@berniethewordsmith@masto.es
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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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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

berniethewordsmith,
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The fact that several forks are appearing and bringing this very function as one of their flags should tell something about the extreme necessity of this kind of feature.

berniethewordsmith,
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Also, I can only think of a few reasons why local-only posts are not being implemented yet and only one makes some sense to me. The reasons I can think of are as follows:

  1. Possible compromise of or .
  2. Design philosophy of the software creators.
  3. Added complexity for the average user.
christine, to animals
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For my hackathon project I did try to make CFA (Cat Factor Authentication, using your cat's microchip as a second factor) a thing 😆 The project did win a prize, but more for the experimentation then the actual result https://wpengine.com/blog/hackathon-december-2023/

berniethewordsmith,
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@christine Tokens may be too moody doh

berniethewordsmith, to random
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"Hustle culture and passive income are about turning other peoples' dollars into your dimes. It is a negative-sum activity, a net drain on society. Behind every seemingly successful "passive income" is a con artist who's getting rich by promising – but not delivering – that elusive passive income, and then blaming the victims for not hustling hard enough"

As always, @pluralistic on fire and on-point.

liztai, to tv
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Some "retro" I recommend to watch:

  1. Justice Bao (Taiwanese version) series. There are some with Eng sub floating around Youtube
  2. Vigilantes in Masks
  3. Laughing in the Wind
  4. All men are Brothers
    5.. Three Kingdoms
  5. Dream of the Red Mansions (2010)
  6. The Four (2008)
  7. Song of the Desert
  8. Meteor, Butterfly, Sword
    10, The Eight Immortals (it didn't age well but I have fond memories of it)

berniethewordsmith,
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@liztai

Screenshoting this.
Pasting it in message to my Cdrama fan wifey.
Hitting send.

Thanks a lot!

berniethewordsmith, to ChatGPT
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Will update my websites to block due to their policy change that removes the ban over military use. My words, my art, will not collaborate on making instruments of death and misery

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/

Toastie, to journalism
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I'm proud to announce that today the staff of High Country News magazine have launched a union!

We are calling on HCN leadership for voluntary recognition. You can help support us by sharing on socials, following @hcnunion, and signing our letter of support here: https://hcnunion.org/support/

berniethewordsmith,
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@Toastie I think I read @pluralistic mentioning that any union busting attempts may automatically make a Union established or something like that 🤔

berniethewordsmith,
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@Toastie @pluralistic Update: found it https://doctorow.medium.com/nlrb-rules-that-any-union-busting-triggers-automatic-union-recognition-33a03534b750

liztai, to random
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They honestly need to get better PR people 😅

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

berniethewordsmith,
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@liztai My thoughts exactly. I mean, don't get me wrong, I find all of this morally reprehensible and I cancelled all my substack stuff. But that is not at odds with the team leader inside of me screaming into the void every time I see some PR text of them and asking why why why why you thought this was good idea for a press release why why why

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

parismarx, to random
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Nobody should be presenting Substack choosing to remove 5 Nazi publications from its platform as a win. Platformer alone says it’s reviewed dozens spreading those ideas, and really the Nazi stuff is just the tip of the iceberg.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030756/substack-nazi-newsletter-content-moderation

berniethewordsmith,
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@parismarx Wait did they blink?

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