Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Mainstream media journalist: It's too hard to build an audience on Mastodon! I cross-post the same shouty posts and one-sentence slogans as I do on the fowl app, and they just get no traction here! It must be because it's just too complicated for people to read posts from other instances or something!

Me: Okay, do you follow many interesting people here?

Journo: No.

Me: Do you reply to posts and engage with other people?

Journo: No.

Me: Do you like and share many other people's posts?

Journo: No.

Me: Do you post anything interesting, insightful or funny? Or just shouty denouncements?

Journo: Oh, I don't just cross-post shouty posts and slogans — I also do self-promotion! Subscribe now to read my latest article!

Me: Could the problem be that you've relied entirely on an algorithm that's fine-tuned to incite people by distributing the most provocative content widely to generate ad views? That the core issues are that you don't engage, contribute little to the online community, and share little content of real value and substance? That you're essentially no different to the social media bullies you so often denounce in your paywalled articles?

Journo: No. The problem isn't me, the problem is Mastodon!

#TwitterMigration #Twitter #Mastodon

1954 REAR WINDOW (Hitchcock) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½
My favorite Hitchcock (though I have to watch The Birds again) is his pulpy meditation on watching and being watched. Manages to make a single courtyard feel like the world, an inert protagonist (as opposed to a hero) feel dynamic, and builds tension from the slightest motion. The set feels like a stage you could just keep falling into. Grace Kelly's finest screen performance, right? It's Jimmy Stewart's for sure. I love this thing.

Also notable: Seven Samurai

The New York Times Guild is walking out for one day - today 12/8 - so please stay off New York Times platforms until 11:59 p.m tonight. I’m gonna break my Wordle streak – how about you?
#NYTimesGuild #PicketLine #nyt #union

The original #Mastodon instance? Newfoundland 2 million years ago...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/worlds-oldest-dna-discovered-revealing-ancient-arctic-forest-full-of-mastodons/#Echobox=1670455937

Read about the young (29) founder of Mastodon, why he created it, and the surprisingly effective way it isolates hate groups.

https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/

Internet centralization leads to Fascism.

I've said this long ago. People think I'm going overboard -- and they invoke Godwin's Law.

But what is one core tenet of Fascism?

The merging of the State with Industry:

1. Internet centralization leads to Corporatism
2. Corporatism leads to Authoritarian Capitalism
3. Authoritarian Capitalism leads to Fascism

Already, we see the effect.

Example: social media and facial recognition AI used by police for mass surveillance https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/09/1022240/clearview-ai-nypd-emails/

@atomicpoet Decentralization would build a more accessible and better economy. Look at the food and medical deserts in poor urban neighborhoods. Why do these exist? Because large corporations like #Kroger and #Walmart have eliminated the competition (along with controlling prices)!

We must break up these big companies!

#PeopleOverCorporations
#ShopLocal
#SupportSmallBusinesses

Favourite wee beastie at Barhill Kirkcudbright

I feel calmer, happier, and more like myself since ditching the Blue Bird of Depression app.

From @amandahess on Twitter.

Don't cross the #PicketLine. Do not engage with @nytimes tomorrow.
#nytimes

The New York Times Guild is striking, and I'll be staying off New York Times platforms between midnight and 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night. Gonna break my Wordle streak – how about you?

#NYTimesGuild #PicketLine #nyt #union

I got one!
#CatsOfMastodon

A fundamental flaw of the American mindset and system of government, is the degree to which so believe Supreme Court justices (and other judges) somehow possess magical God-like objectivity and knowledge.

Progressives should WANT Internet decentralization.

That should be considered a core political cause.

The best way to destroy monopolies is to destroy the power structure that allows them to exist.

Calamities have tipping points but so do courage, solidarity, and innovation.

The incredible view during a spacewalk.

Credit: NASA Johnson
#space #technology #nasa #earth

Dear fellow twitter refugees.

They seem like good folk here, let’s try not to fuck it up for them, eh.

Missing Girl in Whitehorse, Yukon - Mia Hendrie, 16 - #Whitehorse #Yukon #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

There is nothing to indicate criminality at this time. Police and family are concerned for Mia's health and well-being....

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-girl-in-whitehorse-yukon-mia-hendrie-16/

#Coffee and #Sunset