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Mastodon, eh?
Middle-aged, cis-het white guy; my experience has been that the more we amplify the voices of those who don't fall neatly into those categories, the better. So that's what I try to do.
FYI: if I see you scolding someone for mastodonning wrong (i.e., "We don't do threads on Mastodon!" "You need to tag your b/w photos as colorless!" "This discussion of racism needs to be hidden behind a content warning!") I will block you.
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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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NEW 🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

1/... Erica Orden:

Trump returned to courtroom accompanied by Eric, Lara Trump, + rest of entourage.

McB:

Back in overflow, the rules are as strict as ever—even Chris Hayes
gets ID'd.

"Press credentials?" a court officer demands, as another reporter gives a good natured, "You sure you're a member of the press, Chris?"

RufusJCooter ,
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@GottaLaff @ClassyT Last time I moved back in '08, I didn't have any choice but PODS (there was a 3 month gap between moving out of the old place & into the new); worked out brilliantly. It was a really good solution for me to move/temporarily store my stuff until the new place was ready!

atomicpoet , (edited ) to Random stuff
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Listen, if you’re a white person, and you think you’ve had Szechuan food, you probably haven’t.

Most of the Szechuan restaurants in the USA lack a basic component: spiciness.

I say this because a friend from out of town just went to a Szechuan restaurant in Vancouver, thought it was going to be business as usual, and now he’s doubled over because the spice is too much for him.

He tells me, it’s so bad, that he feels the spice eking out of his pores. 🤣

RufusJCooter ,
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@adnan @atomicpoet Well, the thing is, it's not just that different spices are different.

It's that spices get processed by your system in the context of the other things that it's concurrently processing.

You're (probably?) not eating raw green chilies on their own, w/o any other spices or ingredients alongside? Like, chicken, or rice, or [whatever]?

Listen: Mexican hot is different from Szechuan hot is different from Thai hot is different from NOLA hot is different from [etc.]

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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New 🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

Picking up after my "mistrial" thread/ 1/...

All via McB for awhile:

Counsel approaches, brief sidebar

"Binoculars down."

As I mentioned, courtroom rules strictly enforced. During sidebar, court security doesn't allow reporters to use binoculars they had brought to see exhibits and facial expressions better

RufusJCooter ,
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@GottaLaff @msbellows That's a 1st rate idea, 10/10, would like & subscribe, tell my friends, etc

RufusJCooter , to Random stuff
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OK, @pluralistic 's The Bezzle finally bubbled up to the top of my to-read stack, and hot damn! Such a great read, in turns hilarious and infuriating and heart breaking.

And I had a thought about why I find his writing so compelling - he's something of a 21st century Dickens; his daily threads show you the pieces of the puzzle, much as Dickens' serializations of his work doled out a story in bite-sized chunks. Then, you sit down and read the whole, and it you see the whole, and... damn.

polotek , to Random stuff
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I try not to be this person all the time. But occasionally I like to gently remind people that the causality is backwards. Google’s profits are soaring in part because they’re doing layoffs. That’s why they are doing layoffs. There are always 2 ways to increase profits. Make more revenue or decrease operating expenses. (Hint: paying employees is an operating expense) https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112360560095763105

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@polotek Yeah, the short-sightedness of this what gets me.

These tech Goliaths got to where they are by earning reputations as great places to work, and they're gonna piss that away, so, what, the earnings call goes well? Line goes up?

Y'all, you don't build generational wealth by focusing on Q2, to the exclusion of any of the other quarters that follow

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@polotek I don't disagree with any of this!

I note, however, that "now" and "right now" are doing a /lot/ of work in your correct observation.

I'm old enough to remember when Ma Bell, IBM, Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo! all had monopolies (or nearly so) over their sectors.

"Morgen ist ein neuer Tag" my childhood piano teacher was fond of saying. (Tomorrow is a new day, in German - supposedly a quote from JS Bach? can't find a cite...)

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@polotek Not taken as such, and agree! (as to your 1st point)
As to your 2nd point, I hope that you'll forgive me for quoting a racist asshole, who said (and was right, this time)

"We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans ...we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"
Winston Churchill

mattblaze , to Photography
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Storm Clouds, Paradise, NV, 2024.

