Notices by Hänzi Pōtter (hszakher@mastodon.world)

what is more critical in #thuringen than #AFD win, is the coming government. thanks to lack to tactical voting, there are five parties in the state parliament (#AFD, #CDU, #SPD, #BSW, and #linke ). any gov. without #AFD would be either include **all four**, or be a minority gov. (as it was for 5 years already) https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2024-09-01-LT-DE-TH/index.shtml #germany #minderheitsregierung

I think it's time for me to review all accounts and hashtags I am following on #mastodon/#fediverse. The "we're all gonna die" vibes and not helping

@guigsy @PictoPulse356 @bontchev I don't think it's about (cost)free, it's about how much revenue/profit is enough for a company. Infinite growth goals lead to enshittification. It's not inevitable

@lanodan @justafrog @stux fax machines won't go anywhere because #Germany and German bureaucracy 🙃

@Kierkegaanks @BeAware I achieved that by adding them to a list, then view such a list. another trick I learned was to activate "notification" on selected accounts that I enjoy interacting with, so whenever they post something, I get notification to check their post and interact accordingly.

The #WageGap between low and top earners in #Germany has decreased due to the significant increase in the statutory minimum wage. In April 2022, it had still been 3.28 times, In April 2023, higher earners received an average of 2.98 times the gross hourly earnings of low-income earners. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/arbeitsmarkt/lohngefaelle-arbeitsnachfrage-tarifvertraege-100.html

@BeAware not at all. What I wrote is actually a quote from the link. I like the analogy of social-media = junk-food

Slowly the way we consumed information became less like home cooking and more like McDonald's #ghost #activitypub

https://activitypub.ghost.org/

@moftasa why should they?

@phiofx one positive side effect of the current budget crisis discussions #germany is the discovery of billions of euro paid as licenses for #microsoft and #oracle systems by government agencies. This can turn into a move towards open source support that would both save money and support indigenous software development and maintenance

@HistoPol @axbom ironically, #survailancecapitalism #bigtech companies have enough data about almost everyone that can provide accurate insights without the need to run any survey ever again. However, they use it just to make more money for their own benefits rather than the greater good

@HistoPol @mj @dw_innovation this would be awesome. DW is on #mastodon , adding the icon should come naturally.

@youronlyone for me it's fine to describe something new by referencing something known to the audience. What is not fine is forgetting to add the "but..." part of the reference 🙃. For example, #pixelfed is like #Instagram *but...* (decentralized, ad-free ...etc). #Mastodon is like #Twitter but without the fascists and so on. Until there's enough awareness/recognition of those products/platforms on their own.