Mastodawn

Can we all agree not to use this?

(No, we probably can't... also I've already heard from people in the US that some carriers auto-swap over to Starlink sometimes)

The direct-to-cell satellites are the worst for light pollution (they're huge and on low orbits), likely sat working lifetimes will be even shorter than Starlink's 5 yrs (because they're constantly orbit-raising due to friction with atmosphere), and thus more pollution from chucking them into the atmosphere

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116816625892976050

Tiffany Li 6h ago

Every year 🫠

Tiffany Li 7h ago

Living through Europe’s record-breaking heat wave with no AC really makes me appreciate the Spanish siesta. Unfortunately I am in Germany.

Tiffany Li 1d ago

Increasingly convinced that the Gen AI aesthetic is a fascist aesthetic, which is unfortunate because so many unknowingly use generated content, perhaps like so many unknowingly buy into the shifting norms of the regime

https://artreview.com/the-fascinating-facism-of-ai-opinion-michelle-santiago-cortes/

The ‘Fascinating Fascism’ of AI

The US government’s anniversary AI project tells us nothing about American history and everything about today’s America

Tiffany Li 1d ago

Every time the Supreme Court releases opinions nowadays, I look for this meme

Tiffany Li Jun 16

“Human capital” is such a gross term. I’ve never heard anyone say it in a context that was anything but dehumanizing. The core concept of reducing a human to economic value is disgusting.

Tiffany Li Apr 9

Hi! I’m the inventor of bathroom stalls. The important thing for me is that everyone walking by a stall is able to make eye contact with the person sitting on the toilet inside. This is a critical design feature.

Tiffany Li Apr 8

Watching my Uber driver like a hawk to make sure he doesn’t turn on the self-driving mode in his Tesla and drive us both into the San Francisco Bay

Tiffany Li Apr 8

Taylor Lorenz Mar 31

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tiffanycli/116291084252862983

If there's one piece you read on this make it @mmasnick's excellent breakdown. I wish I could highlight every word, but setting up a system to circumvent Section 230 is not a good thing https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/everyone-cheering-the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-against-meta-should-understand-what-theyre-actually-cheering-for/

Tiffany Li Apr 3

One of the mysteries in the Fallout universe is who caused the apocalypse, because there were just so many bad actors who could’ve done it—for profit, for power, for some inane conspiracy theory. Anyway, time to open my news app to check on current events