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berniethewordsmith

@berniethewordsmith@masto.es

Periodista y documentalista. Stop the Gaza genocide. 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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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.

berniethewordsmith, to mastodon
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It is about time for and @Gargron to implement local-only functions. Instance admins need to protect their users properly before a behemoth of hundreds of millions of users like lands here

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 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 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, to bluesky
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For those of you that are often in , I am genuinely curious about something. Are the moderation tools better than the ones in Fedi? I still prefer the networks based in , but I was wondering if systems like Bluesky can be more attractive for people with a larger audience or issues with online harassment

lzg, to random
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listening to a podcast of a couple of British idiots who get scammed into “buying” a protected island in the Nicaraguan caribbean and 1) god how are they such incredible idiots 2) the pronunciation of Nicaragua is hilariously weird

berniethewordsmith,
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@lzg Omg please share the title

dansup, to Pixelfed
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Pixelfed Groups will bring a whole new dimension and experience, I can't wait to ship this monumental feature!

berniethewordsmith,
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@dansup How is the short video thingie going? I think a lot of people will find that one superb

berniethewordsmith, to Eurovision Spanish
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Siempre fui muy aficionado a . 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?

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

berniethewordsmith, to linux
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Fediverse, hear my plea. I have an HP Omen 15 and was thinking on switching to due to the progressive enshittification of windows and the garbage. I know Laptops are tricky. What Distro would you recommend? Would Linux Mint fit the bill? I'm more of a KDE/Cinnamon person that a Gnome person FYI

berniethewordsmith, to fediverse
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Tinkerers of the and , can you recommend some nice videos and content creators for me to learn more while I use and do stuff with my ?

berniethewordsmith, to random Spanish
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Pues se va a quedar un finde buenísimo para probar Linux Mint

berniethewordsmith,
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I may have to thank Microsoft on nudging people to Linux faster than any activist

berniethewordsmith, to linux
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users, where do you get your wallpapers? Looking for something cool for my new Neon desktop. You can also share yours! But remember to add ALT or tag with so others can help if you are out of spoons

berniethewordsmith, to television
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Not satisfied with enshittening with ads, Amazon will also downgrade the quality of the audio. A true laureate of the Darth Vader MBA as described by @pluralistic

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111920485557341590

berniethewordsmith, to random
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Hey @brewsterkahle and @internetarchive, in lieu of the Vice site being wiped soon as the rumors say, what steps would you advise to journalists in case a publication would disappear? How can they rescue their material as much as possible? https://www.mediaite.com/media/its-apocalyptic-vice-staffers-brace-for-worst-after-anonymous-tip-warns-site-will-be-deleted-entirely/

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 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

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, to random
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I like the violins syncing with the candles. Very thoughtful

berniethewordsmith, to random
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" is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today. The company said this did not represent a reversal of its previous stance, but rather the result of reconsidering how it interprets its existing policies."

Lol, I just can't 😂 That company needs to try to defrag the hard drive. I mean, they know this kind of stubbornness is BAD, right? Right?

https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi

berniethewordsmith, to linux Spanish
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Ya me han llegado los pendrives para probar . Ahora estoy haciendo una copia de sistema de Windows por si las moscas y, una vez completada, let's get this party started 💿

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/

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