@Firlefanz That's the point. We live in scary times and at the moment all too often the bad guys win and the rational people are pushed aside by those who are rabid with hate.
Escape is a necessary survival skill. It has nothing to do with running away but with gathering your energy to stand another day.
*hugs*
Exciting news (for me)! I’ve started a UX strategy consultancy that is helping early-stage founding teams to have better focus, understand their users better, and create products that people love. Very creatively it’s called Ira Cummings Studio and I’m jumping in with both feet.
If you’re curious, you can see more here: https://www.iracummings.com
Okay…this is a long, but interesting read. They’re studying ways to inoculate people from believing disinformation. The technique is called pre-bunking: showing people the techniques and emotionally charged words used in disinformation to manipulate people. Theory is you can teach people what kind of techniques are used, so they can spot them going forward. The psychology nerd/teacher in me finds this study useful & hopeful. Scary times we’re living in. ☮️
Mastodon News
The tech press is picking up on WordPress federation...
PC: Forget Twitter - WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Connect to Mastodon >>> https://www.pcmag.com/news/forget-twitter-wordpresscom-blogs-can-now-connect-to-mastodon
"Your blog can take on a new social-media life of its own if you publish it on WordPress.com. This commercial version of the open-source web publishing platform WordPress now offers an ActivityPub option to turn a blog into a fediverse presence on Mastodon and other federated social networks operating on the open standard."
we’re exactly one month out from my audiobook releasing! it feels super vulnerable and I’m a bit nervous about it, so I hope you dig it. come sit on my bedroom floor with me, blinds drawn and the AC cranked when it’s a 105 degree LA summer, and let’s talk about loving yourself 💜
Conspiracy dude claiming that I’m spreading disinformation about Signal use as part of an NSA op: this is Mastodon, not Twitter. You need more original conspiracies than that if you want traction here.
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Wuling has doubled sales since 2019, from 374,000 cars, to 724,000 cars in 2022.🤯
The people that say "Americans would never drive a cheap car!🦅🇺🇲" are the same people that do understand that our terrible public transpo infra means that you need a car for most jobs, do understand that the average new car in the US costs $68,000, but don't understand why people aren't having kids, buying houses, or even going to the movies as much as they used to.
Cheap EVs are coming to the US.
I was on the mstdn.games instance before as pixelduck if anyone remembers me. But if not, here’s my #introduction
I’m a huge #gamer. Right now I’m on #XboxOne & #nintendoswitch, hoping to upgrade to a Series X and a PC/Steam Deck soon.
As far as games go, my most favorite game is Red Dead 2. I love Skyrim, The Sims, Stardew, the Assassin’s Creed series, and more.
Outside of games, I love watching shows and movies, and reading.
I’m so excited to be back
Hi, and consider this my #introduction!
My name is Pavel and I like networks, security, and #Eurovision.
I have started as a mobile app dev for Windows (Phone), but changed course several times. I have also used to manage a computer network at the dormitories of Czech Technical University in Prague. I've done a couple of talks about networking, IPv6 and RADIUS, and am interested in all things switching and routing, including being an avid user and hater of Mikrotiks and Juniper equipment (also some Cisco).
However my primary job a member of the CSIRT team at CESNET – the Czech national research and education network, where I handle incident reports, and also somehow wrestle with threat intelligence and honeypots.
Feel free to follow for a flow of (sometimes not-so-)informative and funny toots, and hopefully actually useful information. :-)
@benny yes, of course, two sides, in which one is a nuclear superpower supported by the strongest imperialist power in the world and the other is a militia with primitive weapons in a besieged enclave. I'm sorry but get a clue. There are no two sides to this. Under apartheid and settler colonialism, one side will always profit more
Winter prep. We keep a couple of weeks worth of firewood in the garage. I had a bunch of wood given to us that was too long for our woodstove so had to cut it in half. #Alaska #Anchorage #BearValley #WinterIsComing
@thepoliticalcat @qurlyjoe @Catawu @futurebird Rudy Giuliani is going to die in prison. I actually think he might be the first in Dump's inner circle to be jailed. Most likely for contempt, and hopefully soon. Cat is 100% correct here. He's hiding something terrible in the documents he's failing to turn over
Just wanna say, team: fuck Bluesky and Twitter. The support I get for my work here on Masto is so much better. There’s a culture of boosting stuff we love and I appreciate it so much, as a creative person who relies on shares to bring in new readers and ultimately pay my bills, and invoices from other creative people. Thank you ❤️
GOP Admins Had 38 Times More Criminal Convictions Than Democrats, 1961-2016
We compared 56 years of corruption in Republican and Democratic presidencies: both sides are not equally corrupt.
https://rantt.com/gop-admins-had-38-times-more-criminal-convictions-than-democrats-1961-2016
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric