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johnweeks, 19 days ago to random

So it turns out Adobe is inserting AI into its online PDF reader.

https://www.wordsbywes.ink/articles/tools/turning-off-adobe-acrobats-ai-assistant/

biglesp, 21 days ago to random

My new thing is buying cheap CDs from charity shops instead of streaming. I cancelled Spotify about 8 months ago. Spent about the same on CDs. Think I might build a Pi based auto CD ripper :)

johnweeks, 1 month ago to random

Just out of nowhere, wanted to say:

Give Puerto Rico the vote

They can't vote for President

That's not cool

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

Not fond of birdsite but occasionally there's a gem

caseynewton, 4 months ago to random

I wrote about how platforms killed Pitchfork https://www.platformer.news/why-pitchfork-died/

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

Nazis are bad
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

Great summary of the Bill Ackman saga.
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/the-ox-man-cometh

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

Thomas Wictor was originally kicked off Twitter for threatening Alyssa Milano.

Started a Trumpy Mastodon server with friends, fairly big.
https://social.quodverum.com/

Now back on Twitter like he never left, and I'm getting promotions for him.

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

"Both sides"

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

Huh

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

@JamesGleick This was an interesting journey

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/01/18/the-fate-of-free-will-free-agents-kevin-mitchell/

molly0xfff, 4 months ago to random

#substack was helpful enough to come up with some catchy quotes to share from my most recent newsletter

#SubstackMigration

johnweeks, 4 months ago to random

I've not been following the Substack drama in the last two weeks very closely. Horrible.

Nazis are pro-murder, pro-bigotry. This is not protected speech.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/business/substack-nazis-content-moderation.html

readythready, 5 months ago to random

RickiTarr, 5 months ago to random

Hey All, just wondering if any of you have had experience with this:

My husband was feeling a little under the weather and took 4 Covid tests. The first one was negative, the second had a very faint line, and the second two were negative. I took two also, both of which were negative. I'm not really sure what to make of it. He works from home and everyone in the house has gotten every booster, obviously we are gonna stay put and test again tomorrow. Has anyone had this happen to them?

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

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johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Hi Masto friends.

I'm enjoying Bookwyrm, wondering if anyone's built something similar to that for music.

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Gab: We're stealing Mastodon's code

Trump: Same for http://Truth.social

http://Counter.Social: We're actually just firewalled Mastodon

Threads, Bluesky: We're going to federate with Mastodon any day now

T2/Pebble: We're a Mastodon instance now

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/13/pebble-a-startup-that-tried-and-failed-to-take-on-twitter-finds-new-life-on-mastodon/

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Wait what
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-johnson-son-monitor-porn-intake-covenant-eyes-1234870634/

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Maybe humanity isn't bad, maybe the English boarding school is actually bad

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

The Americans are asleep! Quick, post your secrets!

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Logging on to the Inter-net to consume some content

johnweeks, 6 months ago to random

Quick query for Mastodon friends re: @ivory App.

Is it possible to see the 'News' + 'Popular Posts' features? I'm not finding them.

Beyond that, finding it to be a swell client.

GreatDismal, 6 months ago to random

Back here courtesy of the Mona app, or rather of the friend who wisely recommended it to me.