"Soon, we are planning to make #Threads compatible with #ActivityPub, the open social networking protocol (...). This would make Threads interoperable with other apps (...) such as Mastodon and WordPress – allowing new types of connections that are simply not possible on most social apps today" - Introducing Threads: A New Way to Share with Text, #Instagram, #Meta
https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/threads-instagram-text-feature
"The question isn’t if the #fediverse can replace #Twitter, but if protocols can usurp platforms in our life online. With enough momentum the fediverse can be the fabric of the social web, incorporating existing systems like #Tumblr and #Medium and outright replacing stragglers"
- Schulman R. (2023) The breadth of the fediverse, Deeplinks, Electronic frontier foundation (#EFF)
The Washington Post recently published an op-ed by Megan McArdle titled "Twitter might be replaced, but not by Mastodon or other imitators." The article argues that Mastodon is falling into a common trap for open source projects: building a look-alike alternative which improves things a typical...
I’m a frickin genius.
Context: my kid is mildly allergic to citric acid and citric fruit. Brings out eczema. And citric acid is in SO many things. And it’s painful checking ingredients lists for it.
This morning I wondered: can my phone OCR the ingredients list and check it?
My first thought was to make a little web app. But there doesn’t seem to be a OCR in web browsers yet.
But I KNOW my phone can get text from images.
Then…
Apple Shortcuts!!!
CHECK THIS OUT!!!
"Our Pledge for a Healthy #Internet describes our hopes for the Internet, and what it can become: a powerful tool for promoting #civil discourse and human dignity. One that elevates critical thinking and reasoned argument, that honors shared experience and individual expression and brings together diverse and global communities" - Teixeria S. (2022) Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative, Blog, #Mozilla
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
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