Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Tried Threads for 48 hours and my verdict is, it's definitely what it was intended to be: text posts for Instagram. It’s probably good if you’re used to the IG algorithm, but for people from Twitter/Mastodon/BlueSky looking for the classic social media feel, it’s basically unusable.

Launching without a following feed seemed like an extremely weird call, given it's the easiest to design. I assumed the algorithm would pick up the slack, but it hasn't. It's near impossible to find posts from people you follow, reposts seem to just go into the void, and there's no text search.

Threads is ideal if what you want from social media is being blasted by generic content from celebrities, but if you're looking for community, it's not viable. I've basically spent 48h there just twiddling my thumbs waiting to be able to find posts from people I actually care about, meanwhile most of them have already got bored and left.

The waterfront living experience: pay lots of money to have a big fog cloud sit over your house requiring you to leave the neighborhood to see the sun

Such an important observation!

"Ad-driven social media platforms are willing to tolerate monumental volumes of abusive users [because] hate and fear drives engagement, and engagement drives ad impressions.

Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement."

https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html

The Trump cult may be smaller than ever, but it is also more dangerous. Cult expert Dr. Steven Hassan discusses the secrets of MAGA brainwashing and how to engage with extremist cult members on The Weekend Show at 8p ET/5p PT! https://youtube.com/live/RXY268ocwp0

Hell has frozen over as I’m agreeing with #MarjorieTraitorGreene
@JoeBiden is trying to "finish what FDR started" by trying to address problems related to "education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps & welfare”
YEP!

You can't argue with success!
#MAGA #GOP #Insanity
https://youtu.be/YEGDu2Y4jE4

Judge upholds stringent Oregon gun control law as constitutional

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4098803-judge-upholds-stringent-oregon-gun-control-law-as-constitutional/

#OregonGunControlLaw #ConstitutionalRuling #GunControl #OregonLaw #SecondAmendment #FirearmLegislation #Politics #News

16 July 1934 | Dutch Jewish boy, Rob Salomon Kets de Vries, was born in Rotterdam.

In August 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #Memorial #Remember #memory #otd #facts

#SilentSunday #Nature #Photography #Alaska
Along the route of the Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Fairbanks.

pencil sketches - $30!

tired of the bright pop art? try pencil sketches!

this is a much looser style than my vector work, done in Rebelle and completed with as little digital assistance as possible.

no backgrounds and scenes, but you may choose pencil and paper colors. You may also opt for a third "highlight" color (such as a red balloon, or blue eyes)

exported time lapses are available with this style of commission!

@noelreports Wow! Nice fucking drop
#NAFO

And here they come.

RFK. Jr’s bigotry has no place in the Democratic Party—nor does RFK Jr. My new article https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-bigotry-has-no-place-in-the?utm_source=activity_item

J'en ai plus rien à foutre j'arrête la gravité bye

I’m in full support of the SAG/AFRA and WGA and I love Ron Pearlman’s comment here.
As a jobbing actor my residuals for the last year for all the shows I’m in that have made a LOT of money for the streaming platforms they’re on came to around £35. my annual residuals from one of the most popular shows on Netflix came to the same price as I’d have got for 1 DVD box set sold.

@shuttersparks Republicans will vote for him Democrats are not playing around we stand with president Biden.

Katzen wissen, wo man die Hitze am besten übersteht.

#caturday #Hitze