Mastodawn

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/

The world needs social sovereignty

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

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David Apr 18, 2025

Laura Langdon Apr 17, 2025

ZSA is really good at #keyboards 😍, and really bad at capitalism* 😁. I broke a part on my #ZSAVoyager and emailed to buy a replacement PCB (1/3 the total cost of the board!). I didn't ask about using the warranty because I'd made some mods that voided the warranty ages ago, but they looked up my order, saw it was still under warranty, and said they'd apply it. I thanked them and said I'd voided the warranty so I'd just pay for the replacement, but they said the mods I'd made wouldn't have caused the problem so if it would be okay with me they'd like to cover it anyway.

*I love them for this

#ErgoMechKeyboards

David Jun 28, 2024

David Ho Jun 28, 2024

Last night was a shitshow, but I'd still vote for the one who struggles to finish a sentence but has done more for climate than anyone in recent memory over the convicted felon who cannot utter a truthful sentence. 🤷🏻‍♂️

David May 1, 2024

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Kimota94 Apr 30, 2024

@alttexthalloffame My much older brother tells the story, from his childhood in the 1950s, of my mother driving the car through the countryside and narrating what she saw so that her blind (from diabetes) husband could enjoy the view. My brother would lie down on the back seat, close his eyes and see the world the way his father saw it.

I think of that every time there’s a request here to include ALT text descriptions on Mastodon. It’s such a small ask with such a huge upside.

David Feb 27, 2024

Digital Eclipse Feb 27, 2024

What does it take to make indie games for 40 years without compromise? Our interactive documentary #Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story explains, with more than 40 of @llamasoft_ox's games as innovative, playable proof. Coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch & PC on March 13! #GoldMasterSeries

David Feb 1, 2024

Erin Conroy Jan 29, 2024

If allegations against .0004% of UNWRA's employees are enough for US Admin to cancel all US funding for food & water to 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, then why isn't open support by 32% of ***the entire ministry of the government of Israel*** for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, enough to cancel all US funding to their organization?

/thinking/

https://twitter.com/EpshtainItay/status/1751668300008833149

Itay Epshtain (@EpshtainItay) on X

BREAKING: Within the first hour the "Return to #Gaza Conference" - attended by #Israeli Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament - presents a plan for the re-establishment of 15 Israeli settlements and the addition of 6 new ones, on where recently destroyed #Palestinian…

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David Jan 14, 2024

David Ho Jan 13, 2024

“More than half the CO₂ emissions of the industrial age have been dumped into the atmosphere since you were born.”

David Nov 25, 2023

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Martin Hamilton Nov 25, 2023

@cstross Butcher, baker, ransomware maker...

Credit: @rubenbolling for Tom The Dancing Bug's take on Busy Town 🙏

David Sep 24, 2023

Peter Cohen Sep 24, 2023

"I gave 10 participants a simple set of text editing tasks, such as deleting an “x” from a string of characters or moving a word to the end of a sentence. Every single person had problems with targeting, using the clipboard and lots and lots of errors."

https://jenson.org/text/

The invisible problem – Scott Jenson

David Aug 28, 2023

kim_harding ✅Aug 26, 2023

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/
The study shows that less than 5% of cyclists break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of motorists do so when driving

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is higher where there is no cycle-specific infrastructure.

Forbes