frozencanuck

frozencanuck, 16 hours ago to random

These guys who drive around lifted trucks covered with stickers like "F*ck Joe Biden", "Socialism Sucks" and "Freedom!" never have stickers like "Freedom for All!", "Dictatorships Suck!" and "Keep of Church and State Separated!"

frozencanuck, 2 days ago to random

A lot of Americans are upset that the Presidential election will be between the same two old men. Majority of Americans are also upset about inflation and the housing shortage. Some vow not to vote at all. Others say they won't vote for Biden because of X. And others flagging they'll vote 3rd-party candidate.

Being upset is one thing. Not taking this election seriously enough and recognizing the stark differences between the candidates is quite another.

#Biden #VoteBlue #Democrats #Democracy

frozencanuck, 3 days ago to random

Huh, SF’s Muni still uses floppy disks. Needed to boot the Automatic Train Control System.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-are-floppy-disks-today-planes-trains-and-all-these-other-places/

#sfba

frozencanuck, 3 days ago to iran

"Raisi’s election meant all of the country’s state institutions and levers of power were in the hands of hardliners."

This is what happens when a hardliner gains the levers of power: They bring in their fellow hardliners to take control and make sure to brutely stomp out anyone who tries to defy them. Checks and balances don't exist.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-20/ebrahim-raisi-iranian-president-confronting-west-dies-at-63

#Iran #Raisi

frozencanuck, 6 days ago to python

Really awesome to see so many people in the #python community actively posting about #PyConUS on #Mastodon. There's even an official (and verified) @pycon Mastodon account!

🐍💜🐘

#PyCon

frozencanuck, 6 days ago to mastodon

Anyone in the Bay Area happen to have a connection to The Mercury News and/or SF Chronicle's digital media team? Would love to attempt to connect with them and somehow try and convince them to create their own official #Mastodon account. Not a Mastodon instance. Just an account. It'd be nice if they could use the #fediverse to better serve the local Bay Area community.

#sfba #SanFrancisco

frozencanuck, 7 days ago to random

It'd be nice if local Bay Area media outlets would have their own official presence on Mastodon. Wouldn't be hard from them to setup their own account on mastodon.social or on a more local instance like sfba.social

#sfba

frozencanuck, 7 days ago to fediverse

Great to meet @Gargron, @andypiper and many other #Fediverse and #Mastodon enthusiasts in SF.

Thanks to @mike and @Flipboard for holding the social event!

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frozencanuck, 9 days ago to random

Elon and Tesla’s board are getting desperate.

Any sane, rationale investor should be looking at the situation and recognize that they should vote no to Elon getting a $55B pay package. Only retail investor who are Elon super fanboys would vote yes to something so ridiculous.
https://mastodon.online/@electrek/112435932089274250

frozencanuck, 12 days ago to random

#Biden #VoteBlue

frozencanuck, 20 days ago to random

Elections have consequences. Real people’s lives are impacted.

Vote. It really does matter.

#Democracy #Democrats #Biden

frozencanuck, 23 days ago to random

Pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA are blocking students from entering the university library if they say that they are a zionist. These protesters now acting like they own the place and run the rules. More antisemitism.

Enough of this crap.

Protesters blocks students from entering UCLA's library who say they are zionists

frozencanuck, 26 days ago to random

When you have Hezbollah's flag – an organization that's heavily backed by the repressive, authoritarian Iranian regime; an organization that terrorizes, kidnaps and kills innocent people – you're the problem.

Pro-Palestine protesters with Hezbollah's flag

frozencanuck, 1 month ago to Ukraine

The House passed the Ukraine aid bill by a vote of 311-112-1. That's a big majority of the House. Many Republicans voted for it.

There was never a good reason that this aid had to be held up for so long. It should've been passed way back in late 2023. It's extremely frustrating that it got dragged out to this point, but at least it finally passed.

As for the 112 that voted against the aid: They should all be seen as direct threats to America's national security. Vote them out.

#ukraine

frozencanuck, 1 month ago to random

Okay, seeing differences between how @ivory, @IceCubesApp and @mammoth handle rendering a linked post. Depending on where you place the link, an app may or may not properly inline render the linked post

frozencanuck, 1 month ago to mastodon

Love #Mastodon and want to see it thrive? Consider donating or becoming a sponsor. Money goes a long way to help the Mastodon team build the features you want.

💜🐘🤗

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

#Fediverse #Donate #Dev #ActivityPub

frozencanuck, 1 month ago to random

Well, it happened. I finally witnessed someone wearing an Apple Vision Pro out in public. Just a dude wearing his goggles at a local Peet’s coffee shop. Sitting by the window, pinching and swiping in the air without a care in the world. It looked as ridiculous as it sounds.

frozencanuck, 2 months ago to random

@trumpet hm, just me or are profile images not loading?

frozencanuck, 2 months ago to random

The joinmastodon.org sponsors page update is now live! Hope you all like it 😄

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

frozencanuck, 3 months ago to mastodon

If you are interested in learning more about the #Mastodon spam wave that happened starting on Feb 15, do read @cappy's incident report. Very detailed breakdown.

https://blog.fyralabs.com/cyberbullying-gone-global-regarding-the-fediverse-spam-and-operation-beleaguer/

This part really stood out:

"荒らし共栄圏 (ctkpaarr) is a CCP-themed Japanese troll group mainly made up of middle schoolers. They are most active on Discord."

I mean, middle schoolers? What heck is wrong with these kids.

#Spam #Fediverse #Misskey #Discord #Japan

frozencanuck, 3 months ago to random

It's crazy to learn that the big spam wave that happened over the weekend was because of a stupid dispute between two Japanese teenagers.

@GossiTheDog did an incredible job covering all the details of this nut ball episode.

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/111954920343204483

Also, I had no idea there were so many abandoned Mastodon instances still running that have open registration enabled. Doesn't it cost money to run these? ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Glad there is a fix coming https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/29280

frozencanuck, 3 months ago to random

Finally getting close to finishing a project I'm working on for Mastodon. Hope y'all will like it. 🤗

frozencanuck, 3 months ago to Chiefs

Congrats to the #Chiefs! Well played game.

I would’ve liked to see the #49ers win the #SuperBowl and bring the victory back here to the Bay Area. Oh well. Next time.

#sfba #NFL

frozencanuck, 3 months ago to journalism

If the media at large does not put on blast this orange goblin's insane call inviting Russia to literally attack NATO allies, then the media has more than failed the American public. They have shown they can no longer function to do their job.

#Media #Journalism #Russia #Ukraine #uspol