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2026-04-05 20:35:35 UTC

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"AI people" is a very vague group. Quite a bit of AI discussion is hype and mis/dis-info and I don't think needs to be coddled here (just as we shouldn't tolerate puppy killers or fascists, even if they're from marginalized groups). Tho there are many shades of gray and I think it's also fair to say some AI discussion is non-hype/mis/dis-info. But my main point is that welcoming marginalized groups should be the focus, not opinions about AI

2026-04-05 16:50:29 UTC

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“AI people” are not a protected class. It seems much more important that we focus on being a welcoming and inclusive platform for protected classes, particularly actual marginalized communities.

2026-04-05 15:01:33 UTC

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some of the criticisms seem legit and still pose challenges. And it got a pretty good boost from the birdsite imploding. But I’m glad to see it still going and slowly improving. So nice to have a non commercial social media space!

2026-01-29 17:52:50 UTC

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It's been pretty good for my basic spreadsheet needs. Its initial load is annoyingly slow.

2026-01-22 18:29:53 UTC

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https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/889739/

2026-01-12 01:15:15 UTC

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Uproot ICE Penal Colonies Like Tacoma’s GEO » The Urbanist https://www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/10/op-ed-its-time-to-uproot-ice-penal-colonies-like-tacomas-geo/
#abolishice #iceoutforgood

2025-12-22 16:58:12 UTC

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are YT subscriptions available as rss feeds?

2025-12-15 05:34:26 UTC

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how terrible and sad! Loved his work growing up

2025-11-23 16:06:03 UTC

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I do wish Peertube were easier to use. Took me like 5-10 minutes to find Josh’s channel on the app and I’m still not seeing how to follow it. Normies would’ve given up. I’m sure I’m just missing something but it seems like it’s harder than it should be

2025-11-23 15:45:18 UTC

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big kudos to @npub1qf3…22lk for moving over to @npub17gp…7p4g and calling out the #enshittification of YouTube. The decline of YT has been obvious for a while but it’s seemed intractable to escape. Josh reminds us that it’s not.

2025-11-05 02:33:42 UTC

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I’m a little disappointed the gap isn’t bigger

2025-10-31 02:20:54 UTC

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are the bears just going after British tourists?

2025-10-22 21:15:23 UTC

Hi Fediverse,
I figured I'd try #GetFediHired since I like the tech ethos here so much more than LI.
I'm a senior QA Engineer/SDET with 10+ years experience. I've built automation solutions in Cypress, Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Grafana K6 and more.
I'm looking for a remote position or on-site/hybrid one in the Seattle area.
I can provide my CV and LinkedIn profile via DM.
Boosts are also welcome.
Thanks
#lookingforwork #jobs #fedihire #opentowork #cv

2025-10-21 15:23:37 UTC

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what deserves more media attention is that Trump nominated this racist nazi.

2025-10-21 15:01:23 UTC

Very good Urbanist Agenda podcast episode with @npub1z7x…q5jf @npub10ra…24jw about why it’s so hard to take train across the border (in Europe) and some opportunities for improvement. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-urbanist-agenda/id1678391788?i=1000732284461

2025-09-23 17:23:24 UTC

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amazing learning resource!

2025-09-13 05:12:39 UTC

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I’ll totally second this recommendation. It’s an account I loved on the old birdsite and is super helpful for understanding Seattle area criminal justice issues.

2025-09-10 03:25:42 UTC

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Thanks for all the work you do organizing and informing us about this. It was super disappointing tho not really surprising that this council passed this surveillance expansion, but was heartening to be one of the overwhelming group of speakers against this.

2025-09-07 21:42:29 UTC

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even tho Alcaraz groveled to him

2025-08-28 02:40:30 UTC

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not going to criticize the protester’s tactics but I’d love to see fascists splattered with smelly feces

2025-08-21 00:50:08 UTC

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I'll have to give that a try someday

2025-08-20 23:28:55 UTC

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I was quite underwhelmed by their food, the one time I tried it a few years ago down in CA. Yuba City IIRC. I'd give it another try, but not going out of my way.

2025-08-16 05:54:30 UTC

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even the violence here sounds more like small scale property destruction.

