Notices by Dusk To Don :raccoon: (dusk@todon.eu)

This is how I feel about the entire lineup of generative #AI product offerings from #Meta and #Google

[edit: thanks to @cstanhope for noting, gif is sourced from the work of Simone Giertz]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2evC2xTNWg

#gemini #humor

#AskFedi (would love your support in boosting, TYIA! :goose_honk: )

I maaaay be writing a piece on Mastodon + Fediverse for the radical free-speech zine Slingshot Collective?

https://slingshotcollective.org/

(Anarchist / Socialist vibes, founded in Berkeley, CA)

...if I can find the time.

⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘

❓ My question for YOU:
What are the specific weaknesses / shortcomings of Mastodon's approach to moderation, specifically as it relates to shitty speech directed at fem, trans, black, and other marginalized communities.

⭐ I'm not explicitly asking for additional labor from e.g. #blackMastodon (though it's welcome if you care to share)

⭐ I'm seeking previously-posted perspectives from individuals from marginalized communities who have been negatively impacted by the way that moderation is structured in #ActivityPub

Part of my rough current understanding of (one of) the issues:

If person A posts post 1, and person B comments [a shitty] reply 2, reply 2 remains visible and attached to post 1, unless there are instance-level blocking actions taken. Do I have that right?

Thanks all!
👋

I like the take that 'it's raining men' and 'let the bodies hit the floor' are two songs describing the same event from different perspectives.

👋 Hiya @PaulaToThePeople !

Thanks so much for your kind offer of support!

If anyone is looking for a more "read the docs" sort of approach as a place to start, bop over to https://fedi.tips/

(with gratitude to the incredible @FediTips )

@ErikUden

Don’t forget Senator Josh Hawley, another insurrectionist, running out of the capitol to the tune of “Chariots of Fire”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xCwvSNgigE

Tired of all of the "bloat" and "features" of Mastodon? Want something that's way less user friendly?

Here's twtxt, "a decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers."

> You want to get some thoughts out on the internet in a convenient and slick way while also following the gibberish of others? Instead of signing up at a closed and/or regulated microblogging platform, getting your status updates out with twtxt is as easy as putting them in a publicly accessible text file.

https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

[This seems like a silly thing that I do not care to use. But I DID like discovering https://docs.asciinema.org/ from its docs]

#microblogging #twtxt

@slothrop

✅ 😊

My sweetie sent me this one a while back.

Tonight, I referenced it as I tucked her in to go take care of one last bug.

🗻🚢

#humor #dev #meme #titanic #bestMemes

@GossiTheDog

Ah, SF . . .

More context, if folk are curious:

> Stop Hiring Humans

https://gizmodo.com/ai-firms-stop-hiring-humans-billboard-campaign-sparks-outrage-2000536368

This is, of course, the promise of much of the AI hype. Hugely over-promising, IMO, in a lot of arenas.

@clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker

Fucking love that review.

Their 2024 followup is solid as well.

Headline:
"Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers"

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

@gnu2 @tvaziri

I also did not know about this.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/motion-smoothing-how-to-shut-off-1235176633/

#TIL, through @thisismissem (thank you for your dev contributions to Mastodon, to our moderation and trust & safety tooling!! 🙏) about this dashboard:

https://fedidb.org/

“Fediverse Network Statistics”

PS
@pixelfed is the 5th most-used Fediverse software, rock on @dansup thank you as well!

#fediverse #Mastodon #pixelfed

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”

― James Baldwin

(As heard on https://www.crooked.com/podcast-series/hysteria/ )

👋 New server, who dis!?

Migrating from @ethanjstark because I'm not keen on staying on a server in the 🇺🇸.

I'm a software engineer in North Carolina, #synth fanatic, and a father of a five-year-old.

Pic is a scene I was lucky enough to witness this morning.

#introduction #fediversalPictures #silentSunday

More brilliant writing from @margaret

💕💕

> Now is a time to form or join organizations of like-minded people wherein you can collectively determine goals and the tactics by which to work towards those goals.

> Deescalate all conflict that isn’t with the enemy.

> Some people are going to be more affected by this week’s news than other people. Immigrants (documented or not), religious and ethnic minorities, and trans people are particularly likely to be struggling right now. Helping other people is one of the best ways to soothe your own pain. Help each other. Tell people you support them, and more importantly, show people you support them.

https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-sky-is-falling-weve-got-this

#MutualAid