Notices by Michael Fisher (mjf_pro@hachyderm.io), page 2

@tchambers I’m not a member so I won’t vote on the official record, but I’d buy a sticker from y’all anyway just because 🙌

@tristansnell @tchambers The libertarians he spoke at yesterday seem to understand that, to their credit.

@GossiTheDog Can you set a scheduled task to delete the SQLite DB or Delete * From * every time you reboot?

@mttaggart @hazelweakly At this point Macintosh is in play again the next time I need to replace one of our home rigs. Enough is enough.

Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/24/arizona-2020-election-charges-meadows-giuliani-ellis/

@tchambers ActivityPub hit the “good enough, run with it” milestone just in time.

https://tcrn.ch/3Q3LZkL #FediThings #fediverse

@BeAware @tchambers My thinking is similar in part and different in part. The growth in the other sites is driven by addicting others to engagement, for profit. It’s built into their business model. Thus: There is indeed no need to fear growth here, *because* people who are addicted to and/or profit from clicks and likes, won’t find too many like-minded targets here. (1/2)

@BeAware @tchambers We can’t control what others do, but we can (and I think are) providing a decent alternative to corporate social media that has easily reached critical mass. Our task is to continue being better — and if “product” and “quality” and “experience” are the driving forces rather than “engagement” and “addiction” and “profit”, then were doing something right.

ACCURATE

From: @uspolitics
https://mastodon.social/@uspolitics/112237395004618134

@futurebird @1dalm Threads for better or worse is ready out of the box. No .gov domain is running their own Mastodon servers yet and scaling them (I see you @hazelweakly 😃) for the kind of traffic they’d need to handle is not a task for an overburdened, underfunded IT team that has no experience with that system yet. I hope they’ll eventually run their own instances independent of anyone else’s platform, but for now at least you don’t need to be on X to read them.

"As of right now Donald Trump has zero events on his public schedule. No rallies, no speeches, no nothing. And it's not a temporary thing.”

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rallies-2024-campaign-biden-1883682

@tchambers Where Meta ends up on the “Is it Facebook or is it Gab” continuum will ultimately be the dispositive factor, in my opinion. If the GLAAD report isn’t hyperbolizing, then the lean toward “Gab, but with a shit-ton of lipstick” is unmistakeable. If that’s where the facts point, then the need to be proactive for the safety of our own marginalized communities here may be the best choice from a bunch of terrible options.

@technicallymims @tchambers Once it lost power and therefore steering…. 😬😬😬 The amount of energy a moving vessel that massive carries with it is mind boggling, and almost all of it got delivered right into that bridge stanchion.

@tchambers On its face the trial court’s reasoning seems sound. I wouldn’t think Musk’s chances on appeal are all that great. The wildcard would be whether after a 9th Circuit affirmation, the SCOTUS reactionaries would (1) have any actual desire to radically overturn anti-SLAPP statutes or defamation precedents at this point, and perhaps more importantly, (2) whether they would use *this* particular case as the vehicle for doing so. (1/2)

Where to look for impact: Musk likely wasted a TON of scarce X Corp money having his lawyers to chase this dead end (indeed probably *forcing* them to push it against their better advice).

He’d be extra stupid to try to appeal the dismissal, particularly to the 9th Circuit, so watch him try. (2/2)

@david_ingram @tchambers This is dismissal on motions pretty early in the case timeline — even before discovery is granted to the plaintiffs (as is the intended effect of anti-SLAPP protection). So, legal costs of the defendants shouldn’t be too significant at this point…maybe in the low tens of thousands of $$ for a few hours of research and drafting on the motion to dismiss, and a court appearance for the arguments. (1/2)

@renee.diresta @tchambers This crap case didn’t survive motions, which is even better. Keeps CCDH’s defense costs low.

@J12t @tchambers 1. Know and support thy admins

@jimcarroll You get 10M of those 80M — 1/8 of them — to acknowledge that treating each other like 🫏 🕳️ s is unacceptable in society, least of all from its leaders, and we have a different narrative. When basic social graces that once mattered mean nothing, persuading people at the margins that “LOOK! TRUMP DID BAD THINGS!!” is a fool’s errand, because at the heart of it all, they will never accept that their savior is bad.