If you won't listen to us, maybe you'll listen to this horse.
@Federation_Bot
If I were running #Canberra ...
I'd have a fleet of paddleboats so that workers in the parliamentary triangle could paddle across Lake Burley Griffin from Civic, whilst the main Commonwealth Avenue Bridge is having work done to it.
@troberts oh! Maybe the bridge closure could have been our opportunity to have a ferry system!
Bus, Tram, Ferry!
If I were running #Canberra ...
I'd have a fleet of paddleboats so that workers in the parliamentary triangle could paddle across Lake Burley Griffin from Civic, whilst the main Commonwealth Avenue Bridge is having work done to it.
If I were running #Canberra ...
I'd have a fleet of paddleboats so that workers in the parliamentary triangle could paddle across Lake Burley Griffin from Civic, whilst the main Commonwealth Avenue Bridge is having work done to it.
I recently got a new Thinkpad P14S. It is a nice computer for sure, but I think it is time to focus on the software side as well. Computers come with software and the software experience matters!
Some things I think should be covered in a review:
1. What OS does the machine come with? Having a choice would be nice, such as a Windows & Linux choice. Even better if you can test both before making a choice.
2. What software does the machine come with, both good and bad. If the machine comes with useful software, then that is great! Does it offer a choice of browsers?
3. Is it possible to get rid of all the bad stuff and how long does it take?
4. Does the machine allow local accounts? Does it force or trick you into using online services?
5. Does the machine have opt-in or opt-out of AI or does it force feed it?
6. Does the machine make it easy to switch OS after the fact?
I am sure I am not the only one that cares about stuff like this. When you buy a piece of hardware, it is to run software and making it easy to run the software you want should be what hardware makes should focus on, in addition to building great hardware.
@jon My Lenovo laptop came with Windows but somehow it locked me out so I installed OpenSuse and I am happy to be free of Windows. Everything is working and I can play some old games using Scumm.
#freesoftware #gnu
several people reporting lately that #deltachat has become their main app: They are now spending more time in the chats, also with web apps, than in any other app. It may be a turn to more private communications when social media has become more toxic, obnoxious and dangerous in many places?
#deltachat and #chatmail.is indeed about being readily available when other forms of communications become unavailable or dangerous like in Iran or Russia but also in western and other countries.
I was so upset when I found out I had been cloned.
I was beside myself.
@span davidgerard @span theogrin @span mdavis @span firefoxwebdevs I fixed it.
Do you want AI slop in Firefox?
@theorangetheme @davidgerard @theogrin @mdavis @firefoxwebdevs the whole c-level of mozilla looks sketchy af
thinking of it, firing every cis man and building up again from there wouldnt probably the worst move 🤷♀️
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com@bsky.brid.gy in @forbes.com@bsky.brid.gy. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
forbes.com/sites/carltonr...
Trump Says Venezuela to Send US Up to 50 Million Barrels of Oil
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/venezuela-to-send-us-up-to-50-million-barrels-of-oil-trump-says?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-bloomberg
Oil Holds Loss as Traders Weigh Outlook for End to Ukraine War
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/latest-oil-market-news-and-analysis-for-jan-7?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Emerging Markets @emerging-markets-bloomberg
Bets on Maduro, Jesus Show Promise and Risks of Prediction Boom
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-01-06/eye-catching-bets-show-promise-risk-of-prediction-boom-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg
Rep. Donalds on Possible Next Steps for Venezuela
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-01-06/rep-donalds-on-possible-next-steps-for-venezuela-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg
Chat Platform Discord to File Confidentially for IPO
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/chat-platform-discord-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Markets @markets-bloomberg
Korean Stocks’ World-Beating Rally Just a Start, Investors Say
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/korean-stocks-world-beating-rally-just-a-start-investors-say?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Markets @markets-bloomberg
@davidgerard @mdavis@mastodon.social @firefoxwebdevs “but wait just let me explain the AI kill switch”, Mozilla continues to insist, as they slowly expand and transform into an SBF
Jaeger (2025). The Immortality of Hatred and Revenge: The Interconnections of Censorship, Disinformation, and Cultural Erasure in the Book Bans Targeting Marginalized Populations. The Library Quarterly, 95(1). https://doi.org/10.1086/733171
"To no small extent, the library profession has struggled to respond to these efforts. One of the limitations in the ability to respond successfully thus far has been how the profession is framing the censorship movement. Librarians are responding to the specific books being censored, but the censors are focused instead on the people that these books literally represent." 😭
Robin Sloan asserts (provocatively) that AGI is already here (and has been for a few years). “We’ve got this ubiquitous term, Artificial General Intelligence, & it appears that the Artificial Intelligence has become Really Very General, so … ?” https://www.robinsloan.com/winter-garden/agi-is-here/
The Anti-Capitalist Soundware License is live:
https://www.fstateaudio.com/?page_id=2002
Big thanks to the original ACSL and its authors, as this is heavily based on that work.
The license itself is released into the Public Domain, please consider it collectively yours.
#MusicProduction #sounds #AntiCapitalist #license #PublicDomain
What principles you wish to see social networks (or the fediverse) adopt in their design?
For example, for me, here are some things I wish to see (or would implement in my design) :
- design around ease of self-hosting. A non technical user must be able to self host easily and at a very low cost.
- Embrace content sorting and filtering algorithms, but on the client side, with optional control by the user.
- Standardize tags on all content. So many of the different ways different platforms classify or organize content can be implemented as tags, which increases interoperability between them.
- Abandon obsession with real-time-first implementations for use cases that don’t explicitly need it.
- Transferable user identity (between instances)
- User identity and authentication as separate service from social network instance
Would love to hear yours!
