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shoq, 4 days ago to random

via @gtconway3

shoq, 4 days ago to random

It’s understandable that people invested in ActivityPub would feel it’s the most logical standard for a global open social web protocol. And perhaps it should be. But there are competing arguments for and against it. Other federations happened after long and painful competitions between competing tech and players. In the meantime, there were gateways and bridges between them, just as there is one now emerging with BlueSky. It’s a very healthy competition, I think. And both can evolve to …

shoq, 4 days ago to random

It’s also a very right wing-trite to criticize bureaucracy. But progressives do it all the time, and it’s wrong. Bureaucracy is a beautiful thing. It built and ran our modern government and world so the rest of us could eat out, fuck, and raise good little consumers. Everyone thinks it’s easy to run the world. It’s so not. It takes institutional systems and skills that people can be taught, but can rarely think of or make use of on their own.

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Every time I have to get these cancer scrapes I start reflecting on anything about everything. Because I get that idea that it’s random odds that I’ll get the chance to reflect or question tomorrow. It’s cleansing to purge my brain of all those random stupid questions for a day or two. Another instance of making lemonade from lemons.

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Elitism is such a dirty word today. But we have no other word to soften the idea that some levels of meritocracy have always been a vital and respected thing. Yet it’s still stylish to deny it. Equal opportunity and treatment under the law should be the legal standard for everything. But it isn’t and shouldn’t be the cultural standard. Because it never really was. Isn’t this why we’re in the Fediverse in the first place? Because we don’t share the same values or behavioral norms of the …

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Well, I’ve watched almost all of The Lobster, and I still have only vague idea of WTF it’s about. As clever vignettes of absurdity, it’s fun. Not sure there is a larger point yet.

heidilifeldman, 4 days ago to SantaFe

Voted in #SantaFe #NewMexico today, a place where the Democratic primary determines some of the ultimate races. One race really struck me as emblematic of the future, assuming constitutional democracy survives in the U.S. 1/

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Is Your Handlebar Height Sabotaging Your Ride?

https://betterride.net/blog/2024/is-your-handlebar-height-sabotaging-your-ride/

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Bike Ninjas. If I’m going to get “high riser” handlebars, should I go all out and get the really high ones like this (left), or just the 4.5” risers (right)? I am only a street rider and that’s all I will ever be. The higher looks comfy for cruising, but i worry about stability.

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shoq, 4 days ago to random

To this day I can’t speak of Mastodon or fediverse, publicly or privately, with some of the leading names in media & journalism without getting eyerolls. That one misstep cultivated a deep seated animus that the fedi may never recover from. But time, innovation and investment will help.

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Early Mastodonians were convinced it was one of the most evil things about Twitter. And their contempt was a very big reason why they quarreled with the journalists and media figures who were absolutely critical to a widespread migration. Most of them said “fuck you” and moved on to Bluesky, then Threads. It was a major unforced error.

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Urban Dictionary defines the word griefer as “someone, usually in an online game (initially), who intentionally, and usually repeatedly, attempts to degrade another’s experience or torment them …

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shoq, 4 days ago to random

Long before that, but yes.

In reply to…
https://mastodon.social/@galad/112560725049303064

shoq, 4 days ago to random

Ever wonder if any one organization could be supported by MOST liberally-minded citizens, if it had a coherent plan for restoring what worked in the American experiment? What would it take to break people out of their cynicism, sloth, and disinterest in working for real change?

film_girl, 4 days ago to random

Gawker Media Company -> Gizmodo Media Company -> G/O Media -> / Media? Or maybe they can rename it based on the assets they haven't sold yet where the staff doesn't actively hate management like checks notes Quartz? Should they just rename themselves Quartz but with an asterisk so no one confuses it with the original Quartz?
https://writing.exchange/@ernie/112559953065962054

shoq, 5 days ago to random

I'm watching The Lobster. I haven't seen a movie this weird in a long long time.

evan, 9 days ago to random

Our voice phone systems are seamlessly federated. You can call people across carriers, over national boundaries, instantaneously, and the only friction is slightly more numbers to dial.