2025-06-24 05:29:40 UTC

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Teresa too!? That’s pretty disappointing. The others were as well, but not as surprising. I figured Jayapal was out of touch with local politics and Claudia is just more centrist. But Teresa should know better

2025-05-28 22:08:06 UTC

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In this context, the VW executives really got off easy with their short prison terms for what was effectively a mass murder.

2025-05-26 16:51:51 UTC

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in practice, police reform is an oxymoron

2025-05-18 04:16:04 UTC

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yeah someone I miss from the old Twitter! Her podcast was great too: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/body-stuff-with-dr-jen-gunter/id1566425638

2025-05-14 04:29:59 UTC

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love the song and video!

2025-04-21 01:16:13 UTC

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and doesn’t even have to be that many people they do it to, to send their message and instill fear and terror

2025-04-18 04:05:07 UTC

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WTF, how can this even be considered!?

2025-04-15 16:23:35 UTC

Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

2025-03-03 06:17:47 UTC

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but what if he gets massive government contracts?
For sure, it seems like hitting tesla can have some significant impact. Seems like the sooner the better. And lots of other efforts still needed in numerous areas to stop this regime.

2025-03-03 05:03:18 UTC

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I worry that Elon is looking at other ways of securing his extreme wealth and power. Of course being Trump’s right hand man helps. Seems like obvious options are directing gov’t to fund and otherwise prop up Spacex and starlink, but no doubt other grifts are possible too. He may let Tesla fail if those other options bear fruit. Not that we shouldn’t try to weaken him thru this boycott protest.

2025-03-03 04:52:36 UTC

I went to my third #teslatakedown protest on Saturday, this time in the wealthy Seattle suburb of Bellevue. Great to see another strong turnout of an estimated 350 people and a largely very positive response from passersby. Incidentally, later that day I also traded in my model 3 for a Subaru Crosstrek.
The national (int’l) momentum of this effort is a small bright spot in the fight back. I think there’s a chance it could impact tesla’s sales and stock price in significant way. But…
1/2

2025-02-21 16:12:25 UTC

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got it, thanks! Great pics!

2025-02-21 15:29:37 UTC

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great to hear and something I can share with my photographer friends. Are you open to sharing your account so I can check out your work?

2025-02-13 15:53:57 UTC

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can’t wait to read how the LinkedIn crowd responds to this

2025-02-12 14:51:24 UTC

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Sloan’s post is really disappointing. Really seems he has not considered the many many criticisms of the AI hype, or even really tried very hard to understand the technology or the actual way, and context within, its being pushed

2025-02-12 14:46:51 UTC

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the homeopathy analogy was great especially in light of RFK jr’s HHS nomination

2025-02-10 18:01:03 UTC

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But it seems like getting prod RUM might be more important/valuable

2025-02-10 18:00:22 UTC

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Thanks for the clarifications and link! I've considered capturing lighthouse data as part of CI test automation. We use Cypress and I believe there's a plug-in or something to help with this that I was planning to investigate at some point.

2025-02-10 16:28:24 UTC

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What do you mean "CI is even better"? What do you mean by CI? and why is it better than RUM? Are suggesting perf test during code merges/deploys?

2025-02-03 02:29:15 UTC

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Thanks! Will definitely consider those with priority.

2025-02-02 15:47:20 UTC

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love this series you’re doing!
Any experience with AWS Amplify RUM? My team uses Amplify so it seems like an easy way to get RUM, but am not very impressed otherwise with the service. Seems to offer quick early convenience at expense of full features and control. And seems weakly supported by AWS. Better to go with 3rd party for RUM?

2025-02-01 23:08:39 UTC

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looks very interesting at quick glance, thanks! Will check out more later.

2025-02-01 22:50:26 UTC

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I’m usually plugged in and don’t do a ton of video. And haven’t seen recent test comparisons but could be.
Similarly I haven’t seen recent security comparisons, but would assume chrome’s strengths are with Google personal data sucking services disabled. Also concerning about chrome blocking ad blockers.

2025-02-01 22:40:17 UTC

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what issues or missing features are a hold up for you? I use FF for my personal browsing and very rarely have issue with websites. And I really appreciate its better performance and resource utilization. Agree about Mozilla’s mgmt, but my concerns there pale in comparison to Google’s removal of “don’t” from its motto.

