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Apparently my most Alan Partridge blog post yet 🤷‍♀️ https://andystabler.co.uk/blog/forgetting-to-think/
Forgetting To Think - Blog - Andy Stabler

My wife asked me if we should watch a movie called The Menu recently, and I Googled "Should I watch The Menu?". After we watched it she asked me what I thought, and I Googled "The Menu reviews". She laughed and said "I'm not asking Google, I'm asking...

Thorough look at ActivityPub, the protocol at the heart of Mastodon and other fediverse applications, from the @verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

(Share buttons on the Verge site don't include fediverse...)

Can ActivityPub save the internet?

Mozilla, Meta, Medium, Flipboard, Tumblr, and so many other companies are betting that the future of social networks looks more like email than it does Elon Musk’s Twitter. And they’re betting on a little-known protocol to make it happen.

The Verge
this is so satisfying and wonderful, all the blue subscribers have been yelling about how paying 8 bucks for a check is some kind of 'meritocracy' then Musk turns around and starts trying to give them to famous people who want nothing to do with what's become a symbol of the dumbest people and worst posters online
Twitter check marks went from a prized possession to something people will sue you for if you give it to them for free: https://mastodon.montagne.uk/@andrew/110245236971318600

@atomicpoet @phanpy

Wow, my initial impression is excellent! Start at: phanpy.social

Includes everything I want, excludes lots of junk that I don’t. Easy on the eyes. I’m sure there will be flies in the ointment eventually, but seriously considering adopting this as my everyday web client.

Calling it a gotcha that I "critique Biden policies after voting for him" is what's wrong with US politics today.

Voting for him doesn't mean I can't critique him—it's literally the best reason to be critical. It's called holding electeds accountable. It's how democracy works. And it’s how political parties work when they aren’t cults.

Okay so the “MACs aren’t popular enough for malware” trope? Really?

Ransomware is about money. What’s going to get you more money, locking up desktops or servers?

Right, servers.

What don’t you see Macs typically used as on a large scale these days?

Right, servers.

Y’all know better, do better.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/apples-macs-have-long-escaped-ransomware-but-that-may-be-changing

Apple’s Macs have long escaped ransomware, but that may be changing

Malicious encryptors for Apple computers could herald new risks for macOS users.

Ars Technica
Grandson of man who shot unarmed Black teenager #RalphYarl says his brain was rotted by an endless diet of #FoxNews #racism and #fearmongering. #RupertMurdoch should be on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity in a Hannibal Lecter mask. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9b45/ralph-yarl-shot-andrew-lester-foxnews
Man Who Shot Ralph Yarl Watched Fox News Nonstop and Said 'Racist Things,' Grandson Says

Andrew Lester, 84, claimed to police he was "scared to death" when Yarl, 16, accidentally went to his door. Lester's grandson said he had "racist tendencies."

Made an account on https://calckey.social/ because I wanted to check out something that's not Mastodon-based as well.

I'll still be posting here (I consider this my main account), and consider what I'll do if I want to move elsewhere.

Firefish Social

Welcome to Firefish, a federated, decentralized, privacy respecting, free to use, and fun social media!

Firefish Social

Been doing a bit of a deep dive (or at least a few steps away from the edge of the shallow pool) into the #Fediverse today. This was my first account on Mastodon, still not sure where I'll actually end up.

May or may not self-host something in the future, if I can be bothered.

But it's been interesting to explore. PixelFed looks interesting for posting photos. https://pixelfed.org/

Pixelfed - Decentralized social media

Learn more about Pixelfed, the free and open-source decentralized photo sharing social media platform

Pixelfed