Olives @olives@qoto.org

Should I add a header?

It's interesting how there's less interest in using Egyptian mythology in stories now.

Jojo has a reference to the Book of Thoth (the manga is decades old), Yu-Gi-Oh #anime was about a reincarnated pharaoh who plays a magical card game, and The Mummy.

Do you remember that Stargate film with the flying pyramid?

When you quickly glance at a headline about the Stargate AI thing and you think for a moment that it's about some sort of sci-fi novel / show.

While governments might play a role in censorship, a lot of it has nothing to do with them. #FreeSpeech

"AI" is in quotes because it's not intelligent.

"#AI" is inherently unreliable. It might behave unpredictably at any point.

Unpredictable behavior is not a characteristic one wants in an agent.

"#AI Agents" are a terrible idea.

Confidentiality is only one element of privacy.

Bluesky is still not decentralized.

I recommend against using Hetzner.

Tuta is worse than Proton because if you try to be private, they will quietly disable your account and tell you that you failed to login (as if you got your password wrong).

While I'm sure Proton is secure, I don't think sending a SMS to activate an account is good for privacy?

Remember that people were using OnlyFans and Pornhub as places to upload historic content to, presumably because other sites were too censorious.

I remember YouTube used to mess with people for... Cursing in a video. I saw a post earlier today complaining about how YouTube apparently doesn't like nudity.

There are plenty of things which frustrate people about YouTube, such as arbitrary censorship and downranking. Or that YouTube keeps trying to get you to login. It might be better to talk about those than berating people for linking to the site.

Alright, perhaps ideally, you might not want people to use YouTube, you might want them to use something like Peertube instead, however, it's undeniable that YouTube is a part of everyday life. I don't think berating people for that is helpful.

"You shouldn't post YouTube links on Mastodon because it's owned by Google!"
Talking like this looks out of touch.

https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-cyber-law-social-media-6de3a878c434abb154b91012bc9ca33c
"Under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, which was introduced in the National Assembly Wednesday, authorities would create an agency with the power to order the immediate blocking of content deemed “unlawful and offensive” from social media, such as content critical of judges, the armed forces, parliament or provincial assemblies. Individuals and organizations posting such content may also be blocked from social media."

"The law also makes spreading disinformation a criminal offense, punishable by three years in prison and a fine of 2 million rupees ($7,150).
Unions representing journalists and news editors rejected the bill Thursday."
#pakistan #FreeSpeech

There was a bit of "does this look old enough" (and looking at little details) to roleplay with with a character from an #anime game on Mastodon.

Looks like expression is being chilled. #FreeSpeech