Notices by Mark Stoneman (markstoneman@zirk.us)

@patrickcmiller @kcarruthers So human stupidity and hubris will leverage AI to make this dark timeline darker.

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@anderspuck I don't see how Ukraine can avoid getting them now, unless we all step up and guarantee it NATO membership.

If you're looking for a booster shot of optimism, you could do worse than read this:

Opinion | James Carville: Three Reasons I’m Certain Kamala Harris Will Win https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/opinion/kamala-harris-win-election.html #USpol

Jackson Falls, Jackson Village, New Hampshire, this afternoon. Individual photos blogged at https://markstoneman.com/2024/10/12/jackson-falls.html #Photos #NewHampshire #Autumn #Fotos #Herbst

"What's behind Russia's plan to ban 'child-free' ideology?" – DW – 09/28/2024 https://www.dw.com/en/whats-behind-russias-plan-to-ban-child-free-ideology/a-70324064
It's almost as if they were pandering to Vance – or drinking from the same batch of Kool-Aid.
#Russia #Vance #ChildlessCatLadies

#FotoVorschlag "Der Wert des Menschen"
ist unschätzbar, wie die Freiheit selbst.

Russia lets African migrant laborers enter on tourist visas. From there, they can look for work, but sign a contract that lands them on the front lines in Donbas. The Kyiv Independent has excerpted interviews with two African POWs held by Ukraine. https://youtu.be/PM9DnRxxWC0 (12 min) #Russia #Migration

I decorated the car today.

@KamalaHarrisWin
Harris shows us how to deal with the horse manure.
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/C_Rpol6g0Vl

An old problem explained with a new metaphor: "Silicon Valley’s Very Online Ideologues are in Model Collapse" https://www.reimaginingliberty.com/silicon-valleys-very-online-ideologues-are-in-model-collapse/ #HarrisWalz2024 @KamalaHarrisWin #LLMs

@tchambers I didn't know how much I had missed her.

I'm kinda hoping for a less inspirational evening tomorrow so that I can get some sleep.

Here is a moderated group in the Fediverse to help make Vice President Kamala Harris the next president of the USA: "Kamala Harris for President News & Organizing" (https://friendica.opensocial.space/profile/kamalaharrisforpresidentnews). The group is on Friendica, but you can join it from anywhere in the Fediverse, including Mastodon.
HT @tchambers
#KamalaHarris2024

Timeline cleanse https://botsin.space/@biodiversitypix/112781990019497039

My impression is that there is a lot more activity going into third-party tools for Mastodon (and the Fediverse more broadly) than there is for Bluesky. I like the apparent optimism about the ActivityPub protocol. #SocialWeb #Bluesky #Mastodon #Fediverse

@Gargron It would be interesting to know if the WP
figure is mainly for broadcasting posts into this space, or if there are significant number of
people holding conversations across blogs.

Still getting used to the automatic crossposting option on Micro.blog. There are no preference settings for how an automatic crosspost should be handled on a given platform, and one approach to all isn’t always going to do.

I am wondering how Threads can really federate given what Meta is doing with user content and so-called AI. There's opt-out in Europe and no choice whatsoever in the United States. While both situations are bad, they are becoming known. But what about people on other Fediverse instances who casually interact with a Threads account? (1/2) 🧵

I'm not on Flipboard, but this is another example of how commercial platforms joining the #fediverse is happening and could be a good thing. "Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse" https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006062/flipboard-fediverse-mastodon-activitypub-profiles-social