ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

A lot of Mastodon instance admins are either getting their first hosting bill or getting a very increased bill from extreme growth and usage. Some may be experiencing bill shock.

Please make sure your paying/supporting them!

Twitter was free because you were the product. Mastodon doesn't work this way.

Many instances list a patreon or donation links on their about page.

@manlius @DanielMGessel fwiw I'm on the largest instance right now because I don't have time to set up my own instance, but I plan to migrate to a self-managed one in the coming months

i just got suspended from twitter for replying “fuck off and die” to kanye west's tweet with an image of the hakenkreuz embedded in the star of david. his tweet and the image are still there, and his account is not suspended.

i guess i could have chosen worse way to get my twitter account closed.

Rust is a conspiracy to turn imperative programmers into pure-functional programmers by making mutable variables such a pain in the ass that Haskell seems reasonable by comparison

Why we can't have nice things: so long Medium

I'm a nerd. I like to read about science and technology. I also like to participate - write content, answer questions, etc.

When Medium first appeared, I was excited to see a new format for content creators to directly share their work. I even paid for a subscription. But it has gone the way of Quora: click-baity titles with a ton of bad content. It's unfortunate, because some Medium content is still good, but it is too hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Goodbye Medium.

As an aside, i think the same thing happened to Quora. When Quora first came out, i was quite active there: one of the top contributors in neuroscience. But now it is pretty terrible. The questions are repetitive and trite and the answers are often pure opinion.

Hive Social turns off servers: "The issues we reported allow any attacker to access all data, including private posts, private messages, shared media and even deleted direct messages"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/hive-social-turns-off-servers-after-researchers-warn-hackers-can-access-all-data/

SICK AND DERANGED: Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is now retaliating against the doctor who provided care to the 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio to Indiana to receive abortion care: https://youtu.be/x0lfoCM23gg

Google owner Alphabet Inc. could be on the hook for an estimated $4.7 billion due to questionable "warnings" when people use other app stores or services to download apps.

Quite frankly -- good! These warning are bullsh*t! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/google-customers-win-class-action-status-in-lawsuit-over-app-store-prices/

Today’s crypto collapse update. In this episode, we cover:

* BlockFi is deceased. It’s an ex-parrot.
* SBF will absolutely not shut up.
* Did we tell you so in August about the crypto miners? We believe we did!
* Binance is totally fine, buying smaller exchanges and building a bailout fund.
* Tether is totally fine, lending tethers to exchanges again. It’s fine!

https://amycastor.com/2022/12/01/crypto-collapse-blockfi-even-deader-crypto-miners-going-broke-sam-will-not-shut-up-binance-and-tether-are-fine/

Kanye West just posted a photo of a swastika inside of the Star of David on Twitter. This is abhorrent and dangerous. Shame on anyone who has enabled and supported him on his crusade against the Jewish people. We refuse to be silent in the face of this deplorable anti-Semitism. Never again.

@amyhoy I completely agree with the sentiment, and absolutely hate crypto but you have to admit StableDiffusion (and predecessor DallE) are kinda mind blowing and seem to be getting better at an alarming rate. I think what’s different is it has the potential to destroy artists instead of increase flow of knowledge (like the utopia of internet I imagined in the 90s)

Counting goats is not the soporiferous activity that counting sheep is (supposed to be). Is exhausting trying to find the buggers up trees, mountains, and hiding in yoga studios.

As #mastodon is experiencing an inflection point in its growth, it is important to look at how to make it resilient in the future. If you believe in the #fediverse and the open #internet as an #ideology , you need to read this essay on organizing, which lays out the pitfalls to avoid and solutions to building a strong social movement:
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/building-resilient-organizations

Boot if you agree.

HT @zephoria for pointing to it.

Today we should also remember those who fought to get medicine for their love ones. At a time when nobody cared about the gays.

#hiv #aids #actup

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Mastodon will break 8 million users by tomorrow!

7,925,283 accounts are active.

>2,000 new accounts are being made every hour.

That's 1 million new accounts being made since a week and a half ago.

I have questions.
Actually no, no I don't.

Elon Musk has become a Republican

https://www.axios.com/2022/12/01/elon-musk-twitter-republican-conservative-politics

I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn't scale, I was wrong. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.

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

why doesn't anyone say "netizen" any more

The world according to fish