ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

hmm..
I came across the usual #user that spams crypto stuff..
How to proceed?
I would block the #account, but I think a better action might be to #report it to the remote server.. Just, I only have a report to this server option, and then forward to the remote one...
Any way to just report to the remote? Or am I supposed to report in my one anyway/no-report-at-all?

#newby #mastoHelp #mastodon

Mt. Rainier casting a shadow upwards across the sky.

This piece is a couple of weeks old, but I think it’s important to pay attention to.

In Republican-controlled states where they can get away with it, the urban areas are split up through gerrymandering to basically disenfranchise the city dwellers. Nashville is a prime example.

You’re talking about one of the largest metro areas of the country and because of gerrymandering, its congressional representation is gone. It’s not democracy.

Republican-Led Congressional Redistricting Leads to 'District Misassignment' in Nashville | Pith in the Wind | nashvillescene.com
https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/republican-led-congressional-redistricting-leads-to-district-misassignment-in-nashville/article_bf0c9d34-5df7-11ed-b71a-c7d7f35df19d.html

He's the richest man only because Telsa is a memestock.

Once people realize Tesla's value is high for the same basic reason FTX's was*, it'll normalize down to something a lot smaller.

* people put money in, and number go up; and because number go up, more people put more money in. All while paying lots of attention to the brand and the memes but without paying much attention to the fundamentals of the business

Overconsumption is a big issue already globally and 'world events' like Black Friday doesn't help a bit..

Fashion influencers are getting more crazy than ever, online ordering and payments can be done with a single click / tab on the screen all for the goal of selling more and more.

I'm not gonna participate in this madness and I hope you also won't or at least buy something locally to support the small stores instead of Bezos with for example..

@wchr So, what then? Does everybody just switch to LibreOffice on Linux machines? I assume the same holds for Google as well (by all logic, it should). Can people even use Windows anymore given the amount of telemtry data that's sent?

Does the DSK outline alternatives, or is everyone just under an obligation to figure it out?

How will enforcement work out -- that's ... basically every German company, organisation, volunteer organisation, school...

The massive Twitter data breach is real. Here is a small offer of proof. There is data from entire countries in the data set.

Now Musk is saying if Apple and Google block Twitter on their app stores, presumably for failure to moderate hate speech and for safety, he will just create a new phone.

So it’s going well, right?

Observing what some are calling "growing pains" with how Mastodon instances moderate minority voices is reinforcing what free speech advocates like @popehat have preach for years - that it is the ability for minorities to share their perspectives even if that is uncomfortable for the majority which is the most important function of free speech.

I am now receiving reports of child abuse materials (CSAM) surfacing on #Twitter as results from ordinary, nonsexual searches, and that efforts to report such materials to Twitter are either being ignored or receive "does not violate our TOS" responses. Horrific if true.

Going into the 2022 midterm elections, Ds controlled 36 state legislative chambers; Rs controlled 62. Now, Ds control 40; Rs 56. (3 remain uncalled.)

It's the first time a prez's party has picked up state leg seats in the 1st-term midterms since *1934*. https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2022:_State_legislatures

Apparently Sam Harris quit the bird site but has anyone seen him around here yet?

What if blue checks and celebrities all go to some unfederated silo, with some fun fonts and a tip jar, only to discover that no cared that they were missing?

That could have a profound impact on our train wreck culture.

Can we cut out the clout chasing?

Influencer culture is what helped destroyed Twitter, and it will destroy the Fediverse if we bring these same habits.

Stop begging for followers. It's gross.

@georgetakei I keep recommending: go to the #Apple #AppStore and go to the #Google #PlayStore and #REPORT the #Twitter app.

At the Play store there is a link for an "inappropriate" app. Click it and fill in the checkbox for "hateful or abusive content".

Let's get the app removed!

(And Numskoel doesn't realize you can read his dying bird with your phone's browser? He thinks he has to make a special phone?????)

Perhaps lost to Musk here is the fact that, if he forces Twitter to essentially become an alt-platform, Trump will have no reason to use it. He’s already on an alt-platform, Truth Social. The usefulness of Twitter to him was that more people were on it and it was easier to access. No reason for Trump to swap back if the only people who read his tweets are those willing to shell out for MuskPhone

On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @CrimethInc Twitter account.

Musk’s goal in acquiring Twitter had nothing to do with “free speech”—it was a partisan move to silence opposition, paving the way for fascist violence.

Please help us circulate our full statement:

https://crimethinc.com/TwitterBan

Please follow us on Telegram and Mastodon.

Nick Fuentes is a white nationalist, a Holocaust denier, an opponent of women's suffrage — and Donald Trump's dinner guest this week.

Now Trump says he had no idea who Fuentes was.

When it suits his political interest, the stable genius is happy to be a babbling idiot.

The U.S. Supreme Court justices are the only judges in the country who are not governed by a code of ethics. This needs to change.

Here are three reforms that the Court can make now to shore up its legitimacy: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-ethics-reform

Molly White bravely presented her talk, Is Web3 bullshit?, at Web Summit 2022 in front of a crowd with what are likely many people deeply invested in Web3. She calls out the ubiquity of vaporware, the numerous grifts, and the entrenchment power behind the rhetoric while acknowledging the importance of the lofty goals which should inspire technologists.

#Skepticism, #Technology, #Video, #Web3