Notices by Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social), page 4

@vetehinen I wasn’t aware of that limitation. I’ve chatted with them from here before (I thought).

@vetehinen @jessel Well, I re-posted the same message on Threads, and mentioned them there, so hopefully, they’ll see that. 🙂

@trochee @blogdiva @SallyStrange If I recall correctly, Dawkins also subscribes to some form of scientific racism.

@thomasfuchs I want to know more about this. When I was on Spravato and saw you talking about infusions, I was skeptical because it was different from what my doc prescribed, and for a while, I think the effects were lasting beyond treatment, but 1.5 years after treatment, I’m not sure. They did say I could come in for follow-up treatment, as needed, but getting the practice to return my calls has been frustrating.

@schrotthaufen @Gargron @anildash I’m not sure whether “unalive” is a way to avoid algorithms or just a way to avoid saying “dead.” Where I grew up, referring to someone as “dead” seems crude and disrespectful, so we would say “passed away” or “moved on” or “in heaven.” I wonder if “unalive” is in a similar vein.

It’s so beautiful!

http://www.textfiles.com/underconstruction/88x31/

@thomasfuchs Is that the moon at the bottom right?

@thomasfuchs Bottom middle-right, rather.

@thomasfuchs No, that can’t be the moon, I don’t think, but your mention of the moon made me think it was. It’s just so circular. Is that part of the nebula?

I love the new thread-composing feature of @MonaApp! It’s so awesome!

I’d like to close the loop on this and thank everyone who shared the above post and offered support.

I’ve accepted an offer, and next week, I will be starting a new job.

In my 25+ year career, this was the first time I’ve ever been laid off. It was humbling and the most stressful three-and-a-half months of my life.

I know many others are going through similar experiences, and I was privileged to have resources and savings to keep me afloat during this time. (1/2)

@aral Everyone could run their own Fediverse-capable server, which would solve this, but that’s a barrier too high for many, who don’t want the cost (time, money, knowledge, etc.) it takes to run one. The best option is probably a mix of both, with better tools to help users move and take their accounts with them when they move.

@dansup Two main reasons I ask are 1) I like what you’ve been doing around moderation, and 2) it might be interesting to migrate a #PHP community to a PHP-based server, which might get that community more involved in maintaining the project, but I would want to ensure that, however folks on our server experience the Fediverse today, their experience isn’t disrupted. I’m sure that would be a lot of work, but I know you already have some 1:1 compatibility with Mastodon APIs, right?

@dansup I’m not asking for this, nor am I volunteering to do it, but what do you think it would take to create a Pixelfed derivative that’s text, rather than image, focused and compatible with the Mastodon API?

@homegrown @lisamelton @mastodonmigration That’s fine. I don’t agree with running a Bluesky bridge, either, because Bluesky consciously chose not to use ActivityPub and to remain separate from the Fediverse, but I don’t understand why running the bridge would pose legal challenges, since the whole point of these protocols is to federate.

@molly0xfff And if the page numbers are correct, you haven’t even begun reading the actual book content yet! LOL

@thomasfuchs About 10 years ago, I heard someone say it would be here by 2023.

At this point, folks making these statements are no different than those who make end-of-the-world predictions.

@aral @msw Frustrating customers provides a good narrative for why they should convince their representatives to roll back corporate regulations.

@dascandy42 @inthehands @mekkaokereke I heard about teachers who used grading curves, but I never experienced it myself, not in high school or university.

@tchambers @erlend @creativecommons Isn’t this already what BY-NC or BY-NC-SA do?