Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@AnnaAnthro

Don't worry, we on fedi know what to, Boost, Baby, Boost. :)

@ben

Which makes the United States of America, ACCESSORY TO GENOCIDE

@arrrg

Ok 2nd reply here, Just watching a bbc news article about vaccine take up, I don't think they are mentioning social media as a factor for lower take up but we know it is, we know antivaxxers et al are common place on mainstream social media. So not only do people feed social media, they also consume news and other facts (or nonsense in some cases) from social media. This is also just as worrying in many cases.

Not sure how many people have passed all the requirements for a job, been offered a job pending social media search, then been turned down. We dom't hear about that, we do hear the warnings though.

@arrrg

It is now designed to be addictive, as people are not taught to use critical thinking, they don't ask the critical thinking questions as to what is happening.

But if you look at what the basic computer courses offer it is very big tech centred, there is no basic courses that cover free software, or decentralised social media, even the tutors are Social media = Facebook, you can contact old school friends ( a postive thing ) no mention of course, of the school bully that make your life hell.

There are people who say don't give smart phones to under 16s, this may sound a good idea, but what about Apps for services such as banking, or gohenry which is designed to track money, rewards, and spending, helping kids become money confident.

Kids understand this stuff better than their parents, so when parents try and explain about e-safety, they may not be that effective or ask the right questions.

To understand when things go wrong ypu need to understand something on a deeper level. e.g cambridge analytica, massive for data protection and yet people just didn't see a connection and just carried on.

Then when it is their kids, who are harmed they sit up and listen, by then it is too late.

@arrrg

And people keep falling for these scams, we should conclude META is a scam.

@StevenSaus

At this rate, the only way to avoid smart devices will be to live in the middle of nowhere, and walk around naked.

Women's rugby world cup

Scores from first weekend

England 69 - USA 7
Australia 73 - Samoa 0
Scotland 38 - Wales 8
Canada 65 -- iFiji 7
France 24 Italy 0
Ireland 42 Japan 14
New Zealand 54 Spain 8
South Africa 66 Brazil 6

Fixtures for second weekend

England -- Samoa
USA -- Australia
Canada -- Wales
Scotland -- Fiji
Ireland -- Spain
New Zealand -- Japan
Italy -- South Africa
France -- Brazil

#Sport,#Women,#Rugby,#WomensRugbyWorldCup

@ScottLucas

We could do with having a realistic alternative strategy. Given the state of the country, peoples disillusionment with the main parties, something has to happen.

Ideally any MPs for any new party need to be on here, get the culture and engage with people, they also need to understand software freedom as we get that on here, but also get that we shoud be in more control of our devices.

@atomicker

How can we address all the mis/dis information out there. Until we also solve that I fear we won't change anything as people won't realise how serious the situation is.

@europesays

Tragic loss of lives, and to me only a matter of time before something of this scale happens in the English Channel.

This is why we MUST tackle the gangs and provide proper routes into safe countries. I don't consider the USA a safe country (cite stories here) and the Uk is becoming a cess pit (cite I live here).

Lets hope the people behind this tradedy are found and dealt with.

@losttourist

LOL