Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@dsfgs I am working on a article titled fediverse rising for a local community magazine, so once I have a draft, will copy to an etherpad for comments

I have given the fact trumps new social media network uses mastodon as the intro, as people won't hear the last of that when it does launch

@robby So is there anything in their code that could help on the rest of the fediverse generally ?

@CKsTechnologyNews

Lots of info on Gates here

http://techrights.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_Deposition

People still seem to think of him as very clever, a generous person and now a vaccine expert.

I fail to see the appeal of big tech and that is stronger the more I read about what they are up to behind the scenes with their sneeky algorithms, etc.

@robby Cool thanks., this will be a really interesting development when it goes live.

so what is the latest on the Trump + Mastodon AGPL thing then. ?

@ScienceDaily@newsbots.eu @freemo is there any sort of link between skin colour and how the skin absorbs vitamin D from sunlight.

Would this shed any light on why some oximeters seem to give different readings on different coloured skin.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/12/16/947226068/dark-skin-can-lead-to-errors-with-pulse-oximeters-used-in-covid-19-treatment?t=1638212735821

@CKsTechnologyNews

Anyone remember dos 6.2 Microsoft anti virus, was in fact central point anti virus. IIRC MS got sued for that.

That's so PC! Sussex Police to use gender-neutral warrant cards after force's LGBT officers complained about having different ones for men and women

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10252689/Sussex-Police-gender-neutral-warrant-cards.html#comments

To me, this makes more sense, as producing multiple warrant cards must cost more money then simply creating a single type of card that everyone can use and makes lots that are the same.

On the other hand, given the number of stabbings in the UK you would think the police would have different priorities. .

@Blackbirdearth

This should be interesting,

I am now in the process of getting in touch to suggest they use or at least offer Big blue button as an alternative.