@TheLastOfHisName I built a Moog theremin about 28 years ago, from the kit you could buy. I’ve always liked that kinda stuff. But having it be portable and just easy is an attraction.
@Rolandelli Have you heard these wonderful kids? As an 80s teen, this actually made me tear up in a sweet, wistful way.
People are acting like this move from #Mozilla is bad: https://stateof.mozilla.org/
But I disagree!
"Doing for AI what we did for the web" -- if they're serious, that will be great! Push AI down to <1% of all Internet traffic? If Mozilla can do that -- like they did with Firefox -- I'd thank them!
@rwg lol
...but have you ever used a keyboard with a touchscreen with a keyboard on it?
@thomasfuchs The sort of thing that makes one stop and say "there but for the grace of God go I."
(Or if you prefer "I've never had to knock on wood, and I'm glad I haven't yet.")
RE: https://social.coop/@judell/115969961333327677
During World War 2, the Danish resistance managed to save 95 percent of all Danish Jews, mostly by smuggling them to Sweden using civilian boats.
To Americans saving the hunted: History will remember you. ♥️
@TheLastOfHisName @maeve_bkk Good old fashioned infiltration. They pretend to be civilians, get added to the chats, and then they see everything
@mikelovesbikes @maeve_bkk Roger that.
Moms who resist can change history.
In Argentina, state terror inspired mothers to “became a potent force in resisting authoritarianism and ultimately restoring democracy,” according to a political scientist who lived through the dictatorship in her native country.
With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!! I love this app and I really think the decentralized model is the best for social media.
Still, people don’t want to join! What do you think Mastodon’s biggest barriers are to courting new users? What could be done to improve the product and grow the user base in a positive way?
Answering this in the off chance you read replies 🤪
Biggest barrier to courting new users: we are culturally hostile here to influence peddlers and people who are trying to broadcast and don't want to interact. (ie, we treat them like the person invited to the small cocktail party at the house, who jumps up on a table and starts yelling).
Technically, users are used to being force fed content (through viral algorithms and suggested content)... i.e. passive (like TV). Mastodon is not built like that, which means people don't know how to find things they like or people to follow.
Finally (deliberately so), Mastodon is not built to tickle the endorphins... i.e. "likes" "followers" "virality" and that often turns people off, who really would like to use social media like a gambling junkie uses a slot machine (pull the lever, hope for a big payoff!). Fundamentally, non-addictive to that kind of thing.
I don't know if we want to fix any of that, though 🤪
Suppose Kristi Noem is telling the truth, that everything she’s done has been at the direction of Trump and Stephen Miller. That just means that she and Trump should both be impeached.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@hadon/115967794052303732
An important development for the victory in Ukraine.
@randahl Still, I'd rather have a complete embargo globally on Russian fossil fuel exports and such, to stop the war against Ukraine, than to have weapons factories produce billions in profits to feed this war.
Just moved to #CachyOS from Kubuntu on my daily driver laptop and thus far loving this thing!
@lily I've not used that one. I run debian on 1 of 4 lenovo laptops, 2 run mx linux, I have debian on a mini dell desktop that runs mame and arcade games, and linux mint on 2 dell laptops and hp thin client.
@maeve_bkk HTF are the "Monitoring" Signal traffic? Via Magic 8 Ball?
@TheLastOfHisName @maeve_bkk Good old fashioned infiltration. They pretend to be civilians, get added to the chats, and then they see everything
Lucy is totally fabulous 🤩
#LucyGoosey #diva #kitten #kittensofmastodon #cats #CatsOfMastodon #pets #petsofmastodon #prettykitty
@Rolandelli Oh those are COOL!
@TheLastOfHisName I built a Moog theremin about 28 years ago, from the kit you could buy. I’ve always liked that kinda stuff. But having it be portable and just easy is an attraction.
With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!! I love this app and I really think the decentralized model is the best for social media.
Still, people don’t want to join! What do you think Mastodon’s biggest barriers are to courting new users? What could be done to improve the product and grow the user base in a positive way?
Phase 1 here. Let's check in in 2 years.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115968770048071598
The weirdest fucking sentence in this is “AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s at the heart of most apps, tools and technology we use today”.
That is just an outright blatant lie. How did they come up with this bullshit?
They’re completely untrustworthy fartwaffles.
@thomasfuchs they asked SlopSkibbidy, I guess
There's a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
Abusing Microsoft's reputation may make scam harder to spot.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/theres-a-rash-of-scam-spam-coming-from-a-real-microsoft-address/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica
Isn't their reputation, these days, one that.should make users *more* suspicious?
Worked on this audio notes recorder for Monologue.
No one’s noticed yet?
@dexter wasn't it always like that?
