Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey everyone I did a cartoon for the Guardian about why Mastodon is my favourite microblogging site. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/twitter-is-burning-bluesky-is-smug-where-is-the-best-place-to-do-your-pathetic-doomscrolling

You know, ironically, the huge number of prominent right-wing activists who were banned from Twitter & other major social media platforms over the past 5-7 years actually gave them a 5-7 year head start to master cross-platform coordination and keeping networks intact even as individual accounts bounced around. As we’ve seen in recent, the left is … not good at that. At all. We’re going to wish we had that skill as 2024 draws nearer. (It’s never too late to start, though!)

Via @decolonialatlas "Each 8th of July, at 11:15 UTC, 99% of the world's population is experiencing daylight. This day should have a name, and it should be a holiday." Original source: https://www.timeanddate.com/news/astronomy/99-percent-sunlight

#birdsite

it's genuinely wild how we heard nothing but long winded platitudes on how innovative silicon valley was for like 20 straight years and it's all culminated in a bunch of the dullest, most petulant billionaires imaginable all just copying each other's version of a very basic chat app

i am still trying to finish this book but it's been triggering:

The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry

by the start of the Civil War, states like Virginia made more money breeding and selling babies than producing cotton.

it's the only reason the Confederacy was ever created: they wanted to expand their slave breeding farms across the US continent and then towards the South into ALL OF LATIN AMERICA.

this was their birth right and MANIFEST DESTINY

Nutritional division of labor for royals in termites 🤯
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad222/7218884?login=false

It's probably obvious to move of you, but a big difference between the commercial social media platforms and the fediverse is that as those commercial platform grow, they get additional revenue from ads, from selling personal information, and otherwise monetizing their users. While that is turning out to not actually pay the bills for them, in the fediverse, just about every instance is run by volunteers and funded by donations or out of the volunteers' pockets. It's a labor of love and a hope for a better future. When traffic grows, we need to expand our capacity.

That is why I am asking, if you are able, please consider donating to the instance you on to help keep the fediverse ecosystem going. Typically the /about web page will have details on how to donate.

Note: I am well aware that many of you are not in a financial position to donate - and that is OK. We are here to serve you as well. Donations are completely optional.

Six habits of successful entrepreneurs:

1) Rich parents

2)

The U.S. government needs to leave Twitter and state that privately owned social media is unreliable, prone to corruption and full of misinformation. It should open its own instance in the Fediverse and tell citizens they can find reliable information there.

@gruber @NoHomers This is so false that it’s a meme. And don’t forget Cambridge Analytica, or how Meta has told cops when users have gotten abortions. You’re giving a lot of information to this company. To say it’s the “same as you’re doing here” is dangerously wrong.

Favourite summary of the current situation, from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/twitter-is-burning-bluesky-is-smug-where-is-the-best-place-to-do-your-pathetic-doomscrolling?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

One problem with leaving the birdsite is that I had built up a reasonable list of illustrators to follow there, and I really haven't here. But I bet they're around. If you're a #fantasy or #sciencefiction or #comedy #illustrator, especially if you're interested in commissions from an author, give this post a like so I can check out your work. Or recommend me someone in the comments. Or boost this so more people see it. Or just tell me what good hashtags I should be following.
#illustration #sff

#ThreadsNews July 6, 2023

WTF... To delete Meta's new Twitter rival you also have to delete Instagram

Vice: Threads Instagram 'Trap' Shows Why Facebook Should Have Been Broken Up Years Ago >>> https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjvb5/threads-instagram-trap-shows-why-facebook-should-have-been-broken-up-years-ago

TechCrunch: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account >>> https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/

“I deactivated my threads account already but it turns out you can’t delete your threads account *without also deleting your Instagram account* so maybe just don’t sign up!”

What is it called when something makes you laugh, but also makes you want to cry a little?

Self checkout should include an employee discount.
-itsDANdeeMAN, Jun 2014

Doing a test here to see how much reach this #mastodon account with 550 followers has compared to the same test on #Threads with a 430 Follower count.

I suspect I already know the answer.

If you see this please Boost and Like, and if you want to leave a comment feel free to that.

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