Once upon a time, I was blackstar9000 on Reddit.
See also: @lrhodes
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Once upon a time, I was blackstar9000 on Reddit.
See also: @lrhodes
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Is there any notion of unique identification in the fediverse?
I mean between tools, no instances....
Atlanta City Hall is trying to run out the clock on an effort to put #StopCopCity on the ballot. The next step is a court order requiring the Municipal Clerk's office to process the petition forms. (atlantaciviccircle.org)
Macroblogging on the Fediverse
I've been exploring and comparison-shopping fediverse server projects recently. I'd like to do some tech blogging for some personal software/hosting projects. The Fediverse feels like a natural fit for tech blogging, considering how relatively tech-savvy the userbase is....
This is how Trump shapes the GOP: By pressuring candidates to defensively adopt positions that serve his interest at everyone else's expense. (www.rollingstone.com)
The best thing for the party (not to mention the nation) would be to break the spell by refusing to go along, but they just can't summon the spine to do it.
The Philippines once held Washington responsible for colonial oppression, aiding a dictator, and the excesses of its troops. Now tensions with China seem to have overridden that vexed history. (www.theatlantic.com)
Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt of the Earth (e360.yale.edu)
Original paper here: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103509
How to compromise between privacy and anonymity vs. moderation and spam control on social platforms?
anonymity and privacy seem to come at odds with a social platform's ability to moderate content and control spam....
Children's Health Defense, the antivax group founded by Democratic presidential nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has been using its Gab Pro account to recruit neo-Nazis. (www.mediamatters.org)
"America hasn't built many walkable places in the last few decades… While collecting a list of these special places, I was shocked to discover that most are in the Southeast." (devonzuegel.com)
A recommendation for Lemmy/Kbin instances: Focus on the topics you're best at.
I've noticed several people remarking on something that leapt out at me when I first starting using Lemmy at the beginning of the week: Topic redundancy....
Senator introduces legislation to ban non US flags from government buildings following pride flag being flown at the White House (www.marshall.senate.gov)
Some people are so fragile. Fox News of course is saying feds have banned non US flags, of course lying to their viewers about what is actually happening.
Duplicate Pages Across Fediverse
So I notice that KBIN and BEEHAW and LEMMY all have duplicate pages dedicated to the same content. Are we as a community going to have to decide which page will be the 'main' page, will we have to subscribe to each magazine for each instance, or will they consolidate eventually?...
"Because no other known language has a grammar based on the human body or shares cognates […] with Great Andamanese, the language constitutes its own family." (www.scientificamerican.com)
Could we have discussion about how to approach toxic moderator behavior (in external instances) (beehaw.org)
To be clear, I have not had any issue whatsoever here on Beehaw. The philosophy that they/we are trying to uphold is admirable and seems to have helped foster and preserve positive and constructive conversation. Of course this isn't going to always be the case, especially on other instances. I have been wondering how the...
"The Commission's preliminary view is therefore that only the mandatory divestment by Google of part of its services would address its competition concerns." (ec.europa.eu)
"Tesla is having more severe — and fatal — crashes than people in a normal data set." (www.washingtonpost.com)
The indictment describes Trump showing classified documents to unauthorized people. So why wasn't he charged with dissemination? Possibly because more charges are coming in a different venue. (www.theatlantic.com)
There will be an even bigger influx of redditrors after June 30th. I think we should prepare better this time.
Preparing Lemmy for a migration influx of Reddit users after June 30th requires some planning and consideration. Here are some steps I think we should do in orther to make things a bit more smoothly this time....
SCOTUS's surprise decision in Allen v. Milligan could force states to redraw voting maps throughout the Deep South ahead of 2024, potentially flipping as many as five House seats. (www.propublica.org)