Mastodawn

curly Sep 7, 2023

Gladwyn d’Souza Sep 7, 2023

In her interview with Amy, Ravi explains that her #arrest is just one example in a country that’s effectively #criminalizingDissent. Indian officials have raided #nonprofits that oppose the country’s #coalmines, blocked #environmental websites, and criminally charged #journalists covering the 2021 farmer #protests.

#TragedyOfEnclosure #WhoseHiStory #PriveledgeWitness #defundthepolice #PublishingIsntACrime #criminalinjustice

https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/what-you-wont-hear-at-indias-g20?r=11rw36&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

What you won't hear at India's G20

As they arrive in New Delhi, world leaders will be talking a big game on climate. They won't be talking about their crackdowns on climate protesters.

HEATED

curly Aug 11, 2023

BBC Research & Development Aug 11, 2023

Modern TVs have dimming features that can adjust backlight power in specific parts of the screen, sometimes even at the individual pixel level.

We wanted to see whether adapting BBC content could make use of these features and reduce energy consumption.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics

#sustainability #television #technology #tech #broadcasting #LED #OLED #FALD

Introducing the energy saving concept of Lower Carbon Graphics

Developing and implementing a new idea which we believe has already saved energy in homes across the UK.

BBC R&D

curly Aug 10, 2023

Bob the Traveler Aug 10, 2023

The #Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress OTD in 1846 after James Smithson donated $500,000 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/national-christmas-tree/?s=mb #travel #WashingtonDC #history

The National Christmas Tree

Dick 'Grinch' Cheney directs the non-decoration of the National Christmas Tree. Be afraid.

Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More

curly Jul 31, 2023

FediFollows Jul 31, 2023

The #BBC has set up experimental official accounts on the Fediverse, hosted at their own server social.bbc:

➡️ @BBC5Live - 24 hour #news & #sports coverage

➡️ @BBCRadio4 - The #UK's main speech #radio, featuring dramas, documentaries, comedies, #UKnews etc

➡️ @BBCRD - BBC Research & Development (who run the server)

➡️ @BBC_News_Labs - Exploring new tools for #BBCNews

➡️ @BBCTaster - New ideas from the BBC

➡️ @Connected_Studio - Connecting communities to online resources

(via @dangillmor)

curly Jul 27, 2023

@bikedc help! I’m new to the city and biking on streets. Is there a good guide on biking rules and guidelines in DC? Is there a group that makes it easy for newbies like me to get comfortable biking around the city? I’ve read the Pocket Guide to DC bike laws but I didn’t found it helpful when I’m on the street. #bikedc

curly Jul 18, 2023

Oli Mould Jul 17, 2023

Guys - if you've not seen the French football women's World Cup ad, you HAVE to. It's a piece of artistic & political genius

#MastodonFC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVNZRHIZVL8

Orange - la Compil des Bleues (English version)

YouTube

curly Jul 15, 2023

Andy Baio Jul 15, 2023

Tiny Awards is a new effort to celebrate the best of the "small, playful, and heartfelt web” made in the last year. As part of the selection committee, I helped narrow the ~300 nominees down to 16 finalists, and now you decide who wins. I wrote a little about each site here— voting’s open until July 20! https://waxy.org/2023/07/vote-on-the-tiny-awards/

Tiny Awards, a celebration of the small, playful, and heartfelt web - Waxy.org

Tiny Awards is a celebration of the "small, playful, and heartfelt web." I helped narrow the nominees down to 16 finalists, now you decide who wins: voting's open until July 20.

Waxy.org

curly Jul 9, 2023

Michael Ekstrand Jul 9, 2023

In Philly looking for housing, and learned the bike share system is managed by the city instead of Uber or whatever, and provides substantial discounts to people with a state benefit card (like 60–75%). This is what every city should be doing.

curly Jul 8, 2023

Brendan Jones Jul 7, 2023

Still can’t get over the fact that an editor of the Financial Times said that we need to do away with #capitalism in order to deal with the #climate. If that’s not a sign of mainstream economics/finance finally waking up to the reality of the situation we’re in, I don’t now what is.

edit to add link (thanks Boud): https://archive.ph/2023.06.29-113742/https://www.ft.com/content/86d71297-3f34-48f3-8f3f-28b7e8be03c6

curly Jul 1, 2023

Mastodon Migration Jul 1, 2023

Happy Enshittification Day! 💥

July 1, 2023: Reddit cuts off API access, Twitter requires login, Youtube may ban ad-blockers, Meta & Google block news in Canada...

A half-year since Cory Doctorow's seminal thesis on #enshittification, how corporate platforms die (https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys), and every corporate site seems hell bend on its own destruction.

Celebrate #EnshittificationDay by going to [instance address]/about, find the donations link, and make your contribution to open social media!

What you won't hear at India's G20

Introducing the energy saving concept of Lower Carbon Graphics

The National Christmas Tree

Orange - la Compil des Bleues (English version)

Tiny Awards, a celebration of the small, playful, and heartfelt web - Waxy.org

Pluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow