BLOG POST: Why the Fediverse is Revolutionary https://blog.atomicpoet.org/s/vOcINMxQd#
An explanation for what the Fediverse is, and why it's the biggest communications revolution in a generation.
This is the blog version of a thread that I made a month ago. I've compiled it into one long form article.
Sad juxtaposition in my timeline.
A post about survivors of Mariupol right next to one about survivors of Auschwitz. Both about the struggle to live under inhumane conditions.
#Ukraine
#UkraineRussiaWar
#RussiaUkraineWar
#RussianWarCrimes
#WWII #Nazis #WarCrimes
The biggest threat to democracy is not just Trump, but a Republican Party obstructing all attempts to hold anyone accountable, remaining fully committed to the quest of installing authoritarian rule by a reactionary minority. Did the Committee make that clear enough? 5/
@maxnesterak
Quite a few. My friend Tim Young is on death row at San Quentin for a crime committed while he was in another state. With witnesses & video footage proving his innocence. 24 years he’s been locked in solitary in a cage 🤯😡
https://www.timothyjamesyoung.com/
RT @Max_Fisher@twitter.com
We’ll never know for sure because it’s impossible to track the authoritarian takeovers that don’t happen, but there’s a decent chance this just became one of the most important pieces of legislation in the last half century https://twitter.com/ericliptonnyt/status/1606371014568443904
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1606376604111736832
I swear to God, journalists have become so swept up in so-called "Web3" hype, that they're seeing blockchain where there is none.
To the people in the back: the Fediverse has nothing to do with cryptocurrency, tokens, coins, etc.
I spent six years living in a falling apart hunting shack in northern Wisconsin with a living room window that overlooked Lake Superior.
One of my favorite things about being there was watching storms roll in across the lake.
Extremely lucky to get this shot by waiting for the lightning to start and repeatedly mashing the shutter button.
#photography #storm #lightning #longexposure #lakesuperior #wisconsin
The Intercept's Lee Fang worked with Elon Musk on a "Twitter Files" story and used the opportunity to launch his own personal Substack, knowing his colleague at The Intercept @micahflee is still banned by Elon Musk for his factual reporting on Musk.
If Lee Fang is going to boost his own personal substack at the expense of any kind of principled solidarity with his colleagues, why should I continue my recurring donation to The Intercept? I'd rather my money go directly to Micah and Robert Mackey than to indirectly fund Fang's work - let Fang raise money on his own substack.
As a Union Electrician I'm basically self employed. When our job is done we call the hall, get a dispatch and go work for another contractor. I've worked with hundreds. I've never received a Christmas bonus from any except today. Thank you K and B Electrical Contractors out of #Louisville Kentucky. #IBEW #Electrician
LastPass, by being breached and almost certainly deliberately not telling their customers about this until just before Christmas needs to be nuked from orbit.
a) Class action lawsuit time. Make it hurt, hurt hurt.
b) User instructions for recovery MUST focus on migrating to either Bitwarden, 1Password, iCloud Keychain (if mac-only), or Chrome password manager (if google-only).
Hey folks, taking some inspiration from another toot. Reminder during these colder seasons -- if it's cold for you, imagine what it must be like to not have a #home in the US. There are hundreds of thousands of people in one of the wealthy nations on the plant who are at risk of these weather issues.
Local shelters are often on short supply for things like socks, underwear, underclothing, feminie hygiene products. A few bucks from you could LITERALLY save someone's life.
You want change? That's how it starts. We grow from our beginnings.
The Mark Meadows' texts with 34 Republicans re: overturning the 2020 election are a disturbing, hilarious, semi-literate, all-caps shrieking, hot mess. Yes, trying to overthrow an election is serious. But these bootlicking, keyboard-abusing Republicans are comedy gold. Hats off to Talking Points Memo for exposing this toxic drivel. Now, if Merrick Garland would just indict someone.
So #Twitter has announced that Twitter Blue suckers can now upload videos up to an hour in length (up from 10 minutes). Given their almost nonexistent content moderation now, what could go wrong?
Ukrainian partisans have raised the Ukrainian flag in Mizhvodne, Crimea. Russia’s defeat is inevitable. #news #breakingnews #worldnews #ukraine #ukrainewar #crimea #crimeaisukraine #russia #ruzzia
Oh, this I completely missed this morning. She's the monster we've thought she was.
RT @sambrodey@twitter.com
I got my hands on a 37-page guide for Kyrsten Sinema’s staff
Aides weren’t only expected to get her groceries and fix her internet but follow a… very detailed set of instructions about where to seat her on an airplane.
Lots more here:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-incredible-37-page-guide-for-staffing-sen-kyrsten-sinema
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/sambrodey/status/1605926666110259200
RT @ANSIRH@twitter.com
Banning abortion has serious economic consequences.
The #TurnawayStudy shows that women who are denied abortions are less likely to have enough money to cover expenses like food, housing, and transportation even years later.
Mathematics Ph.D. Likes hanging out with almost everyone regardless of political views or anything else.
Akkoma: @ML2