Mstdn Kirt

@kirt@mstdn.social
208 Followers
2.3K Following
232 Posts

I'm dabbling on a few different servers, I might consolidate accounts if I ever get the knack of this decentralization thing… currently i mostly post as @kirt

At the risk of sounding too twitter, following ≠ endorsement, it's curiosity (i follow a few people i often disagree with and a lot who i do not fully understand) but favourites ⭐ are my way to show quiet appreciation.

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How do you make a thread on Mastodon?

Pretty much the same way as on Twitter, with one difference. You compose the first post, publish it, then reply to it, then reply to it again, and so on. But there's one difference. If the first post is Public, you can make all the others Unlisted. This way, people can follow the thread by clicking on the first post, but their timeline isn't clogged up with all of the other posts.

[A short thread]

#FediTip #help

It's a real shame we don't have many telecommunications scams starting with "ph-" anymore. Mostly just phishing, not a lot of phreaking going on these days.

Let's fix that. I'm going to try "phracking" (pumping water, sand, and a mix of chemicals through a victim's handset until they yield natural gas or oil)

Asking the hard questions here...

Even if #Hamas are unlikely to ever compromise I still think it is a dangerously terrible idea to do a mass execution of the entire #HamasGovernment down to the last civil servant.

This is insane
This is what #AUKUS et al did in #iraq
THIS IS WHAT MADE #ISIS

Hamas seem to be doing a fairly impressive job of achieving national unity under fire #Fatah are refusing to be installed as a foreign backed puppet (among other factors on that, that are bizarrely not mentioned?)

cc @kirt @kirt @kirt

The #Wikipedia page for the disputed airstrike at Al Ahli hospital is a disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Al-Ahli_Arab_Hospital_explosion#order_of_death_counts_in_stats_box

Starting with the death counts being in what appears to be ascending order?

Despite the references for the lower counts BOTH mentioning the 471 body count from #GazaMOH and mentioning it more prominently then the lower numbers.

The 250 figure is particularly ridiculous.

#Gaza #IOF #Ahli_Arab_Hospital #AlAhli #AlAhliHospital #Ahli_Arab_Hospital_explosion

#غزة #مجزرة_مستشفى_المعمداني #مستشفى_المعمداني #ويكيبيديا

Talk:Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion - Wikipedia

Why is English #Wikipedia still using the Israeli #propaganda slogan for this article title?

"Israel–Hamas war" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war
#ويكيبيديا
#onlyAtWarWithHamas #kHamas

OK, after the soft launch it's time for an #introduction post. This is me:
Interests: #PolTheory #TechPolicy #trust #surveillance #disinformation
Formerly: #PolSci #CompPol #diplomacy
Also like: #SciFi #footie #ska #ChessProblems #sailing #riding #biking #bouldering #pens
Misc: #HigherEd #PhD #yoga #gaiwan #wok cooking
Status: #married to an absolute rockstar
Location: #California and #Toscana
Languages: #italiano #français #español and a bit of #Deutsch #हिन्दी #Ἑλληνικά
He/him

Part 1 of 4

People in #Australia when do you think the #pandemic ended or will end?

cc other mes @kirt @kirt @kirt @kirt

#flu #covid #COVID19 #COVID19au #covid19aus

2022
8%
2023
0%
Soon
0%
No end in sight
92%
Poll ended at .

@nixCraft

what's the crackdown? mine seems to be working ok on firegox tonight, but it might be that I'm watching demonetised videos because they are war news.

if i can't watch YouTube without ads i might finally stop procrastinating about subscribing to Nebula

cc other mes @kirt @kirt