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aral

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

I make small things.

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aral, to SmallWeb
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The Evergreen Web section in Kittenโ€™sยน settings now has its own page too (and uses Kittenโ€™s new Streaming HTMLยฒ workflow).

If you have the previous version of your site up somewhere, you can use the 404-to-307 techniqueยณ to forward missing pages to your old site so as not to break the Web.

Iโ€™ll add local static archive support later.

ยน https://codeberg.org/kitten/app
ยฒ https://ar.al/2024/03/08/streaming-html/
ยณ https://4042307.org

aral, (edited ) to Israel
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That feeling when you open the silly little collaborative drawing app you made and you find that some folks made this.

https://draw-together.small-web.org

โœŠ

PS. If you want to learn how the app was made, hereโ€™s a video tutorial using Kittenยน: https://ar.al/2024/03/26/draw-together/

ยน https://codeberg.org/kitten/app

#FreeGaza #BDS #protest #keffiyeh #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #SmallWeb #Kitten #DrawTogether

aral,
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It got defaced right after my post but I saw at least someone else trying to recreate it and so I helped out too :)

aral,
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aral,
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@setto Was that you helping? If so, thank you :)

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aral, to Eurovision
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Fuck Eurovision. Fuck Israel. Fuck Zionism. Fuck settler colonialism. Fuck apartheid. Fuck ethnic cleansing. Fuck genocide.

(And if youโ€™re more concerned by my language than with the injustices it decries then fuck you too.)

aral,
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@specktator_ Haha, I think most folks have learned not to report me to myself (I have an instance of one) but you never know. There will likely always be a few that skip my block list :)

PS. Thank you but Iโ€™m good; please feel free to donate to a charity to help the folks in Gaza instead :) ๐Ÿ’•

aral,
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@geomant Indeed. Actual antisemitism. Not criticism of Israel, Zionism, settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, or genocide.

aral,
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@geomant @petit_suisse

Sure.

Fuuuuuuccck youuuuuuu, @geomant

aral,
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@geomant Right, go away. We donโ€™t tolerate genocide deniers here.

aral, to Eurovision
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Hey, Iโ€™m thinking of setting up a new song contest where you can vote as many times you want for the contestant of your choice (but only 20 votes per credit card, we donโ€™t want it to appear like a money grab after all). Iโ€™m also thinking it should be a safe space for apartheid states committing genocide. Oh wait, sorry, Eurovision already exists.

What a shit show.

aral, (edited ) to design
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If you design a system such that you cannot differentiate people from corporations and bots and thatโ€™s your defense for calling all of them โ€œusersโ€, youโ€™ve designed a system that conflates people โ€“ who are mortal, have feelings, can feel pain and be hurt and who have human rights that must be protected โ€“ with the very entities that oftentimes exist to exploit them.

Design for people. Call them people. All else is secondary.

#design #technology #ethics #peopleNotUsers

taylorlorenz, to random
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Pro-Israel counter-protesters at UCLA previously took part in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine events across Southern California.

Some of the pro-Israel counter protesters are also associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and fundamentalist Christian churches.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

aral,
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@taylorlorenz Noscitur a sociis

aral, to random
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Might have just submitted a song for

aral,
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PS. Itโ€™s by no means perfect. But I thought, hey, screw it, why not? Meant I finally got to play with Bitwig Studio a bit. Itโ€™s just piano and vocals and some effects. Did three takes for the vocals (using shudder the Blue Yeti mic I use for streaming) and ended up layering them in places. But yeah, itโ€™s rough and cut together in about an hour but itโ€™s a start. Have been meaning to get back to recording stuff again. Maybe Iโ€™ll even treat myself to my beloved Beta 58 mic again at some point :)

aral, to Israel
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So you come into my replies on my instance and then block me.

This is what you think happens:

โ€œHaha, everyone will see my reply and he canโ€™t respond.โ€

Hereโ€™s what actually happens:

  • You piss me off
  • I suspend your account and delete your data from my server so it no longer distributes your reply
  • I post a screenshot of your reply so everyone can see the mental gymnastics you have to employ to defend Israel
  • You learn something new

Screenshot of post by verena elisabeth @verenalettmayer: @aral and i guess you think you are an anti-fascist. sorry,: excluding and bullying a person because of their affiliation to israel is not anti-fascist, but ... You know what. and for 1000 times: no governments participate in the , but independent broadcasters (that's why russia was also suspended, because NOT independent).

aral,
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@junjo Go away.

aral, to random
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Hereโ€™s an idea: letโ€™s call people โ€œpeopleโ€ on the fediverse instead of โ€œusersโ€ whenever we can.

Compare:

โ€œThere are 42 users on this instance.โ€

vs

โ€œThere are 42 people on this instance.โ€

Which acknowledges our humanity more?

Language matters. We donโ€™t need to perpetuate mainstream technologyโ€™s othering/colonial framing of โ€œusโ€ โ€“ designers/developers/other โ€œclever folksโ€ โ€“ and โ€œthemโ€ โ€“ the users (usually one step removed from โ€œdumb userโ€ and usually the ones who get used).

#peopleNotUsers

aral,
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@jan Then design for people and separate out the bots. When you combine the two, the bots donโ€™t get the short end of the stick, people do.

aral,
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@janvlug Itโ€™s a horrible term that makes me feel like I need another shower every time I hear it.

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