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Article emphasizes the concept of "middleware". BlueSky inevitably gets more attention than the "Mastodon protocol" but there are some decent theoretical observations.
Decentralized platforms based on open protocols, such as Mastodon and Bluesky, have been designed from the ground up to prioritize user choice and agencyāwithout needing permission from a corporate gatekeeper. This is most apparent on Bluesky
Tells you that you can take your social media back from big tech then casually recommends Bluesky. Gimme a break.
Also if you want your news free of the constant noise of social media, RSS still exists and it's still beautiful.
Tells you that you can take your social media back from big tech then casually recommends Bluesky. Gimme a break.
I generally agree but I still feel it's important to keep some perspective. Bluesky is not the solution but it's definitely progress compared to existing corporate platforms (because it has real fundamental differences - several articles posted here went into detail about this).
IMO the best argument against Bluesky is that it will suck up the oxygen for other, better, solutions. That's a fair theory but it seems to me that there's plenty of market share to go round right now. Everyone is still on the evil corporate platforms.
Big Tech doesn't run social media. It runs algorithmic advertising platforms.
The majority of people using algorithmic advertising platforms are not content creators, they're consumers (if you're reading this, you're probably not in the majority). They have no interest is active participation in "social media". They're in it for the entertainment, the distraction, the memes, the algorithm telling them what they should care about. You can't remove this feature and expect these users to find content for themselves.
You can argue the pros and cons all you want, your reasoning may be factual and altruistic, but you will not get a substantial portion of content consumers to migrate to platforms that require more effort. They know what they're signing up for. They have no interest in "reclaiming social media".
Bluesky and Mastodon are fantastic platforms that, in my opinion, revive some of the core tenants of social microblogging. But this is like comparing a bulletin board system (BBS) to the Yahoo! homepage. Some people want to be involved, some people want to be told.
One of these platforms offers a greater profit making opportunity than the other. If one allows people to make money and another does not, what's the motivation for the most influential of creators to embrace the latter? And then what's the motivation of the consumers to embrace a platform that lacks the most influential creators? (Again, if you're reading this, you likely aren't a member of the majority.)
Yeah, people are lazy as fuck. They don't want to curate their own content. Which is fine, people work hard and just want bread and circus at the end of the day. I think it's OK for like minded individuals to be present on better platforms though, makes it a little easier to communicate I think.
Vale, un momento, Āæme estĆ”n diciendo que un chatbot va a estar escuchando todo lo que le diga a mi doctora? ĀæEse chatbot va a estar conectado a internet? ĀæVa a enviarle esas conversaciones a alguna empresa?
Mira, de verdad, esta manera que tienen de embutirnos por el gaznate la IA para todo me parece peligrosĆsima.
@escapistes muchĆsima. Y lo peor es que tiene pinta de que mĆ”s pronto que tarde va a hacer todo catacroc y muchĆsimas compaƱĆas se van a quedar con el culo al aire.
12 year-old Ahmed Zidanās adolescence has been defined by genocide and starvation. Israeli forces had already bombed his familyās home in Gaza, killed his older brother, and displaced his family a second time when, one month ago, they shot Ahmedās mother while she was seeking sustenance for her seven living children.
āIsrael killed my mother,ā Ahmed told The Intercept. āWe were waiting at the U.S. aid distribution point in Rafah.ā
What is with this fucking 5-6 "voicenote" fucking bullshit?
If your going to send 6 voicenotes back to back requiring me to reply via a voicenote, repeated several times, that's a fucking phonecall, just CALL ME!
TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldnāt broadcast TV tonight: Channel 4 airs the Gaza documentary the BBC wouldnāt broadcast theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2ā¦
Ramita Navai investigates Israelās attacks on Gazaās hospitals in a controversial film. Plus: celebrating football hero Mary Earps. Hereās what to watch this evening
On July 2, 1881, an assassin shot President James Garfield just four months into his presidency. Dying two months later, his was the second shortest presidency in US history.
Interesting competitor in the palmtop Raspberry Pi space. I'm hoping Pilet sells outside of Kickstarter, I've been burned by too many crowdfunding projects that went belly up.
I do have a Clockwork uConsole, but a CM5 upgrade has bricked it, so I'm waiting on a motherboard replacement. If Pilet comes ready for a Raspberry Pi 5 out of the box, I might check it out as well.
Atomkraftwerke brauchen groĆe Mengen KĆ¼hlwasser. Doch wegen der Hitze sind die FlĆ¼sse zu warm. Nach Frankreich reagiert nun auch die Schweiz und fƤhrt einen Reaktor herunter. Und es drohen weitere Abschaltungen.
Ich frag mich gerade: mĆ¼ssten Sollarkollektoren auch unter solchen Bedinungen abgeschaltet werden? Wie sieht es mit Geothermal-/Hydro-/Biomasse-/Windkraftwerken aus?
