@shuttersparks I'm not sure why it has to be one or the other... Can't we just agree some people will abuse, drain, and steal from the system no matter if they are rich are poor, just as there are many rich and poor people who are good. We have to stop reducing everything to such simple terms IMO.
@nus QOTO is a version of mastodon with the quote feature. What i like about it is how its implemented. All it does is copy the url in your own post so other users can still see it but those who have the feature implemented see it properly embedded.
Even if you dont have the feature you can do it by following the syntax.
@thor congrats, I recently had a big milestone too.. lets celebrate!
@TheOldGuy It seems almost anyone involved in politics these days is a loon, MAGA being the post child of looniness :
@antares Bots are usually behind anonymous Ips so its hard to track. But I dont see anything that resolves to an IP that is obviously from google or facebook.
Did you ever notice students have their own interests and motivations, and that many are not as enamored with your curriculum as you are? I have... and those are the students we must work the hardest to engage with interesting problems and questions. #education #edutoots
First rule of condescension club: Well if you deserved to be here you'd already know what it is.
For what its worth the disinformation and "bad reputation" isnt very far reachig. It is limited mostly to a small group of very small servers that tend to attack most of the fedi. Overall we actually have one of the biggest footprints in the fedi.
@darth Tell me about it, its depressing.
@darth its a rampant problem sadly. Im trying to build out a federation of instances to try to address this called the UFoI, but yea its disheartening to see :(
@AndyLowry did you intend this as a reply to something?
Thanks. It is an ongoing problem but the new federation we are forming should be a powerful force against it in the end.
@EubieDrew that would depend on what browser you have.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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