Olives @olives@qoto.org

Some good news on the Facebook front when it comes to Threads and the fediverse. Threads has apparently ceased to block entire instances on a puritanical basis. #FreeSpeech

Is Nostr a good option?

Not only does Mastodon have a bigger character limit, but you can theoretically use an instance with a more generous limit than that. With Bluesky, you can't.

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.