Notices by mcv (mcv@friendica.opensocial.space)

@janvlug @knmi

Als dit door belasting wordt betaald, moet het dan niet zowiezo openbaar zijn?

Het is ook niet de taak van de overheid om overbodige businessmodellen in stand te houden.

@CptSuperlative @pluralistic

Mildly related: Adam Smith said labour unions were necessary to balance the power of corporations. Also a vital part that some people love to ignore.

@jwcph @pluralistic

Are we replacing bosses with apps while keeping the bosses? When employees get replaced by tech, they get fired. Let's at least also do the same with bosses.

@enoch_exe_inc @rysiek

The war maniacs are Putin and his supporters. The supporters of Ukraine want peace, not war. But occupation and genocide aren't peace. The war maniacs are the people who want Russia to have its way with Ukraine.

@ashleygjovik I can't deny that her lack of condemnation of Israel's attacks is by far Harris' weakest point, but she's not actively facilitating genocide. She's not president and cannot single-handedly change the policy regarding Israel. And she does support a ceasefire.

And Trump's position on Gaza is far, far worse: nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr…
That is actively supporting genocide. And not voting against that, means you tolerate it.

@ashleygjovik

Then let me explain: the US is not just some random country, it's the most powerful country in the world. And at the moment, it's still a democracy. A flawed one, but still an ally to democracies all over the world. Donald Trump admires dictators. He admired Putin, Xi and Kim Yong Un. He despises democracies. He despised the free press. He wants to let Putin conquer Ukraine. He wants Israel to wipe out the Palestinians.

His election will have a terrible effect on the world. If the US falls to his fascism, that will leave only the EU as a stronghold of democracy, surrounded on all sides by fascists and dictators. And even the EU is faltering.

It is absolutely vital that everybody who opposes fascism, fights it. That is why I'm here; this is not a hobby, this is a necessity. To convince more people to fight against the threat of fascism.

Your ideological purity is not going to save the world. Stopping Trump will.

@ashleygjovik

Stein is not green. She preferred oil-loving windmill-hating Trump over Clinton. She's cozy with Putin. She's a spoiler looking for power and attention.

I'm member of the Dutch green party, and I'd never vote for someone like Stein. Harris isn't perfect, but she's the best option on the ballot, and the best move forward on issues like environment, justice and equality. Please don't blow this by allowing the fascist takeover.

@pfefferle @yukijoou

A sensitive flag sounds like a great idea, but repurposing a summary as content warning based on a flag sounds like a bad idea to me. If there's no explicit content warning field, I think a spoiler tag is a better fit, because that already functions similarly without the flag.

But I'd prefer an explicit content warning field. There's clearly a need for it, and if it's explicit, you could set your client to always show or hide certain content.

@pfefferle @yukijoou

I notice that when I (on Friendica) respond to a Mastodon post with a content warning, I get an <abstract> element, and it certainly doesn't act as a content warning. So there seems to be some inconsistency in implementation.

That said, I'm not getting a content warning from this post.

@freemo @randahl @admin

Exactly. The problem with Twitter/Facebook/etc algorithms is that they're opaque and not under our control. I'd like to see a system where they're optional and completely under the user's control.

@freemo @randahl

I definitely think there's a lot more that fediverse sites could be doing to give people more control over their feed, and at the same time make their feed smarter.

@Radical_EgoCom

40 years ago they were functionally the same, but not anymore. Since then, the Republicans have changed catastrophically.

@nlnet @NGIZero @nlnetlabs

I had no idea @nlnet was into funding so much development these days. I know you mostly from the early internet/usenet days in NL.

As it happens, I've got some ideas about open communication networks that are a bit broader than the usual social media, that I'd love to work on but probably never will. But now I'm thinking I should maybe write a proposal for you. Even if it's just to refine my ideas.

@georgetakei

For my kids, having to play outside or visit friends is punishment.