ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

Happy New Year. May 2023 be the year of integrity.

Murderball two years ago today: all murder, very little ball

Murderball today: all ball, very little murder

@WalterShaub

Is there a fediverse equivalent of Substack? (I know some might argue that Mastodon or various Mastodon-like forks already is) but it still seems that something more focused on long form is a bit different (even as various forks allow more characters).

My final breakfast of 2022 seems happy.

So, it's day 5 having of COVID.

I still can't smell, still can't taste.

Congestion is not as bad now.

Aches are less intense now.

Lethargy is still bad.

Having a tough time breathing a bit.

I feel out of breath if I push myself to do stuff & drained & have to rest soon after.

Still feeling foggy headed a bit.

So, please don't get covid, it's not like a really bad cold, it's much worse, I feel like I got run over by a train.

Wear masks indoors, stay safe. Please. ❤️

One of the more sobering artifacts I came across in the #Viking exhibit at the National Museum of Ireland

The #Dublin of a 1,000 years past was known for its slave market and this collar is a reminder of that ugly truth

#IrishHistory #IrishSlavery #Slavery

Besides Mastodon, what are the most used Fediverse apps?

Here's some estimates:

1. The Matrix: ~40 million accounts
2. disaspora*: 741,945 accounts
3. Peertube: 390,998 accounts
4. Pixelfed: 143,518 accounts
5. Pleroma: 126,727 accounts
6. BirdsiteLIVE: 70,828 accounts
7. WriteFreely: 68,141 accounts
8. Lemmy: 40,188 accounts
9. WordPress: 31,366 accounts
10. Plume: 23,695 accounts

I haven't been able to find a near-accurate estimate for Misskey. I wonder what it is.

I cannot keep this to myself. There is a website (radio.garden) where you can listen to radio stations all over the world for free. No log in. No email address. Nothing.

When the site loads, you are looking at the globe. Slide the little white circle over the green dots (each green dot is a radio station) until you find one you like.

I have been listening to this station in the Netherlands and it absolutely slaps. I have no idea what they're saying but the music is fantastic.

The New York Times article trashing #Signal is the worst piece of crap they have published in a while.

.All you need to know is that the attitude towards #privacy advocates and #infosecurity - conscious geeks is as such:

"Small groups of technologists are developing and deploying applications of their technologies for explicitly ideological reasons, with those ideologies baked into the technologies."

I won't link to promote this schlocky opinion piece, which is apparently a reaction to #JackDorsey and his million $ donation to #Signal.

The article is "Jack Dorsey and the Dangers of Privacy At All Costs"

#enufsaid

You mad? Maybe it's time for you to stop paying employees so little they have to apply for Government subsidies.

Wikipedia: Trump told 30,573 false or misleading claims during his presidency.

George Santos: hold my beer.

Wikipedia: this is not even beer.

I'm sure that'll go over well with the FTC. (ht: @cong) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/technology/twitter-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=VgRUNNm_WiVdC4UQEMlklKIzkCg-CdCSZscqTNvGoiusn7if4Ovf4XYsLnMqfUOyJzZmN-zJDGl5je3ZZhzn0thD1RGC2qWb_Bq7LHrAhzBDsTZYsUJqrqHyC5u6xpETToPQb5PKgWFVuoS6D8aTfzR2C7cV_HlQ6lQoecldCGptqAPeTr1qvpna6d15I4GmcKSKtil5rDcqpEaDtl_okEOw_voUSR4lYgUfK_UX8R2fHemvdTcWWoKbGLssrrp-9KuCZXToEcjuxT6ivu8ZR0fr4khjqCTM2sqDqPhL8kuvGRDmyFzanNGojEU1rkd8ayzIqkeNE3UDRGv8XDs&smid=share-url

I wrote up some of the tricks and tools and tips I've picked up that have made Mastodon more useful, and which people seem to appreciate when I share with them: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/some-tricks-to-making-mastodon-way-more-useful/

It can be difficult to find hope in such a cynical time, but remember this:

Small actions and victories lead to bigger ones, and the improbable becomes possible.

We must keep up the fight. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/staying-hopeful-in-a-cynical-time#details

This is what disappears on 1st Jan 2024:

— equal pay for women
— holiday pay
— agency worker rights
— data protection rights
— protections of TUPE
— consultation when redundancies are proposed
— paid maternity and parental leave
— part-time and fixed-term protections
— rest breaks
— max working hours
— night worker protections
— rights on the insolvency of an employer and more

You won’t even have the right to a written statement of job terms and conditions

We have to #GTTO before then!