Mastodawn

martinweigert Dec 21, 2022

Tesla needs China. Musk needs Tesla stock to not collapse entirely. So Musk is basically owned by China, while he owns Twitter (and is heavily influencing US politics). The conflict of interest really couldn’t be more obvious.

martinweigert Dec 18, 2022

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua Dec 18, 2022

International poll, so please boost for a wider sample.

How many languages can you read (and, of course, understand!) without the help of an online translator?

> 5

3.6%

4-5

15.9%

2-3

62.2%

1

18.3%

Poll ended at Dec 25, 2022 at 3:07am.

martinweigert Dec 18, 2022

Matt Blaze Dec 17, 2022

I appreciate all of John Mastodon’s visionary efforts, don’t get me wrong. But naming the system after himself like that kind of diminishes the contributions of the many other, already less visible, volunteers who built it.

And isn’t it long past time we also acknowledge the foundational work of Julia Mammoth?

martinweigert Dec 15, 2022

Great survey (sadly over on Twitter but I get it, still more users there): “Worst person in tech” https://twitter.com/techwontsaveus/status/1603041270074597377?s=46&t=oKTGRtH5Z2Ijw27j-4I1Cg

Tech Won't Save Us on Twitter

“🗳️ WHO IS THE WORST PERSON IN TECH? 🏆 2022 saw tech leaders move further to the right, crack down on workers, scam people out of their money, and find new many ways to make the world a worse place — but who was the worst? Make your voice heard and get your choice to the top!”

Twitter

martinweigert Dec 1, 2022

Not that you asked for it…

martinweigert Nov 21, 2022

Cozy morning in Stockholm

martinweigert Nov 14, 2022

“Sometimes instead of a polycrisis we get a polysolution” https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/against-polycrisis

Against "polycrisis"

We have lots of problems, but they're not mutually self-reinforcing

Noahpinion

martinweigert Nov 13, 2022

Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral” https://uxdesign.cc/mastodon-is-antiviral-design-42f090ab8d51

Twitter alternative: how Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral”

The new social software is subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter

Medium

martinweigert Nov 12, 2022

Dan Gillmor Nov 12, 2022

This is wonderful...

RT @[email protected]

http://twitterisgoinggreat.com/

Cobbled together, not nearly enough entries yet, but an attempt to capture some of this madness in a jar.

Shoutout to @[email protected] for her timeline code.

This is a joint project of a handful of reprobates in the @[email protected] community

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/cshirky/status/1591289284472061953

martinweigert Nov 11, 2022

I really do like the term “the great reset” for the current time we are in, as a way to describe the process of re-evaluation of how things have been done during the past decade(s), on personal, organizational and societal levels. It comes with some pain, but also with lots of opportunities.