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Angela Antunovic
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We finally understand what we are seeing... forever shocked no longer surprised. Today's cartoon... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/feb/06/how-many-nameless-trafficked-children-how-many-how-many
@taylorlorenz Here's my best shot: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate from which
1/2 ”Have you noticed that social-media products, in the long term, can’t seem to manage to stay fun and safe and useful? I have. But there’s one huge exception, a tool that’s been serving billions of us for decades, and works about as well as it ever did. I’m talking about email.
2/3 Why does email stay reasonably healthy? Because nobody owns it. Anyone on any server can communicate with anyone else on any other and it Just Works. Nobody can buy it and make it a vehicle for their politics. Nobody can crank up the ad density or make things worse to improve their profit margin.
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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I just had the weirdest customer support experience: I realized I goofed in an online order last night so I went back to the site and filled out the contact form then noticed there was a.. phone number? and I called it and.. a human answered?? and they were actually at the business and not in a call center and got it sorted out immediately? 🤯 I'm still reeling
I’ve been asked on TV hits and interviews lately to explain why decentralized social media is better, especially re: Mastodon.
How would you explain the benefits of a platform like Mastodon and the fediverse to someone in just a few sentences? How would you make the argument that platforms like Mastodon allow for more free expression than big tech controlled apps?
Would love to hear people’s thoughts! Trying to make my arguments most effective
@taylorlorenz Here's my best shot: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate from which
1/2 ”Have you noticed that social-media products, in the long term, can’t seem to manage to stay fun and safe and useful? I have. But there’s one huge exception, a tool that’s been serving billions of us for decades, and works about as well as it ever did. I’m talking about email.
Never underestimate the liberal’s faith in proceduralism.
@HeavenlyPossum @neonsnake Kinda like libertarian belief in "natural rights", the idea that civil rights somehow exist without any enforcement.
Tens of thousands of fans took in a rapturous opening ceremony Friday for the Milano Cortina Olympics' that also included a parade of athletes in four locations hundreds of kilometers apart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/07/milano-cortina-opening-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #2026milanocortinaolympics #milan
calligraphy + emoji = calligramoji
hello, internet is this you???
@cwebber how long before you know it's interbot or internet?
9to5Mac Daily: February 6, 2026 – Tim Cook’s all-hands meeting, more https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/06/daily-february-6-2026/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@quixoticgeek Legends and Lattes fits at least most of these requirements I think. I loved it, though I listed to it on audible. I’m not sure if you can buy it in ebook without DRM or not.
@krypto who's it by ?
Quixoticgeek
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The singularity has been cancelled.
What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".
Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.
@cstross Spam Spam Layoffs Spam Hallucinations Spam Spam Stock Bubble Scam Spam Tech Debt Spam Spam Spam Eggs and Spam
@alexmack Not super concerned with making ROI as short as possible, just find more energy independence really appealing rather than relying on others for such an important resource
Also with how slow the grid is "greening" over time I'm not super holding my breath that it'll reach true green status anytime soon
@christianselig fair, but what are you going to do with all the excess electricity produced in the summer?
Am looking for some fiction to read. Any recommendations for a good book that:
- Isn't part of a massive series (max trilogy)
- has a lesbian main character or characters
- but isn't about being a lesbian specifically
- isn't a romance story
- on the whole cheerful/happy/positive (I'm wanting to read to cheer up)
- is available as an ebook without DRM
Probably looking for something Sci fi, fantasy, solarpunk, hopepunk, etc... but am open to other genres, as long as it's not romance or horror.
@quixoticgeek Legends and Lattes fits at least most of these requirements I think. I loved it, though I listed to it on audible. I’m not sure if you can buy it in ebook without DRM or not.
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Our flag shone brightly on the Arco della Pace at the Opening Ceremony of the #MilanoCortina2026 Olympic Winter Games.
A symbol of peace and prosperity, a journey defined by cooperation and unshakable solidarity.
Let’s go EU athletes!
©️Jamie Squire / Getty Images
Software developers should sometimes think about the grudge everyone everyone else will hold against them collectively once the AI bubble pops
@thomasfuchs “Debugging is similar to being a detective in a murder mystery when you are also the killer.”
In this analogy AI is the small tactical nuke you used.