LordOfQuails

@LordOfQuails@ioc.exchange
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Herr der Wachteln. Gekommen um zu brüten.

Und Taubenschach spiele ich schon Mal gar nicht.

#Feuerwehr #SaaSOps #devops #fckafd #python #hashicorp #NotJustSad #hamburg #linux #orangeclown

LordOfQuails15h ago
Micro SF/F by O. Westin20h ago

"There's been a new breakthrough on flying cars! Soon, the-"

"It won't happen."

"This time, they fixed the-"

"Doesn't matter."

"Why not?"

"Dragons."

"What?"

"Flying cars get popular, dragons appear and eat them all, and make us forget it."

"What?"

"Happens every time."

"What?"

"Yup."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

Show threadLordOfQuails15h ago
@percepticon
Allein dieses AI generierte Bild beweist, das Cybercrime zunimmt, wenn man die Zurschaustellung dieses Bildes als Verbrechen betrachtet.
Show threadLordOfQuails15h ago

@TwraSun

Man könnte auch fragen:
"Warum ist dieser Seeigel ein besserer Fraktionschef als Spahn?"

Oder dieses Tischbein
Oder dieser ZX81

Aber im Grunde kann es mir nur Recht sein. Je inkompetenter die CDU Bratzen sind, desto weniger werden sie gewählt.

LordOfQuails3d ago
Jens Scholz ⍟3d ago

Die wichtigsten Regeln zur Einordnung von Populisten:

1. Das was sie anderen vorwerfen ist das, was sie selbst tun werden, sobald sie es können.

2. Es ist sinnlos, die Begründungen für ihr Handeln zu widerlegen, denn die sind nie der wahre Grund für ihr Handeln.

3. Alles was sie sagen, ist gelogen.

LordOfQuails3d ago
Vee3d ago
Show threadLordOfQuails5d ago

@paleofuture.bsky.social

Is there a way to outnazi the actual Nazis?

DHS: hold my beer....

LordOfQuails6d ago
Josh Sutphin6d ago
This rules so hard ❤️
https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview
LordOfQuails6d ago
Vee6d ago
This is exactly what the internet is for.
LordOfQuailsJul 6
Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)Jul 6
LordOfQuailsJul 5
A New Faith: Solarpunk novelJul 5

https://snyder.substack.com/p/concentration-camp-labor

In the #US, #prisoners don't get paid for their #labor It is, basically, a form of #slavery But accepted by the #society The trick is - when the government can #deem anyone to be #illegal at will (e.g. #immigrants) then suddenly millions of slaves are created.

Concentration Camp Labor

Cannot Become Normal

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Josh Sutphin6d ago
This rules so hard ❤️
https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American 🇺🇸6d ago
@joshsutphin it does, and that's why i'd love to read the whole thing. link?
Show threadlp0 on fire 6d ago
@stevenbodzin @joshsutphin, looks like it's this: https://www.status.news/p/the-onion-ben-collins-interview
Peeling Back The Onion

Ben Collins explains how The Onion is thriving by saying what others won’t—and why human-created satire matters in a media landscape increasingly saturated by noise and A.I. slop.

Status
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American 🇺🇸6d ago

@lp0_on_fire @joshsutphin took me a while but i found it too

thank you

Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@stevenbodzin @lp0_on_fire Thanks for catching this. I edited the OP. Apologies for the omission!
Show threadS Bodzin, Real American 🇺🇸6d ago
@joshsutphin @lp0_on_fire all good, it's a good habit to be in. Alt text and links, every time (and yes sometimes I skip them, because I am not always in best behavior)
Show threadThad6d ago

@joshsutphin When the buyout was announced my reaction was "The Onion has been bought out by people who actually like and understand it."

It's a delight every month to see the big white envelope in my mailbox.

Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@Thad I somehow missed all of that. I'd been aware of The Onion of course, but never followed it closely, nor subscribed; that may be about to change though!
Show threadThad6d ago

@joshsutphin Here are a couple of good articles from last year:

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/the-onion-sold-global-tetrahedron-1235982383/

https://www.theverge.com/24225592/the-onion-new-owners-print-newspaper-digital-media-gawker-ben-collins-decoder-interview

The Onion Sold to Global Tetrahedron, Owned by Twilio's Jeff Lawson

The Onion was sold to "Global Tetrahedron," owned by Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson and led by CEO Ben Collins, former NBC News internet reporter.

Variety
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago

@Thad Oh, this is like *recent*.

(I mean, okay, it's at least six major epochs in Internet Time, and even in meatspace time last year feels like a decade ago, but still.)

Getting them out from under private equity is real good. This news makes me happy.

Show threadThad6d ago
@joshsutphin AV Club seems to be doing okay too, though they got bought out by a different company and aren't part of the Onion anymore.
Show threadmarmarta6d ago
@joshsutphin what a lovely piece. I wish we-as-society normalized having companies that have as a goal "do a neat thing in a way that allows the people doing the thing to live normal, decent lives". Not accumulate more and more wealth, just: do a neat thing. Have a liveable wage.
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago
@marmarta I also really appreciate his point about letting the people who do the thing, *do the thing*. Too many companies' upper leadership constantly interfere, instead of letting the experts they hired actually apply their expertise. Applying one's expertise gives joy and fulfillment and self-worth! All of this is (or can be) a virtuous cycle!
Show threadrf6d ago
@joshsutphin something i greatly value is the many years my work ran as a small company as a reference point for how that way of doing things absolutely can work (and profitably!)
Show threadJosh Sutphin6d ago

@rf My whole game dev career before 2020 was at small(ish) studios, and they were *so much better* than the big corporate studio I worked for afterward.

My wife and I are running a small press now to get back to this kind of vibe. The corporate world is a mess.

Show threadlemgandi6d ago
@joshsutphin Aright, I am convinced. Just kicked $99 for a hard-copy subscription.
Show threadRobin Barton6d ago
@joshsutphin Very perceptive stance and one I find I support
Show threadnantucketlit6d ago
@joshsutphin My mom had a copy of an Onion omnibus at home when I was a kid. Looking back, I learned a lot about critical thinking and media literacy from reading The Onion. Same goes with Mad Magazine.
Show threadDavid Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊6d ago
@nantucketebooks @joshsutphin O the halcyon days of MAD . We were all so innocent back then. ✊ 😎
Show threadHey Gus6d ago
@joshsutphin we are approaching the farmer’s market era of tech and I ain’t sad about it.
Show threadDarren Meyer 6d ago

@joshsutphin this, louder for the folks in the back.

Make good stuff that people actually want and love. You can make money this way.

Show threadPatrick Hogenboom6d ago
@joshsutphin Thanks so much for pointing this out! Subscribed :D
Show threadfeld6d ago
@joshsutphin my first good tech job was at a small ISP where my manager was previously a managing editor(?) at The Onion. Dude was great to work for, very funny too.
Show threadHot Dog Water Moccasin6d ago

@joshsutphin

Does everyone cry when they get hired? It would seem appropriate.

Show threadJ. "Henry" Waugh6d ago

@joshsutphin there was also a great podcast segment about The Onion and their process that I'll never forget:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/426/tough-room-2011/act-one-1

Make 'em Laff - This American Life

Host Ira Glass spends time in perhaps the toughest room on earth, the editorial meeting at the satirical newspaper, The Onion, where there's one laugh for every 100 jokes.

This American Life
Show thread6DoF Motion3d ago
@joshsutphin This popped for me, RE business, and in my case software development: "You actually can do this, you know. You can just try to highlight the beauty of things you like and not try to vampirically extract value at every step."