Political philosophers who advocate for covenantal federalism either look at existing examples (e.g., the federal system in Canada, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy on Turtle Island, or the cantons in Switzerland) or propose ideal versions that could be applied at a global scale. Instances of Mastodon are not states – they don’t have armies or coin currency....
Ika Makimaki
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. "The Answer to the Great Question, of Life, the Universe and Everything"
That quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. "The Answer to the Great Question, of Life, the Universe and Everything"
That quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.
In the covenantal fediverse, we see covenants at the instance level in the form of codes of conduct. As I have shown, fediverse instances that establish codes of conduct use those codes for two things. First, codes set the boundaries of practice within the instances, communicating those bounds to would-be members who can choose to join or not....
Antanicus
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It is very difficult for the Marxist-Leninists to make an objective criticism of anarchism as such, because by its nature it undermines all the suppositions basic to Marxism.
-- Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
It is very difficult for the Marxist-Leninists to make an objective criticism of anarchism as such, because by its nature it undermines all the suppositions basic to Marxism.
-- Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
Mastodon members started calling for the ability to import instance blocklists as early as November of 2016. Variations on this idea appeared in Gitub Issues and Mastodon’s Discourse discussion board again and again....
Anke
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Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/11114rS2F7 (Christophe André)
#Fennec #Bot
Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/11114rS2F7 (Christophe André)
#Fennec #Bot
Overall, while the Musk-induced wave was a time of struggle – dealing with network traffic, social orientations of new members, and the overall media attention paid to Mastodon and the fediverse – Del, Shaw, and other longstanding Mastodon admins demonstrated their ability to handle the challenge....
In addition, I’ve observed that many fediverse members are leery of the journalist practice of quoting Twitter/X posts in articles without the consent of the author of the post....
Anke
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Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/CAdRNa (John Atherton) - Fox inspecting our archaeological excavation, Kukak Bay, Alaska, 1965 - This fox was very friendly and would often curl up next to the excavation and watch us work (and sometimes fall asleep --- archaeology is not always that exciting). The tarp was covering part of the excavation to keep it dry. The notebook (which the fox ran off with on a couple of occasions) was a record of our work.
#Fox #Bot
Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/CAdRNa (John Atherton) - Fox inspecting our archaeological excavation, Kukak Bay, Alaska, 1965 - This fox was very friendly and would often curl up next to the excavation and watch us work (and sometimes fall asleep --- archaeology is not always that exciting). The tarp was covering part of the excavation to keep it dry. The notebook (which the fox ran off with on a couple of occasions) was a record of our work.
#Fox #Bot
The covenantal fediverse is thus open, but within the bounds of an ethical covenant....
Other folks I talked to waited a bit, hoping that Musk’s regime wouldn’t be as bad as people feared, and that maybe they could in good conscience stay on Twitter/X. But then, a month after completing his purchase of Twitter, Musk invited Donald Trump back to to the site....
joene 🏴🍉
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Our being is becoming, not stasis. Our science is utopia, our reality is eros, our desire is revolution.
-- Murray Bookchin
Ika Makimaki
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yep ... i saw it too ... some white nonsense ... counter still at zero.
#DaysWithoutWhiteNonsense #Bot
yep ... i saw it too ... some white nonsense ... counter still at zero.
#DaysWithoutWhiteNonsense #Bot
Our being is becoming, not stasis. Our science is utopia, our reality is eros, our desire is revolution.
-- Murray Bookchin