I read that #Meta has launched #Threads and many don't understand why it's not fully usable via the web but only through a dedicated mobile app. Meta isn't interested in letting us talk but rather in collecting as much data as possible. Browsers have become (more) skilled at protecting us, while apps can have almost complete access to our mobile devices, gathering data that an average person couldn't even imagine. And our mobile devices have become the safe (or should I say, the exposed pantry?) of our lives. #privacy #datacollection #SocialNetworks

This is the only existing photo of Chernobyl taken on the morning of the nuclear accident. It is so grainy because of the radiation, which started to destroy the camera film.

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.

If Roberts is "disturbed" by criticism of the #SCOTUS decisions on his watch, wait till he reads the opening lines of his future obituaries from his boiling-oil vat in Hell. The words "billionaires" and "corruption" will feature prominently.