ianbetteridge

@ianbetteridge@mastodon.me.uk

Libraries gave us power. Then work came and made us free. Boosts almost always mean profound agreement . If you see an ianbetteridge on Twitter, it's not me. Secure email: ian.betteridge@proton.me

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ianbetteridge, to random

I mean if you need one more reason not to use a Pixel phone, then perhaps "ringtone inspired by Kenny G@ might be it?

https://9to5google.com/2023/05/12/pixel-ringtone-kenny-g/

ianbetteridge, to random

Want to know what Google is announcing at Google I/O today? Ask Bard.

ianbetteridge, to random

Meanwhile, I am disturbed to find the "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" is nearly 20 years old.

ianbetteridge, to random

Come on Tories, you can do it, the magic 1000

ianbetteridge, to random

News which will mean nothing to people outside Canterbury, but Ben Fitter-Harding, the local Tory council leader, came fourth in his ward and thus lost his seat.

ianbetteridge, to random

It's a funny thing, but I've actually got more radical as I've got older.

ianbetteridge,

@salva_pl Interestingly @Stubbs came up with the thought that boomers got more conservative, but Gen X'ers are getting more radical. I reckon there might be something in that.

ianbetteridge, to random

I am unhappy to inform you that Nick Cave is an arsehole.

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2023/05/nick-cave-conservatism-charles-coronation

ianbetteridge, to random

Meanwhile, and a bit under the radar, the Green Party is having a pretty good election. 51 seats won so far – which is +29.

ianbetteridge, to random

Mastodon, BlueSky, and Highlander Syndrome: https://ianbetteridge.com/2023/05/01/mastodon-bluesky-and-highlander-syndrome/

ianbetteridge, to random

Mastodon, BlueSky, and Highlander Syndrome: https://ianbetteridge.micro.blog/2023/05/01/mastodon-bluesky-and.html

ianbetteridge, to random

Argh, this is really really annoying. I have no objection to DuckDuckGo taking ads – they have to make money somehow – but if you’re going to do it you have to do it properly and avoid situations like this. https://hachyderm.io/@fasterthanlime/110292326272879227

ianbetteridge, to random

Weeknote, 30th April 2023: https://ianbetteridge.com/2023/04/30/weeknote-30th-april-2023/

ianbetteridge, to internet

First, this is not the first time someone has said the new API, which you pay large amounts of money to access, is too unreliable to work with. Second, billionaires don’t use a subway so why would Elon give a rats ass about the plebs?

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23701597/mta-ends-twitter-subway-train-alerts-reliability-api

atomicpoet, to random
@atomicpoet@mastodon.social avatar

There's no Mastodon slump.

Sign-ups continue to increase -- albeit, not at the same rate as in November -- November was a spike.

While Monthly Average Users (MAUs) decreased since November, it's increased again this month (according to @Gargron).

But what's more interesting is that Half Year Average Users (HYAUs) is at a peak.

And we're very close to breaking 1 billion posts per month!

See chart.

https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/stats

ianbetteridge,

@docpop @atomicpoet Speaking as a journalist – exactly this. And collaboration is less of an interesting story than conflict, in journalism and fiction.

neil, to random

I guess that Mastodon has failed in the same way that RSS has failed.

In other words, there are plenty of people who are happily using it.

ianbetteridge,

@neil Wait, has someone written a ridiculous "mastodon has failed" article? Do I need to call someone a muppet in comments AGAIN?

ianbetteridge, to random

Somehow, Anthony Bourdain is paying for Twitter Blue despite being dead for nearly years.

https://twitter.com/Bourdain

ianbetteridge,

Also, just when you think that Musk can't behave more like a child, he does it.

ianbetteridge, to random

Prick.

ianbetteridge, to random

I see that Dominic Raab is holding up the general point that the people who make their careers shouting about the importance of personal responsibility are usually the first to deny any personal responsibility for what they do.

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