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berniethewordsmith

@berniethewordsmith@masto.es

Periodista y documentalista. Tuiteo sobre #cibercultura, #rol, #medios, #literaturafantástica y #cienciaficción. #journalist #archivist #librarian. Posts are deleted after 2 months with some exceptions. Las publicaciones se borran a los dos meses para evitar el rastreo por parte de brokers de datos con políticas dudosas de retención y uso de los mismos.

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berniethewordsmith, to Eurovision Spanish
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Siempre fui muy aficionado a #Eurovision. Pero este año todo me parece una puta broma. La peña viendo un concurso mientras uno de los países participantes redobla los bombardeos en Gaza, mata periodistas y le corta manos a prisioneros. ¿Me lo parece a mí o es que esto no es ni medio normal? Lo que está pasando en Gaza va a dejar al mundo herido por décadas

berniethewordsmith,
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Esta mierda va a salir en los libros de historia, cero dudas. "¿Sabías que durante el genocidio en Gaza, había un festival de música?". Me imagino a los críos leyendo eso y pensando, madre mía que puta sociedad de monstruos

berniethewordsmith,
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¿La gente que vota por Israel? Es decir, cómo de grandes tienes los huevos para votar a un país que tiene a prisioneros de guerra atados en camas, con pañales y alimentados con una pajita en una prisión en medio del puto desierto. ¿Esa gente puede dormir luego por la noche?

berniethewordsmith, to random
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From the team that discovered that your car spies on you while you do the Macarena, comes another eye-opening report about dating apps. Facial recognition training, storage of sensitive medical information, biometrics... Love is a battlefield (via @Em0nM4stodon)

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/data-hungry-dating-apps-are-worse-than-ever-for-your-privacy/

stefan, to accessibility
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Not trying to call out anyone in particular, I see a lot of people doing this, but I'm really curious and would like to understand this better.

Folks who use vague alt text with your images ("a funny book cover", "photo of me outside"), what is your thought process? Is the image description intended for sighted people? Or maybe your admin made alt text mandatory? Or maybe that really does seem sufficient.

berniethewordsmith,
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@stefan Not sure if others have the same issue but I really struggle with some description levels. My mind knows what it wants to describe, but my writing sometimes may not rise up for the occasion. Description of the stuff was always boring for me until I discovered Terry Pratchett and TTRPGs.

I also found myself sometimes not sending a message because I didn't have enough spoons to create the proper ALT text it would deserve. Sometimes I prefer not to send at all than to write a crappy one.

silentbeauties, to random
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And then a random swimming pool

berniethewordsmith,
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@silentbeauties Breeding pool, according to the movie

deadsuperhero, to random
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Just because someone specializes in something you don’t like doesn’t mean they’re some kind of villain.

A lawyer specializes in advising and defending AI model creators? Tough titties: somebody has to do that job, and everyone deserves representation in a court of law. It’s better if someone specializes and knows the ins and outs.

A former Twitter cofounder did business as an angel investor and maybe some VC stuff? Okay, in what capacity? A guy who has repeatedly started companies giving his insights to new startups doesn’t have to be this malicious, predatory thing.

But no, half of you hear “Masto board has Twitter guy and AI/Blockchain bro”, and the community immediately erupts into hysterics while doing exactly zero research on any of these people.

berniethewordsmith,
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@deadsuperhero Not saying they are villains. But I honestly think we need more explanation here. A good chunk of people around this place treat VC and AI stuff as a toxic asset and the eyebrows that are raised tend to be the same which were raised regarding Threads federation. I actually thought that the Threads FAQ was a good one, so I suggested same type of explainer is released in this case.

berniethewordsmith,
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@deadsuperhero Anyways, the good thing about Fedi is that its nature will not allow market destruction. There is a W3C standard here and enough software for everyone to go to their preferred place. I also thing that most of the reactions come from a place of love, not of destruction. Many people think this place is better than others, and will be very vocal if they feel any threat. Explanations are vital. Which by the way makes the works of folks like WeDistribute very important ⭐

berniethewordsmith, to mastodon
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[Captain America detention meme] So, you saw as a great idea to create a non-profit for with an AI bro in one of the chairs and you announced it in this social network, which is full of cyberpunks, antifa folks and anticapitalists

Gargron, to random
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Me, feeding 2 people and 2 cats on a 60k EUR salary without benefits (because technically self-employed), reading those comments that claim a 501(c)(3) is some kind of nefarious scheme to hide money 😐

berniethewordsmith,
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@aenea @Gargron I agree with Aenea here. I think this deserves some FAQ in a similar way you guys did with the Threads federation. There are many people (yours truly included) that is not knowledgeable of some of these intricacies, which is what is generating the dissatisfaction

berniethewordsmith, to random
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Beautiful movie poster on Flickr by Tom Muller https://www.flickr.com/photos/hellomuller/2924230755

berniethewordsmith, to random
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Question for the well versed in fashion, what is up with that ass-flap thing she is wearing???? I mean, what is THAT?

berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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En Soria han encargado un estudio para entender la falta de camareros. Ahora saben que se explica con malos horarios y malos salarios. Hicieron un estudio para eso. You gotta be fucking kidding me

https://www.xataka.com/magnet/soria-han-encargado-estudio-para-entender-falta-camareros-ahora-saben-que-se-explica-solo-dos-palabras

berniethewordsmith,
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  • Patronal: Nadie quiere trabajar 🤔
  • Trabajadores: Pagad mejor 💰
  • Patronal: No entendemos lo que pasa 🤔
  • Sindicatos: Que paguéis mejor 💰
  • Patronal: Contemplad la tristeza de este bar-
  • Gente: Oye, tenéis problemas de comprensión o algo, que os estamos diciendo que-
  • Patronal: 🤔 Hmmm Hagamos un estudio para-
  • Consultora: En este PowerPoint vamos a explicaros que sois un canto rodado por parte de padre y vamos a poner gráficos molones para explicaros que PAGUÉIS MÁS, ¿LO QUERÉIS EN COMIC SANS????
lzg, to random
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i had a blissful couple of weeks of good sleep but i think that’s over now. it was nice while it lasted.

berniethewordsmith,
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@lzg What do you use for tracking?

berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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@Barredo ¿Alguna idea de por qué Mastofeed no me pilla el Oauth de Masto.es? Cuando introduzco el servidor en la página me dice que nones

deadsuperhero, to random
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Okay, if you’re on , @moshidon is legit a fantastic client for Android. This is straight up my default client now. It supports:

  • Markdown / MFM
  • Emoji Reacts
  • Quote Posts
  • Bubble Timeline

Plus it looks great, has a ton of customization options, and you can tweak a ton of different pieces to make it do what you want?!

berniethewordsmith,
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@deadsuperhero @moshidon I do not use akkoma, but Moshidon is my client of reference regardless. It's a badass app. No other Masto app made me as comfortable as this one

berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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Estoy viendo las cosas horribles que están pasando en EEUU con los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres. Recordad: Vox no tienen nada que envidiarles. Si alguna vez llegan al gobierno de la nación, lo harán. Y cosas peores

weirdwriter, to bookstodon

I just saw a disclaimer in front of a book where the author actually felt that they had to justify why they actively did not include any homophobia in the book and that instantly made me very sad because you know this actually happened in the past where readers wrote to a writer and actually got super furious at them for creating a utopia in a book. Sometimes, I read things like this and I really don’t know what criticism to take seriously and what I should ignore. You, as a reader, might not like hearing this, but did you ever stop to think that maybe the reason why an author created a world with no homophobia in it because they just want to give some joy and a story without traumatizing some of their readers? Maybe they just wanna give Their readers and escape from the real world for a little while? I sincerely don’t believe for one minute that it’s erasing homophobia in the real world. I just can’t imagine anybody sincerely getting outraged over that, just blows my mind. @bookstodon

berniethewordsmith,
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@weirdwriter @bookstodon I am a game master, and it's very different because coherence here is not a must. That said, all the cats and dogs in my games are immortal. Of course, reasons differ. But if this is fantasy, anything can be possible

janettespeyer, to fediverse
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Question for fedi experts. What are the benefits of hosting your own instance?

berniethewordsmith,
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@TerryHancock @janettespeyer @AndyScott I can host my mom and be her VIP tech support/ always-on-call express lane / specialized moderation team

Lillian, to random
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Question for the fediverse:
When you come across content/behaviors you dislike on the social web, what do you believe are the most effective and fair methods for responding?
How can you or other users express concerns while respecting both community guidelines AND foster constructive dialogue?

berniethewordsmith,
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@deadsuperhero @Lillian I'm with Sean there. I would say that the fat that it affects others or not would be key on my reaction. Also important is to discover if the other person would be willing to reconsider their position. So, to summarize:

  1. Would this affect others? If not, may be it's better not to engage.

  2. If Yes to number 1, does it seem like the person making the point wants to engage in comstructing debate? If Yes, I may try to engage in a civil manner. But...

  3. If I see that the point is being made in bad faith, my observation may take the form of a rebuttal.

  4. Final rule: if possible, never act like on this XKCD strip: https://xkcd.com/386/

evan, to random
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Even if you have been actively working to undermine this network by promoting Bluesky or Nostr, the Fediverse has a place for you. There is so much work still to be done, and we'd all appreciate your help.

berniethewordsmith,
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@evan How can the non-coders help? Asking for a friend

berniethewordsmith, to telegram Spanish
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Un par de cosas sobre lo de :

💢 Maravillosa la justicia que va a cabrear a todos los colores del espectro político. Son unos fieras.

🚦 Telegram es inseguro por diseño. Instala Signal. Funciona casi igual que WhatsApp, pero sin genocidios y esas cosas.

🏴‍☠️ Los marineros experimentados que sabemos lo que vale una pieza de a ocho siempre usamos protocolos distribuidos, imposibles de cerrar.

⚔️ Lo de los cuñados de Vox en armas va a ser espectacular. Preparen palomitas 🍿

berniethewordsmith, to threads
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Ah, is that time again for unsolicited opinions about and let's gooo. Spoiler alert: If you like corporate social media, you are not going to like this thread🧵

berniethewordsmith,
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is so easy to understand that even a male cis westerner like me can get it: A coalition of servers want the shit machine as far from their gardens as possible. Because they built those gardens with suffering and lots of love.

berniethewordsmith,
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So no, I will not tell you that is cool for to arrive here. Nor I will censor you. Instead of that, I will tell you that we owe this people a lot, and that people hosted by Meta want them GONE, for Christ's sake. These people deserves our care and protection. And even if we do not speak about money, there is something very easy to give to them when they give you a free lesson:

Some. Fucking. Respect.

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