Don Thompson @guardeddon@social.cleverlibre.org
Long career in telecoms, aerospace & IT. Adept at troubleshooting & problem resolution.
Fascinated by the milieu.
Pic: JFK 22L over the captain's shoulder.
Joined Nov 2022
@freemo Went thru a phase of same on Txitter. Blocked & reported every single one. Eventually went away but the inconsistency of response to reports was just inane.
Don Thompson
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What is We Distribute, exactly? 🤔
We Distribute is a CC-licensed open media project. It serves as a people-focused tech publication, with the goal of informing and educating people about three things:
1. Decentralized Communications
2. User empowerment
3. The future of the Internet
Most of what we do involves reporting on the day-to-day developments of the #Fediverse. In fact, our articles are ActivityPub-enabled, and integrate directly into the network.
However, the Social Web / Decentralized Social movement involves far more efforts and technologies that we think are also worth reporting on: #Matrix, #XMPP, #Bluesky, #Nostr, #SecureScuttlebutt, and #Solid all bring interesting pieces to the puzzle.
Our ultimate goal is to showcase the ongoing efforts to change the shape and form of the Internet itself, at a grassroots level. Join us on this exciting journey. #WeDistribute
We Distribute is a CC-licensed open media project. It serves as a people-focused tech publication, with the goal of informing and educating people about three things:
1. Decentralized Communications
2. User empowerment
3. The future of the Internet
Most of what we do involves reporting on the day-to-day developments of the #Fediverse. In fact, our articles are ActivityPub-enabled, and integrate directly into the network.
However, the Social Web / Decentralized Social movement involves far more efforts and technologies that we think are also worth reporting on: #Matrix, #XMPP, #Bluesky, #Nostr, #SecureScuttlebutt, and #Solid all bring interesting pieces to the puzzle.
Our ultimate goal is to showcase the ongoing efforts to change the shape and form of the Internet itself, at a grassroots level. Join us on this exciting journey. #WeDistribute
Don Thompson
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I wish more companies had tech support like @beasts - problem resolved in minutes, clear explanation of what was broken, how to avoid the problem in the future, and info for follow-up. No scripts, no escalation, no call centre. So good.
Don Thompson
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High Street. Low cloud.
#Queensferry #Scotland #Edinburgh #MeerMittwoch #bridges #ForthBridge #MastoDaoine
@copperred @richlv
‘Following’ one of the BBC accounts as expected. Assuming bbc.social is a single instance. To best of my knowledge, qoto doesn’t apply onerous blocks. Some recent exchanges suggest qoto may be included on block lists shared through the fediverse. As a user, I have limited ability to diagnose. Perhaps a sign-up to a second instance may be a useful tactic.
@bloor @alexlomas
TS, apparently, operated her own F900 but disposed of it recently. The recent furore over the flights from Japan back to US & then out to Aus involved her use of Vistajet aircraft (rent-a-jet). Identifying which aircraft required a simple guessing game of Vistajet aircraft departing TS’ known location (eg perfomance venue) in a specific timeframe.
The FAA’s PIA scheme (& LADD) are limited to the US. PIA could be circumvented by coordinating Live-ATC with reception of transponder transmissions.
Nearly all civil aeronautical communications can be eavesdropped with an RTL-SDR, appropriate antenna, and software (possible exception being SBB AMS(R)S).
Not convinced ADS-B is the ‘problem’.
ATM & AOC comms aren’t intended to pander to the privacy whims of ‘celebrities’, they contribute to the safe operation of aircraft. As @bloor writes, there’s some depth to the safe operation of an aircraft, not least the place from which it operates.
Noting that US military (‘state’) aircraft have also begun to mess with ADS-B usage (Air Mobility Command types not frontline operational types).
Don Thompson
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@BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live
What works is publishing more content, your feeds are really thin at present!
@mooch I did check it out with the mod/admin/provider of my instance but couldn’t resolve. I belive Qoto does run on fork of Mastodon. But at least one of the BBC accts does ‘work’ as expected…
Don Thompson
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I said it several times, but with Ivory's latest announcement, let me repeat it: we (the Mastodon team) are working on implementing Quote Posts. This is a much more complex feature than showing a preview for a link to a post, which is done at the moment by multiple clients.
It is a complex task and we have been working on defining the feature and the protocol-level details for some time. We are moving forward, and there are fewer hard questions to answers, but progress is there.
Don Thompson
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"To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar is to asked to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
– Octavia Butler, _Parable of the Talents_
@billt
Maybe you, or a colleague, might explain why my requests to follow all but one of these BBC accounts are stuck?
Only BBCRD has delivered a [Following] result while the others all show [Requested].
I’m very puzzled? Is there an issue with the instance I elected to adopt (qoto.org) or smthg else entirely.
If it’s possible, I’d really appreciate some feedback, thank you.
Don Thompson
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Marianna Spring's short series 'Why Do You Hate Me?' about her experience of trolling and her investigation of the trolls and conspiracy-theorists she has encounterd, is on BBC Sounds now.
#SocialMedia #trolling #misinformation #disinformation #paranoia #ConspiracyTheory #MassShooting #LasVegas #USA #BBCVerify
@unchartedworlds
I have done that a number of times. Two of the BBC accounts are fine, I’m shown as following. Others stuck as [Requested]. Somewhat annoyed that no-one connected with the BBC accounts has responded, it’s not as if they’re busy posting or each post garners a host of replies!
@richlv
DonMt think so, checked with the instance operator. He couldn’t help.
@BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live and Connected_Studio and BBC5Live 🤔
@BBCRD @BBC_News_Labs @Connected_Studio @BBCRadio4 @BBC5Live
Mixed success in following these accounts. BBCRadio4 has sat on [Requested] forever.
@bloor Mine was down around 80%.
After an 18hr power outage with recent storm I also ‘upgraded’ my powerbank capacity & USB C PD options.
@bloor +1 on my SE 2nd gen. A quick metadata edit sorts it?
(Finally gave in for a battery replacement y’day, back to 100% performance).
Long career in telecoms, aerospace & IT. Adept at troubleshooting & problem resolution.
Fascinated by the milieu.
Pic: JFK 22L over the captain's shoulder.
Joined Nov 2022
