Notices by Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org), page 2

Here's @KarlBode who has thoughts of course, echoes what he said last week that it's going to be a disaster and many states sadly are going to be SOL for the foreseeable future, maybe even for a generation.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/18/trump-tags-brendan-carr-to-dismantle-whats-left-of-broadband-consumer-protection-at-fcc/

@AAKL I have been saying it for years: I feel this will come to the US at some point and I won't be surprised if the incoming administration orders the same playbook and Apple (and others) lays down and kisses the ring.

@AAKL To be fair, they did this in China as well so nothing new and surprising here.

@HopelessDemigod I can expect #Section230 to be repealed within the next 12-18 months, and websites have to get ready for it I hate to say that. :(

The worst kept secret is official: Brendan Carr is your next chairman of the #FCC and get ready for a LOT of change for the worse folks.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24299207/brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-trump

More of what you can expect here (from last week):

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/113476209317176856

@RenewedRebecca eBay does suck for sure as I have similar issues, but in many items except fashion (in a consumer sense that is), it's the only option out there.

It's why we need more consumer competition in the space but now it's unlikely to happen.

This is also a good thread on how #Bluesky could be a victim of their own growth and success, especially becoming (as of right now) just another centralized service that could very well be yet another deadbirdsite where some billionaire buys the site and starts sucking down the road aka #enshittification

https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113487613965056474

This is a nice post on why #Bluesky isn't decentralized nor federated plus whether it it comes in the future....or not at all as it could very well be mired in #enshittification down the road although it remains to be seen.

https://anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/maybe-bluesky-has-won

Valve's Half-Life 2 is free on Steam this weekend only for their 20th Anniversary (which is today by the way), which includes some new extras, a nice update, and a cool easter egg on the webpage.

Can you find it?

https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th

#halflife2 #steam #anniversary #games #gaming #retrogaming

Download now before the overlords at Disney takes this down.

Streisand Effect anyone?
https://hackers.town/@jackgangi/113489039646519835

Well we all spoke too soon as Texas and most likely the Fifth Circuit strikes again. It's not over.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/judge-onion-infowars-hearing-review-auction-1236211183/

@StaceyCornelius Yeah, and I really feel for you Canadians as privatizing Canada Post would be very devastating, much like of what our postal service (US Postal Service) is inevitably going to be: a privatized for-profit entity where money/profits instead of serving the public means more. :(

@writermonki Yep I agree.

@FediTips is another great way to learn the ropes if you will.

It's doing a great public service!

As there's many new users joining today and in the future, here's a re #introduction #introductions refresh for those new or want to get a reminder of who I'm about:

Here's some hashtags for reference, and if you relate to any of these and more, I would love to interact with you all!

#film
#culture
#tech
#coding
#programming
#podcasts
#software
#opensource
#fandom
#diversity
#windows
#linux
#gaming
#retrogaming
#hardware

And many more, just ask!

@tezoatlipoca @jaelisp @alice Download while you can before Disney takes it down...

Considering that the Internet Archive has had a rough year and expect to get even worse, perhaps even facing a permanent shutdown (see the publishers, record labels, and the copyright cartel's lawsuit against them), I would back it up right now than do it later.

@jgordon He's more of a exception rather than the rule due to the POSSE model. His thoughts here:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/#synthesis

Also this pieceon POSSE is a good one:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon

Today is good time to repost my intro post, will do so later.

@MarvinFreeman @ColmDonoghue @spiegelmama @faduda Keybase is all but dead after Zoom acquired it and it has been mostly abandoned, only maintenance mode and only a matter of time before it shuts down.

If you're still at the deadbirdsite, you are fully complicit.

You should dump it right now.

https://newrepublic.com/article/188156/liberals-dump-musk-leave-twitter

https://archive.ph/d6K00

@GottaLaff @stirlock And all legal disputes will go to a Texas court to boot...