Reminder that if you see hate speech on the Fediverse, you can _report_ it instead of just ignoring or blocking.
If you're on an instance that cares about that sort of thing, they will take action and limit the visibility of that user or instance, or even outright defederate from them.
Remember, this is not corporate social media. Here, reports actually get acted upon.
By reporting, you're not just protecting yourself, but also improving the experience of other users, too.
In addition to "boost", "favorite", and "bookmark", Mastodon needs a button that basically says "favorite that would've included a boost if you had written proper alt text".
Because I feel like that's literally 20 % of the favs I'm giving.
"We are experiencing dozens of brief outages per week, and I have to review our mitigations several times per day to keep that number from getting any higher."
"If you personally work on developing LLMs et al, know this: I will never work with you again, and I will remember which side you picked when the bubble bursts."
Habt ihr euch eigentlich mal gefragt, was dieses "TET" im Bahlsen-Logo symbolisiert? Ich dachte lange Zeit, es wäre ein kleiner Ofen oder vielleicht ein abgedeckter Teller, der irgendwie duftet. Aber was soll der Text?
Nein, das sind Kobra, Brotlaib und Land/Erde. Ägyptische Hieroglyphen, die "dschet" ausgesprochen werden (von Bahlsen als "TET" transkribiert) und so viel wie "ewig dauernd" bedeuten. Es geht hier um die lange Haltbarkeit der Kekse.
Ich bin selbst oft – zu oft – zynisch, und ich glaube, deshalb sagen zu dürfen: Zynismus ist Schwäche. Zynismus ist Unvermögen.
Zynismus ist einfach nur fleischgewordene, eloquente Frustration, die ungeheilt und ungefiltert ans Tageslicht tritt. Er ist das Versagen, diese destruktive Energie in Bahnen zu lenken, die etwas an seiner Ursache ändern würden, und suhlt sich stattdessen in ihr.
#Codeberg, my code hosting platform of choice, suffered an attack earlier today that sent racist spam to many users.
This could've happened to other platforms too, but Codeberg was targeted because they're explicitly welcoming people and projects with a diverse and inclusive mindset.
But what really stood out to me: The post-mortem and apology.
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