Interests: Privacy, anonymity, low tech, human-centered tech, stoicism.
Tax the rich, feed the poor.
wow. I forgot I'd signed out of youtube and wow. The stuff they put on the general front page for an unknown user is YIKES.
Like, no wonder our society feels like it's collapsing. jfc
What we think improves productivity vs. what actually does.
It's often easy to feel like you’re only productive if you are working hard non-stop. That’s a misnomer. Breaks are vital for boosting productivity and deterring burnout. Make time to re-energize,
get rest and enjoy life in between.
Illustration by Liz Fosslien
Can't spell "fediverse" without "diverse", is all I'm saying.
Edit:
I posted this and the parent toot at the start of Nov'22 wave of new people and communities joining fedi, bringing their specific needs and expectations.
Fedi learned a lot about itself since then, including that it needs to *dramatically* improve on the #antiracism front.
We need to recognize that fedi *failed* #Black / #BIPOC folks, and do better.
Context:
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109456287145465168
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] If there's a police shooting and there is a video? I put a CW around that. I also put CWs around topics like disordered eating, etc. But I experience racism almost every day, as do most Black US citizens. I'm not going to start every other sentence with "CW" just to make y'all feel better. Hiding racism to protect white feelings is just more racism. I won't do it. I do respect folks' right to Block me for that. 👍🏿
Yesterday I tweeted out a question about whether or not there was anyone left at Twitter who remembered that the company was under a pretty strict FTC consent decree: Apparently the answer was yes,…
Now the way the Internet Archive is doing mastodon is how more organisations and celebs should be joining the fediverse!
They have a dedicated in house instance, which lets you identify official staff, and gives them control and security over their content, whilst also allowing people and instances to opt in or out of interacting with them
Kudos for doing it right @internetarchive!
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