Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

Friendly reminder:

Many of the internet’s ills are based on widespread corporate surveillance online. This pervasive system, ran by corporations and governments, stifles our speech, and erodes our privacy. But together, we can dismantle it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/address-online-harms-we-must-first-do-privacy

Street Art in Lyon, France.

#streetArt

Today is a good day to remember the time I told my Jewish grandmother, who had been an officer in the Red Army all through WWII, about the debate over punching Nazis.

"This is trick question," she said, narrowing her eyes. "When you are done punching, Nazi is still alive, yes?"

If anyone sees this address please post it...

Whoever has my voodoo doll, could you maybe give it a little cuddle and whisper that everything is going to be alright in its little ear?

'Frolicking', in this economy? 😔 😑

As MAGA *continues * to try and gain acceptance in r/punk, punk fans continue to set them straight.

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our criminal justice system is one of the most worrying developments across policing and the courts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/ai-criminal-justice-trend-attorneys-need-know-about

God,

Keep my anger from becoming meanness.

Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity.

Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking. Keep my anger turned towards justice, not cruelty.

Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love.

Keep me fiercely kind.

Amen.

― Laura Jean Truman

#poetry

Source: https://x.com/LauraJeanTruman/status/1049131455778119681

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