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I don't think companies should police people's social media, and at the same time I feel like I can get a sense of a company's culture by looking at people's (usually completely not constructive) social media posts. So I think the solution is to actually work on culture instead of just trying to sanitize the perception of it.
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Yesterday I continued rewatching Season 3 of Star Trek The Next Generation by watching 'The Offspring'. This episode was aired in 1990 and was ahead of its time in some of the current issues it explores. I found the episode covered issues relevant to today including gender identity, autism, parenting and artificial intelligence. This is a 12 part thread and please Boost. [1/12]
#StarTrek #ActuallyAutistic #Trans
#StarTrek #ActuallyAutistic #Trans
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Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko tells Engadget: “Third party applications are incredibly valuable for a platform because that's where the power users go … it benefits everybody because the power users are the people who create the content that everybody reads.”
THANK YOU 👏👏👏
https://www.engadget.com/twitter-client-developers-fleeing-twitter-mastodon-130031551.html
THANK YOU 👏👏👏
https://www.engadget.com/twitter-client-developers-fleeing-twitter-mastodon-130031551.html
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In this quest for independence from centralized social media, I'm wondering...does anyone still use RSS?
For any of you who do, what is the experience of using RSS in 2023? Are there any RSS apps that are pleasant to use? Sites (other than big content publishers) that publish a feed?
(Please share for visibility if you have followers who might have experience to share.)
For any of you who do, what is the experience of using RSS in 2023? Are there any RSS apps that are pleasant to use? Sites (other than big content publishers) that publish a feed?
(Please share for visibility if you have followers who might have experience to share.)
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@faduda is feedly still good? The only reason I stopped using it was because I was using Twitter more. Would definitely go back if it were still working well.
@rateexportpilot @faduda I downloaded it today and gave it a whirl and found the UI to be...pretty unintuitive. It advertises a dark mode on Android, but it doesn't respect the system dark mode preference, and I couldn't actually find anywhere to toggle it in the UI.
@rateexportpilot
Probably I've grown used to it and stopped seeing the bugs. It filled the gap when GReader was killed off, and I've never had any reason to change.
That said, most of the accounts I was following have declined to little or no activity.
Probably I've grown used to it and stopped seeing the bugs. It filled the gap when GReader was killed off, and I've never had any reason to change.
That said, most of the accounts I was following have declined to little or no activity.
Narendra Modi is a coward, and the BBC are enablers of a coward.
BBC Modi Documentary Removal
We have observed some confusion about the Internet Archive’s removal of links to a BBC documentary about Indian PM Narendra Modi (“India: the Modi Question”).Chris Butler (Internet Archive Blogs)
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I've had the idea for a weird kind of Twitter client for years. With Mastodon being all open, I've decided to do the experiment:
What if your Timeline looked like iMessage. A normal timeline confuses me to no end because everything is out of context.
My experiment, Ebou, is a Mastodon client that looks like iMessage. Conversations are grouped by friends and sorted by recent postings.
It is super basic right now, but this already feels much more natural to me 😀
What if your Timeline looked like iMessage. A normal timeline confuses me to no end because everything is out of context.
My experiment, Ebou, is a Mastodon client that looks like iMessage. Conversations are grouped by friends and sorted by recent postings.
It is super basic right now, but this already feels much more natural to me 😀
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How did the hacker get away from the police?
She ransomware.
She ransomware.
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I maintain that everyone in IT needs to know this •one• Yiddish word and use it often.
Farpotshket: Broken, because someone tried to fix it.
#PSA #WordOfTheDay #X
Farpotshket: Broken, because someone tried to fix it.
#PSA #WordOfTheDay #X
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A thought for today…
The coincidence of #DataProtectionDay and #HolocaustMemorialDay being on the same date is the Universe’s way of reminding us that it’s never about the data. It must always be about the people that data relates to or affects.
The coincidence of #DataProtectionDay and #HolocaustMemorialDay being on the same date is the Universe’s way of reminding us that it’s never about the data. It must always be about the people that data relates to or affects.
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@xankarn
And that objectifying humans into data points rarely works out well.
#compassion
#humanism
#tolerance
And that objectifying humans into data points rarely works out well.
#compassion
#humanism
#tolerance
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Request for the Dutch Reach to be used when opening car doors, to save lives on the road - it'd need some publicity, though - most drivers haven't heard of this https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2023/01/26/the-dutch-reach-an-open-and-shut-case/
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This is so cool!
anyone, anywhere in the world can get a free library card from the LTI Korean Library and eye or ear read all the ebooks and audiobooks of Korean book translated into English or other languages!
https://library.ltikorea.or.kr/
anyone, anywhere in the world can get a free library card from the LTI Korean Library and eye or ear read all the ebooks and audiobooks of Korean book translated into English or other languages!
https://library.ltikorea.or.kr/
The LTI Korea Library
The LTI Korea Library is the multilingual archive of Korean literature including E-books and information on translated Korean works and writers.library.ltikorea.or.kr
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Whatever your views about helmet wearing while cycling, it is not a legal requirement in Ireland. The injuries this woman suffered were down to two factors, the inattention of the driver, and the poor infrastructure for cycling in the city. It is simply wrong that she herself would be penalised for these failings.
