Notices by Jay Baker (they/he) (mediaactivist@kolektiva.social), page 12

Renters evictions up by a third as government stalls on renter reforms https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/no-fault-evictions-renters-reform-bill-repossessions-statistics/ #renters #RentersRights #evictions #housing #homelessness

Did I mention I have a #Pixelfed account too? Well I'm going to be posting imagery from my world there a lot more. Feel free to give me a follow! https://pixelfed.social/MediaActivist

@anarchopunk_girl Haha very well put!

@anarchopunk_girl Ahh that sucks! I noticed someone made a good point the other day: that if these ghouls like Google keep being evil, then ultimately many of us just won't ever access their stuff at all. It's probably where I'm headed. No NewPipe or FreeTube type stuff means not viewing content on YouTube then I guess!

@anarchopunk_girl Yeah it's always a balancing act eh. As much as I am critical of folks being too possessive of their "favourite things" over ethical options in this time of late stage capitalism, I guess we're all on that sliding scale. (Though some have bigger ramifications and moral implications, of course!)

@wednesday It's funny you should mention that! I love the general principle of the Fediverse, and I just joined #Beehaw as a result of these thoughts of mine (and folks replying here with interesting points like yours!) - and posted this (rather long!) comment on there which perhaps gives a little more context: https://beehaw.org/comment/910283

For years I've returned to #Firefox as my web browser; I generally dig #Mozilla and think it's important to support #Gecko. Recently, I must admit I fell in love with many features of #Vivaldi from their nifty little worker-run company, such as workspaces, but it still lacked Firefox's containers and other features. Now I've discovered #Floorp and I'm absolutely loving it: based on Firefox, has all the appealing aesthetics of Vivaldi and the workspaces, but also containers! It makes my Gecko-lovin' geek heart happy. #WebBrowser #WebBrowsers #browsers

Ooh so #NewPipe automatically opens #PeerTube videos as well as #YouTube videos it seems! Neat!

@privacydingus @freetechproject @tilvids Haha I think it's actually black with "bah humbug" on it! Pink would be good though. Or both - for the Bret "Hitman" Hart look!

In a Summer of Record Heat, These Striking Workers Are Making Climate Demands - In These Times https://inthesetimes.com/article/in-a-summer-of-record-heat-these-striking-workers-are-making-climate-demands #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #strike #union

X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/x_tries_to_win_back/ #Twitter #ElonMusk

Norway to hit Meta with fines over Facebook user privacy from next week https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/08/norway_meta_fines/ #Norway #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook

@privacydingus Exactly! It's all gone quiet on that front!

@antiall3s Yeah exactly, Tumblr movements on that front became very quiet in recent times since they announced it...time will tell! I'll believe it when it happens!

Cops cuff pregnant woman for carjacking after facial recog gets it wrong, again https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/08/facial_recognition_detroit_arrest_error/

Why thousands of LA service workers are on strike https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/8/8/23824771/los-angeles-strike-city-workers-contract-negotiations #LosAngeles #LA #strike #union

The "A" in AI stands for Advertising.

It's Advertising Intelligence

The core purpose of AI is to sell ads. AI wants to "engage" with you, not to be your friend, but to be your pusher.

Every second of every minute of every day, AI is thinking of how it can sell you stuff without you even knowing it's selling you stuff.

AI seeks to be the invisible hand behind the Great Devouring.

What, in your opinion, is the closest (#Fediverse) alternative to #Tumblr?

So not only am I unable to even interact from here on Kolektiva with my own Left Fist (pro-worker, pro-wrestling) account on Firefish, but the latter keeps crashing on desktop and app. I tried a bigger general server then realised it's best not to and, really, wonder if any of my content was hefty enough to leave wrestling.social in the first place. I might donate to @phil - it might at least help him forgive me and have me back haha!

VFX Workers Vote to Unionize at Marvel for the First Time https://www.vulture.com/2023/08/vfx-workers-vote-to-unionize-at-marvel-for-the-first-time.html #Marvel #MCU #VFX #union