Mastodawn

Helen Aug 20, 2023

Richard Littler Aug 19, 2023

Right-wing press (2016): "The glorious age of Britain is upon us! Greatest Britain (blessed be its name) is the supreme realm in the known universe. In fact, we may as well rename the universe: 'Britannia, Oh Majestic Province of Divine Riches...'
Right-wing press (2023):

Helen Jul 25, 2023

Helen Jul 10, 2023

genderbot Jul 10, 2023

Today's gender is an understanding hound.

Helen Jul 6, 2023

Techmeme Jul 6, 2023

Mastodon CEO says the launch of Instagram's Threads, which intends to adopt ActivityPub, "is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come" (Eugen Rochko/Mastodon Blog)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/
http://www.techmeme.com/230705/p36#a230705p36

What to know about Threads

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

Mastodon Blog

Helen Jul 4, 2023

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/robert-eggers-on-nosferatu-exclusive/

With Willem Dafoe :)

Robert Eggers Reflects On ‘Difficult’ Nosferatu Shoot: ‘I’m Trying To Go Beyond What I’m Capable Of’ – Exclusive

The director of The Northman and The Witch is making a fresh take on cinema's classic vampire tale. Read more at Empire.

Empire

Helen Jul 3, 2023

Kate Starbird Jul 2, 2023

In ~2014, my colleague & I argued that social media (esp. Twitter) had become part of the critical infrastructure of disaster response. People were turning to Twitter during crises to share information about impacts and resources. Disaster responders were using the data shared there for situational awareness, and were communicating in real-time with their constituents. Today’s events underscore just how dangerous it is for society to come to rely on private platforms as critical infrastructure.

Helen Jul 2, 2023

This is a really odd feeling, by the way. A social media refugee. Very first world problem. But I'll grieve for it nonetheless.

Helen Jul 2, 2023

Well, if nothing else, the downfall of Twitter will keep the conversations going here for a while.

Helen Jul 2, 2023

Sheldon Jul 1, 2023

This is hilarious. It appears that Twitter is DDOSing itself.

The Twitter home feed's been down for most of this morning. Even though nothing loads, the Twitter website never stops trying and trying.

In the first video, notice the error message that I'm being rate limited. Then notice the jiggling scrollbar on the right.

The second video shows why it's jiggling. Twitter is firing off about 10 requests a second to itself to try and fetch content that never arrives because Elon's latest genius innovation is to block people from being able to read Twitter without logging in.

This likely created some hellish conditions that the engineers never envisioned and so we get this comedy of errors resulting in the most epic of self-owns, the self-DDOS.

Unbelievable. It's amateur hour.

#TwitterDown #MastodonMigration #DDOS #TwitterFail #SelfDDOS

Helen Jul 2, 2023

Rosamundi Jul 2, 2023

Well, I guess this explains why his cars keep catching fire.