All the pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53681241556

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Phenomenal!

polotek , to Random stuff
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Me: I think I need more flexibility than what mastodon offers right now.

Them: What do you mean? Mastodon is super flexible! What do you need?

Me: Well I don't like X and I'd rather have Y.

Them: Oh, yeah it definitely doesn't do that. But you're sort of wrong for wanting that anyway. Glad I could help!

RufusJCooter ,
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@polotek Just curious: have you checked out at all? @atomicpoet has been doing some evangelizing, and it sounds like it might have lots of advantages for the self-hosters...

Teri_Kanefield , to Random stuff
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Hi, Fediverse Peeps,

I have my weekend blog post ready.

https://terikanefield.com/trumps-first-criminal-trial-theories-of-the-case/

Because my sanity requires a bit of a break from social media, my thoughts are all going into my weekend blog posts.

The comments are off, but please feel free to let me know here if I made an error. I don't hire a proofreader (duh, right?)

(If you get the error message wait a minute and try again. If you have an idea for how to fix it other than using a cache plug in, which didn't work, let me know.)

RufusJCooter ,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thx, Teri, great read as always!

A (slightly off-topic) ? for you: did you follow jury selection this past week, and if so, what did you make of it?

(I ask because I was struck by how much Team Trump focused on jurors feelings re: T, and how little on how receptive they might be to T's theory of the case...)

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@Teri_Kanefield Certainly!

On the other hand, I think that it's also possible for one to hate Trump, /and/ think that it's unseemly for the state to prosecute pols once they're out of power, or think that NY state law is so byzantine & convoluted that everyone has technically broken it at least once, so this is "selective prosecution, or (etc.)

I don't think those things, mind! But if I were Team Trump, I'd have used voir dire to float some alt theories, not just ask people how they feel re:T

pluralistic , to Random stuff
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Today in "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" news: The Appeal has published the first-ever survey of national prison commissary prices, revealing just how badly the prison profiteer system gouges American's all-time, world-record-beating prison population:

https://theappeal.org/locked-in-priced-out-how-much-prison-commissary-prices/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

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RufusJCooter ,
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@pluralistic @danhon New sticker idea:
The time that you spent typing this condescending reply would have been better spent looking into why I made the choices that I made
(IDK, a bit wordy, I'm sure you can improve on it)

polotek , to Random stuff
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The CEO of Post News DMed me on twitter a while back. My impression is that part of his job was trying to convince prolific posters to come over and hopefully bring some part of their audience with them.

I politely declined. I noped out of Post News once I understood that Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway were involved. I don't want anything to do with a community shaped by those two. (It's okay if you like them. We don't need to talk about it.)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown

RufusJCooter ,
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@polotek Ah, yes, the ol' "Thin-Skinned Social Media CEO"

Maybe it's just me, but that seems like a pretty bad match of personality trait to career choice - yet, surprisingly common!

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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👀 Via Ron Filipkowski:

BREAKING: Rep. Thomas Massie told this morning that he needs to resign as Speaker or he will join Marge Greene’s Motion to Vacate.

RufusJCooter ,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller indeed - what does seem plausible to me is a "centrist" like Cuellar ("D"-TX28) could garner enough votes from the centrist/corporate Dems & the less-unhinged Reps to take the gavel

...but there's no way he goes along for that, because there's no way he gets leadership support the next time he gets primaried if he does

tomcoates , to Random stuff
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Quick question: how do you guys actually feel about Meta making Threads Fediverse compatible?

RufusJCooter ,
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@tomcoates I'm of multiple minds on it? 🧵

Mind#1: Meta is bad, m'kay? If you (or anyone else...) needs cites on that, I highly recommend @kissane 's definitive account of Meta's involvement in genocide in Myanmar (https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-part-i-the-setup) (It's a long, harrowing read but necessary)
As such, it's understandable, right, and proper that many preemptively blocked threads

Mind#2: Open protocols are good, m'kay? You're no doubt familiar with @pluralistic 's neologism "enshittification"?

