johnweeks

johnweeks, 14 days ago to random

@caseynewton Fediverse is remarkably absent of gossip, ads, influencers, stunts and 'tea'. They barely even have viral posts. Genuinely miss that stuff from my time on Twitter, between news and popular convos.

It's so boring, it's as if National Public Radio and a Linux listserv had a love child.

But Fedi is genuinely hard to game with money or a fake controversy. When things seem a little off on a busy news day, I tend to hop over here.

johnweeks, 1 month 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/

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

johnweeks, 5 months ago to random

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

johnweeks, 5 months ago to random

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

johnweeks, 5 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, 5 months ago to random

"Both sides"

johnweeks, 5 months ago to random

johnweeks, 5 months ago to random

Huh

johnweeks, 5 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/

johnweeks, 5 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

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, 7 months ago to random

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

johnweeks, 7 months ago to random

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

johnweeks, 7 months ago to random

Logging on to the Inter-net to consume some content

johnweeks, 7 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.

johnweeks, 7 months ago to random

https://www.404media.co/mastodon-is-the-good-one/

johnweeks, 8 months ago to random

Funny clip on Australia's Indigenous Voice Referendum

video/mp4

johnweeks, 8 months ago to random

Communism: You live in a commune

Capitalism: we call it 'podsharing'

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-paying-700-month-tiny-bed-pods-san-francisco-2023-10

johnweeks, 9 months ago to random

Brain Worm
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/28/live-worm-living-womans-brain-australia-depression-forgetfulness

johnweeks, 9 months ago to random

Not all heroes wear capes

johnweeks, 10 months ago to random

New trend of 'Americans Discovering Affordable Transport' just dropped