Notices by Anil Dash (anildash@me.dm), page 7

@jennwrites yyyyeah. It’s a thing.

I had the great privilege of getting to talk to John Lewis about this several years ago. He talked about why he & his peers fought so hard for the vote. The simple way to put it is that it’s one major tool in a systematic approach to harm reduction. There’s *never* a silver bullet that solves everything. But there’s always something meaningful we can do. https://xoxo.zone/@fraying/112906752306225717 The question is, “Will this bring us closer to the good thing?”

I generally use dark mode on all my devices, but trying to recognize dark mode icons on the iOS 18 beta makes me feel like I’ve landed in a country where I don’t speak the language. I recognize approximately zero of the apps I use every day.

I wish I could give more people some perspective into how things change on here when you are an instance administrator.

I just received a report against a user who isn't even a member of my instance. Remember, this is a single user instance. I am the only user.

This is a person of color who has been vocal in the current drama surrounding anti-Black racism on mastodon. The report comes from a very large and very prominent instance focused on LGBTQ+ communities.

The level of BS one has to go through to share a link on LinkedIn should be looked at by a regulator. It has reached comical levels.

https://tedium.co/2024/07/23/linkedin-complex-linking-schemes/

new @tedium

One book, and one film, that many people may want to explore today: Vivek Bald’s “Bengali Harlem”, and its offshoot documentary, “In Search of Bengali Harlem”, which detail the long, rich history of intertwined activism and collaboration between Black and South Asian communities in America. Check out bengaliharlem.com or watch the film: https://youtu.be/os-PxQ2q3Ig Together, we have changed America before, and we’ll do it again.

Kamala Harris has raised, in half a day, almost $50m per ActBlue. The biggest fundraising day of the whole cycle

Engagement is now translating into action, as a viable path forward becomes clear

https://x.com/actblue/status/1815198823771165179

One key question to ask yourself: why does media talk about tech’s support for political policy or candidates, and focus entirely on *investors like VCs*, instead of those who actually *make* the tech? Do they do this in any other industry? When a major labor union endorses Biden, do they ignore this and talk about the bankers who lend money to that industry?

If you are currently experiencing downtime with your connected sex toy, PLEASE DO NOT RESORT TO USING YOUR HAND.

We have advanced enough as a species, that should no longer be required.

Please wait for the computers to come back online before seeking sexual self gratification.

@zachleat I'M IN

“There is a particular style of being ‘crypto-friendly’ that is common to authoritarian governments.” https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html

The open web never misses! Richei Branson killed it on this, no app stores or installs required. Not Like Us: The Video Game. https://notlikeusgame.com/

Me: Don't get your societal impact advice from VCs who sit in nazi chatrooms and hang out with neoreactionaries.

VC: Hey! I was in a chat room with this neoreactionary, and he said that I could just like fire every single government employee that's not loyal to the president! I can just end democracy! But I'd have to be in the Whitehouse first. How could I do that?

Y'all: Hey! Let's make that VC the Vice President! 🤡

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112558395641333954

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110837854265688877

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110135229606173339

@gknauss @jwz anyway, here’s the conversation. Feedback very welcome https://www.youtube.com/live/vrEKIpNBIp0?si=M3jd5Tkvy0OLbvUr

@jwz I mean, bayesian generators for shitmemes were interesting 20 years ago, they still are?

Most devs agree AI as a technology is pretty interesting, but that the most extreme hype is... not as interesting. So how does a thoughtful person navigate balance? Who better to help answer the question than a brilliant thinker and academic who helped catalyze the creation of the AI Bill of Rights while at the White House. Join us live, or watch the stream replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEKIpNBIp0

In one hour: A remarkable live conversation!
@alondranelson
is joining us for the inaugural episode of the Glitch Speaker Series, where we talk about the hardest problems that coders and product teams face *outside* of the actual code. The first topic, no surprise, is going to be talking about AI. But this one's different... https://blog.glitch.com/post/the-glitch-speaker-series-welcomes-alondra-nelson/

A wonderful little app (perfectly demonstrating what @glitchdotcom is about, from one of our longtime favorite creators) — this is @patrickweaver showing the *true* meaning of “handwritten HTML” https://www.patrickweaver.net/blog/irl-html-is-the-place-for-your-most-hand-written-websites/

@anildash I used to have an “l10n, m10r” sign hanging in my cube at Yahoo

@Cmarriotti oh hell yeah