GetThatGeorge

@Tasty
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Shameless Lib Dem and a software developer

I think defederating Threads is a huge missed opportunity for Mastodon to grow.

Imagine interacting with their users and letting them know that: you scroll posts without ads, your timeline is in chronological order, your client doesn’t spy on you, you only see what you want and no other content is pushed to your timeline, etc…

if I was a Threads users, I would move to Mastodon as soon as I find out 🙂

We must demand strict Constitutional safeguards against the misuse of electronic monitors, an expanding form of digital incarceration which can gather unprecedented amounts of information https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/new-frontier-e-carceration-trading-physical-virtual-prisons source: https://twitter.com/eff/status/976970425451266048
The New Frontier of E-Carceration: Trading Physical for Virtual Prisons

Criminal justice advocates have been working hard to abolish cash bail schemes and dismantle the prison industrial complex. And one of the many tools touted as an alternative to incarceration is electronic monitoring or “EM”: a form of digital incarceration, often using a wrist bracelet or ankle “...

Hear @kaykas weigh in why we're taking a break from Facebook on @npratc https://t.co/oRJsHbvwdS tweeted by @mozilla

Did you know in the UK mobillity scooters can drive on a dual carriageway

https://www.gov.uk/mobility-scooters-and-powered-wheelchairs-rules/driving-on-the-road

Sticking a horn on a horse is such a ridiculous concept that I prefer the interpretation of unicorns as bloodthirsty predators.
It's a shame that the UK is so take I want to bash the fash not drink tea :'(
Researchers achieve major improvement for lensless computational microscopy #phys #physics #science #publication https://phys.org/news/2017-08-major-lensless-microscopy.html
Punching Nazis is fucking sexy