Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

If anyone has a secret mobile phone hidden from an abusive partner, remember to switch off or put in airplane mode etc as described below, or the phone will be activated with the loud alert during the afternoon tomorrow (Sunday 23 April) at 3:00 PM.

Please share this to help keep others safe

The alert will say:

“This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.

In an actual emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.

Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information.

This is a test. You do not need to take any action.”

Mobile phone masts in the surrounding area will broadcast an alert. Every compatible mobile phone or tablet in range of a mast will receive the alert.

Your mobile phone or tablet does not have to be connected to mobile data or wifi to get alerts.

You can opt out of emergency alerts, but the government advises you should keep them switched on for your own safety.

To opt out:

Search your settings for ‘emergency alerts’.
Turn off ‘severe alerts’ and ‘extreme alerts’.
If you still get alerts, contact your device manufacturer for help.

Refuge have produced a really helpful video @ https://lnkd.in/e-D7uJpF

#domesticabuse #domesticviolence #safeguarding #safeguardingchildren #safetyplan #emergencyservices

Super depressing read on the r/freelanceWriters subreddit:

"I literally lost my biggest and best client to ChatGPT today. This client is my main source of income, he’s a marketer who outsources the majority of his copy and content writing to me. Today he emailed saying that although he knows AI’s work isn’t nearly as good as mine, he can’t ignore the profit margin. [...] Please do not think you are immune to this unless you are the top 1% of writers."

https://www.reddit.com/r/freelanceWriters/comments/12ff5mw/it_happened_to_me_today/

I really miss the night sky in #Chile , in particular the Magellanic Clouds – two dwarf galaxies orbiting our home galaxy, the Milky Way.

In the Mapudungun language in south-central Chile they are known as lafken, labken or künchalabken (“the lagoons”), as well as rünanko (“the water wells”).

Here I photographed them above ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile.

#astronomy #astronomia #astrophotography #astrodon #space #universe

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

Ok, I'll bite, what's a Taylor Swift?

I WANT TO LEAVE

Mother Jones needs our support. @TexasObserver

And a nod to @Mastodon while we’re here.

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/03/crisis-media-democracy-new-normal/?keycode=FAHSFAD%7CPAHSFAD&fbclid=IwAR2H8giUX004hk6MtWVFujOFItAhWjtDkYO30NufwP82nz48bN6GvqmhLoA_aem_AWMUzJzovyV8sHBUllzQaXZOIkA8ZltH0r8nrUYZeW-mCrlAT1nqfiIPCGfsIEEffT7AOGpd8xzp7abufIdXV_cHlUurTydY4g-UiYG77V_YqwGniipF_RYoQtp9j1EGkyU&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&campaign_id=23853849325580524&ad_id=23853849325640524

Heard some folks on a tech podcast say something like "twitter's a trashfire, but nobody's on mastodon"

Meanwhile: haha federated timeline go brrrrr

Like, follow a few folks my dudes

I know this system doesn't force-feed suggestions to drive eyeball engagement, but that just means you might need to learn to play around a bit in exchange for not being fattened for foie gras

it will pass — in art

I hate the fact that I never found out if Pussy Cat ever told Tom Jones what was new.

#Mar

When the going gets tough, the tough do something, I wouldn’t know what.

Excellent snappy answer to the long and fruitful life of a lifelong hero of mine, #AlJaffee of #MadMagazine. https://www.vulture.com/article/al-jaffee-remembrance.html

#DeGoogling picks of the day:

@nextcloud - Create your own personal cloud

@peertube - Fediverse alternative to YouTube

@fdroidorg - FOSS alternative to Google Play

@openandroidinstaller - Makes it easy to install de-Googled Android ROMs

@microg - Develops FOSS alternatives to Google's Android services

@calyxos - De-Googled Android OS

De-Googled Email:
@hellomailo
@fastmail
@mailbox_org
@Tutanota
@thunderbird

De-Googled Android phones:
@iode
@volla
@e_mydata
@murena
@nitrokey

My favorite kinds of toots:

- I thought this was interesting.
- I went outside, this is what I saw.
- I’m making something.
- I’m trying something new.
- This is my jam. (Any kind of jam.)
- I made a thing and I’m proud!
- I’m bad at it a thing, but I’m sharing anyway!
- This is my important animal or person.
- Whimsical shitpost.
- Real life mundane thing.

X from Nevada