Paul Briley @paul_briley@qoto.org
Casual inventor, out of the box ideas & science/engineering mnemonists.
but the third server was just right...
Hello hcommons.social! I'm a a historian of the built environment, working across architectural, environmental, urban and coastal modes of analysis. Currently a British Academy Postdoc at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.
More about me here https://samgrinsell.hcommons.org/
As well as scholars, I try to follow and boost activists and groups seeking to improve our collective lives
The Mystery of Alaska’s Disappearing Whales - Belugas pass cultural knowledge across generations. Their survival may depend on how they... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-alaskas-disappearing-whales/ #science/environment #lostknowledge #science
@paul_briley @TerryReintke Well done for mentioning geothermal Paul - Britain and Ireland are sitting on top of hot rocks (depending on how deep one drills the boreholes): an almost untapped source of thermal energy suitable for community and district heating projects, horticulture, retail, warehousing and some light industries (in addition to heating). No need for hydraulic fracturing. Just visit the baths in Bath and dip your finger in the hot spring water to feel the potential!
"Putin is losing in the battle field and resorts to other measures. This #energy #war has consequences all over Europe.
But we Greens have answers. The future will be built on sun & wind.
The future will be built on #renewable energy."
Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament Co-President @TerryReintke #EGPCongress #EnergySecurity
"A major new report from @IEA comes out Tuesday!
Renewables 2022 explores the huge role #renewable #energy is playing in the response to the global #EnergyCrisis, and how governments can accelerate deployment even further in the coming years.
Watch our LIVE launch on the day": https://www.iea.org/events/renewables-2022
via @fbirol 🐦 #EnergyTransition #EnergySecurity
@shelenn
Seriously? Not your fault, I know, but #qoto does NOT have "no moderation"; this is a complete myth. qoto is as moderated as any server. It's not some kind of "free speech" absolutist nuthouse.
What qoto doesn't have (in most cases) is #defederation, and the reasons for that are nicely spelled out here: https://qoto.org/@freemo/109319817943835261
I'm on qoto, and as far as I can tell the fact that it's been defederated by some other servers has no impact whatever: I see lots and lots of people, and lots and lots of people obviously see me.
I really don't get it.k
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I mentioned this in a private message to someone recently about why a small handful of servers block qoto. I wanted to reiterate it here for the new comers on QOTO who dont know the history:
So there are some servers out there that demand every server int he network block every instance they do, and if a server doesnt block an instance they block then they block you in rettatliation.
Their reason for this is quite flawed but it goes like this.. If we federate with a bad actor instance and we boost one of their posts then their users will see it and defeat the purpose of the block. The problem is, this isnt how it actually works. If they block a server and we boost it, they wont see the boost, thats how blocks work.
The issue becomes even more complicated when you consider the fact that these servers, by virtue of their policy, have huge block lists where they block tons of major servers. So in order to satisfy them we too would have to block a huge number of servers.
This means you have a choice, you either join a server that isnt blocked, but has a huge block list themselves, or, you join a server that doesnt block and be blocked by a small handful of servers. Obviously that means on QOTO you will have bigger view of the world than you would on any of these others servers. In fact QOTO has onne of the largest federation footprints of any server in the network.
I want to also explain why we choose the decision we did. Years ago when this controversy started and servers across the fediverse started blocking there was a divide of people taking sides. WOTO was one of the few servers that didnt take sides and allowed people read content from any server (but with strict hate speech rules). This caused a huge influx of people,s pecifically from the LGBTQ community, onto our server. It turns out many people relied on us not-blocking for their physical safety. There were big name biggots (like milo yanappolus) who were on the network. They used their accounts here to watch his account for doxing so they could warn themselves and their community and protect themselves accordingly. In fact we added a feature just for them called subscriptions which allowed them to monitor accounts without following them so they could do so anonymously.
In tthe end for the safety of the LGBTQ community here we refused to engage in mass server blocking and instead encouraged our users to block servers on an individual basis and provided access to block lists for them to do so. But some really misguided servers blocked us anyway.
Thankfully the servers blocking us are few and far between and are limited to only the most excessive and aggressive block lists. As I said, QOTO has one of the largest federation footprints on the fediverse,
@skobkin Exactly... and prevents them from being able to investigate or be aware of attacks on them that may endanger their lives!
@post honestly you can post up to the 65K limit and it isnt a huge issue. Basically if your post is long it gets truncated with a "read more" link... so no actual harm is done.
Only way you could abuse it is if you purposely used it to flood the network. But if you do that it will get auto reported and youll get blocked.
@freemo @LouisIngenthron @derickflorian @toxomat @ceoln @PaulaToThePeople @SecondJon @shelenn To hammer this down further:
I come from not twitter, but another platform where insults are forbidden, but being mean is not something that moderators would react to.
Accordingly, i built some neural pathways to accomodate. My mode of operation was "i can troll the trolls". Whoever is nice, nice. Whoever not, let's see who wins.
So i was looking around here and thought "i hear negative things, i should troll the trolls". I have hence understood that this does not make sense in this environment. Even just being mean is so extraordinary that i do not need to. And that includes the users from other instances i have encountered.
I even was sure someone was arguing in bad faith one time, but after i said i wanted to disengage that was honoured.
This is a place that has no physical location, but a great appeal.
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@erikdesmedt Sorry have no idea about iOS. Not sure many Apple people trust many apps unless verified by their love, Apple. ;-)
What I like about FDroid is that they compile all their applications - if they aren’t given source they don’t list it. Keeps a lot of spyware away. It’s the first place for me, occasionally I have to go to the PLAY store if the app isn’t available on FDroid - Having a Pixel sometimes it can’t be avoided.
F-droid is an open AppStore for Android.
It is awesome and allows anyone to develop and publish an App without permission from google.
Is something similar available for iOS?
Our local postbox is now sporting crocheted Christmas scene on its head. Bagel sat in front of it because he saw me get my phone out to take a picture & he’s a real poser…
⚡️ (https://t.me/wargonzo/9453)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front Page Summary for the Morning of 26 Nov 2022; pub. 10:47⚡️
Russian barrel and rocket artillery continues to be active in the Kherson direction. Arrivals in the regional centre. Strikes on AFU positions in #Belozerka, #Antonovka, #Nikolskoye, #Tokarevka, #Berislav and #Staroshvedskoye. That is, practically along the entire line of contact. For their part, the AFU shelled Novaya Kakhovka. They also launched missile attacks on #Chaplinka and #Skadovsk. The latter two named localities are now deep in the rear. (Figure 1)
On the #Donetsk front, everything is traditional. Russian troops do not abandon attempts to break through to #Konstantinovka, attacking near #Novomikhailovka. Street fighting continues in #Maryinka. The AFU is not going to give up its stronghold on the dominant heights above #Donetsk. Russian troops resumed assault actions near #Pervomayskoye. Their artillery was working tightly on the #Avdeyevka stronghold. (Fig. 2)
On the southern outskirts of #Bakhmut, the Wagner PMCs attacked from the direction of #Opytnoye. Not to be confused with the locality of the same name near #Donetsk! There is also fierce fighting on the southeastern outskirts of the city. Near #Soledar, the Wagner PMC again storms #Bakhmutskoye and #Yakovlevka. (Fig. 3)
On the #Lugansk direction, Russian troops attempted a counterattack near #Dibrov and near #Stelmakhovka. Their artillery hit AFU positions in #Zarechnoye and #Makeyevka. (Fig. 4)
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