It’s been a weird couple days; I keep running into this talking point that “journalists won’t use Mastodon unless we incentivize engagement farming”.

Meanwhile I’m having a *great* experience here, because I use it to— I dunno— actually talk to people and form relationships?

I reject the premise that mastodon isn’t useful for reporters. I think it’s more accurate that modern news orgs use social media in purely extractive ways.

You might get more reporters that way, but you won’t like them.

This video was released by #Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian #Consumer Council, a few days ago

It imagines the career trajectory of an "enshittificator"

It was hard for him to enshittify minor aspects of daily life in person, but became easy for him to do so at scale once he embraced the #Internet and #technology

It's genius #satire

credit:

https://www.youtube.com/@Forbrukerr%C3%A5detNorge

#Enshittification #Norge #Norway

Trump ran an entire campagin on “No more stupid wars”, and “America First”, only to rename The Department of Defence to The Department of War, and proceed to attack both Venezuela and Iran, while constantly being offended that he is not offered The Nobel Peace Prize.

The US is led by the insane.

Decided to stop lurking and start posting here.

I like thoughtful conversations and the quieter corners of the internet where people actually talk like humans.

Offline I enjoy hiking, travel and reading. I used to work in theatre and still love art. These days I’m learning software development. I spend time with friends over board games or the occasional Dungeons & Dragons session I DM.

Still figuring this place out, but it already feels better than most social media.

#introduction #newhere

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@flod/115558206019752783

My team is still hiring (currently interviewing). It's proving hard to find the right candidate for this role.

If you're a strong Python and JS developer, with experience in localization or even an interest on the topic, please apply. We're mainly looking for people located in Europe or Canada (East Coast), to maximize time zone overlap.

Some of my favorite international political cartoons from @cartoonmovement this week, by Matthew Fuller, Deb Milbrath, Gatis Sluka and Franco Juri.

More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

#PoliticalCartoons #PoliticalSatire #EditorialCartoons #CartoonMovement