ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm beside myself.

Someone created a finger-to-WordPress gateway.

Remember Macstodon, the Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS?

This is even nerdier than that.

https://danq.me/2022/11/17/wp-finger/

The thing I miss most about #science isn't doing it, it's being able to dream collaboratively.

I really miss being around other nerds who are just as happy as I am to jump into flights of speculative fancy together and bat around ideas until maybe a good one comes out that can be followed up on and tested.

Surely there are other places to find this kind of thing. It's just that for the past 7 years (scary) science was this for me, so now is the first time I have to seek it out actively.

The EU, UK, and various states are pushing "protect the children!" laws that will effectively mandate age verification technologies for most websites.

Turns out the French data protection agency (which doesn't mess around) has said that all existing age verification technologies violate people's privacy...

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/30/as-us-uk-embrace-age-verify-everyone-french-data-protection-agency-says-age-verification-is-unreliable-and-violates-privacy-rights/

elon wonka and the birdshit factory

Senate committee debating C-11 amendment demanded by cultural groups on obligations of Canadian vs. foreign services. Government opposing noting trade challenge risk if impose requirements global companies can’t meet. @SenatorHousakos@twitter.com cites US concern today about C-11 and C-18.

The #Norwegians sound like my kinda people.

We got banned from Twitter! Oh well…

She died doing what she loved: untangling Christmas lights in the bathtub.

Jiang zemin, the chairman of #china from 1993 to 2003, died today. As one of the most liberal figures inside CCP, he supported marketing reform and promoted joining WTO. Additionally, he guaranteed a certain degree of expression freedom. Those ten years when he was incumbent became the best golden old days for us to mourn after PRC’s establishment. After 2008, China witnessed a severe regression in civil liberty and became more belligerent in the global community.
@politicalscience

NEW -- the #Biden admin is considering designating #Russia's Wagner Group as a terrorist organization,

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-29/russia-s-wagner-group-mercenaries-may-be-labeled-terrorists-by-the-us

"The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks." https://journa.host/@msfreepress/109429598312986151

I don’t know if I’ll have access to the birdsite for much longer if Apple pulls the app from their store. Not sure how that would work. So, now’s the best time to go through your old posts, delete the cringe, and save photos of precious moments.

Canada Steals Cultural Works From The Public By Extending Copyright Terms.
#canada #copyright

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/29/canada-steals-cultural-works-from-the-public-by-extending-copyright-terms/

"The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous and historic.

The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer's - the most common form of dementia - is possible.

Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a small effect and its impact on people's daily lives is debated.

And the drug works in the early stages of the disease, so most would miss out without a revolution in spotting it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63749586

UK's Online Safety Bill drops rules forcing social media to remove 'legal but harmful' content

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/11/30/uk_online_safety_bill/

Hey Press! Stop calling it "Mastodon's Fediverse network"!

Possession implies ownership.

Mastodon doesn't own the Fediverse.

The Fediverse can't be owned.

The Fediverse would exist without Mastodon. And it will continue to exist if Mastodon stops working.

Please do your do your due diligence before reporting on things.

Screenshot and link are relevant. https://www.howtogeek.com/850954/tumblr-and-flickr-might-join-mastodons-fediverse-network/

I think now is a good time to point out that those of us who love space and #SpaceX realize that SpaceX is successful due to the many people that actually comprise the workforce there, and has little to nothing to do with #ChiefTwit himself.