1/?

kottke , to Random stuff
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A list of sports teams named after technology, including the Detroit Pistons, the Houston Rockets, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Brooklyn Nets. Additions welcome. https://arbesman.net/techteams/

RufusJCooter ,
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@kottke
The Houston Astros,
Edmonton Oilers,
Pittsburgh Steelers,
Arsenal Gunners,
Crystal Palace Glaziers,
Sheffield United Blades,
Cruz Azul "Los Cementeros"

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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Since moving off Twitter/X/whatever to (mostly) here, I have about 1/3 the followers, but roughly the same level of engagement. Also, twice the scolding. But roughly 0% of the Nazis. That last bit is what keeps me here.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze It is kinda wild that that some FOSS enthusiasts came up with a UX that's at least competitive with, if not superior to, those on offer by BigSocial, and all it took was "No Nazis" and "edit button"

Teri_Kanefield , to Random stuff
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Whew! I finished.

https://terikanefield.com/invented-narratives-and-the-outrage-industry/

Everything I promised: How to listen (or not listen) to legal pundits.

It's also about what is dangerous about the entire industry of punditry, speculation, and cable talk shows.

For years I was perplexed by what I was seeing on left-leaning Twitter, political blogs, and partisan reporting. I had the feeling that, in its way, what I was seeing was comparable to Fox: Lots of bad information and even unhinged conspiracy theories.

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RufusJCooter ,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thanks for this; I know that you're not responsible for talking us down off the proverbial ledge, but these posts always make me feel better informed, and less anxious

and I guess that's the part that gets my goat about the misinformation outrage cycle - it's not as though there's a lack of things to be anxious & outraged about! There's /literally/ no need to go ginning up baloney to keep ppl glued to their TVs - there are actual terrifying things happening, all the time!

RufusJCooter ,
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@Teri_Kanefield No doubt! But as you say, the misinformation outrage cycle does real harm to people who are already precarious, because (waves hands at everything)

We've got wars in Eurasia & the Middle East, a pandemic that many pretend is over, species are going extinct at a rate the planet hasn't seen since before humans existed, more of Texas has burned so far this year than any other in recorded history, and it's March, etc...

There's no need for a MOC! There's /real/ stuff happening!

pluralistic , to Random stuff
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Vice died the way it lived: being suckered in by smarter predators, even as it trained its own predatory instincts on those more credulous than its own supremely gullible leadership. RIP, we hardly knew ye.

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/24/anti-posse/#when-you-absolutely-positively-dont-give-a-solitary-single-fuck

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RufusJCooter ,
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@pluralistic Yeah, vice dot com is one of those things that I, literally, can make neither head nor tails of

on the one hand: look at the list of folks that they've published over the years, and it's just a murderer's row of the best of the best, since the internet was a thing

on the other: look at the editorial/mgmt decisions they've made over the years, and... really?

Really?

Really!?!

Really‽

mattblaze , to Photography
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musing:

To the extent I'm successful as a photographer, it's because I figured out that there's a bunch of stuff I'm just not good at, and left that behind.

For me, that's anything spontaneous or opportunistic. Almost every good photo I make is planned. I'm baffled by photojournalism, street photography, wildlife photography, travel photography, and candid portraits. I have no idea how other people manage to do those things well, though at their best they can be stunningly good.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze You don't ever pop off a quick snapshot w/ your phone, just to help w/ the plan of attack for when you revisit the scene a few days later, w/ your full rig?

(that's what I'd assumed, anyway! I'm certain I'd never be able to get the geometries to work out right w/o a reference image to plan out how the tilting/shifting/etc should work...)

(yes I know, I know, I read your posts...)

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Gotcha

FWIW, my father (an incorrigible film-head, who has spent countless hours arranging family gatherings to look just-so in the viewfinder of his prized Mamiya) is fond of saying that the best camera is the one that's at hand when there's a picture worth taking

kottke , to Random stuff
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I am normally a Pepsi drinker (I know, don’t start), but IMO the best tasting soda you can get is Coke at McDonald’s. This article outlines why it’s so tasty: better syrup, filtered water, colder, more CO2, wider straws. https://www.allrecipes.com/article/why-mcdonalds-coke-tastes-better-than-all-others/

RufusJCooter ,
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@kottke back in the day, the New Yorker (I think?) ran a profile of a famous artist (Jasper Johns?) who had recently relocated to LA, and like the 1st 5 paras were description of the author & artist driving around to all the McDonald's in LA trying to figure out which one had the best Coke

(Jasper (?) was convinced that there were subtle differences among the different franchises, and there was only 1 True Coke in any town, or something...)

