john @johnporche@qoto.org
Aviation, Rockets, Electronics, ASIC, UAV, FPGA, USAF Veteran
Joined Nov 2022
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One of the great joys of parenting is giving your kids socks and underwear in an empty iPad case. Who said we have iPad money? Not I.
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You see how the entire “AI” agenda is driven by OpenAI? How every time they come up with anything that’s all everyone talks about? Does this seem like a healthy science or research attitude? This is a company run by typical overhyping, tech-utopia-brought-to-you-by-silicon-valley-billionaires bros who have managed to hijack or time and imagination cause, well, money, racism, sexism.
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Here’s a fantastic interview about Twitter and Mastodon with @shengokai https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion.
1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
Video: https://youtu.be/oqgeM6rWSkw
Never forget 11/22/87.
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I of course always want to be elevating the conversation about media and information ecosystems, but also I’ve been waiting for an excuse for this fit.
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"Please," said the man, "can you do magic to make me be kind?"
"No," said the witch. "Magic cannot change anyone's nature."
"So there is no hope for me?"
"You ask the wrong question. Kind is not something you are. It is what you do."
"Is it that simple?"
"It is that hard."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic
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If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
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Bolsonaro contests election
via PBS Newshour
Bolsonaro contests Brazil election results, demands votes be annulled
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/bolsonaro-contests-brazil-election-results-demands-votes-be-anulled
#News #Bolsonaro #Brazil
Woops : https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRxG1q3A/ looks like things are looking bleak for the bird
dark ships around the pipline sabotage: https://apple.news/ASacR6t6PQWaTGNjmr4aKKA
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Remember when we said probably not a good idea to trust platform companies to make all these decisions because they might not be on your side? I remember.
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Mastodon meta / lightly touching my own experiences. (trauma)
I'm on the verge of tears, and I'm not even involved with the stuff that's been coming out over the past day or two.
Just watching people having to go through the same conversations with Gargron/Eugen (Mastodon's creator) again, and all my trauma is just resurfacing.
I used to work with Eugen, I thought I could be some kind of conduit to help him listen to and understand the community's concerns, you know the communities that needs the most protection, not the facists.
I'm not going to pretend that I knew what I was doing, or was even near perfect when I did that work. There was so many things I didn't understand yet, for example about harassment, racism and especially anti-blackness. About micro-agressions and so so much more.
I've been on here since april 2017, and I've always cared for this community. And yes, there are so many different aspects and communities on here. How do I delineat who I'm talking about? I'm talking about the people who came to mastodon because of the tagline
"Like Twitter but no Nazis". I'm talking about you.
I don't remember the actual wording anymore, but once there was a joinmastodon, which we also had to push hard to even get, it was right there "No Nazis.
Now we're sitting here, and watching Gargron wring his hands about .art silencing his server because, he is still actively federating with servers that has known facists on it. How did we get here? I honestly don't know.
His server which we already know has grown all too big years ago, and he keeps pushing moderators away, or not paying them enough for their work when they are the sole moderators.
Apparently he's currently the sole moderator, and this has made him an expert in moderation needs, and this is why we have the new report system which is absolute trash. Screenshot attached.
Every thing we hear, it's always worse, it's always the tip of the ice berg. And yeh, I know I'm mentioning recent stuff and not only my own experiences. The issues is, when I start talking about my experiences, the ones that particularly affect me I get physically ill. But I'm going to copy paste some of the inefficiently described things I explained to a friend today. So please bear with me.
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‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia
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*wheels out another stack for #fediblock *
nicecrew[DOT]digital
husk[DOT]site
fedi[DOT]intkos[DOT]link
novoa[DOT]nagoya
mugicha[DOT]club
iddqd[DOT]social
leafposter[DOT]club
beefyboys[DOT]win
All these are bad. Just toss 'em.
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Did you know that if you capitalize each word in a multi-word hashtag, #ScreenReaders can read them as words, but if you leave them lowercase, they can't? Well, now you know! So, for #accessibility, please capitalize words when there's more than one in a hashtag.
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Hello new people! 👋
I run a human-curated directory of interesting accounts to follow on here:
Do you have an account that posts a lot about a particular topic? Would you like to be listed in the directory?
If so, reply or @ me or send me a DM and let me know!
(The site only went live a few days ago so some topics are less populated than others, but this is why I am working on expanding it!)
Boosts appreciated 
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It's time for your evening read, friends.
Mastodon and the fediverse have existed for years. For those who were here long before it's popularity skyrocketed, it's been a mix of emotions watching it grow.
This is a really enlightening read and the best thing I read all day. Please take a moment to give it a read yourself.
Home invasion: Mastodon's Eternal September begins
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RT @chadloder@twitter.com
@JackMLawrence@twitter.com What's wild is, this entire fiasco was obvious to those of us who work professionally on account fraud. https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1590444556604301313
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1590488186408808451
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A few years ago I made an online origami simulator at https://origamisimulator.org - the app lets you import crease patterns and simulate how they fold in 3D.
I'm planning to build some new features to make it easier to design/edit crease patterns, and I made a short survey to see what people are most excited about:
https://forms.gle/URQzaDP9DbgAw9Bb6
If you're interested in origami (even if you are a beginner), please take a few min to fill out this survey, even partial responses are very helpful, thanks!
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Here's an article on the the different apps you can use for this platform. I started with the Mastodon app. I've been using Metatext.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei
#mastodon
https://transponderings.blog/2022/05/21/eight-mastodon-apps-for-iphone/?amp=1
Aviation, Rockets, Electronics, ASIC, UAV, FPGA, USAF Veteran
Joined Nov 2022
