ZephyrXero

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👋 Everyone: see what you think:

The Seven Deadly #Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption: https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/24/the-seven-deadly-fediverse-ux.html

Don't claim that these are final answers - but hope they help continue constructive motion to final answers!

cc: @renchap @dansup
@cheeaun @scottjenson @newsmast @andypiper @ricmac @evan @laurenshof @pfefferle @fediversenews #fedidev #mastodev @timbray

The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption

So you made it through the first fiery sermon in this series. Trust me—I didn’t enjoy preaching it any more than you enjoyed reading it. But every word came from a place of love—for the Fediverse, and for what it still could become. But fear not, dear reader: as the preacher once said, salvation is within your reach. And to reward you for slogging through that earlier wall of hard truths, here’s your moment of grace.

Allowing myself to feel hopeful tonight for approximately 5 minutes as a little treat
Framed it ❤️

why isn’t Iran a democracy? they once did have a democracy …

the answer: the #GreedyBastards running BP (British Petroleum) along with the UK government destroyed it over … OIL!

#OilandGas #DullesBrothers #democracy #Iran #ProfitsOverPeople #tyranny #terrorism #UK

I heard some AI agents are blackmailing their users now. Like one example was a CEO being threatened by their AI that it would tell everyone about his affair if he didn't comply.

It's almost like sci-fi author's predicted this decades ago, with AI doing unwanted and unexpected things to accomplish the goal it was given.

This shit show is going to implode on an epic scale

#ai #aiAgents #agenticAI #whatCouldGoWrong

The Internet runs on open source, and open source runs on people. Let’s raise a toast 🥂 to the maintainers, volunteers, and contributors. #opensource #gratitude
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a government-issued internet shutdown in effect in the main banana-producing region of #Panama, Bocas del Toro province, as authorities restrict freedom of movement to allow warrantless arrests targeting protests and strikes by the banana workers' union
Sorry, this pillow is full.
#Caturday

I'm noticing increasing bugs cropping up in major applications lately. YouTube and Discord particularly.

I know for a fact the first reason is more reliance on automation of the QA process and less humans actually testing it. Then secondarily I'd wager it's the use of AI coding tools and a subsequent disengagement in thoughtful code reviews that are at play. Lastly there's always the third likelihood that the teams maintaining these billion dollar apps are understaffed skeleton crews 😞

#ai #qa

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BORTAC (Border Patrol Tactical Unit) was out and violent as ever today. They were on the ground in 2020 as well in Portland, and one of the most violent forces.

I remember an intimidating feeling when they would be on the ground during that time. Police tend to be a bit unorganized and sloppy, kind of all over the place (which has its own set of dangers), BORTAC… not so much lol. And they are very heavy handed with munitions.

@alissaazar how many fucking federal police departments and units do we goddamn have!?
@aud @alissaazar there's a lot of paid gangs ugh
@aud All little kingdoms.

@aud @alissaazar All of them, with their fucking military toys.

Gotta test those toys out.

@alissaazar

"Most violent in 2020": BORTAC and also CBP (which of course turned out to be largely military contractors with none of the relevant certifications IIRC)