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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While I don't approve of much about NYC's Mayor Adams, I do appreciate that he has not, at least so far, killed a groundhog.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Foreshadowing!

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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This is an interesting look at the mindset and culture of MAGA election deniers and what election officials are up against.

Summary: Trump sympathizer who believed 2020 had fraud became an election official in a community of people with similar views. But his far-right constituents were unhappy with everything he did, because they regard every election procedure as inherently suspect, every safeguard as inherently insufficient. He quit.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/12/politics/arizona-election-director-maga-invs/index

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Indeed.
Apologies for dragging this off-topic, but:
Yer Avg MAGA: there's too many abortions!
Everyone W/ Any Knowledge of Public Health Issues: Y'know, we can do something about that! ... But you might not like it
YAM: No, no, tell me!
EWAKOPHI: Well, it starts with sex educati-
YAM: Never!!
EWAKOPHI: Well, then, you're definitely not going to like the part about access to birth cont-
YAM: [racks shotgun]

Green_Footballs , to Random stuff
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The reason swatting is effective as a domestic terrorism tactic is because it assumes — correctly — that the police who respond to an anonymous call are likely to immediately resort to extreme violence if something goes wrong or wires get crossed or whatever.

RufusJCooter ,
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@Green_Footballs Huh.

It's almost as if (hear me out) qualified immunity is a legal doctrine that has all kinds of unintended side effects that would have been obvious to anyone who thought about it seriously for 15 seconds

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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Just for the record, in my opinion it shouldn't be legal for President Biden to order Navy seals to assassinate Donald Trump, and if he did that, I would be OK with him being prosecuted. Trump and I apparently disagree about this, which is weird.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze I don't usually like to invoke "game theory" on social media, because... well, you know
but I have to wonder if anyone on Team Trump has thought through the implications if any of these cockamamie legal theories actually succeed in court?
Like, if this argument prevails here, Biden could just have the army frog-march enough Rs in the house for a quorum to vote 'present' w/ guns to their heads, execute the rest, and presto! Permanent D majority, perfectly legal!
Sauce for the goose etc

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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Currently blocking people piling on in replies to an 8 month old post of mine that was apparently just re-boosted by the Mastodon Scold Squad.

This is less fun than it sounds.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Sorry to hear that you've been dealing w/ that again; glad you're sticking it out! I, for one, enjoy your photos & thoughtful discussions of tech security/privacy stuff

(Also, I feel like this illustrates how many users/how much $ Big Social is leaving on the table by refusing to do the bare minimum to deal w/ their Nazi problem - think how many more users BlueSky would have if they just promised to think about doing anything at all about fascism on their platform!)

mattblaze , to Photography
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"CARTWHEEL Tower", Fort Reno, Washington, DC, 2020.

Top secret pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/49576247768

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze I'm aware of what you've had to say about commercializing your photography, so - I get why you might not want to do this

However!

I live in a smallish space, and don't have room for a bunch of full-size prints; but if you did a coffee-table book, divided into sections like "NatSec", "transportation infrastructure", "architecture", etc., complete w/ mini-essays... I'd get 1 for myself, and gift at least 2 more copies.

Just sayin'!

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That's terrifying.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

RufusJCooter ,
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@lowqualityfacts Eh. We've had it coming for a while now.

mattblaze , to Photography
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United Nations Secretariat Building, NYC, 2021.

All the pixels, which can't agree about anything, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51381729335

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze I can't find a link at the moment, but I recall seeing a documentary some years back about the construction, where an architecture critic was talking about the design was intended to be 'egalitarian', in that basically all the offices have expansive, broad views of the surroundings, none prioritized or privileged above any of the others

which I thought was kinda silly at the time

and then I took a job in BigLaw

(HeyOh!)

