Notices by Ben Pettis (bpettis@mastodon.benpettis.ninja)

I am going to be adding a variation on a "warrant canary" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary) to the syllabus for any classes that I teach. For example:

"I have _not_ been directed by the university, government, or any other organization to add, alter, or remove any portion of this course. Watch closely for if this notice is ever removed."

If/when institutions try to control what we teach, they may try to prevent sharing details of the ratfuckery that's happening

#academia #higherEducation #phdChat

Fun drinking game for the next 9-12 months: take a shot every time a news article uses the phrase "Section 230" or "chilling effect on free speech" -- that way you'll be in the hospital with liver poisoning instead of having to keep up with all the TikTok news and court challenges

#tiktok #USpol #platformGovernance #regulation #techRegulation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/tiktok-ban-senate-vote-sale-biden/

Alternatively, lean into the chaos. At least we're sure to get some fun memes in the ensuing days/weeks/months.

Time to dust of this classic from the last time the Tik Tok ban was discussed

@homegrown I've been experimenting with my own single-user instance and I'm using FediBuzz relay. Without it, hashtags and the federated timeline are essentially unusable.

@chthonicionic Part of me expected a rickroll