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2 days agoSee this is why I’m sticking with analogue
WesternInfidels
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Cake day: January 29th, 2026
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Okay well that’s great and all but did you ever get to see A Quiet Place?
My college girlfriend claimed to have played a part in getting an IRC server set up on campus network, back when campus networks were brand new. Through that IRC server, I met the person who would later become my wife.
53·3 days agonever heard of Amnezia
You said that before though
That annoys me as well. They call it “astroturfing” because it’s fake grassroots. I wonder if we should call this “cyberturfing.”
I’ve only skimmed but:
provide an accessible interface at account setup
They don’t even define “account.” They have a definition of “account holder” that makes no sense.
Are all devices required to have user accounts? There was a time when home computers did not have such things.
12·7 days ago🎵 And Iran, Iran so far away-ay-ay 🎵
Isn’t this one just cropped?
The steady exodus from Elon Musk’s X has benefited smaller, independent alternatives such as … German-developed Mastodon
So somebody took a look at the modern web and thought “Hey, this is pretty good, but you know what would make it even better? Even more shit you didn’t ask for popping up in your face with every click!”
There was a time when Amazon was not full of scummy rip-off products, when it was not playing games with prices, when it was not a cloud-computing powerhouse, and you know what happened?
That’s right, they crushed their adversaries (retail shopping) and earned billions in profits. They won.
But somehow that’s not enough winning, there isn’t enough winning until all the value has been vacuumed up from the world.
My first Fediverse account was on Pixelfed. I am nobody, but I immediately attracted a couple dozen followers. All blank profiles, all followed exactly five accounts, all suspiciously algorithmic names. They’ve all gone quiet.
Disingenuous social media participation is everywhere. I think we might call it “cyberturfing.”
4·12 days agoThese kinds of pictures go back years, and it’s really, really easy to mis-label them or to cherry-pick them to provoke whichever reaction the poster is trying to provoke. They have traditionally been a right-wing tool, maybe because so much right-wing sentiment is driven by negative feelings like disgust.
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement included clean-up crews, they even arranged some media photo-ops with their clean-up crews, but trash and litter is what showed up in the media anyway.
So I’m skeptical that I’m learning anything when I see pictures like these. I think you should be skeptical, too.
Charlie Kirk was an out-and-proud racist, and his supporters loved that about him. We don’t have to consider the litter to understand that his supporters are fundamentally opposed to the spirit of America itself.
We’ve all heard the crack, right? “You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.”
I wonder if you’d find this video interesting: RC Solar Plane Flight Duration Test
25·28 days ago…two mice fighting over crumbs…
This is the future the oligarchy wants
The first time I saw one of these was at a Fourth of July gathering in a public park. I saw the high blue lights and I figured it was marking some kind of portable police resource center. I had imagined some basic first aid and some officers ready for emergency assistance. I had imagined something that was partly a service and partly community outreach. I had imagined something with positive features.
I was so disappointed to find out it was just cameras. Quite an emotional trip in my head there, from “We’re here to help!” to “We’re watching you, fuckers” in the space of a moment.
But I guess the cops in my suburb are no better than the cops in any other suburb.