volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
@renwillis I know, that's the funniest part!
@sharan But the article is pretty off base. It seems to confuse the author's personal opinions with technological design, as if denying that an airplane can fly on account of it not being painted the color the person likes.
Yes, BlueSky is an alternative with a functional protocol that is working as a functional, technological and operational alternative everyday of the week.
From a technical standpoint BlueSky works. We can see it working. I really don't know why the author would try to say otherwise even if he doesn't like something personal with some of the people managing the project.
Once again we can see that #Trump is being used, but he's too damn stupid to realize that the folks flattering him into thinking he's in charge are mainly just making fun of him.
This week there was a lot of reporting about "Trump's plan" for #Gaza, Hamas, and Israel, but there was also reporting that the plan was spearheaded by British figures. Trump was flattered into promoting it as his own, and he did as he was told, but thinking it was his idea all along.
Today it's being reported that Trump tried to issue orders with regard to "his plan", but those orders were ignored because no one actually cares about him beyond his usefulness to them.
This cycle repeats over and over again.
What a pathetic idiot.
@quollveth ATProto is specifically designed so that relays can't be monopolized by one corporation.
I think it's important that people understand that Fediverse is not secure. On this platform it's not even that user data can be given to governments, but the way the protocols work here it's basically fed to them constantly.
A lot of people are surprised when they learn how little privacy there is here.
@sharan that BlueSky was never an alternative is going to be news to the tremendous number of people using BlueSky as an alternative on a daily basis...
Yes, BlueSky has been and continues to be an alternative. There's no reason to deny that.
@sharan that BlueSky was never an alternative is going to be news to the tremendous number of people using BlueSky as an alternative on a daily basis...
Yes, BlueSky has been and continues to be an alternative. There's no reason to deny that.
@renwillis I don't know if you're ironically representing the exchange from the image or not...
This is a Poe's law situation
@richpuchalsky The reason I don't think that's right is because if BlueSky was nothing but a Twitter alternative then it wouldn't have wasted all of the time and resources to build out the distributed infrastructure.
That stuff was really expensive!
BlueSky is BlueSky to be distributed and out from under the control of one corporation. Without that so many of these other pros and cons and drama would never have emerged.
@QasimRashid it sounds like you're missing that this is being enabled by Congress.
You should protest your congresspeople. They're really the ones supporting this, so that's the weak point.
Protesting ICE like this just plays their game. They know how to win this game.
People need to go after Congress instead.
@everton137 I can help explain it if you don't get it that's where the readers are.
It's really that simple.
They're on X because they want to connect to the people on X.
@NewsDesk That's a sensationalized take on this.
He already hired the guy a long time ago. This isn't cozying up to 2025, it's meeting with his employee.
@fkamiah17 But this is missing the context that Trump has a mind that has gone to mush, his speech was incredibly rambly and showed that his brain just does not work anymore, and he displayed that directly to a bunch of brass who will know not give him much benefit of the doubt if his orders are off the rails.
It doesn't really mean much to pick lines out of a crazy person mumbling to himself.
But yeah, now that Trump has directly demonstrated to military leadership that he's insane, now that they have seen it with their own eyes, they're not going to respect out of line orders from him. They won't be legally valid orders.
A couple things, this helps moderators figure out what people want them to remove in the first place it helps them learn the communities.
But more importantly, it helps us not rely on moderators so much in the first place.
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#Hannity, on a roll listing out his standard series of grievances, referring to "unvetted known terrorists" in the US illegally, without realizing the contradiction. #USPolitics
@steter the Supreme Court said no such thing.
@vicnews MAGA legislators voted to keep government open.
It's not their shutdown.
@pattykimura no, Trump doesn't control all three branches of government, neither in theory nor practice.
He's the president. The other two branches are insulated from the president by design.
And the other two branches regularly refuse to do what he wants.
For example, they refused to fund his branch of government and give him the resources to carry out his programs.
@realcaseyrollins reporting says Hegseth is the one who called for the presentation, and he did a great job presenting it.
But then #Trump insisted on stealing the spotlight, and he looked awful. He didn't follow military protocol and gave a presentation that was so discombobulated that he looked insane.
The contrast only magnified that.
So good job, Trump, you just let all of your top military brass know that their commander isn't all there mentally. They're far less likely to give benefit of the doubt for questionable orders now.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
