Notices by Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social), page 14

It will turn our country into a corporate playground unmatched in history. It will be like giving serial rapists the power to rewrite the definition of rape. It’s fucking insane. And it’s likely about to happen.

What Could Be Worse than the Dobbs Decision?

http://www.leftjabs.com/2024/02/what-could-be-worse-than-dobbs-decision.html

This was first published in 2012. It explains the true roots of most MAGA meanness and ruthlessness, and everyone should read it at least once.

Southern values revived - How a brutal strain of conservative American aristocrats have come to rule America

https://www.salon.com/2012/07/01/southern_values_revived/

@mmasnick @lrhodes Yes, an analogy might be cutting off the phones from an entire town because a few bad apples are robocalling from somewhere in it. It’s a brute force solution that should be a last resort, not a first or even second.

@lrhodes I would doubt they would build in such obstacles to anything they would present as a true federated system. Such a razor in the apple would be obvious by now. Maybe the complexity is just unavoidable, and streamlining is not yet a focus? Perhaps @mmasnick has some insights here.

As usual, @mmasnick cuts to the chase; the very essense of fediverse philosophy: “In other words, rather than letting Bluesky curate my experience (or leaving it up to the whims of a chronological feed), I get to curate the experience myself, with help for anyone else who is creating and releasing their own feed algorithms.”

[Source: @shoq](https://mastodon.social/@shoq/111892060886476890)

Hahaha. Since the FDA ruling, Balance of Nature ads have gone from telling you they will cure everything short of cancer, and maybe even that, to ads that make no claims whatever beyond “My piano playing has never been better! I feel just great! ”

Who the fuck pays $89 a month for this grift?

The new moderation team will be managed by LibsofTikTok and Nick Fuentes.

Source: @TechDesk
https://mastodon.social/@TechDesk@flipboard.social/111830681659763491

Good morning #SocialWeb. Let’s get social.

I just had my first video chat with @J12t. He was the 2nd person (after @tchambers) that I firmly identified as a true “fediverse influencer” after the Twitter migration last year and I’d looked forward to meeting. If you’re not familiar with his @fediforum, do check it out. https://fediforum.org/

If SCOTUS overturns Chevron, which is likely, almost everything about our government is going to be in the hands of judges, not presidents or congress. If we sit back and let this happen, we’re done. Pack a go bag.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/us/supreme-court-chevron-case.html

I think many are finally getting bored by social media. It’s understandable. It’s not the most productive or interesting way to use our one and only life. Maybe needlepoint, croquet, and mumblety-peg will be making a comeback soon? Hell, I can even see a spike in reading coming. Dare to dream.

I’ve been “Image-Quote-Posting” for many months. You know how many complaints I’ve head about it? Not even one. Why? Because quoted posts in any form make it so much easer to consume a referral to something. Having to visit a link or thread to get the gist of a reference is just inefficient and silly. Resistance to QPs was always contrived for a few reason, none of them good ones. It was a bad decision that hurt the fediverse, imo.

Amazon Prime Members! @pluralistic warned us!

Prime will start shipping ads on every streaming video on Jan. 29th, and we’ll have to pay another $3.00 a month to remove them.

#EnshittificationNeverRests

Source: @NickAEsp
https://mastodon.social/@NickAEsp/111734063357908704

@mike @tchambers

To mangle an old saw, Tim could make a phone book interesting :)

Mike, I love this podcast concept, and am jealous as hell that I didn’t think of “Dot Social” as brand. For anything.

Judges skeptical of Trump’s immunity claim in election subversion case | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-expected-court-he-seeks-immunity-2020-election-charges-2024-01-09/

So, as you may have heard, #Firefish development seems to be in limbo. But the good folks at @catodon.social and @iceshrimp.social have picked up the ball and run with it. So if you’re looking for an ActivityPub-based solution for your community ambitions, do take a look.

Many social users still don’t get why so many of us “nerds” keep pushing the fediverse. This post does a great job of explaining why it matters that we break free of “big social” and make a new world where we control our own content.

The web is yours | James’ Coffee Blog

https://jamesg.blog/2024/01/06/the-web-is-yours/#

I watched Prime’s “Asteroid City.” Once again, I found myself wishing that Wes Anderson had a co-director on every project. Wes can handle the fabulous visuals and that magically surreal color palette and arrange all those symmetries he loves, while the other guy handles the storytelling.

And there in a nutshell is why Biden is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. The Israeli lobby has been working with the American far-right for decades. Traversing the impact of that influence is the new third rail in American politics. I’m quite supportive of Israel’s right to exist, but AIPAC has been more a hindrance than help.

Source: @indivisibleteam
https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/111692458842477100