AnCom Immigrant in the Imperial Core
Trying to balance mental health with a burning desire to do whatever it takes to push back Climate Catastrophe đź«
| Pronouns | He/Him |
| Interests | Libre Technology • Functional fitness • Endurance sports • DIY • Anime |
| Currently Reading | Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow |
A gentle reminder that IoT, health tech, and other devices are accessibility devices for many people.
Yes, the stove with WiFi.
Yes, the heart rate tracker.
Yes, the camera on the door.
Yes, the speech assistant.
Abstinence-only education doesn't work for infosec either.
You can only help to create alternatives if you acknowledge that disabled people exist, use tech, and understand privacy.
Don't be condescending. Be curious.
@tante Same.
I collected them for some time but lost interest. https://social.luca.run/@luca/105887042120215796
Is there a list of people whose brand is: „I built bad thing for big company and now want to be known for shedding light on bad thing“? (Maybe it's a journalism thing. The rebirth plot.)
@anildash My strong suspicion is that Bluesky (or any similar corporate product that preaches federation) will use federation for their initial growth spurt, and then find a way to pull up the drawbridge once private equity or the Saudis decide that lock-in sounds more profitable.
I don't know why I would be so cynical, except for my lying eyes and the entire history of Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, RSS, XMPP, OpenID, and even Open Graph meta tags.
Stop thinking of Twitter, TikTok, IG, (et al) as social media sites.
They are **Content Refineries.**
Like processed food manufacturers they take user content & extract the most addicting/engaging content. Brains eat it up but in an unhealthy “devour the whole bag of chips” way.
They make hyper-processed social media junk food.
Mastodon is more like a potluck. We're all bringing dishes. It's a mess. Kids are running all over. But we are, at least, real people sharing real things.
@Anark's series on the "State is Counter Revolutionary" (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvwoHdNGq9wXqwA6tzAzhz7UihitHXead) is of the highest quality. Cleared a lot of misconceptions and obfuscations that confused me about the role of the vanguard party and the state in abolishing capitalism.
The in-depth examinations of the socialist experiments in Lenin's/Stalin's USSR and Mao's China was among the highest quality material I have engaged with on YouTube.
"Economic freedom is the abolishment of capitalism, and social freedom is the abolishment of state" is my primary takeaway. Most of the left agrees on the former, it's the firm assertion of the latter with meticulous explanation that is the triumph of this series. Very underrated.
Wren Reilly
Luca Hammer
tante
jwz
Ethan J. A. Schoonover