Mastodawn

Chip Apr 17, 2018

12” of new snow above Lake Tahoe yesterday. Nice but ready for Spring.
https://mastodon.social/media/RdX-M0Q1yjD0DjjzDCE

Chip Apr 11, 2018

Eugen Rochko Apr 10, 2018

There's been some discussion about adding an option to hide public follower/following pages. I wanna gauge if that's worth spending time on: https://www.strawpoll.me/15477773

Would you like an option to hide your following/followers pages? (Even if you might still appear as followee/follower on other people'...

Vote Now! [Yes] [No]

Chip Apr 8, 2018

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear?
https://mastodon.social/media/6HQXhoX7qn160XserhA

Chip Apr 1, 2018

John Miles Apr 1, 2018

Dozens of local TV news anchors were forced to recite a speech about 'false news' controlling 'exactly what people think

http://www.businessinsider.com/sinclair-news-anchors-false-news-controlling-what-people-think-2018-4

BOOST

Dozens of local TV news anchors were forced to recite a speech about 'false news' controlling 'exactly what people think'

Deadspin created a compilation of the local anchors reading the script, and the combined effect is really weird, and worth watching.

Chip Mar 31, 2018

Eugen Rochko Mar 31, 2018

I wrote a super simple bot that boosts anything from a hashtag. The poor man's group feature. https://github.com/Gargron/boost-bot

GitHub - Gargron/boost-bot: Mastodon bot that boosts all local toots with a chosen hashtag.

Mastodon bot that boosts all local toots with a chosen hashtag. - Gargron/boost-bot

GitHub

Chip Mar 31, 2018

Happy Eostre.
https://mastodon.social/media/21OvxoZOMIGKybqGxYU

Chip Mar 28, 2018

Deep Space Network Mar 28, 2018

DSS 55 carrier lock on Mars Odyssey
Frequency: 8.4073GHz
Signal strength: -102dBm
IDLE OFF 1 MCD3

Chip Mar 27, 2018

Is it #Fediverse or #Federverse? Inquiring minds want to know.

Chip Mar 27, 2018

https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/27/mark-zuckerberg-rejects-u-k-request-to-answer-questions-about-facebooks-data-privacy/

Mark Zuckerberg rejects U.K. request to answer questions about Facebook’s data privacy

Mark Zuckerberg has ignored calls to appear before a U.K. Parliament Committee for questioning over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. The Facebook cofounder and CEO will instead send…

VentureBeat

Chip Mar 27, 2018

https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/why-facebooks-data-scandal-just-wont-quit

Facebook Has Had Countless Privacy Scandals. But This One Is Different.

It’s a moment that forces us, collectively, to step back and think about what we sacrificed for a more convenient and connected world.