Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

In high school I annoyed the fuck out of my English teacher by switching between British and American spelling and punctuation

@zleap @thor

democracy, diversity, and the entitlements state are failing

people no longer trust equality and mob rule

trump isn't even really far right; he's like reagan, a moderate right-winger

it's just that the world has gotten so far-left over the past thirty years that we can't tell the difference any longer

when you write stuff, you have to publish under a full name typically.

i’m wondering if i should use a pen name or not.

The 'Facebook Papers' Leak Is Back With a [REDACTED] https://gizmodo.com/hey-kid-wanna-see-some-leaked-facebook-docs-1847936740

Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month, which means we're hosting a Hack & Craft tomorrow* from 8-10pm EDT: https://fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-craft/

Let's talk about user freedom and make things together!

*This is officially Sunday Nov 7 from 0:00-2:00 UTC

If you'll be at #SeaGL2021 and want to check out the Hack and Craft tomorrow evening, this will be at 5pm PDT, after @doctorow@quitter.no 's keynote. Feel free to hop in and out if you're attending other Saturday night conference sessions!

It’s Not Enough to Give the Facebook Papers to Journalists and the Government
https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/facebook-papers-frances-haugen-academic-research-transparency.html

If your Mastodon instance admin is unsure about how to create custom emoji, there's a guide by @laura at:

https://laurakalbag.com/custom-emoji-on-mastodon

#MastoTips #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #CustomEmoji #FediTips

Next time you think the US wage and employment system is unfair and doesnt pay a living wage just remember this... you can spend a year in your moms bawsement learning programming and reading books and then go get an entry level job for 40k - 50k, and by the end of 4 years (presuming you continue to refine your skills) will easily be able to rake in 100K a year.... all with no diploma or formal education, just your own hard work.

You can't even get that in most of europe... america is a pretty damn good place to move up if you bother to invest in your own skills.

Anti-vaxxer Of The Day: Mak Pahar, Dead From COVID https://ift.tt/3q6ejqx

@thor @zleap @write_as @writefreely I find it a reaction to companies and governments that keep their algorithms and data ‘secret’ and the abuses that inevitably result. Hard to miss over time in an industry optimized for pattern matching.

Reclaim the open web.

Discover Fediverse.

#reclaimTheOpenWeb #fediverse #openWeb

@zleap @mcduquesne @write_as @writefreely if “free software” is one political movement of the software industry, then “decentralise” is another.

@thor @zleap @write_as @writefreely Giving the normies access to free communication over open protocols not controlled by governments or corporations is worth the risk of the already inevitable evolution or death of current fediverse culture. It’s what it aspires to from inception.

Wikipedia to be translated into IsiZulu, Sesotho, Tshivenda, and Afrikaans by a group of young people https://www.fastcompany.co.za/inspiration/wikipedia-to-be-translated-into-isizulu-sesotho-tshivenda-and-afrikaans-by-a-group-of-young-people-926edbd6-0675-48a9-a5a1-b8fc38b6275d

@zleap
It currently does work. The article says that yahoo needed a representative in china. However, fedi doesn't have any- anywhere. Fedi is also not a company.