I just watched an astonishingly dumb Discord conversation. It spanned 9-12 hours, involved baseless accusations of Nazism and eugenics, and hinged on 4 people fundamentally misunderstanding a US court case.
I was not one of the people involved in the insult flinging, but I did try to put it out. Ultimately, I was able to stop the flames, but my opinion of two of those people I mentioned has been significantly dimmed.
Still better than an average day of Twitter browsing.
Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They'll Have to Do It Again https://www.wired.com/story/ebooks-drm-blind-accessibility-dmca/
Did #Facebook go down due to sabotage or incompetence? Vote your thoughts below!
#scihub
Rescue Mission for Sci-Hub and Open Science: We are the library.
https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/nc27fv/rescue_mission_for_scihub_and_open_science_we_are/
Canadian Government Wants To Regulate Social Media Like Broadcast - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210430/07293446707/canadian-government-wants-to-regulate-social-media-like-broadcast.shtml disappointing #canada
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I am pleased to announce that Saturday, May 15th, I am going to be hosting AND casting the inaugural FEDIVERSE CUP on Age of Empires 2: DE. Compete against fedifriend and fedifoe alike for bragging rights, honor, but most importantly, for cold hard American cash! That's right, there will be at LEAST 200 dollars available as a prize pool.
IF you are interested in competing in the inaugural Fediverse Cup event, respond to this post with your steam ID.
Goddamn it, what the fuck is wrong with the EU's understanding of the Internet?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/eu-adopts-controversial-law-forcing-one-hour-takedowns-of-terrorist-content/ar-BB1gb8sN
The @FCC is finally asking for public comments! Here's your chance to let them know just how badly you’ve been treated, and to demand an end to the miserable era of monopolistic ISPs treating you as a captive and not a customer. We deserve better. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/fcc-wants-your-broadband-horror-stories-you-know-what-do
Schools should not be giving student grades and disciplinary records to police that use the information as a justification for harassment. It’s about time people pushed back against Pasco County’s targeted policing program.
Mathematics Ph.D. Likes hanging out with almost everyone regardless of political views or anything else.
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