Notices by Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub), page 17

@lrhodes EXACTLY! Well said.

/cc @ben

@ben I'm glad to see that the Post is considering the long-term responsibilities of having their own instance.

@thosch66 @loke @ben we've got almost 40 years of experience as a culture with having work or school versus personal email addresses. I think we can work out having different fediverse accounts.

@ben and who is responsible for the server costs of distribution, and labour costs of moderation, on articles?

The unlucky operator who unknowingly let a reporter from the Washington Post onto their instance?

Is the reporter supposed to cover those costs out of their own pocket? I'm sure the superstars can handle it, but it seems bad for the long tail of journalists.

@ben I've been thinking about your plan.

In your scheme, is there a way for me to subscribe to all of the publication's articles as they come out?

Or do I have to subscribe to each journalist individually?

What about sections of the publication, like science, sports, or entertainment?

What about employees who aren't journalists?

@ben great! It's important that publications and broadcasters have a presence on the open social web.

@ben Please don't discourage organizations or individuals from joining the fediverse.

@ben What? No. C'mon.

They're both fine. Any way that publications and journalists get on the fediverse is fine. Newspapers having their own instances is great. Newspapers verifying journalists is great. Both are great.

My daughter got pie for her half birthday.

@GuillaumeRossolini

So, 69% of respondents said they'd prefer trains for a trip of 200km.

23% of respondents said they booked trains for their last trip of about 1000km.

I am trying to explain the difference in those percentages -- 69% vs 23%.

I said that two possible explanations of those different percentages are a) the way the question was phrased, and b) the distance.

I agree that there are lots of factors in choosing a transportation mode.

@SamUpstate same goes for most state legislators and senators I can find, although I haven't checked them all.

@SamUpstate the US House and Senate swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and bear true faith and allegiance to it.

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Oath_Office.htm

@lhawthorn aw, really sad to hear that.

@aaron I think if those of us who can manage it shift some of our travel to low-carbon modes like rail, especially when it's only somewhat more inconvenient than flying or driving, it will help build out the rail service and make all trains better.

@aaron do you think that's likely?

I don't think policymakers are going to invest in a network that nobody uses.

That's just throwing money away.

@aaron oh, that's a great train! And it goes right into Chicago, North America's rail hub!

@aaron ah. So you *don't* want to take the train, because it takes so long.

@aaron I mean, it's a connected network. If you want to, you can get to most cities in the US and Canada by train.

@aaron where are you?

@aaron why can't you take the train?