Update: Looks like TweetDelete.net still works. $7 and worth it not to be training data for TruthGPT or whatever. No ambivalence, but… ok, maybe a little ambivalence. So much of my life, there!
I want to check out Friendica, any recommendations? (For a server specifically, but other tips are welcome too. Ditto for other Fediverse things I should try out.)
@sapphichazard@astatide This has been my understanding as well, but I confess that a part of me internalized the message that it was motivated thinking, and I was potentially hiding from "hard truths". It took all this AI bullshit to infuse my beliefs with real conviction. We're right, and they're the sloppy thinkers, god damnit.
I was born a nerd and fully own my geriatric millennialhood. I love dad jokes, and I embrace cringe. You are my people. Having said all that, I feel like people here are blissfully unaware of coolness as a concept. If we want more groups of people to come here, I think that's worth discussing. Along with other "soft" things like culture, aesthetics, tone.
I've seen two well-responded-to age polls here, and it's really striking how old we are! Nothing against old people, I'm rapidly becoming one myself, but I think it would be great for this site's cultural health and for the future in general if we could bring more young people over to non-commercial social networking.
My partner was like "remember when you were thinking of getting that crazy science experiment seltzer maker with the weird videos" and I was like "what makes you think I have given up that dream?" https://www.mypopsoda.com
Two visions of a world that fuels fascism. In one, we're all in our rooms, living social lives mediated by social networks flooded by chat bots. In another, we join together in a "back to normal" death cult, fueled by and leaving behind the growing numbers of sick and dead people. What do you know, right now we're getting both! But we don't have to accept this. The solution is ventilation.
i’m a stochastic parrot and so r u
i’m an automated bullshit generator but aren’t we all
i’m the dead eyed leader of a literal doomsday cult but tomato/tomahto
I’ve read some things that convince me the Internet Archive aren’t immune to Silicon Valley douchebaggery, and in the Open Library case they’ve engaged in sketchy behavior that’s likely weakened their case. I still hope they win, because they seem to represent the only major challenge to a publisher controlled model for how to adapt library lending into e-books - and that model is quite frankly a huge threat to libraries as we know and love them.
Yes, the publishers would very much like to reduce libraries to tax funded franchises of Amazon and Scribd, which is basically what Overdrive is. So yes, whatever you think of IA, this is a mortal threat to public libraries, along with the fascists.
Anyone know Black #librarians looking for work? Asking for my partner, who would love to not be the last one standing at one of the main #libraries serving Black #Boston. #BlackMastodon#LibraryJobs#Jobs
Update: the position has been filled. Thank you for all your boosts.