ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

So Ford wants to add work-hour requirements to Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Assistance Program.

Meanwhile he only ever shows up in the Legislature for 15 minutes before fucking off to his cottage or wherever.

https://pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-wants-to-track-the-performance-of-social-assistance-program-hes-not-tracking-poverty/

An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a sledgehammer covered in fake blood to a European Parliament representative after the oligarch's private military company was designated a terrorist organization.

https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1595518274129002497?cxt=HHwWgoDUodfataQsAAAA

#war #news #russia #ukraine

Next: Crypto means cryptography, damn it.

We don’t know who leaked the Supreme Court opinions to conservative groups, but one justice certainly doth protest his own innocence Alito too loudly.

Literally the last story on NYT homepage, very bottom left.

Media dropped it quickly when Gosar, MTG spoke at Fuentes' event, and McCarthy didn't punish.

This is presumptive GOP nominee for '24.

Imagine where this would be if it were President Obama. Or Hillary Clinton in '16.

Adventures of a Mathematician:

https://www.ias.edu/ideas/adventures-mathematician

(film now streaming on Amazon Prime)

Photo: Stanislaw Ulam winning at a T-Division poker game at Los Alamos (date unknown). Clockwise from lower left: Unidentified, Carson Mark, Bernd Matthias, Stan Ulam, Foster Evans, George Cowan, Nicholas Metropolis. Courtesy of Francoise Ulam.

I’m loving all the #BlackFriday pics and illustrations here on #BlackMastodon. So much #BlackJoy and #BlackExcellence. I appreciate y’all and the people who lurked, favorited, and boosted toots and accounts.

@mastodonusercount At our current overall #Fediverse #growth rate, we should be even with the bird site's 206 million active #users in 8 years (2030.) Here's to hoping this goes faster. #Invite your friends: https://c.im/

@rswestmoreland Ah; you don't want to use that one. Find one of the third-party ones. The actual "Mastodon" app was written in a hurry to get something out the door, and doesn't support a lot of the protocol's actual features. It's intended more as a "my first app" sort of experience. Many of the others are nicer.

#Tusky on #Android but I don't know what #iOS users use.

Just a reminder to not buy a commercial VPN on Black Friday unless you’re a corporate IT admin buying a concentrator, or you’re trying to watch geolocked kdramas. They provide you no added security. You’re welcome! #cybersecurity

Success story for the Fender's Blue Butterfly.
QT: https://qoto.org/@johnnylogic/109405366361525081

Sarah Palin's recent loss in Alaska could serve as exhibit A in the case that Malcolm Turnbull and I make in @TheGuardian for ranked choice as a possible path forward to fixing America's broken electoral system: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/28/how-australias-electoral-system-allowed-voters-to-finally-impose-a-ceasefire-in-the-climate-wars

Hot take: with so many people joining, #moderation across #Mastodon instances should get a little bit more considerate and less impulsive. Dealing with a lot of new moderation requests necessitates extra deliberation and nuance, not the necessity of an immediate, impulsive decision making just for the sake of reducing workload.

This is hard to do, I know, and so #instance #admins deserve extra support from their users especially at this time. But let's be considerate and not harsh with reports.

I'm dismayed at some of the people on the #left throwing shade at #decentralization as "some #libertarian noise." Like, this is literally people #seizing the #means of mass communication, and these people are opting to side with the #profiteers because apparently it turns out the #proles are actually scary.
The ideal socialist condition would be independent communities self-governing and engaging in mutual aid. How the hell does #Twitter fit that model even *remotely* better than #Mastodon?

I see a lot of legitimate concerns and complaints about #Mastodon and the #Fediverse (on #Moderation , poor usability, missing features, etc). But perhaps a big reason for many people's difficulties is a gap in expectations and a deep unfamiliarity with non-hierarchical spaces:

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Deactivate my account on the bird app today.
Appreciate the community on here @freemo and the @QOTO instance.

I am again out in the middle of nowhere, trying to enjoy the stars - and the first thing you see are fucking Starlinks. Everywhere. It’s heartbreaking. It’s nauseating. I think I’m going to puke my thanksgiving. Thanks Elon.

Please, please do not buy Starlink. There are plenty of other internet options.