Kind of curious if anyone was able get past TikTok's self imposed ban last night. I was able to use a VPN to install the app. (I don't normaly do #TikTok.) However, with VPN, removing sim card, turning of location data, I still got blocked by the app. I browsed Romanian TikTok, no problem.
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Now that they have unlocked it, I can't test how they were implementing the block. I'm guessing, since they knew it was temporary, they were simply blocking well known VPN IP addresses. This fits well with anecdotes that some folks in counties outside of the US were being blocked, if they were using VPN's.
Birds Are DinosaursAt its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
I may be a hater here, but I really don't like how they did the origin of The Voice here. I think there might be a reason I have never read Bryan Herbert.
Thanksgiving Tips:
At dinner bring up the fact that our current, November Thanksgiving Holiday was created by Lincoln in celebration of Union victories in the Civil War.
When dinner devolves into an argument about the Civil War, ask why the South seceded and wait for someone to say tariffs.
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Inside: The far right grows through "disaster fantasies"; Upcoming books; and more!
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Adam M Sparks@durrandon building your community on corporate property is risky. littlefinger isn't using your data for the good of the realm.
If you're curious why I am ambivalent about Bsky and only use my Bsky account sometimes, my man Cory Doctorrow can explain better than I:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
But the short version is Bsky isn't fully federated as a hedge against enshitification and nice Bsky board is funded by VC crypto bros
If you're curious why I am ambivalent about Bsky and only use my Bsky account sometimes, my man Cory Doctorrow can explain better than I:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
But the short version is Bsky isn't fully federated as a hedge against enshitification and nice Bsky board is funded by VC crypto bros
Did you know that through the *magic* of federation you can bridge your Bluesky account to Mastodon? Just follow @ap.brid.gy and that's it. You're bridged. You can then follow my Mastodon account @durrandon.geekdom.social.ap.brid.gy and reach other Mastodon users.