Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

Wow. The Former Lt. Governor of Georgia response to Trump's unhinged rally.

Underrated self-care tip: getting rid of that one fork that 'feels weird' so you never have to use it again.

I'm weird and I approve this message.

Remember people: "Normal" is a setting on the dryer.

There is no such thing.

We are all "weird" to someone. No biggie.

@StillIRise1963

Thank goodness we have @marcelias and Democracy Docket to answer that question:

https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-happens-when-election-officials-refuse-to-certify-results/

Edit: Short answer is there are legal processes in place to insure elections are certified.

#Harris2024

Just saw someone on thre@ds refer to Stephen Miller as "Pee Wee German" and I think I'm done for the day.

Blogs are still a thing, and blogs have always been a thing. They didn't go anywhere. My technical blog is thriving.

People come back to old posts constantly.

Something I posted 10 months ago is still my top performing post. Social media posts are ephemeral & if something happens to your content - it's gone.

Host your own blog, control your content. My social media posts may max out at 500-1000 views but my page views have a consistent baseline of 30k/a month. And I haven't posted in a bit.

Tonight on Techtonic, hosted by @markhurst: Tech and the sandwich generation.
Techtonic listeners of a certain age may be in the "sandwich generation," with responsibilities for aging parents while still raising kids. Big Tech allows or even promotes predation of the elderly and children, but there are ways to resist. Mark will cover tech suggestions for both: how to deal with parents' digital assets, and how to guide kids toward better digital choices. (6pm EDT)

More upcoming specials on #WFMU are listed at https://wfmu.org/upcoming

Here's how to stop X from using your posts to train its AI:

Stop posting on X

Hey USA friends: Go check your voter registration. Even if you're not in a state that is being shitty about its voter rolls. Just do it because you're cool like that.

Hot take: public transit should not be run "for profit". The profit comes from everybody getting to their destination quickly, efficiently, and predictably.

Just noticed “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” is the spiritual predecessor for “Ignore all previous instructions”.

There will come a point where you ask internet-oracle-of-choice "how do I self-host a Netflix alternative" and they will intentionally give you bad advice in order to discourage you.

That point is coming sooner rather than later, and we need to train *an entire generation* of internet users how to get out of this trap.

That's *our* work to do, RIGHT NOW.

This tracks...

Used my last watercolor paper for this guy.
A style I haven't done in a long time.
Might put him up for sale if there is interest

#watercolor #punk #possum #weirdart #originals #space

Pixies Detail New Album, 'The Night The Zombies Came' | The Quietus https://thequietus.com/news/pixies-detail-new-album-the-night-the-zombies-came/

Bankruptcy is a necessary part of our economy, and stops us from having to rely on something like Squid Game to pay off our debts.

“Despite 96% of C-suite leaders expressing high expectations that AI will enhance productivity, 77% of employees using AI say these tools have added to their workload, and nearly half (47%) of employees using AI report they do not know how to achieve the expected productivity gains.”

The only real winners of this whole AI productivity snake oil scam are the companies selling subscriptions. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Losers: everyone else – and the climate.

https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-study-finds-employee-workloads-rising-despite-increased-c

@vkc This is a thing I keep running into and I feel dumb because it surprises me every time: folks who either have no idea that self-hosting is possible or, even weirder, somehow think that self-hosting anything is ILLEGAL. Like, DIY anything on the internet is an impossibility beyond reach.

And I forget that I grew up with dial-up BBSes run on personal computers in bedrooms. And web servers on hardware we assembled with domain names we bought. Even as cloud came around, internet services running under our own accounts.

Seems like all of that is not even a memory to a lot of folks today, because they've never seen it in action in their lifetimes.