apophis

@apophis@mycrowd.ca

they/them, old enough to remember a childhood without internet

current and recent pfps:
https://mastodon.ml/@kotik/111310642594915741
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Harriet from Pokรฉmon the Movie: The Power of Us
https://picrew.me/image_maker/210483

my replies are generally yes-ands; where they are not, they should be pretty obviously not

always morally correct to hit me with a ๐Ÿ”ง if you catch me boosting uncw'd uspol into your timeline

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18+ SallyStrange, to fediverse
@SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe avatar

My summary of the pro-federation camp's arguments:
-not every FB user is bad
-more is better
-the fediverse could draw people away from threads
-this represents an opportunity for innovation
-porting an account between instances is hard

These aren't unreasonable arguments on the face of it. However, the consistent flaw is that the people presenting these arguments studiously avoid mentioning any of the real reasons the anti-federation camp are opposed, to wit:

-FB's documented history of enabling genocide
-the obvious fact that since they allow e.g. Libs of Tik Tok on Threads, it is already in violation of most "good" instances' terms of service
-FB's documented current practices of abusing workers in lieu of doing actual moderation
-FB's documented history of doing unethical experiments on their users
-FB's documented history of of enabling illegal (in the USA!) racial and religious discrimination

The one thing that the pro-federation camp WILL mention is the concern over EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish), but I've never seen a reasonable explanation for why this is a scenario we shouldn't fear. It's just handwaving.

The pro-federation camp has also repeatedly tried to dishonestly frame the possibility of an admin making an instance block decision with which their users disagree as an example of tyranny. This, I believe, is because "porting instances is hard" is a wack-ass argument and they know it; thus they must catastrophize it and make it sound worse than it is.

So, overall, I've tried to keep an open mind towards the enthusiasts, but the more I listen to them, the less impressed I become. Over several months, none of them (that I've interacted with) have acknowledged, without prompting, that people who aren't straight and cis and Christian and white and able-bodied and moderate/liberal/conservative have a different set of risks to consider than those who are.

And that's the irritating part. Because we're RIGHT FUCKING HERE, we're your mutuals in many cases! We're doing our best to tell y'all what OUR experiences with Mark Zuckerberg's company have been like. The information is there. Thus, we can observe that you remain ignorant out of callousness and carelessness, or you are deliberately lying about our motivations. Really, one or the other, it doesn't matter: both options mean you suck.

Please suck less, .

apophis,

@nubesurrealista @SallyStrange face the wall

apophis,

@nubesurrealista @SallyStrange then stop being a shitty reply guy, your response is the single most useless idiotic thing i've seen in defence of threads in the past 24 hours and that's saying a lot

apophis,

@nubesurrealista @SallyStrange every book you've read sucks and you're probably a lolicon

18+ AmyIsCoolz, to random

You know, I did say that I won't make a stance ever again but I will make a soft opinion kinda thing.

I don't think Threads federating would bring the end of the fediverse through EEE, I think the fediverse isn't worth that much, instead they are probably doing it just to avoud regulations. I highly doubt they'll try to EEE it.

HOWEVER, I am kind of opposed to it federating due to poor moderation and them allowing dumb and harmful accounts like LibsOfTikTok, PragerU

apophis,

@AmyIsCoolz i was thinking about the EEE aspect of it here https://mycrowd.ca/notice/AcowegOyPrwn2LXu7c and the more i think about how that might play out the more i'm convinced it can happen even if it had not been part of the plan in the beginning

18+ apophis, to random

there is always going to be trace fecal matter in some of the food you consume

all the water you drink will have once been in some poop

why are you objecting to us connecting the sewage system to drain directly into the resevoir

apophis,

@jabberati i would boost this but i'm not sure you're joking ๐Ÿ˜…

apophis,

@jabberati of course it's the fucking krauts

cybeardjm, to RSS
@cybeardjm@masto.ai avatar

Check all that apply.
Boost to increase the response pool.

apophis,

@SallyStrange @cybeardjm i almost didn't check the third item but we all know implicitly about shitposting

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

pigs or it didn't happen

apophis,

@astrid when you need to call the cops before they let you file the insurance claim

Swede1952, to ilaughed

A little fuzzy.

I've been practicing with manual focus. I took this photo of a male red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) yesterday from about 100 meters or so away. It is harder at a distance and this photo isn't as sharp as I had hoped. In this case, I used my Canon 90D coupled with a Sigma 150-600mm lens and a Sigma 2X extender. I'm blaming my skill, but the equipment could be a factor as well. I have gotten better results with closer subjects.

apophis,

@Swede1952 with manual focus, any recognizable picture of a bird is a victory

josh, to random
@josh@phocks.eu.org avatar

pleased to announce we've made calls for israel to stop bombing children illegal congratulations everyone we've solved antisemitism and racism forever now go and enjoy your lives

apophis,

@josh how it started (2001): we must defend western civilization and the light of freedom from tyranny everywhere

how it's going (2023): we will imprison you and confiscate your documents if you say child murder is bad

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

welcome to skibidi town, you wanna be a rizzident you gotta pay the fanum tax or gyatt out

apophis,

@astrid @minekpo1 so brave and pwned

18+ astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

swallowing your spouse to end your relationship, call that a divores

apophis,

@astrid and that's how zeus got sole custody of athena

(and it was all downhill from there)

colby, to random
@colby@kosmos.social avatar

Can people just skip straight to publishing their stuff in some reasonable form where it already feels like Reader Mode (or unclutter.it)? That way there's no need to download all the auxiliary junk that gets stripped out/cleaned up in the first place... (and no need to run the extension)

apophis,

@colby we need to normalize people uploading plaintext files onto neocities or somethng

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

we saw the symphony last night, did we miss more frickin drama (please don't answer this oh my god)

apophis,

@astrid hallelujah

coolboymew, to random
@coolboymew@shitposter.club avatar
apophis,

@coolboymew peeing a #2 would be concerning

apophis, to random

RIP... my timeline

john, (edited ) to ai
@john@sauropods.win avatar

Do you worry about the rise of the machines type apocalypse happening in your lifetime?

apophis,

@john the only way i can imagine it happening with anything remotely close to current tech is if it were a heavily astroturfed one led, orchestrated and ultimately controlled by a billionaire

futurebird, to random
@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar

Watched a video of Gigantiops destructor (the ant with the best eyesight of ants) A lone ant hunting makes a point of sneaking up on the prey from behind, circling them to stay clear of their antennae and out of range of their eyes.

Can that be done without a "theory of the mind of the other" ?

"It can see me here, it can't see me there?"

Were this a mammal I bet people would call this evidence sufficient. Since ants are so tiny, & have such tiny brains we look for other explanations.

apophis,

@futurebird @kechpaja is that example not already theory of mind?

i would think a true no-theory-of-mind model would be more like "It will only move in this undesirable hostile pattern if I'm in this particular area", which works but would require a lot more trial and error to learn than if you could infer things from knowing where its head is and where its eyes must be

but could ants see well enough to make out where its quarry's head is pointing?

urusan, to random
@urusan@fosstodon.org avatar

If we met an alien species, would any of our units of measurement be the same?

apophis,

@ceoln @urusan imagine if their Planck lenght turned out to be different from ours >.>;

MikeDunnAuthor, to random
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social avatar

Right to Work?

How โ€˜bout the right to the necessities of life (Incl healthcare, food, leisure, vacations, paid sick &
family leave)?

apophis,

@MikeDunnAuthor their right to your work

apophis, to random

restaurant where if the server says "enjoy your meal" and you accidentally blurt out "thanks you too" they'll sit down and eat with you

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

i nyaaed at my gf in a chuddy exurb and that was probably the gayest thing that had ever happened in that town

apophis,

@astrid planting the seeds of trees you will not sit under the shade of

starshine, to random
@starshine@woem.space avatar

who wants to make a search engine with me

apophis,

@starshine @astrid wust, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam

BigJesusTrashcan, to Metal
@BigJesusTrashcan@kolektiva.social avatar

@TheMetalDog

apophis,

@DaSkinny1 @VoronoV @TheMetalDog @BigJesusTrashcan holy shit i hadn't thought about this in ages

i had the book that came with this little vinyl thingy but i've never had anything that could play it... was never even sure it was an actual song on there or just a gag until now!

astrid, to random
@astrid@fedi.astrid.tech avatar

"idle hands are the devil's plaything" omg where's the devil pls pls pls ill be ur plaything ๐Ÿฅบ

apophis,

@astrid idling like an engine

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