Notices by HumanServitor (humanservitor@mastodon.social)

@dalias

OK, I guess "standard of living" has a more technical and specific meaning than I intended. I'm not referring to extravagances or power differentials.

"Will a child born today have less access to health care, emotional and physical security, food, etc"

Yes, that is what I mean by standard of living.

(although I guess, luxuries maybe fall under emotional security? perceived happiness, at any rate).

Do you know what the US would look like if we gave every immigrant citizenship instead of intimidating and deporting them?

It would look EXACTLY THE SAME. Because those people are already living their lives here like any other human being does.

They aren't an external threat, they are a built-in part of the current system. "illegal" is just an arbitrary label, and we could literally wipe it away by changing some paperwork and policies.

#migration #immigration #reform

Anyone got recs for a recent (< 5 years) sci-fi series with the well-used formula of "gradual rediscovery of the powers of ancient advanced civilization"? Maybe something archaeological or with an engineering slant.

My last several vague theme/mood requests have all born fruit with new books for me to read, so #bookstodon is my go-to recommendation engine at this point. 🤗

#books #ScienceFiction

It's fucked up that SNAP is a political football and didn't phase anyone but 10% delayed flights are a "serious issue" that is bringing politicians to the table.

#Healthcare and #SNAP are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health insurance or food.

There are a lot of people in this country who will never afford a plane ticket, but all of us eat and get sick. Wealth distorts perspective.

#perspective #USpol

@bmacDonald94

I can't wait until I have enough saved up to flee the country. They've been telling me "love it or leave it" my whole life. Well, mission accomplished I guess assholes, you drove me out. I'm ready to leave.

@TerryHancock

I occasionally miss wider chaos of larger platforms but I suspect most people here would say that filter is working as intended.

We could probably do a better job of communicating that being proactive with hashtags and examining and following interesting people you see boosted is the fastest way to fill that early silence that new refugees run into.

Am I the only one that actually prefers the Mastodon web client to apps?

In general, I"d rather have web apps than individual apps and notifications. I look at all the notifications on friends phones, would give me an anxiety attack lol.

#UI #mastodon

🤣

#memes #StarTrek

#epstein #uspol #memes

Unpopular opinion:

Dumb, non-tracking ads were the sweet spot for a vibrant web. They distribute resources more widely than subscriptions or donations with less effort for publishers/users. (But advertisers hate them for lack of observability/dynamic manipulation/metrics).

Surveillance, framework bloat, os/browser/app bundling and dark patterns. These are the devils, not ads per se.

#web #publishing

Money = violence. The new oligarchy is making that plenty clear.

I might have to go full leftist or join my anarchic acquaintances.
But I LIKE markets 😬
They are convenient and distribute resources fairly well. ... Can we just not be jerks and have a functional, socially-oriented market economy? Please? Instead of a bloody class war?

#capitalism

So fucking jealous watching South Korea's institutions and people defuse an authoritarian threat in exactly the same way the United States didn't.

#USPol #politics #SouthKorea

For 20 years I have been mellowing in my #atheism - moving from an angry truth-seeker to one who finds commonality in all shared humanity.

The conflict in Israel/Gaza, Christian nationalism in the US, Muslim fundamentalism, Hindu supremacists, etc, have me retracing steps back to a hard, intolerant atheism, that says if you will not accept the primacy of *this world we share* over worlds imagined beyond death, you cannot be trusted with decisions about your fellow humans. Fuck your excuses.

Predictions:

- A recession in the 2nd year following tariffs
- Violence against immigrants/Jews
- Ukraine forced to concede territory for peace (😢)
- 2nd country will be invaded by Russia
- Annexation of the West Bank
- Iincrease in BRICS trade agreements by US allies
- 3-4 near-nuclear countries will go nuclear
- 2 more Trump justices to SCOTUS
- Fight over NATO withdrawal
- US a diplomatic pariah, no one will trust agreements made with us
- National guard will be used against protesters

Trump's #deportation plan in reality: Round up as many people as can, put them in camps while you deport them.

Except: somehow the rate of deportation never catches up to the rate of detention. So the camps become permanent. Totally unexpected, of course.

Then why not use them as labor, to pay off their debt to us for "invading America"? So they are rented out to (Trump-aligned) industry by the new unitary federal executive as, essentially, slaves.

#USpol #politics #immigration

#CNN should acknowledge that every time they let a GOP politician on air they are engaging in propaganda, not "news", for the simple reason that their anchors are too passive to respond in real-time to the stream of lies and misdirection that is highly-refined GOP talking points. compare: #UK hosts

They simply walk over the host, give a great GOP propaganda performance, and leave smiling, with the public having been provided with no real context or counterpoints to the lies.

#journalism

Just saw VP #Harris now has enough pledged delegates to secure nomination. That settles that.

#Politics #USpol

Kindly boost for visibility!

A friend worked in printer/plotter service for a long time. He picked up 3D printing, 3D design, and Photoshop stuff as a hobby. He made the designs for these lightsabers for himself, printed them, painted them - There's no metal in this picture.

He's at loose ends, mid-life, and wants to change careers. Big Time movie buff. I would love to get him in touch with some people in special effects/film and make magic happen. #movies #film #design #GetFediHired

💯

#meme #politics

@thomasfuchs

What I'm hearing is that in a month and half they got 2/11th of the way to spelling "Shakespeare" (S----s-----)

So I think you really need to scale up either the number of monkeys and computers or the duration of the experiment before you can say anything with certainty! 😝

#ML #math