outrage, less compulsion to respond to outrage.

These are all features, not bugs to me. I have more time back, less stress from doomscrolling.

Twitter and Facebook free life is better, those products do not exist for their users.

Indiana's BMV makes millions selling your personal information https://www.wrtv.com/news/wrtv-investigates/indianas-bmv-makes-millions-selling-your-personal-information-and-they-dont-even-tell-you-theyre-doing-it

Oh, man. This comic — from 1993 — could NOT be more relevant today. As usual, Bill Watterson hits it out of the park.

#Banks #Banking #Bailout #AntiCapitalism

What is the current tally, is there anyone (else) remaining who has managed to avoid #Covid19 so far (to the best of their knowledge, obvs)?

(Feel free to boost, if you want.)

Another video has just gone live that I'm very proud of - but which I suspect won't be very popular with a huge audience.

https://youtu.be/Mi22uMFp2rk

Hopefully we can create more like this, because our future depends on more than just electric cars...

My bracket has 76 trombones led by John Philip Sousa facing off against thousands of emperor penguins led by Morgan Freeman.
https://xkcd.com/2751/

Feds seized $2.7 million of Chinese billionaire’s money from Trump-aligned social network - https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/17/23645250/gettr-miles-guo-justice-department-china-ccp-trump

Seems the racist, bigoted governor of Tennessee appears to have not kept up with his website payments. Oops! 🤣
https://www.governorbilllee.com/

App Spotlight: Linea Sketch

Platforms: iPhone and iPad

The Details:
- The Iconfactory's drawing and painting app
- Colors with tint and shade controls
- Layers, ZipShapes, simple image transforms, watercolors, blending, and text labels
- Create a timelapse of drawings

Bottom Line: A design that novices can grok and pros will appreciate

App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/linea-sketch/id1094770251

More info on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/?s=linea

Deep Cut: How I learned how to draw tigers https://www.macstories.net/reviews/linea-an-elegant-sketching-app-for-the-ipad-from-the-iconfactory/

Hello world.

Yeah…. No.

https://youtube.com/shorts/zQOISWRkekU?feature=share

Yours truly is looking for an #InfoSec / #Cybersecurity job in a safer state than Florida. I do pretty much all things security... like consulting, malware analysis, auditing, compliance, blue team, red team, purple team, SecDev, SecOps, SecDevOps, etc.

My kids are all grown now, so I am more than willing to travel / relocate. If you have any leads or tips on some good companies, please let me know.

#GetFediHired
[matrix] • [SimpleX]

Replying to all the random individuals that seem to think that I’m “endorsing” one of the Fediverse products over any other, and seem to be making a big deal over #akkoma vs #mastodon etc.

That’s not the case. I’m actually a horrible MIS person, and I would never want to maintain my own server. I’m a programmer for chrissake!

The same way you should fear me if I hold a soldering iron, you should be very very nervous if I were to do any server management.

So all credit (or blame) for the choice of Fediverse platform goes to @monsieuricon, who maintains kernel.org and just made it really easy for me to try this out.

… and on a similar note: not only am I not much of a MIS person, I’m also not much of a social networking person.

I foresee a lot of disappointment in the future of any followers of this account 🔮.

As many of you likely know, I’m immune compromised and chronically ill. If you’ve followed me on social media for a while you may not even recognize me anymore. I sure don’t recognize myself some days.

I got #Covid in May of 2022 and I have never recovered. I’m now an ambulatory wheelchair user and struggle daily. I can’t work. My quality of life is significantly compromised.

Many of us never recovered. We exist.

Please, wear a mask and stay home if you’re sick.

#LongCovidAwarenessDay #POTS

We’re hiring a few more product engineers at The Browser Company! HMU (or DM Josh on Twitter) https://twitter.com/joshm/status/1635747595611148289

Just watched "A Disturbance in the Force", a documentary about the 1978 #starwars Holiday Special in it's thrid screening at #sxsw2023. It's quite well done and really paints all the people involved in a good light, even when their final output was very flawed. Worth watching when it gets released! https://www.holidayspecialdoc.com/

✨Available for hire!

📣I'm looking for a new opportunity as a software engineer, with an eye towards leadership. I'm passionate about observability, cloud, AI, and databases, and eager to take on new challenges.

If you know of any roles, please DM me! #jobsearch

Until this year, the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology had never returned any of the more than 4,500 Native American human remains in its collections.

That is about to change.

Weeks after ProPublica published the “Repatriation Project,” the university told federal officials that 138 ancestral remains in its collection could be repatriated to three tribes. @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/museums-universities-pledge-to-return-native-american-remains

Welcome Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux =) @torvalds@social.kernel.org

Stop thinking of Twitter, TikTok, IG, (et al) as social media sites.

They are **Content Refineries.**

Like processed food manufacturers they take user content & extract the most addicting/engaging content. Brains eat it up but in an unhealthy “devour the whole bag of chips” way.

They make hyper-processed social media junk food.

Mastodon is more like a potluck. We're all bringing dishes. It's a mess. Kids are running all over. But we are, at least, real people sharing real things.