Mastodawn

Galad Feb 2, 2023

Ethan J. A. Schoonover Feb 1, 2023

The first 20 years of the internet was STRONGLY federated & open. Then money showed up & we got screwed out of that & conned into corporate silos where VCs could parasite their way to billions.

Then the money (that guy) showed up (Twitter) & screwed things up AGAIN. This time, though, we're resetting things BACK to federated.

While there are some well-intentioned (& many ill-intentioned) privately owned Twitter alternatives, this is a "fool me once" situation.

The fediverse is our best bet.

Galad Feb 2, 2023

Steven Beschloss Feb 2, 2023

Vladimir Putin is an anti-democratic, genocidal killer who is not only causing death and destruction in Ukraine, he’s destroying the future of Russia and Russians. Tell me again why extremist Republicans think this is a man to admire.

Galad Feb 2, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅Feb 2, 2023

Kinda hoping that Netflix's new "we'll ban you if you watch the Netflix account you paid for outside of your home too much" story turns into a "New Coke"-style business school case study in how to do something totally stupid that pisses off your most loyal customers, and leads Netflix to reverse course quickly.

Galad Jan 31, 2023

Mark Ruffalo Jan 31, 2023

Attention NYC! My friends Sarah Eagle Heart and Emma Eagle Heart-White are celebrating the release of their memoir Warrior Princesses Strike Back at The Strand tonight at 7PM. It’s a touching love letter to their younger selves that will help us all on our own healing journeys. Get your tickets before it's sold out. Congratulations again my sisters! #WPXB ⚡️💞

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eagle-heart-sisters-piper-perabo-warrior-princesses-strike-back-tickets-493032372097

Eagle Heart Sisters + Piper Perabo: Warrior Princesses Strike Back

Join us for an in-person event with Lakota activists, Sarah and Emma Eagle Heart, to discuss their new memoir Warrior Princesses Strike Back

Eventbrite

Galad Jan 31, 2023

flexghost.Jan 30, 2023

Women working in the Florida House are no longer allowed to wear skirts more than an inch above the knee or sleeveless tops

All books were removed from FL schools pending review. AP African American Studies banned in FL. Elected officials removed from office by lil’ Tyrant

Next time a conservative wants to talk you about how libs want to “take your freedoms away” ?

Laugh in their uneducated face.

Galad Jan 31, 2023

Daily Grail Jan 30, 2023

400-year-old ring that unfolds to track the movement of the heavens.

https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/a-400-year-old-ring-that-unfolds-to-track-the-movements-of-the-heavens.html

A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens

Rings with discreet dual purpose have been in use since before the common era, when Hannibal, facing extradition, allegedly ingested the poison he kept secreted behind a gemstone on his finger.

Open Culture

Galad Jan 31, 2023

Mark Ruffalo Jan 30, 2023

Jim—“let young wrestlers be molested under his watch”—Jordan doesn’t want legislation passed to stop cops from killing Black men. But he will pass any law to protect Trump from the voting public. 🤔

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vawm/jim-jordan-no-law-evil-tyre-nichols

Jim Jordan Says It’s Not His Job to Stop ‘Evil’ Like Cops Killing Tyre Nichols

“I don't know that there's any law that can stop that evil that we saw,” Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said in response to Tyre Nichols’ death.

Galad Jan 31, 2023

Chris Trottier Jan 31, 2023

So mastodon.social was under a DDoS attack.

@Gargron confirms this.

Someone out there doesn't like the Fediverse.

But also, if they thought that taking down mastodon.social would take down the Fediverse, then they were incredibly foolish!

The Fediverse is built on redundancies.

This isn't like Twitter where a Fail Whale would bring down the entire social network.

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/109781490892884305

Galad Jan 29, 2023

Steven Beschloss Jan 29, 2023

What does it say about the US justice system that over two years after the Capitol attack and deadly insurrection, its ringleader is not only still unindicted, he’s still inciting violence and plotting to retake office?

Galad Jan 29, 2023

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Laffy Jan 29, 2023

7/ "It’s becoming clear that tamping down of most explosive parts of Trump-Russia story is greatest case of gaslighting since the Cukor movie dropped in 1944. It’s not just the FBI leaks in NY. We also learned last week about the extraordinary and ethically dubious lengths that Trump’s second attorney general, William Barr, and Barr’s handpicked special prosecutor John Durham, went to to try to prove the FBI was out to sink Trump. That’s the exact opposite of what really happened"