Mike Agg has moved @countingquoll@qoto.org

Having read the information leaflet, the largest demographic who will be screwed by the new voter ID rules are... recently-married women who changed their surnames and I would love nothing more than for the tories to accidentally murder the traditions of marriage.

Your periodic reminder that the concept of #carbon #footprint was literally invented by BP to divert attention away from corporate emissions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint

And because humans (/techbros) have never met a simplistic solution they did not love, not matter how wrong… we are now saddled with a billion apps to help you, brave consumer, curb your personal carbon footprint.

If you want to effectively fight #climatechange, support grassroots lobbying for stricter regulations.

All I want from a computer at this point is for it to not notify me of things. Don't pop up lots of boxes. Don't beep and ping. You are here for me to use. I am not here for you to use.

The political economy of this fascinates me. Everything beeps and nags all the time now. It nags us, largely, on behalf of large conglomerates.

I’ve been avoiding it, but I finally added a filter to remove posts containing “RT @“

(So I won’t see this one.) I left that place for a reason. I hope more people will bring their wit and wisdom here.

Read my lips:

An audio show that can only be played in an Apple player on an Apple device is not a podcast.

An audio show that can only be played in Spotify is not a podcast.

Repeat ad nauseam for any other proprietary audio show platforms.

A #podcast is an #RSS feed with enclosures of audio files which are playable across the whole ecosystem of podcast players.

Any reporter who reports on exclusive audio shows and calls them “podcasts” are doing a grave disservice to their audience.

The original Apollo mission had a computer less powerful than just counting on your fingers and toes. The first Olympic athletes couldn't be bothered to get off their asses. The Sistine chapel was the first thing Michaelangelo ever painted, and he was hired because he was the only guy with a long enough brush. Everything great has to start somewhere. If you sat at the computer and clicked on anything, you've done more than I ever will. And the next click? It just might make your dreams come true

OK, language weirdness question.

Someone recently said:

"I just about caught the train."

Did they catch it or not? Perhaps it depends whether you think of English as (one of) your first language(s).

As always, if you're happy to do so I'd be grateful if you'd boost for reach, and to get beyond my circle of followers.

Thank you!

Whether it's malign policy or broken technology, Twitter's disabling of 3rd party apps is only the latest reason why anyone who relies on the bird site should be migrating elsewhere. Mastodon is the best alternative at the moment, but the point is: You cannot trust Elon Musk's -- or anyone else's -- centralized operation.

(Note: I believe journalists (and others) are especially misguided if they stay on Twitter and offer this advice to leave: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/)

this whole post is great but the last line KNOCKED ME OUT

Ursula Le Guin on life before Roe vs Wade… From her book of essays Words Are My Matter @bookstodon #feminism #abortion #BeingAWoman

Good Morning and Happy New Year, we live in hope rather than expectation that 2023 will be a better year than 2022.. not hard to be honest

My home is in the UK

But other places have a better quality of life, a higher standard of living, life expectancy, equality, health care, free education etc... are they perfect ... No

But they don't have the Tories who have turned the UK into a private serfdom

Our 2023 journey is to oppose the Tories at every opportunity.

#NewYearResolution

"Aye, the sirens," says the lighthouse keeper, picking a bit of tobacco from his beard. "Some nights, when the wind is just so, I swear I can hear 'em singing." "What do they sing?" I prod him. A faraway look in his eyes, he says in a voice barely above a whisper, "Tubthumping."

My son has been asking a lot of questions this Christmas season, and I'm worried it might be the last year he believes that Bitcoin is real.

Merry Christmas, #neurodivergent celebrants! So many autistic people *want* to be around people today but find it difficult, so have chosen to be on their own. Others are with family & friends right now, but are quickly overstimulated, and need to some quiet downtime to recuperate a bit. Either way, I'm on the #JoinIn hashtag, if you want a chat.
#ASD #autism #ND #Aspergers #AuDHD