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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In addition to the copyright on Steamboat Willie entering the public domain tomorrow, the NDA that has, for almost a century, silenced the actor who played him also ends. We will finally hear the truth about the drugs and easy sex rumored to have been so rampant on the animated film sets of the roaring 20’s, and the ruthless lengths to which studio executives routinely went to maintain the wholesome image of rodent-based cinema.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Jimeny Jilikers!

(Or, for our ozzie friends) crikey!

mattblaze , to Photography
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Queensborough Bridge, NYC. 2019.

All the groovy pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/48418025131

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Indeed!
'Tis a pity that I didn't see this 'til after the gift-giving season, as my sister would love a print of this, and she's... tricky to shop for

oh well! no worries, I've got a gift picked out for next year (assuming we aren't all dead...)

(And yes, I've seen your warnings about gifting prints of your photos w/o making sure that recipients actually want/have wall space for them. If we live thru next November, I'll confirm then...)

mattblaze , to Random stuff
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I get the impression that the same people telling me that I should be happy iPhones don't have physical SIM slots are the same people who told me I should be happy they took away the headphone jack.

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze I think that there are a lot of people who don't understand that the logical corollary to "Shhh... Let people enjoy things" meme is, "It's okay if people dislike something that you like. Other people having thoughts & feelings that differ from yours doesn't affect your ability to think or feel as you will"

(For my own part, I've been using the same Sony MDR-7506 for the better part of 2 decades now, and I ain't about to stop...)

RufusJCooter ,
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@mattblaze Heh. you know that if you knit those yourself, they last longer, right? (Mostly kidding!)

mattblaze , to Photography
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Abandoned Store, BZ Corner, WA, 2011.

All the pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/6110374799

RufusJCooter ,
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@jbaggs @mattblaze I'm not sure that I agree entirely with the "no technical fix" part. Certainly, there is no technical fix for many people being insufferable - there I agree! But I do think that there are potential technical solutions to the problem of "widely-followed Mastodon users' notifications are overwhelmed by people who are, objectively, the worst."
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RufusJCooter ,
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@jbaggs @mattblaze
If you'll forgive me for indulging in a bit of anthropomorphism, It seems to me that a big part of this is that the Masto/Fedi communities are entering that awkward adolescent phase where they're working out who/what they are, and want to be.

As such, I feel like 'growing pains' are unavoidable. My hope is that the jerks don't drive all the interesting people off before we get it sorted.

Dah well. I do like that Nazis are explicitly not welcome here, so there's that.

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The most consistent bright spot in the dark swirl of US politics is the competence of the Biden Administration's progressive enforcers: people like , and , who keep demonstrating just how far a good administrator can go. Anyone can have a vision, but knowing how to execute is the difference between hot air and real change:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/23/getting-stuff-done/#praxis

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RufusJCooter ,
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@pluralistic N.B. - it looks like the first post in this thread links to your essay from Oct. 23?

RufusJCooter , to Random stuff
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@pluralistic Possibly Relevant to your Interests:

On the off-chance it doesn't show up in your feed organically, just wanted to flag for your attention these (wide-ranging, mostly civil!) conversations prompted by @solarbird 's very thoughtful blog post about the state of the Fediverse

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/111434649153740137

moira , to Random stuff
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I was in a discussion today with @TechConnectify and @feditips about reply toxicity here, and I've tried to make all of that into a coherent post.

I want to go to with a version of this, but need to let it sit overnight and probably rewrite it. But I also think it's something anyone interested in non-corporate-controlled social media needs to think about, because a fair number of people go "influencers, fuck 'em" and that's... not how I think this needs to be understood. If you don't care about them, fine, but care about their followers who will follow them away.

Because like it or not, if you want to go against corporate-owned social media, you need these people too.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/11/18/even-on-mastodon-people-are-a-problem/

RufusJCooter ,
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@moira @TechConnectify @feditips Great post - I've been thinking about this a bunch lately, specifically, how does one recreate a "quality filter" in an algorithm-free timeline, where all toots are created equal?

My first thought is a reddit-like up/down vote system, but that feels like it would go against the 'democratic' ethos of Mastodon, so I don't know...

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