Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Almost everything I post on Mastodon gets at least a reply, and often a conversation. On Bluesky and Threads, that’s rare. Again. I have many more followers here, but it was true even when I didn’t have many. It’s just a different culture. People elsewhere seem to be waiting for those services to evolve more, while people here are actually using what we have.

I have many thoughts and opinions about many things but have started to think there is no point trying to express them on social media platforms whose formats/algorithms effectively require — and only reward — a severe reductionism that is destructive & helping ruin the world.

I've been saying for years: People are sitting in jail right now on deepfaked evidence. We just won't find out until they're exonerated 50 years from now and given like $200 for their trouble.

Someone once registered a throwaway email with one of my nicknames and sent a bomb threat from it. If cops and a judge fell for that, they'll fall for a deepfake. Every time.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/steak-umm-vegans-deepfake

https://youtu.be/eIfv22BQ1Y0

UK ‘in violation of international law’ over poverty levels, says UN envoy

Poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and the government is violating international law, the United Nations’ poverty envoy has said ahead of a visit to the country this week, when he will urge ministers to increase welfare spending.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/05/uk-poverty-levels-simply-not-acceptable-says-un-envoy-olivier-de-schutter

PC World - November 1996
https://archive.org/details/pcworld1411unse_0/page/10/mode/2up

Football weather ☀️

@GilletteStadium@twitter.com | #ForeverNE

We are witnessing the biggest global anti-war protests since the Iraq war in 2003.

(Pictures from Washington DC, London, Berlin, Jakarta)

@darnell @Barredo @gpollara @mastofeed

Exactly. Friendica can be used as an RSS aggregator. Posts then appear in my private timeline.
This is how I organise my podcasts, for example, or get sources into my feed that are not (yet) represented in the Fediverse.

You can cook eggs in a waffle maker https://www.diningandcooking.com/1022544/you-can-cook-eggs-in-a-waffle-maker/

#ShittyFoodPorn

Let's gooooo!