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
What in the world?
How is that Putin's playbook? Seems he's taken to... different strategies over his time.
None of that is kleptocracy.
He's not forcing anyone to participate. If people want to throw away their money, it's their money to choose to throw away.
No, you didn't watch Donald Trump supporting an insurrection.
There cannot have been an insurrection given that 1, Trump was still in office, and 2, they marched on the wrong branch of government.
People were lied to about what they were watching, as they didn't understand their civics enough to know that's not what that was.
@Yoshi oh, no, that would be better than what we have.
The Congress has way TOO MUCH spine, as we elected representatives who are all too eager to stand and fight for the cameras.
SCOTUS properly ruled based on what was in front of them, they're not corrupt, it's just that what we put in front of them is awful. See, again, the congresspeople that we elect.
The US government is honest. It's just that it's honestly reflecting a population that's pretty awful.
@FantasticalEconomics resist?
Things like this are how it should have been done from the beginning!
> And while that fact makes Mastodon DMs no less safe than Twitter DMs have been this whole time
Oh, it's critical for people to realize that Mastodon/Fediverse DMs are WAY less safe than Twitter DMs this whole time due to the public broadcast nature of ActivityPub.
With Twitter you deal with a single professionally run company. With Fediverse you deal with who knows how many instances run by who knows whom, each with who knows what motivations.
But to this point, I don't think E2EE is particularly compatible with ActivityPub. One would be grafting a new system onto the side of it, so might as well just go with a different system entirely if you need real DMs.
@ExtremeDullard no, what happens is that they're released, or others are released to make room for them.
This is a routine issue, a solved problem.
Executives end up releasing detainees based on priorities, and that can be a good thing, getting a bunch of people released who probably shouldn't have been detained in the first place.
@realcaseyrollins
I once saw someone point out that the US left and right tended to make different types of reasoning errors, and the Fox crowd's error was one of magnitude.
They misunderstood the few scary cases as being rampant.
It was a really interesting point that applies here.
@originalucifer
@dougiec3 what SCOTUS participation enabled this?
SCOTUS actively promoted prosecution of Trump over the allegations against him by sending a case back for further prosecution.
SCOTUS actively opposed Trump's corruption.
@gwagner honeymoon phase.
Everyone's pretty much going to keep the same positions for a couple of weeks if not months to see how things go.
Everybody is holding their breath to see how the political winds blow, and they'll react based on that, but it takes a little while for things to settle down.
@chartier That's pretty much what's been happening...
@joelle let's be clear, this kind of stuff is what got us in this position in the first place.
It's not helpful. It only confirms the position of the people who are so focused on rooting out DEI.
It continues to play into their hands.
@atomicpoet with ATProtocol there is emphatically room for any fire hoses that wish to exist.
Who will compete? Anyone who wants to!
It's not a strong argument against it.
@futurebird I mean, if you don't want to do your job then you should quit.
But don't stay in the role if you're not up to the task for whatever reason.
At that point you're just acting in a corrupt fashion, and you're not taking The high ground.
Indeed. And a bunch of people didn't learn their lesson from overreacting then either.
@TomWellborn@universeodon.com I think this is the guy who has been making his rounds, and doesn't seem to know what his job is.
Sounds like he needs to pursue a different career if he can't get over his position not being used for political gain.
@fell please no.
Let people enable that stuff if they want to, but don't make it opt out.
@europesays That's not inaccurate description of what the EO does.
I mean yeah, pardons aren't about changing truth.
Surely this judge knows better.
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
