Austin Willis

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Two years later.

Want to know one of the major reasons Mastodon didn't catch on with journalists and large website owners?

It is *invisible* in referrer statistics.

Here's my blog from the last month.

BlueSky now sends me more traffic than Bing.

How much traffic does Mastodon send? It is impossible to know due to the "noreferrer" header in all links.

(I'm not saying your privacy isn't important. But you can't grow a community if no-one knows you exist.)

Between a16z pushing their crypto agenda and Elon out for revenge, I’d wager the SEC will be the first agency gutted next year.

Without a functioning SEC, there’s a straight line between unregulated crypto and your parents gambling away their life savings, like 2008 all over again.

Just in case you’re wondering why Bitcoin hit a new all time high.

At a Trump rally in Georgia last week, right-wing propagandist Tucker Carlson gave a clear glimpse of the "strict father" morality underlying the Republican Party.

In his speech, Carlson described American voters as misbehaving children in need of strong punishment from an angry father.

"The Strict Father Model is the Core of Conservative Politics," by George Lakoff https://truthout.org/articles/the-strict-father-is-at-the-core-of-conservative-ideology-and-values/ #conservatives #ConservativePolitics #strictFather #MAGA #Trump #TuckerCarlson

The Strict Father Is at the Core of Conservative Ideology and Values

Liberals tend not to understand conservatives, and their confusion is showing.

Truthout
i think the privatization and financialization of everyday services and goods has done more than anything in culture to make society decohere. interacting with the world on basically any level now largely consists of attempting to outwit giant systems designed to exploit you. from the perspective of an individual, there is virtually no consistent expectation of any duty of care, moral responsibility, or trust evident in daily life, so there's little to suggest you value those qualities either

I talk to the press largely to *combat* AI hype. It's beyond frustrating to be misquoted in ways that contribute to it instead.

New newsletter post:

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/correcting-the-record/

If anyone’s wondering what the dude who sang “chocolate rain” is up to these days, he’s dropping absolute bangers about housing and he’s fucking right
when a San Francisco politician says they're a moderate, you should think Joe Manchin, not Joe Biden.

Cool OSPO job at UC Davis, within the library system, focused on sustainability. This could be really interesting for the right person. CLOSES THURSDAY so pull the trigger quickly if this is you.

#getfedihired #OpenJobs #opensourcejobs cc @jobs @osjobhub

https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&JobOpeningId=70751&PostingSeq=1&SiteId=7&languageCd=ENG&FOCUS=Applicant

Careers

The reason I get a little snarky when some people talk about unions is that you can tell they haven't done any work. They're still waiting for somebody else to do work so they can just show up and wield the power. This happened a lot with DEI too. And I have to remind myself not to be judgmental and just let people go on their journey of fucking around and finding out. A lot of people wanna create work. Not a lot of people wanna do work.
The thing about creating real power is that you might have to use it. Like actually use it. Stop working. Walk out. Malicious compliance. It's a fight, and you have to be ready to make it hurt. If you find that you're doing those things by yourself, you didn't really accomplish anything. There has to be a critical mass of people ready to do it with you. And that takes a lot of organizing. A lot. Things will get much more heated and tense before it feels like power.