2025-01-22 19:42:14 UTC

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Good point of distinction about how are networks are formed on different social networks. The inclination for flippant responses can be common on all of them, but it makes sense that you might be less likely to do so for folks you know more or more deliberately chose to follow.

2025-01-20 05:07:18 UTC

Lots of French responses in #introduction. Anyone know why?

2025-01-18 19:19:13 UTC

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why the resort to name calling?
That npr article is about Meta underlining this is not a Tiktok only issue and not evidence that China is using Tiktok this way.
It’s hardly debatable that most mis/disinfo on all the big platforms is US rw.
This is not denying that China and Russia have done so.
Again banning TikTok will not stop either of them and will not reduce divisive dis/misinfo

2025-01-18 17:57:04 UTC

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the politco article doesn’t suggest or provide evidence that China is doing this. It’s sounds more related to failures in their content moderation.
What evidence is there of China doing this via TikTok?
There’s considerable evidence as Taylor shared that TikTok has more progressive content. There’s also much evidence that most “divisive” content on all platforms is from US domestic sources

2025-01-18 16:50:08 UTC

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apparently it’s bipartisan. My error.
That said, you started out saying issue is danger of rw rabbit holes, but seemed to shift to concern about Chinese communist influence.

2025-01-18 16:14:42 UTC

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the US is far right controlled now and we see the impact on meta and x which were already bad. And we’ve seen plenty of foreign influence. The ban is being pushed by the rw.

2025-01-18 15:51:13 UTC

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same for other big tech platforms.

2025-01-18 15:39:49 UTC

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regulation with real enforcement seems much more warranted.
Not sure what you’re suggesting about my “of course” being an opinion. Are you saying the US ban is because TikTok is uniquely bad on the rw content issue?

2025-01-18 15:23:35 UTC

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thanks. It seems quite possible for both studies to be true. Of course the right wing content is not why there’s a push to ban it. And as Taylor points out such a ban will not improve the situation and she provides compelling arguments that it’ll make it worse. Meta and the birdshit site provide compelling evidence to support her.

2025-01-18 14:58:47 UTC

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the study she cites looks US based but suggests otherwise. Would seem strange if it was different in other countries but possible. Are you aware of any studies? Of course the ban is only for the US so doesn’t matter much.

2025-01-17 21:33:05 UTC

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Here's the post about the VPN video: https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/113647522650226298

2025-01-16 16:03:00 UTC

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I recently watched a video about the shady business of VPN providers, including Nord. I thought it was shared by @npub14vu…9wlz or @npub1dm2…7754 but not seeing it in their feeds. In any case, here’s their VPN guide: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/

2025-01-16 15:32:26 UTC

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what’s this about Nord?

2025-01-16 15:14:54 UTC

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I might consider as well, thanks. One concern I’ve heard is it doesn’t support IMAP so you can’t use a third party email client. And also heard their support was not great tho this is very anecdotal.

2025-01-15 00:55:38 UTC

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I'm not sure now. I'm probably going to pause my migration from gmail to proton until I figure something else out. Fastmail seems less problematic, but will probably review some of the other options listed at https://www.optoutproject.net/secure-email/. I'm also not sure I need Proton's level of privacy (tho the more the better and certainly want better than gmail). I had looked at mailfence but it seemed built for techy nerds (I am to a degree, but don't want my email designed that way).

2025-01-14 22:10:15 UTC

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Interesting, thanks! Hard to judge from the outside but also hard to trust form letters. Would be nice to hear from inside sources.
In any case, gives me some pause given their possible financial challenges

2025-01-14 19:50:46 UTC

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Yes, thanks for this update.

2025-01-12 18:38:31 UTC

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seems bad for the article to use the deceptive framing in its headline

2025-01-10 22:42:11 UTC

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apparently, the revised acronym is the cringy MAMAA

2025-01-10 19:35:08 UTC

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N is Netflix. I recently had to look it up and was somewhat surprised they were considered in the same league.

