"It's none of my business," the woman said, "but..."

The witch did not roll her eyes.

"...I heard you gave the baker's gal fangs, and claws."

"She asked."

"You've made her a monster!"

"Adding doesn't make you a monster. Removing does."

"Removing what?"

"Someone's right to be who they are."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Another thing off my plate! Now you can see what those Puffy drawings I posted earlier were for. If you like OpenBSD and/or packet filtering, you may enjoy this:

https://ratfactor.com/openbsd/pf-gateway-bedtime

#openBSD #pf #homeLab

Every AI article is basically this kind of excuse:

“I’m going to ignore the moral, ethical and privacy implementation of AI and just focus on the practical. Morally and ethically, AI is a train wreck. But I’m not going to focus on that.”

(I think this particular article meant implications but I’ll stick with an unedited quote.)

I doubt it’s just me but practically speaking, social issues are not just practical but include the excluded categories. This is extremely impractical discourse.

Sam Altman: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

Meaning: We stole all your knowledge , writing, and art, and now we’re gonna put a meter on it and sell it back to you. You’re welcome.”

Eveyone: investigate the people named in the Epstein files!

Reuters: we have dedicated all of our investigative resources to intensively pursuing the mystery of...who Banksy is

Everyone: uh, but he's not in the Epstein files

Reuters: this was way more urgent for serving the public's right to know

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb