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aiefel

@aiefel@mastodon.social

Technologist for the humans and misanthrope for the machines. Works on digital safety and information security for media and good orgs via Internews. Opinions are my own and subject to drift.

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Something like 'Constellation' should be my kind of sci-fi but are we really supposed to dislike every character? Does quantum entanglement make everyone an arse?

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Looking at Biden's "temporary pier" plan with a Rashida Tlaib expression.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-says-building-gaza-port-take-likely-up-60-days-2024-03-08/

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The TikTok fear mongering is at idiotic levels. But go ahead and alienate a whole demographic of young voters, have fun with that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/08/tiktok-ban-biden-sign-congress-trump/

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Bidenistas throwing online fits about people who returned ballots with "uncommitted democrat" are just an extra bonus.

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Happy leap year day, everyone, remember that the 29th doesn't count it's a made-up day. You don't gain calories for anything consumed today and work is optional.

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Just watched "The Favourite" and have decided that is how it is inside the monarchy all the time.

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I realized the reason I dislike editing google docs is that I neurotically worry that other authors are quietly judging my typing ability.

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@mattblaze this is similar to what I think about when people can see those bouncing ellipses in chats while I keep redrafting what I type and end up just saying 'ok'.

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"Greater trolls, the ones who post bait or otherwise deliberately kick off flame wars that consume entire platforms, are a subclass of posters who’ve lost the mandate of heaven." https://www.theverge.com/24058356/trolls-social-media-commenter-lurker-reply-guy-threads

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How much of the 'year of the elections' will become the year of the internet shutdowns?
Pakistan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68226228
Senegal: https://therecord.media/senegal-shuts-internet-postpones-elections

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Knew Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago >> A blueprint reviewed by The NY Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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@PaulaChertok hubris is a helluva security flaw.

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    Authoritative voice: "This isn't a real security problem for 95% of users."

    Great, just tell me about that 5%. The FAQ I have to make is only for them.

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    If I post about innocent Palestinians being murdered in the thousands don’t come into my replies trying to justify it. You are justifying genocide. I don’t care about the mental gymnastics you have to done to rationalise it to yourself. Keep it out of my mentions. Thank you.

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    @sickmatter @Miriamm there was nothing justifying antisemitism in that message, but you knew that.

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    Been a heavy user of all the Twitter alternatives for a minute now and I gotta say Mastodon is my favorite. There are definitely some features I’d like to see here (like quote posts and a DM inbox), but the community on Mastodon seems to have the best vibe and there are so many smart techies that it’s been the most helpful for finding sources.

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    @Ulrich_the_Elder @taylorlorenz @kcarruthers for Zeus' sake, enough with the purity tests. People are on the internet and the stack of corporate capture runs deep. Everything is trade-offs.

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    Firefox is officially and directly fucking with Google and I am here for it!

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    @itsOasus just yesterday I was wishing there was a browser plugin that did that, but hey just having the browser do it is better.

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    @martijn_grooten I want to create a civic tech graveyard that is based on the "Killed by Google" website design.

    aiefel,
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    @jeroen @martijn_grooten And lots of stickers.

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    Today I discovered that people have EXTREMELY different ideas about how long house slippers should last. Truly, the internet is a wonder.

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    @evacide is the internet wrong? I don't trust it in these matters.

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    My guy. If science has problems — and I acknowledge that it does — I guarantee that you aren't going to find the solution in the collected works of Ayn Rand.

    aiefel,
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    @Enema_Cowboy @mjfgates @ct_bergstrom the latter. Unfortunately the author later abandoned all reason for a career in "New Atheists" era trolling.

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    It still counts as resistance so long as it's against the occupier.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/?s=09

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    @tanepiper it's fallout from the Discord stuff. Tbh, I can't blame the news org for covering news. But it's going to be fuel for a lot of pundits' bad takes.

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    I want Star Wars to make a mini season of just the Owen & Baru quiet years.
    You know, tending to the moisture vaporators, haggling with Jawas over a droid with a decent motivator, telling Luke off for being a whiny little shit, bribing the Tusken Raiders to harass Obi-Wan so he'll stay away, etc.
    A sort of outer rim Little House on the Prairie.

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    This whole story is absolutely wild, and far beyond NSOGroup type capabilities. And the telecom industry is itself complicit.

    "Global Surveillance: The Secretive Swiss Dealer Enabling Israeli Spy Firms"
    https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-05-10/ty-article-magazine/.premium/global-surveillance-the-secretive-swiss-dealer-enabling-israeli-spy-firms/00000188-0005-dc7e-a3fe-22cdf2900000

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    The billionaire who turned Twitter over to Elon is bankrolling two ActivityPub competitors. Consider that.
    One is currently a fairly tame, safe, closed but fun-for-those-in-it walled garden.
    The other is a hyper libertarian free-for-all that has a growing number of users and chat rooms making some of the most dodgy .onion address sites look tame.

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    @Tarah someone whose one job will be to give Elon pats on the head.

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    Who's going to be the next birdsite CEO?

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    @maldr0id maybe Elon hasn't given up on getting Sheryl yet. https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/elon-musk-once-tried-poach-130711074.html

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