ChrisBoese

glennf, 1 year ago to random

An entirely unnecessary article, even with all the little nuances. Sociopaths are charming. Holmes has been rightly convicted of massive financial crimes. She perpetuated those crimes knowingly over years and lies to herself about them. She and everyone around her acts like she’s a teenager who doesn’t/didn’t know better. Does she deserve years of jail? That’s a question about the carceral state. But she can’t admit she lied and none of her enablers can either. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/business/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

rysiek, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to fediverse

#Mastodon monoculture problem
https://rys.io/en/168.html

> Mastodon-the-software is used by far by the most people on fedi. The biggest instance, mastodon.social, is home to over 200.000 active accounts as of this writing. This is roughly 1/10th of the whole #Fediverse, on a single instance.

> Worse, Mastodon-the-software is often identified as the whole social network, obscuring the fact that Fediverse is a much broader system comprised of a much more diverse software.

🧵/1

ChrisBoese, 1 year ago to random

The Real Reason Disney Is Defying DeSantis https://www.pressenza.com/2023/04/the-real-reason-disney-is-defying-desantis/

atomicpoet, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to internet

Mastodon is terrible because it’s hard to join—unlike #Bluesky, a social network that is hard to join, which is great.

Patrickstewart, 1 year ago to writing

It's no surprise that this month as been hard on me and my family, but recently I've noticed my friends and colleagues are having a challenging time too. So what gives?

Why is the Month of April So Difficult?

https://www.thetaoistonline.org/post/why-is-the-month-of-april-so-difficult

#blog #blogging #writing @writing #writingcommunity @blogging #change #encouragement #help

timbray, 1 year ago to random

The problem with AI/ML isn’t what the tech is or isn’t useful for (we don’t really know yet). The problem is the people who build and own and operate it, a mix of giant tech monopolies and VC-funded growth-crazed startups. Both are entirely oblivious to ethics and the civic good.

It is fair and reasonable to be paranoid and suspicious about any tech pushed by this cabal.

[This post from a member-owned co-op Fediverse instance, see https://cosocial.info]

oliphant, 1 year ago to random

Apple-cinnamon muffins. (Vegan)

We got mashed up bananas and coconut oil in these bad boys.

Baking my way to a better day. (Or night, really.)

ChrisBoese, 1 year ago to random

“There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
William Shakespeare , Julius Caesar
#Picard