2025-01-01 23:51:44 UTC

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For me, @npub1fdr…lvhs said it well at https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/. I can't totally rule out getting a BS account, but there's enough of a critical mass for me on Mastodon and the #fediverse seems like a better path long term for avoiding enshittification. I'd like to see more communities join tho, but this is also contingent on it becoming more welcoming and safe for them.

2024-12-28 17:12:58 UTC

Definitely bring some popcorn for this saga
https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113722589005219533

2024-12-27 17:08:23 UTC

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I’m seeing bell peppers in a whole new light!

2024-12-15 05:13:15 UTC

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uh-oh, I violated the rule to rhyme! Will this be my last time?

2024-12-15 05:10:55 UTC

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could have different channels for different types of poetry, or maybe vary by day or week. It’s Haiku Wednesday!

2024-12-13 04:54:10 UTC

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the other nominees are pretty great too

2024-12-10 04:37:14 UTC

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No doubt. I suspect making patients more overwhelmed is part of the strategy.
I just had a small example where a provider's online bill pay site doesn't update immediately after making a payment; it takes a few days for manual processing. And, so if you go to the site again, it gives no indication of the payment and lets you pay again.

2024-12-09 04:47:55 UTC

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perhaps patients should be more aggressive in doing this and make the process more costly for insurers? Or do you think they would retaliate?

2024-12-09 04:06:56 UTC

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I hope you’re right but I gotta expect the oligarchs want to send a message so cops are probably being instructed to have a quick trigger

2024-12-01 18:43:36 UTC

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for me, I don’t like the opaqueness of corporate feed/recommendation algorithms. And I really don’t like the idea of said corporations feeding me content based on their profit/political interests. I’m open to other algorithms (besides chronological) but would like better transparency and control

2024-11-16 15:59:30 UTC

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tax on big tech?

2024-10-28 15:44:23 UTC

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Switching to a new email service is a big change so comparing to gmail is not a good comparison. Privacy is not the only issue with AI (not to mention crypto). In any case, I'm not asking for input on my decision not to use Proton. (I had asked for more info about Tuta).

2024-10-27 20:13:14 UTC

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appreciate the input. I did find the Proton web client pretty solid and usable. And the data import and export are also nice. It’s not so much that I would’ve been directly impacted by the AI and crypto features (at least imminently), but more it being a bad sign that these are business priorities. From what I’ve seen these almost always become extractive/exploitive. Since it’s not a pressing need for me to move off of gmail, it’s worth it for me to look around more.

2024-10-27 19:30:44 UTC

@npub1e8h…7zjt would you mind sharing the service you use for email (outside the Tuta thread 😀)?

2024-10-27 19:11:06 UTC

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I’m somewhat tech savvy but setting (and maintaining) up my own email server is not realistic and IIRC has issues with being blocked.

2024-10-27 19:07:08 UTC

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can you say more on issues with Tuta? I’ve been wanting to move off Google for a while and had started transitioning to Proton until they started going into AI and crypto. So was recently looking at Tuta

2024-10-25 04:13:40 UTC

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a rhetorical question but how is being any part of antifa a bad thing!?

2024-10-12 04:40:53 UTC

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I find the Rapha more comfortable but lower quality. Assos seem to have comfort and quality but are also pretty spendy

2024-10-11 23:04:39 UTC

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Seeing technology arrogantly applied often reminds me of a quote from the late educator/education researcher Gerald Bracey that went something like "There is a growing technology that permits us to do in nanoseconds things that we shouldn’t be doing at all”

2024-09-01 17:41:26 UTC

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but that quibble aside, the post is really good. Appreciate how it situates LLMs, which by itself debunks most of the hype around them

2024-09-01 17:25:36 UTC

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yeah, I was actually a bit surprised at the author’s relative optimism around copilots, given one of the central points around the importance of lifetime ownership costs. This is mentioned as a risk, but still ends with optimism. Seems like this is something yet to really be demonstrated and as you point there’s some evidence showing the contrary. But management so often is swayed by how fast new features can be cranked out, this could keep maintenance devs employed for years

2024-08-20 04:39:21 UTC

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as I understand it, there’s considerable evidence that a pretty big part of the supposed health risks of being overweight are actually due to all the biases and obstacles such individuals face. But regardless, why dunk on someone for exercising!