Powerful words from true journalists at @ProPublica

"We face the biggest test of our professional lives. Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it? We may be harassed. We may be sued. We may be threatened with violence. We may be ignored. Are we just sunshine journalists or are we ready?"

#journalism

https://www.propublica.org/article/second-trump-administration-investigative-journalism

We're proud to release PeerTube v5.2 with a huge technical achievement: remote transcoding!

Now even low-power and cheap servers can run a #PeerTube instance.

Also: choose visibility of livestream replays, improved a11y, etc.

Check out: https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-5.2

"Dork yourself before “someone” does"

A quick basic guide to checking what data you have on the Internet using Google Advanced Search + some thoughts and tips about privacy.

https://yvesei.medium.com/dork-yourself-before-someone-does-aa49d0c1929f

Do you have a friend or family member who is not on Mastodon?

And you are thinking, "love to introduce them, but the whole multiple servers thing... 🤔"

Well, you are in luck.

A new site makes joining Mastodon a snap >>> https://spreadmastodon.org/

In minutes, #newbies will be up and running on mastodon.social (other instances coming soon).

@spreadmastodon has been developed by @tchambers and his team, so you know it's safe to recommend.

Let's do this!

#SpreadMastodon #TakeBackSocial

whenever someone gets excited about an image or text produced by machine learning, i immediately think of this embarrassing moment from a hayao miyazaki documentary seven years ago

... seven years ago, it became a metaphor for where we are now.