Belinda Tan 陈静碹

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#Theology and #ReligiousStudies PhD student at the Faculty of #Divinity at the University of Cambridge performing a material agential reading of the Ark of the Covenant stories with the help of #newmaterialism or rather #newmaterialisms. Lecturer on the #OldTestament at Singapore #Bible College. Former educational publishing editor in Singapore and Hong Kong. Pragmatic Singaporean. Card-carrying #BTSARMY. Neither as conservative nor as progressive as you might wish. Hello, #religidons 💜
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Jan 20, 2023
Marco ArmentJan 19, 2023

Cannot reiterate this enough:

PLEASE don’t request refunds from Apple for any unused time on your Twitterrific or Tweetbot subscriptions.

It could literally bankrupt small shops like these.

https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/

Twitterrific: End of an Era • The Breakroom

Twitterrific has been discontinued. A sentence that none of us wanted to write, but have long felt would need to be written someday. We didn’t expect to be writing it so soon, though, and certainly not without having had time to notify you that it was coming. We are sorry to say that the app’s […]

Iconfactory Blog
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Jan 17, 2023
Craig HockenberryJan 14, 2023

This is exactly how I feel. It’s the chickenshit maneuver that pisses me off: says a lot about how the company is managed now and makes me want to take no part in the shit show.

https://tapbots.social/@paul/109685010188695190

Paul Haddad (@[email protected])

I think the thing that bothers me the most is the lack of communications. If you are going to kill people off, own it. Don't just do it and act like nothing has happened. Even during the darkest Twitter 1.0 days they were pretty open about what they were doing. I remember getting a call prior to the 4 quadrants token limit where they explained what was going to happen and answered questions. I wasn't happy but at least felt there was respect.

tapbots.social
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Jan 17, 2023
John VoorheesJan 15, 2023

Third-party Twitter clients like Tweetbot and and Twitterrific were critical to the success of Twitter and their users are some of the company's most valuable.

Both deserved better than to have the Twitter API shut off on no notice with no explanation. My thoughts and some history over on @macstories: https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/

Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs

Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, hasn’t affected all apps and services that use the API but instead appears targeted at the most popular third-party

Belinda Tan 陈静碹Jan 17, 2023
Craig HockenberryJan 15, 2023

You want to know how I really feel?

https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/

P.S. That's the tame version.

The Shit Show • furbo.org

Well, it happened. We knew it was coming. A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it. My mom passed away just before Christmas. Her decline was something everyone in the family saw coming and we prepared for her demise. It still hurts like hell, but […]

Furbo.org by Craig Hockenberry
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Dec 18, 2022
Steve HolmesNov 24, 2022
Not a bridge, although the two Tay Bridges are around the corner of the river, but Kinnoul Tower above Perth. If there's a better view in the UK 15 min walk from a carpark, I don't know it. #potd
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Dec 4, 2022
EvaDec 3, 2022
Back in March, I wrote this Telegram harm reduction guide for users in Russia and Ukraine, where I highlighted the fact that most communications on Telegram are not end-to-end encrypted: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/telegram-harm-reduction-users-russia-and-ukraine
Telegram Harm Reduction for Users in Russia and Ukraine

Telegram has gained a reputation as the “secure” communications app in the post-Soviet states, but whenever you make choices about your digital security, it’s important to start by asking yourself, “What exactly am I securing? And who am I securing it from?” If you are in Ukraine or Russia, here is what you need to know about Telegram.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Dec 4, 2022
EvaDec 3, 2022

I have spent a lot of time explaining to Russians and Ukrainians that Telegram is not a safe communications channel (I even wrote a Telegram Harm Reduction Guide) but people still use Telegram and they still tell me they do so because it's "safe" and "secure."

I hope that at the very least Telegram users in eastern Ukraine will stop.

https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/russia-is-spying-on-telegram-chats

Russia is spying on Telegram chats in occupied Ukrainian regions. Here's how.

Thanks to a Ukrainian in occupied Kherson, we now know how Russian occupiers are using Telegram to surveil Ukrainians — and how dangerous its design flaws are.

PwnAllTheThings
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Nov 27, 2022
Andrea Junker Nov 27, 2022

When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small.

Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present.

This is the only real time travel paradox.

Belinda Tan 陈静碹Nov 27, 2022
Ye shall know them by their #manels
Belinda Tan 陈静碹Nov 26, 2022
Yi Gu (Evie)Feb 4, 2022
I first joined Mastodon in Sept 2021. I was increasingly appalled by the algorithm-determined timeline and curious to see whether the alternative would work. Around the same time, a large number of Chinese users discovered Mastodon because of the increasing tightening control in China-based social media platforms.
I now enjoy my experience at a Chinese language instance so much that I am desiring the same for my work and life beyond the Chinese language environment.