Lunatech @Lunatech@social.cleverlibre.org

Honestly, if Trump should be charged with something first, it should be trying to violently overthrow the government of the United States by obstruction the certification of his loss. Which I know he did, because I watched it on TV.

Back in the day, toilet paper and eggs were so plentiful that you would throw them at the houses of your enemies.

Since switching over to the Fedi-side, I have looked at a lot of Mastodon/Fediverse clients …

Outside of the ones I’ve just looked at or used just for a little while, there are a few that I’ve dallied with quite extensively.

First, there’s the Mastonaut fork that I’ve been working on — written in #Swift for #macOS only:
https://github.com/FahimF/Mastonaut

Then, there’s the private fork of IcueCubesApp that I was working on because that app does not work with Akkoma at the moment — this one was #Swift and #SwiftUI but worked on both #iOS and #macOS:
https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp

Then there was the pure #JavaScript one I started from scratch because I wanted something which would work on any platform.

I stopped working on the JavaScript client because I wanted something that worked now and was too impatient to get my own client working 😛

The IceCubes clone had too many #SwiftUI issues for my taste and so I went back to Mastonaut for the time being. Trouble is, my wife uses iOS for most of her Fediverse traversal and so that leaves her out of things …

I was hoping to get Mastonaut working to my taste so that I have something I can use now and then go back to the JavaScript client so that I have an option which works anywhere. And I thought I was on my way there …

But today I discover that Mastonaut will not reblog when connected to Akkoma. And based on the bug report below, it looks as if this is an Akkoma/Pleroma issue since the error I get is the exact same one:
https://github.com/TwidereProject/Twidere-Android/issues/1460

I’d really like to have one client which works on every platform, has all the features that make life easy for me, and works with all the different Fediverse servers. Is that too much to ask for? 😛

#Fediverse #Software #Apps

Damnit, @icecubesapp! I'’m getting tired of scrolling my feed only to have it jump 20 posts to the newest. Can they not stay there until I’m ready to read them so I don’t miss the other stuff?

The GOP's so-called "Fair Tax" proposal is one of the most regressive proposals in a generation, imposing a 30% federal sales tax on everything Americans buy from gas to food.

There's nothing "fair" about it. It would punish the poor and middle class while helping the rich.

@Clackable @stopgopfox @volkris

Sales taxes are regressive. They hurt the poor, working class, and middle classes the most.

30% on a minimum wage job is a significant hit. A 30% consumption tax for a billionaire is infinitesimal.

Nick Hanauer explains it this way. How many pants can a plutocrat buy vs how many the middle class buys? Economies don't survive when only the rich do the buying.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014/

https://youtu.be/q2gO4DKVpa8

Republicans have not put forth a single idea to deal with inflation, but they have prioritized a bill that would add a 30% tax on every single thing you buy.

Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/19/mothers-anti-abortion-bans-states-die

Reading through all the personal stories of the folks impacted by all the big tech company #layoffs all I can say is this: Your company is not your family, no matter how many times they might say otherwise. At the end of the day, your value to them is transactional, pure and simple. Make sure you remember that when you decide how much of yourself to personally invest in your employer.

To anyone affected, all the best and I hope you all land on your feet. 💙

In Slate, @MatthewSchafer and I write about a looming First Amendment threat and, more importantly, present a solution. https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/new-york-times-sullivan-supreme-court-defamation-law.html

the latest anti-trans-slanted piece in the times emphasizes something that i think is underplayed generally: the extent to which so much in mainstream american culture & politics is framed around parental rights, with extremely limited attention to the human rights of young people under 18.

@pluralistic brilliant as ever but...

"when Twitter bans interoperable clients, nerfs its APIs, and periodically terrorizes its users by suspending them for including their Mastodon handles in their bios, it makes it harder to leave Twitter" - I think that makes it easier to leave Twitter.

Understanding the options for organizing these complex systems, defining the parameters, and making the right decisions is an imperative that has implications far beyond the technical sphere.

“It still feels like we have many separate communities and aren’t speaking the same language, yet, but a broad field of rich notions is emerging — and hope with it.” (@robin)

Mastodon and Fediverse provide a glimpse of something different… something much much better.

4/4
#twittermigration

Is it too late? Does everything have to be enshittified?

Robin Berjon @robin 's stunningly brilliant article imagines an alternative…

Cambrian Governance: The Internet Transition >>> https://berjon.com/internet-transition/

“The Internet has the potential to be more than a random pile of naive technologies operated by a handful of companies competing to be the best neocolonial reincarnation of the Dutch East India Company.”

3/4
#twittermigration

Interested in enshittification? More to read…

@catvalente: Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things... >>> https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

“Stop being human. A mindless bot who makes regular purchases is all that’s really needed.”

@pluralistic 's: What the fediverse (does/n't) solve (23 Dec 2022) >>> https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/23/semipermeable-membranes/#free-as-in-puppies

“They never quit trying to enclose the web, via proprietary browser extensions and dirty tricks”

2/4
#twittermigration

Enshittification: First platforms want your attention, so they show you stuff YOU want to see. Then they want your money, so they show you stuff THEY want you to see. @pluralistic calls this enshittification.

Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023) >>> https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/

This excellent essay examines how Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Google, exploit algorithms to capture your attention, build dependency, and subsequently “monetize” you by feeding you shit.

1/4
#twittermigration

Beliefs have consequences. We must stop normalizing religious/supernatural delusions. Adults must teach children to demand evidence rather than accepting faith-based stories & conspiracy theories as factual. #ReligiousTrauma #science #criticalthinking #skeptic #exchristian #atheist

The next time you hear conservatives claim that overturning Roe was a win for the “pro-life” movement, remember that many of the same people wouldn’t lift a finger for universal health care.