As the administrator of Australia's oldest still-operational Mastodon-compatible instance (now in its sixth year) I'd like to say that both places I'm involved in - Chinwag and The Blower - have continuity plans and a great deal of thought has gone into making sure they are not dependent on me alone to survive.

If I should burn out at some point, I will pass the administration off to another person or suitable organisation.

These communities are bigger than me and my whims, present and future.

The toxic disaster in East Palestine, Ohio after the chemical releases following the train derailment reveal classic #toxic
disaster management techniques.

The true extent of the danger and seriousness of the event is not made clear to people when it happens. Instead their anxieties are managed.

This is a way to protect capital, and liability rather than living creatures. It is similar to the denial of there having been #nuclear meltdowns at #Fukushima for three months by the government of Japan. This was to protect reputation and perceptions, not human beings.

My advice, as always: when an industrial disaster happens, what you are being told about the hazards on the first day are, at best, 10% of the real dangers you face. Always assume that you should get away as fast as possible. Better to be wrong and safe, than wrong and exposed.

#EastPalestine #trainderailment #Ohio #train #chemicals

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/residents-ohio-train-derailment-report-dead-fish-chickens-rcna70378

Whatever safety feature you think you've thought of for Mastodon, we thought of it 5 years ago and gargel said no.

Whatever moderation you think is happening, it's not unless by unpaid labor. No one who wants it can afford proper safety.

Everyone running shit is wildly unqualified. Everyone who should be running shit has been harassed away or had their will to care beaten out of them.

Unless you know your admin personally, you are in for a bad time.

love and kisses

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Meta. OpenAI. Google.

Your AI chatbot is not *hallucinating*.

It's bullshitting.

It's bullshitting, because that's what you designed it to do. You designed it to generate seemingly authoritative text "with a blatant disregard for truth and logical coherence," i.e., to bullshit.