#CyclingInDublin
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/01/24/cyclists-injury-award-cut-by-20-due-to-not-wearing-safety-helmet/
#CyclingInDublin
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2023/01/24/cyclists-injury-award-cut-by-20-due-to-not-wearing-safety-helmet/
Cyclist’s injury award cut by 20% due to not wearing safety helmet
Judge Colin Daly reduces €20,000 damages award by €4,000 because cyclist had no helmet, which would have minimised her injuriesRay Managh (The Irish Times)
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And the language here is terrible:
"Ms Lopes, a restaurant server, told the Circuit Civil Court she had lost control of her bicycle when a heavy sand truck had veered slightly to its left approaching traffic lights and brushed against her right shoulder."
I don't know if these are Ms Lopes' words or the authors interpretation of them, but should read:
"Ms Lopes was knocked off her bike when the driver of a heavy sand truck struck her from the side as he approached traffic lights"
"Ms Lopes, a restaurant server, told the Circuit Civil Court she had lost control of her bicycle when a heavy sand truck had veered slightly to its left approaching traffic lights and brushed against her right shoulder."
I don't know if these are Ms Lopes' words or the authors interpretation of them, but should read:
"Ms Lopes was knocked off her bike when the driver of a heavy sand truck struck her from the side as he approached traffic lights"
In a court report, there's little room for the author's interpretation. They're most likely the words of a barrister, possibly a judge.
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Today is 2023-01-23, the sun sets at 16:50:11 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 44 mins and 28 secs. #NewYearGrowingStretch
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If you're on #Forgejo or #Gitea, time to upgrade.
#Forgejo v1.18.2-1 was just released! This is a security release.
We strongly recommend that all installations are upgraded to the latest version as soon as possible.
Check out the release notes and download it at https://forgejo.org/releases/. If you experience any issues with this release, please report to https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues.Releases — Forgejo
Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.forgejo.org
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Massachusetts HS can’t turn off lights <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/us-school-runs-lights-24-7-365-the-smart-lights-have-been-broken-since-2021/>. Basically, they installed a ‘smart’ lighting system relying on proprietary software that the vendor no longer supports. The system failed and the lights are stuck permanently on.
And this, friends, is the problem with unfree software.
And this, friends, is the problem with unfree software.
US school runs lights 24/7/365: The smart lights have been broken since 2021
"We've been doing everything we can to fix this," says school official.Ars Technica
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Inchydoney Sunset. This morning's #painting for you is a west #Cork one. It's a part of #Ireland I particularly like cycling in and sitting in kitchens drinking tea. I've cycled along this body of water a fair few times, and painted and drank tea there. #Art
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Inchydoney-Sunset-Cork-Ireland-by-eolai/31542691.1G4ZT
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Artist
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Inchydoney-Sunset-Cork-Ireland-by-eolai/31542691.1G4ZT
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Artist
Inchydoney Sunset, Cork, Ireland Art Print by eolai
I've been lucky enough to have spent quite a bit of time in West Cork in and around Clonakilty and Inchydoney. This view is from when you're going south out of Clon on the road to Ring as you look across Clonakilty Harbour.Redbubble
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RELEASE: A copy of the United States' No Fly List from 2019 https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/No_Fly_List
Due to presence of PII, the data is only being made available to journalists and researchers. https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Contact#Request_Access
Help keep DDoSecrets operating in 2023 with a $15 donation: https://DDoSecrets.Charity
Due to presence of PII, the data is only being made available to journalists and researchers. https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Contact#Request_Access
Help keep DDoSecrets operating in 2023 with a $15 donation: https://DDoSecrets.Charity
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People need a way to look themselves up.
I also thing picking and choosing what counts as private and what doesn't is ourety arbitrary. You haven't denied any secrets; You granted the government a few million of them today.
I also thing picking and choosing what counts as private and what doesn't is ourety arbitrary. You haven't denied any secrets; You granted the government a few million of them today.
@r000t
1. We're handling the data the way the source requested.
2. The information was secret before, it's less so now.
3. Even with hashing, look ups can be abused and DOBs don't sufficiently identify people - wrongly identified people could be easily targeted. For examples you need look no further than people wrongly flagged by the list because they shared a name and DOB. See https://www.aclu.org/other/problems-no-fly-list-show-problems-capps-ii-airline-profiling-system We're always open to better and more specific suggestions than "dox marginalized people the government targeted"
4. We prefer to make the information completely public whenever we can. It's much less work for us.
1. We're handling the data the way the source requested.
2. The information was secret before, it's less so now.
3. Even with hashing, look ups can be abused and DOBs don't sufficiently identify people - wrongly identified people could be easily targeted. For examples you need look no further than people wrongly flagged by the list because they shared a name and DOB. See https://www.aclu.org/other/problems-no-fly-list-show-problems-capps-ii-airline-profiling-system We're always open to better and more specific suggestions than "dox marginalized people the government targeted"
4. We prefer to make the information completely public whenever we can. It's much less work for us.
Problems With No-Fly List Show Problems With CAPPS II Airline Profiling System
Statement of Barry Steinhardt, Director, Technology and Liberty Program, ACLUThe problems that have emerged with the Transportation Security Agency's ""no-fly"" list offer the American people aAmerican Civil Liberties Union
Another story of the power of the State being used to punish someone for using words against those who are permitted by that State to use violence.
