@stephstephking @wordswithnima I prefer reading paper too, but here's a neat thing I found out recently: most web pages can be saved to "Pocket" and then those can be opened on a Kobo reader. It's made it possible to read long web stories cuddled up with my cat on the couch. (Bonus: Kobo works with the Canadian library system and Overdrive.)
He gets right to something I've learned the very hard way...
Yoel Roth (@yoyoel) tweeted at 7:58 AM on Thu, Dec 01, 2022:
If there’s one takeaway, it’s this: What matters most in platform governance is how decisions get made. You can armchair quarterback specific choices and mistakes all day. But the real work is figuring out how to make principled decisions when all you have are bad options.
(https://twitter.com/yoyoel/status/1598345895690784768?t=W27kQd2g0w_MI4m3nzzCMA&s=03)
A lot of Mastodon instance admins are either getting their first hosting bill or getting a very increased bill from extreme growth and usage. Some may be experiencing bill shock.
Please make sure your paying/supporting them!
Twitter was free because you were the product. Mastodon doesn't work this way.
Many instances list a patreon or donation links on their about page.
Seems most people have suggestions for #Mastodon #newbies. So here's one of mine, esp for those who want to grow engagement. Try to spend a little time to look--deliberately LOOK
--for posts not getting much (if any) response. It's something that always bothered me "there," and certainly bothers me no less here, to see folks putting up heartfelt, sometimes heartWRENCHING posts that nobody answers. Sometimes just knowing you're seen and heard can make a big difference. End of TED talk...
Security Blue Team made their 6 introduction courses free!
They include:
-Digital Forensics
-OSINT
-Threat Hunting
-Network Analysis
-Darkweb Operations
-Vulnerability Management
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see them.
Just in case you're wondering, the fight against authorizing the use of deadly force via robots by the SFPD isn't over yet. There is one vote left before the policy becomes effective. If you live in SF, you can use this Action Alert to tell your Supervisor to vote "no."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/let-them-know-san-francisco-shouldnt-arm-robots
@StevenBeschloss Thank you.
I have bipolar disorder and hate Nazis. I've also never shot up a movie theatre or a restaurant or a church.
I wish people would stop blaming mental illnesses for the wrongs of this country.
DEFEND REALITY - Even If It Feels Impolite
The 24/7 news cycle of pain is encouraging you to forget reality, and stay in a continual state of trauma and silence. There are cures, and they are called gratitude and truth.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heidicuda/p/defend-reality-even-if-it-feels-impolite?r=1tfo38&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
AirBNB doesn't require carbon monoxide detectors. One might have saved these lives. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/us/airbnb-carbon-monoxide.html?smid=tw-share
Mastodon has 1 CVE to date. Does this mean it is safe software? Or does the rising popularity of #Mastodon mean the start of an avalanche of CVEs?...
..These are way too easy questions based on statistics of shaky data. So let's instead see what we can find out about the #security state of Mastodon. For this I concentrate on the runtime part and analyzed the #container image and associated #docker compose.
A thread:
#mastoadmin
Lake and Sky, New Hampshire. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
Water lilies, reflected sky, and autumn colors at a New Hampshire Lake.
You may have seen a different version of this scene rendered in black and white — I posted it not long after our return from photographing New England fall color this year. During the first days of our visit we photographed... continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2022/12/01/lake-and-sky-new-hampshire
#newhampshire #newengland #nature #landscape #photography #fall #autumn #travel #landscapephotography
It’s not often I like comments on hackernews, but this in thread about #lastpass breach “Great, now I'm going to have to rename my dog.”
“…in a democracy, it must be possible to speak truth to power.
Preserving democratic legitimacy thus means protecting a democratic information space[…]There are well-established methods to undermine a shared sense of reality & hence destroy the possibility of a democratic information space. Giving a platform to powerful people who spread outrageous conspiracy theories is one of them.”
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/musk-using-twitter-to-undermine-democracy-by-jason-stanley-2022-11
For Warmth – the great Zen teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh's poetic antidote to anger https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/02/01/for-warmth-thich-nhat-hanh/
Very cool. The venerable Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is now on #Mastodon ! - @TheOfficialACM
Next Wednesday—join @IWMF and @selfinvestigate to chat about protecting your #mentalhealth as a journalist and learn about @IWMF's new mental health guide for journalists. December 7, 9am ET. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcuigrzwvH9BgvMKdNHhHKFT4NTDHmcst
The Electoral Count Act is complicated, vague, and poorly drafted. Congress should use the lame duck to fix it. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/reform-electoral-count-act
I welcome Elon Musk’s statements of intent to get Twitter 2.0 ready for the DSA.
I am pleased to hear that he has read it carefully and considers it as a sensible approach to implement on a worldwide basis.
But let’s also be clear that there is still huge work ahead, as Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and protect freedom of speech, tackle disinformation with resolve, and limit targeted advertising.
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