ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

So, I'm finding out the hard way that if you start a new Mastodon server, nobody can find you.

This is a shameless request for some boosts so some of the bigger instances see me.

#mastodon #twittermigration #mastodonserver #findme #helpimtrappedinawell #imlonely

Zero percent surprised, but needed to be exposed regardless: How NYU's emergency rooms prioritize VIPs and the rich https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/health/nyu-langone-emergency-room-vip.html

The owner of Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and other NY venues uses facial recognition to identify people he excludes from his venues - including lawyers he doesn't like.

Unbelievable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html

I’m an author and journalist, hopeful about the #TwitterMigration.

I write about science and technology and their cultural effects. My books include Chaos, The Information, and Time Travel, as well as biographies of Richard Feynman and Isaac Newton.

I’m working on a history of the telephone.

#Introduction #authors #science #technology #Feynman #Newton #TimeTravel #Chaos #telephone

CALLING BLACK BRITISH CHILDREN'S AUTHORS!

https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2022/12/22/new-drive-to-publish-black-british-writers/#.Y6Rri5hvdNU.twitter

#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter
#BlackBritishAuthors

Mark Zuckerberg apparently likes deepfake portrayals of himself.

But when a deepfake of Zuckerberg was posted on Instagram, Meta deleted it.

When caught, Meta said the deletion was done by "accident"—but I have my doubts.

https://gizmodo.com/meta-instagram-deep-fakes-antitrust-zuckerberg-1849916864

Spain: Gender identity bill passes parliament https://www.dw.com/en/spain-gender-identity-bill-passes-parliament/a-64191566
Scotland just squeezed ahead of them!

Curaleaf tried to tell me that I'm violating copyright laws by posting these documents.

Pentagon Papers, 1971, clearly gives me the right to publish this. And there will be more documents. https://www.forensicnews.co/roman-abramovich-secretly-funded-worlds-largest-marijuana-company/

Incredibly satisfying read. Fuck all these assholes who crowned themselves the Savers of Society without asking any of the rest of us what we wanted even once https://ez.substack.com/p/moving-fast-and-breaking-things

A world with a million small fedi instances is the world we need

It's day 7 of me and some other journalists being suspended on Twitter because we reported factual public information that Twitter's "free speech absolutist" owner didn't like.

So it's looking like mastodon.world banned a marginalised person in need of help who was asking for funds, and is only now responding to other admins saying "wow that's an extremely bad look" and taking defederation

and I'm on the defed side of things. It's a hard yikes situation.

PHOTO BLOG: Earlier this month, a storm chaser from the Netherlands took a wonderful photo showing several textbook ice halos, including a 46-degree halo, a 22-degree halo with parhelion (sun dogs), and an upper tangent arc. https://www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-recreation/live-news/weather-permitting-photo-blog/933860

if you run into anyone trying to discount the severity of the lastpass breach by saying the master keys are impossible to crack, ask them how lastpass' key derivation works, what a credential stuffing attack is, and how well PBKDF2 scales on GPUs.

given the details, it looks like anyone whose data was in the breach and who also reused their master password elsewhere is in imminent danger of having all their passwords compromised, as is anyone who used a relatively common password.

I interviewed the Vp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/kamala-harris-molly-jong-fast-interview-roe-immmigration

Hubby just sent me this image of the most Texan way ever to cover your outside faucets so they don't freeze.

P.S. Don't forget to cover your outside faucets, leave your indoor faucets dripping and heat your pumphouse if you have one. Don't want those pipes freezing.

#Freeze #FreezeWarning #Texas

How long until we see organizations pop up that offer "content moderation as a service" for fediverse instances (not hosting, just content moderation)?