Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

Lot of new people over past couple of days asking for help! Welcome 👋

I am an unofficial tech support account helping people use Mastodon and the Fediverse. If you want to ask anything at all about this place, feel free to mention or message me:

➡️ @FediTips

My website is full of beginner's guides:

➡️ https://fedi.tips

I also run a site and account to help people discover who to follow:

➡️ https://fedi.directory

➡️ @FediFollows

If you have any questions, please ask!

#FediTips

I'm taking time off to work on stuff at the new digs.

I'll post news alerts.

See you later.

Please remember:

Start saving federally-funded data now.

When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation. 🧵

When you say, “It’s ok, we’ve survived it before, we’ll survive it again”, please realize that some people did not, in fact, survive it before, and some will not in fact survive it now.

Always read Audrey Watters

“people try very, very hard to excuse, to justify the technologies they use as something else – at best, as politically neutral (perhaps even as politically useful). But I think we need to look at the world that computing has built for us as politically, socially, and intellectually dangerous.

We have to move forward from that realization, letting go this (rather naive) belief that these digital technologies grant us community or solidarity.”

https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/its-mourning-in-america/

Mastodon Tip

Seeing some newer folks saying that it is hard know who to follow.

This tool, Followgraph for Mastodon >>> https://followgraph.vercel.app/ to the rescue!

Followgraph will provide you with all the follows of the people you follow.

What? OK, so say you have found a few accounts that interest you. Run Followgraph and you will see and be able to follow all of their follows ranked in order of how many are shared.

Then add some these accounts and run it again.

more...

#MastoTips #NewUser

I think it's safe to say I feel some doubt around my commitment to Sparkle Motion

Just got asked to be the featured speaker, nay cheerleader, at something called the "AI integration summit," which appears to be aimed at helping employees and management feel less threatened by AI. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

"As a quick recap, the summit’s goal is to help business owners integrate AI responsibly and strategically. It will focus on topics like ethical AI, overcoming fear around AI adoption, and creating an AI-positive environment for employees. I think your expertise would bring great depth to these discussions, helping attendees see what’s possible with AI in today’s business landscape."

If you're an infosecurity person having trouble finding work, or if you know someone fitting that description, I would like to talk with you. I'm writing an article about the difficulty finding jobs in the sector, despite reports of a skills shortage. Pls repost and contact me if you would be willing to chat. Thank you!

Signal has no ads, no trackers, no surveillance.

It is time to install it.

It is a nonprofit

It is time to donate.

https://signal.org/donate/

Donating to Signal helps pay for the servers, bandwidth, and ongoing development to ensure that Signal remains available to the millions of people around the world who count on it to protect their privacy.

"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit." -- Banksy

@XenoDangerEvil same here, no professional, but then again most people don't want the super professional jargon. They want something they can do now

I do hope you realise, when the fascists have you cornered on the street, it’s not going to be Brad from Microsoft that comes to your rescue. It’s going to be the anti-fascists you labelled as “too radical”. Brad from Microsoft is going to walk straight past you and head up to his 12th floor office to kick off his morning meeting to deliver the software that handles the deportations… (11/13)

Divine Amérique

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