Notices by Colin H. (glaswolf@mastodon.scot)

@aral Got to love @thejuicemedia. Also their ad for CCS should be hanging in whatever satire's version of The Louvre is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZgoFyuHC8

@MediaActivist It's an interesting wrinkle of Masto's structure that new features can be significantly impaired like this just at the point when user awareness and enthusiasm to use them are greatest.

@MediaActivist @Greenseer Have you read Paul Holden's "The Fraud"? I don't tend to read political books (the make me too angry!), but it seems like it might be up your street.

@MediaActivist @Greenseer It's his ten leadership pledges that did it for me. Nine policy lies, all immediately dropped, plus "provide effective opposition". That's not incompetence, it's pure political cynicism.

@Greenseer One day I'll stop spamming this article at every opportunity. But today is not that day.

https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist/116731601561711289

@aral @_elena My favourite von der Leyen moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSqb1ckLt4

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116662853063518326

If you needed a reminder of just how supine and censored the UK media has become, this is it. Just try to imagine this discussion taking place on the BBC or ITV.

@neil I posted this earlier (h/t @kayeluvian), but I was amazed just how obviously manufactured all of this is.

"Amnesty’s mapping identifies more than 50 organisations campaigning to restrict the rights of trans people. Only three of these were in existence prior to 2017"

https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/new-uk-analysis-reveals--anti-trans-influence-media-politics/

@somlu1968 I can't find a proper source for either of these quotes, so I'm skeptical of their authenticity.

@TheBreadmonkey We Mastodonians are certainly in a bubble, but it's a bubble of "giving a shit" and I'm ok with that.

@2legged @tompearce49 I've posted this quite a few times now, and will probably do so again (though I hope it won't be relevant for too much longer): Jay Baker's (@MediaActivist) article on Starmer's tendency towards authoritarianism is spectacularly good.

https://www.silencebreaker.media/the-spectre-of-starmer-keeps-haunting-me/

@MediaActivist @fkamiah17 Plus a seat in the Lords, obviously.

@MediaActivist @OnlyFjords Do you have to upload your driving licence too? 🙂 It feels like one of those things that tempts you to give them your details then solemnly explains why that was a bad thing to do and gives you some stats about credit card fraud. Except the bait is pictures of fjords.

@MediaActivist @OnlyFjords Why would I give my email address to a company marketing department so I can see some pictures of fjords?

@dotjayne The exact demographic I'm aiming for. And I have the engagement stats to prove it.

According to the ONS, the average UK individual's net worth is £172,000. According to the Times Rich List, Joe Lewis is worth £5.096 billion.

So to Lewis this fine is the equivalent of £135, a bit more than the minimum penalty for speeding.

Once again - punishment by fine just means "legal for rich people"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68716896

@MediaActivist A few years ago I saw TV interview with a psychologist (and vegan) regarding the hostility vegans often faced. He said (paraphrased) that it was a known phenomenon that when people are confronted (even passively) with a situation where their actions don't fit their own values (i.e. their cognitive dissonance), they will often respond aggressively as a sort of internal defence mechanism.

@MediaActivist I rarely access Mastodon on mobile, but nonetheless it's good to know it's being given consideration.

Idea for the #mastodon web client: an option to pop up a confirmation box when you click boost on an image without #AltText.

@aral What terrible, overcomplicated onboarding - only tech nerds will use it. I'm sticking with Mastodon. 😉