These cases are invariably taken against guys to are so drunk that they pose no threat to anyone except themselves, and the best that the State can come up to do with them is to give them criminal records.
Shame.
These cases are invariably taken against guys to are so drunk that they pose no threat to anyone except themselves, and the best that the State can come up to do with them is to give them criminal records.
Shame.
Young Corkman who shouted 'oink oink' at gardaí avoids jail
Judge Olann Kelleher imposed a total jail term of four months but suspended itLiam Heylin (Irishexaminer.com)
It's a power they should not have.
The reporting around these stories drives me mad as well. Nearly 100% of the time there's a defence of mental illness, with supporting documentation presented at trial. The papers, though, always report these stories in a way that suggests it's funny, and we should be laughing along with them at the defendant.
The reporting around these stories drives me mad as well. Nearly 100% of the time there's a defence of mental illness, with supporting documentation presented at trial. The papers, though, always report these stories in a way that suggests it's funny, and we should be laughing along with them at the defendant.
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Once upon a time I taught prep school. I didn't GO to prep school, so this was an experience.
A thing prep school students are taught is how to speak and write fluently, in a certain register. Some of them are brilliant and back up that genre with real ideas. But on the whole, the student body wasn't any more or less smart than the people I went to public school with in West Virginia; just better educated.
And so many of them write glibly, without caring, about nothing, but in a way that sounds like power.
Anyway, ChatGPT
A thing prep school students are taught is how to speak and write fluently, in a certain register. Some of them are brilliant and back up that genre with real ideas. But on the whole, the student body wasn't any more or less smart than the people I went to public school with in West Virginia; just better educated.
And so many of them write glibly, without caring, about nothing, but in a way that sounds like power.
Anyway, ChatGPT
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Yes, I'm going on today about the attempt in ND to ban what they consider to be "sexually explicit" materials. Libraries do not carry porn. Period. Unless they're a pornography archive, in which case children are not allowed inside. What they are deeming porn is anything about LGBTQ people. The existence of LGBTQ people is not inherently sexually explicit. What they really want, is for LGBTQ people to NOT EXIST. Removing books is just the start of erasing LGBTQ people from the public sphere.
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I've had a number of people suggest we ship Tweetbot with the ability to enter in your own API keys. Sure, technically I don't think anything would prevent us from doing it. But it'd likely start a cat and mouse game which ends with them killing certain APIs, complaining to Apple or legal crap.
No thanks. I have a lot of memories of Twitter, more good than bad. That all ended mid November. 🫡
The thing that calls itself Twitter now, does not bring me joy.
No thanks. I have a lot of memories of Twitter, more good than bad. That all ended mid November. 🫡
The thing that calls itself Twitter now, does not bring me joy.
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STOP USING “REFUTES” AS A SYNONYM FOR “DENIES.” I just saw a headline claiming George Santos “refutes” new allegations against him. Needless to say, he hasn’t refuted anything. He’s denied allegations, and is almost certainly lying. Sloppy usage misleads readers.
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Would "Hello Elephant. What brings you here?" work?
Approach with care: How to address an elephant in the room
Advice for how to address a tricky big issue that risks trampling on your relationshipPádraig O'Moráin (The Irish Times)
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Very much a librarian joke. Or else it's just me to who finds citation humor hilarious.
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Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!!! Paywall.
Not being specific because the author follows be and I have loads of respect for them, and I don't want them to think my problem is with them, but ....
aaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!!! Paywall.
Not being specific because the author follows be and I have loads of respect for them, and I don't want them to think my problem is with them, but ....
aaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh!!! Paywall.
Thanks. Much appreciated. Doesn't render properly. Will look at why when I head to a desktop computer. Perhaps it's a 13ft paywall.
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The internet needs to do it’s thing with this absurdity and come up with infinite memes of people in small boats
RT @tomgara@twitter.com
The new UK Online Safety law requires digital platforms to protect children from content promoting self harm and eating disorders, as well as any content that depicts migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats in a positive light https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/17/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1615736133786157060
RT @tomgara@twitter.com
The new UK Online Safety law requires digital platforms to protect children from content promoting self harm and eating disorders, as well as any content that depicts migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats in a positive light https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/17/donelan-confirms-stiffer-online-safety-measures-after-backbench-pressure
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1615736133786157060
Donelan confirms stiffer online safety measures after backbench pressure
One new provision targets senior managers at tech platforms who ignore Ofcom enforcement noticesDan Milmo (The Guardian)
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Please judge my forthcoming book by its cover, because I absolutely love it! Out this fall.
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Jimmy (∅) Jim (∅) Jim (∅) Jim
•This is the first evidence of cross platform interaction I have seen.
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Aral Balkan
•This is why we need the Small Web.
https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/
#fediverse #SmallWeb
What is the Small Web?
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