Notices by mkb (mkb@mastodon.social)

@dansup @EdanOsborne Moreover, you’ll find similar language in the terms of most any social media app. If you want to post your pictures or whatnot, the host needs your permission to share them on your timeline.

@goatsarah @flockofnazguls Amazing photo!

@maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Yeah, I’ve been contemplating the same, along with WaPo. The question for me is where do I get my news then? The other big players are pretty fluffy.

The Economist is probably the answer.

@BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Depth is a factor too. For all the faults of WaPo and NYT, they also do some extraordinary, in-depth reporting which few outlets can match. There are many ways to get a high level skim of what is going on in the world but not many which get into the nitty gritty.

Many other news sources, including most TV reporting, rely in large part on the big, old-fashioned print publications as the basis of their stories.

@BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot I can do that with WaPo and NYT just fine but it has gotten to the point where the good (and often great) reporting is overshadowed by their shit editorial approaches. I’m no longer comfortable giving them my money.

@BushHut @maskedscheduler @DemocracyMattersALot Most of the outlets doing real, high quality journalism are pretty conservative. WSJ does amazing reporting but their editorial slant is incomprehensibly evil.

At the end of the day, the only way for us to be well-informed is, at least in part, to serve as our own bullshit filters. That is, to be able to read or hear a story and discern what portions are credible, which are not, and what might be missing.

@cstross @spaf To be fair, my work running #InfoSec programs largely comes down to stochastic regurgitation. We mostly see the same problems and situations from company to company.

@br00t4c @DemocracyMattersALot We’re so fucked.

@Viss @paco The way I explain it to clients is we can tick every compliance box and still do a poor job managing risk. If we do a good job managing risk then compliance gets easy.

@mark @grammargirl Even 25 years ago there were managers with visible tattoos at [large western bank you’ve definitely heard of]. In 2023 are there still companies where tattoos are a problem? That attitude is hard to grok.

Maybe next time I interview I want to have my ink visible just to weed those companies out. :)

I am repeating my request for a term to describe the confluence of confirmation bias and schadenfreude.

That is, I irrationally dislike Foo, news comes out that Foo is bad in some way, then I feel smugly justified in my irrational dislike as though I knew all along.

(See Substack.)

Surely someone has already coined a term for this. @grammargirl, have you any thoughts?

#nomenclature

@Kalshann @rysiek What saddens me is there is actual research on the effects of deplatforming.

Some of the “deplatforming doesn’t work” arguments are reasonable on their face but research shows deplatforming is effective despite the downsides.

@Polychrome @stellarskylark I’m certainly not going to bet against that one?

How is SL these days? I’ve scarcely touched it since the aughts but often miss it.

@saraislet @mekkaokereke A few random systemic disadvantages that come to mind:

Cash bail, credit scores, #ViolentPolice, how we pay for healthcare, how we fund our schools, zoning, “the Civil War was about states rights”, the war on drugs, student loans, unpaid internships, tolerance of nazis, loose environmental regulation, food deserts