Mastodawn

The rapid decline of local content on the mediumwave bands has considerably reduced the romantic mystery of tuning around and seeing what you find. It's mostly now a sterile mix of mass-produced, syndicated right wing talk, sports, and so on. But there are still a handful of stubbornly local stations producing their own programming.

Justin ⏚Jun 19

old roadside pictures Jun 19

gorilla, gorilla country golf, atlantic beach, north carolina, 1985

Justin ⏚Jun 19

Mastodon Migration Jun 19

Considering joining the Fediverse, or know someone who is? Please check out and share this wonderful video by Fediverse treasure Elena Rossini @_elena:

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media >>> https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

And, if you decide you want to join Mastodon, you might want to consider signing up for the intrepid @stux's Netherlands/EU based mstdn.social:

https://mstdn.social/about

Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media

PeerTube

Justin ⏚Jun 19

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Cory Doctorow Jun 18

@Gargron Also, I saw your note on the Github issue about using pro-bono counsel. If you'd like me to ask EFF's lawyers about helping Mastodon come up with fair and user-rights-preserving ToS, please email me at cory@eff.org

Justin ⏚Jun 18

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Ian Jun 17

@vruz @molly0xfff That's like saying churches should run casinos to keep the mob out.

Justin ⏚Jun 18

Molly White Jun 17

just checking in on the financial revolution that was meant to sidestep banks, tech giants, and the state

#crypto #cryptocurrency

Justin ⏚Jun 18

Electronic Frontier Foundation Jun 17

Online advertising fuels widespread privacy and security violations, EFF’s @legind told @verge. Meta “is putting WhatsApp’s 3 billion users at unnecessary risk, all for the sake of a monetization strategy no one asked for and no one wanted.” https://www.theverge.com/meta/688714/whatsapp-ads-rollout-change-app-meta

WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever

WhatsApp is bringing ads to its status feature, a move that’s at odds with the brand’s identity as a “secure” messaging app.

The Verge

Justin ⏚Jun 14

Chief TWiT

Jun 14

No Kings in Petaluma.

“I have decided to stick with love.” — MLK

Justin ⏚Jun 14

"Social media is a goddamned nightmare. Its reason for existing is to conflate the social connections I want to maintain with the entertainment I want to consume. Your social graph is only useful insofar as it can be weaponized to make you horrifically afraid that some essential component of your actual human relationships will be lost if you ever close the app."

From: "The Easiest Moment in Human History to Plan a Party" by @alexpetros

https://thefloatingcontinent.com/blog/death-of-the-social-network/

The Easiest Moment in Human History to Plan a Party

The social network is dead, and the rise of social media killed it.

Justin ⏚Jun 13

I have to assume people who say that Mastodon and BlueSky users are annoying have never used Twitter.

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