I like Robert Reich's take on the 'What to do about TikTok' business. Another right-wing billionaire is trying to buy TikTok, similar to Elon Musk and Twitter, do we need another platform blasting out fascist disinformation? Why not treat social media like a public utility (think telephone company)?
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 23:35:11 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 01:40:12 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
@Teri_Kanefield I did a small experiment on myself recently. Mastodon is the only social media I follow and I wanted to get a taste of what 'corporate' centralized SM was like so I opened a Threads account. The contrast really opened my eyes; just a few minutes on Threads really does amplify that rage impulse, it's palpable. I assume this is probably true of the other platforms as well. It's obvious that it's healthier to simply avoid rage inducing platforms.
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 00:00:31 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
@Ulrich_the_Elder @wdlindsy That's basically where all of the various reproductive bans have been headed: towards completely disenfranchising women.
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 09:38:30 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
@aral Oops! Thank you for the reminder, Aral!
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 04:11:52 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
A different perspective for those folks who are having trouble seeing women's point of view.
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isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ (isotope239@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 07:47:42 JST isotope239๐ฅธ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฆ
@Jain @stux I had a rude awakening the other day when I discovered that most new printers won't work unless you connect them to wifi. I will be keeping my old USB-only printer going for as long as I can. Epson (of course) has stopped selling the ink cartridges for it to force the consumer to update but I found a small business that makes compatible cartridges and have all appendages crossed that they never go out of business. I also got rid of my Fitbit when Google bought them out.