Pablo SB @iPabloSB@qoto.org

From now on when I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I’ll think of this…

Global tiger numbers rise to 4,500 in last 7 years, another positive news story that you are unlikely to see on the news.

from 3,200 in 2015 to 4,500 in 2022.

🔁 - share good news using #goodnews so more people find it.

#tiger #tigers #WWF #wildlife #nature

I DON'T WANT SELF DRIVING CARS!!!!

✔️ I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don't need to check a schedule.

✔️ I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it's preferable to suffering airports.

✔️ I want cities that aren't built around cars-as-default

✔️ I want the country to own it.

Facts are facts.

It was a delight to hear @gruber and @glennf talk about iCloud Keychain on the latest The Talk Show. Glenn mentioned a really cool trick I want to repeat: in Safari, if you right-click or tap-and-hold on a TOTP setup QR code, you’ll get an option to set up a code generator. :)

I'm more or less part of the fediverse since 2017, but I still can't get over the fact that you people are describing images, very often making me almost content with not being able to see them at all. I've never seen so many people taking time to write meaningful descriptions on this level anywhere else.

It really, really means a lot! Thank you for making it awesome for everyone! Keep 'em coming! ☺️

whoa and also thanks Stuff for making knotwords their mobile game of the year ! holy moly

https://www.stuff.tv/award/the-stuff-gadget-awards-2022-mobile-app-and-game-of-the-year/

#unionize

Actual conversation I had…

Me: Billionaire philanthropy is nothing more than PR. Tax billionaires.
Troll: Lol you trust the Govt to spend our money?
Me: Yes, the Govt is elected by We the People, and therefore is accountable to us and can be voted out.
Troll: Govt is bought.
Me: Bought by who?
Troll: By billionai—...😳
Me: ...🤔
Troll: Ok, Tax billionaires.

I really struggled with the icing for my gingerbread barn and it accidentally became a gingerbread slaughterhouse.

No matter how benevolent a dictatorship is, it's still a dictatorship, and subject to the dictator's whims. We must demand that the owners and leaders of tech platforms be fair and good - but we must also be prepared for them to fail at this, sometimes catastrophically.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/semipermeable-membranes/#free-as-in-puppies

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For me at least, getting onto @Mastodon and appreciating the structure of the platform and the tone of conversation has made these other pop-up social networks (Twitter replacements) totally unattractive. No, I don’t want to move up on a wait list by “referring 5 friends”; no, I don’t want to be part of another Jack Dorsey project; no, I don’t want to be part of something with weird completely top-down control. Mastodon broke me for other platforms.

Voy como las locas sin tiempo de ná

Peeeeero he entrado para decir: ENHORABUENA, HERMANAS. Se ha dado un pasito palante.

😘😘😘😘😘😘

Another app that uses Runestone has seen the light of day 😃 https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/devpad/id6444708509