Notices by Gina (gina@fosstodon.org)

Excuse me?? 🤣 #movienight

"Oooh a job where you're away from people for 8 hrs a day?? Sign myself up"

(I may have been in middle management for too long)

Have you all ever been jealous of a crane machine operator? Idk it just seems like such a fun and peaceful job.

Sure a nationwide cyber attack would be bad, but would it also mean no more MS Teams??

In case you're wondering why I've been quiet for a while; my business is finally at the prototype stage!!

I'm working with an engineering agency to have my product line tested and turned into technical specs. Fingers crossed that this agency doesn't cost a billion euro's (I'll know more on Thursday) and that my ideas will work.🤞

FFS, now #Firefox sells your data too??

I'm looking for a reliable (preferably European) alternative to #Gmail. 📨📬

Uuuugh I've been putting it off for YEARS, because it's such a hassle 😩, but with #Google happily changing the Gulf of Mexico's name and now #GoogleCalendar removing cultural observances such as Black History Month, Women's History Month and Holocaust Remembrance day... I finally need to move my email from Gmail to a more ethical alternative.

Recommendations anyone? No selfhosting please. 😊

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/google-calendar-removes-start-of-black-history-womens-history-months.html

Besides "Trump rigged election", the "Elon salute" search prompt is being censored as well. Apparently Americans on TikTok can't see any videos on it anymore. TikTok users outside of the US can still find videos, but they get a pop-up saying that they can only share this content once (??)

This is active censorship befitting authoritarian regimes.

In case yall are wondering why they "banned" TikTok (it's back now but under new fascist management).

#US #TikTok #TikTokBan #internetfreedom #USpol

So yeah idk it's been:

- interesting to watch America gain collective class consciousness through the #TikTokBan
- horrifying to watch the US further descend into corporate oligarchy led fascism
- hilarious to see the petty protest move to #RedNote accidentally leading to a wholesome cultural exchange that diplomacy experts could only dream of.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk. ✌️

Fortunately humor is universal ✨️ #RedNote #TikTok #TikTokBan

Meanwhile, can we also appreciate what an insanely historic event it is for Americans and Chinese people to have such a direct line to each other on #Rednote? 🤯

It's so interesting to watch the simple questions they ask each other. "How much do eggs cost?" and "What do you eat for breakfast?" And then they show each other through videos! But also more serious things like "do Americans really have to pay for an ambulance?" And "Is China's social credit score real?"

#TikTok #TikTokBan

Btw it has been fascinating to witness the cultural exchange on Rednote and Americans' realisation that *gasp* China is actually a very developed country and America is in fact the bad place.

#TikTok #Rednote #TikTokBan

"Yeah but China bad, and our data hurr durr."

#TikTok #RedNote #TikTokBan

I'm sorry but seeing all these American Tiktok refugees fleeing to Rednote, ANOTHER Chinese app, is the funniest way this year could have started 🤣 #tiktok #rednote

Sure the instructions say not to build Ikea closets on your own... but how hard can it be? #homedecor #diy

All I want is a house with some land somewhere warm, close to nature, with a car and a woodworking workshop, owning my own business and a bunch of cats.

Capitalism: haha no.

"I am better than you."
"I have 2 master degrees."
"Ugh you're boring."
"Wait, shit, what?"

Just some of my thoughts when the nice HR lady tried to teach my decrepit tiktok addicted adhd squirrel brain for the 5th time what pre and post tax deductibles (??) are.

Awful things in no particular order:

- unskippable youtube ads
- the enshittification of everything
- the public
- the public on trains
- men
- US politics
- conservatism
- toxic masculinity
- weather in The Netherlands
- Samsung appliances
- capitalism
- polyester clothing everywhere
- BOUCLÉ FABRIC
- ...

Remember kids, if you work really hard, give your best years to sit in meetings while mentally cocooning to Bo Burnham's "That Funny Feeling", squash your hopes and dreams, become part of the working class peasantry, and ignore that the world is actively burning.. you too can have a generic career in something meaningless! ❤️