AKWs mĆ¼ssen gekĆ¼hlt werden, weil das eben die Form von Energie ist, die in Atomreaktoren erzeugt wird (um Wasser in Dampf umzuwandeln, und dann mit dem Dampf Turbinen anzutreiben). Die Anlagen fĆ¼r photoelektrische (Solaranlagen) und kinetische (Windturbinen) Stromerzeugung mĆ¼ssen normalerweise Ć¼berhaupt nicht gekĆ¼hlt werden, entsprechend kann es auch nicht zu wenig KĆ¼hlwasser geben.
Solar/Wind und AKWs passen einfach so gut zueinander! Leider herrscht immer Leihenexpertise, wenn es um Grundentscheidungen geht. Die Vorteile und Potential der Ersten und die Gefahr der Zweiten, beide Ć¼berschƤtzt.
KĆ¼hlwasser ist essenziell, ist seine Temperatur, die ziemlich egal ist. Was ich meine ist: wenn uns als Menschen zu heiĆ ist, bedeutet fĆ¼r einen AKW nichts.
Wohin sollen sie das hintun? Was tust du mit der Luft, die durch den MotorkĆ¼hler durchstrƶmt? Das Wasser dient als WƤrmesenke, solange es kĆ¼hler als der AKWs zu kĆ¼hlenden Teile ist, entzieht WƤrme.
Warum mĆ¼ssen sie es denn wegtun? Wenn es egal wƤre wie warm es ist, kƶnnten sie es im geschlossenen Kreislauf flieĆen lassen. Kƶnnte es sein, dass warmes KĆ¼hlwasser (bzw. KĆ¼hldampf, wenn es warm genug wird) nicht mehr so gut kĆ¼hlt?
Es gibt wirklich extrem viel Luft im Vergleich zu Flusswasser, und Vƶgel fallen normalerweise auch nicht tot um wenn sie mal Ć¼ber ein aufgeheiztes Gebiet (in diesem Fall die hypothetische LuftkĆ¼hlung eines Kraftwerks) fliegen, sondern freuen sich Ć¼ber den Auftrieb. Gibt ja schon KĆ¼hltĆ¼rme, scheinen nicht zum Massensterben von Vƶgeln zu fĆ¼hren.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
āT.E. LAWRENCE A.K.A. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1888ā1935)
āFBI blocked probe into alleged 2020 election plot by China because it would ācontradict Director Wrayās testimonyā to Congress, docs showā nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/ā¦
The FBI blocked an investigation into an alleged Chinese effort to meddle in the 2020 election to help former President Joe Biden because it would have made then-Director Christopher Wray look bad,ā¦
The Outlaw West ā Between Bad Faith and Ineptitude. Failure of UN System regarding Criminal Aggression against Iran, Act of Genocide in Palestine english.10mehr.com/the-outlaw-ā¦
As President of the United States, Iām not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. Iāll save New York City, and make it āHotā and āGreatā again, just like I did with the Good Olā USA!
Previously unnamed company behind proposed Indy data center named in new documents
It's Google!
Coming to steal your water and electricity. Coming to destroy your community. And there's nothing you can do about it. Google does all these secret deals with politicians. You're not allowed to know about the tax breaks. You're not allowed to know how much public water Google is using. It's all top secret.
The name of the tech company behind a proposal to build a massive data center in Franklin Township has been hidden from the public. But new documents obtained by WFYI name the company behind the proposal.
Cat: meow Me: Wow, really? Cat: meow Me: This is incredible stuff Cat: meow Me: First I've ever heard of it Cat: meow
The conversation from her viewpoint:
Cat: I'm hungry. Human: hĆønk Cat: Feed me, you big dumb kitten. Human: hĆønk Cat: Look here you dumb shit, I'm a regal predator and I deserve your respect! Human: hĆønk Cat: Your curtains will hear about this
In an exclusive first look obtained by Breitbart News, over three dozen House Republicans are calling on the Senate to swiftly pass the āOne Big Beautiful Bill,ā a sweeping legislative package inspired by President Donald Trump and touted as the largā¦
By Moussa Al-Sadah - Jul 1, 2025Historical experience shows that a central pillar of any peopleās liberation from colonial rule is the construction of a cohesive national identity.
America is getting a first look into āAlligator Alcatrazā ā the Miami-Dade Collier Training Facility approved by DHS to house, process, and deport criminal illegal aliens.
REP. SCALISE ON THE OBBB: "The 35-year-old who's sitting in his mom's basement playing video games is going to have to go get a job!" #mindsminds.com/newsfeed/17871217211ā¦
The Worldās Largest Floating Dry Dock Was Towed Across the Atlantic to Bermuda in 1869 -
When Britain needed a solution for ship repairs in the Atlantic, engineers in the 1860s built the largest floating dry dock ever attempted, a 380-foot iron structure weighing over 8,000 tons.
Constructed near Woolwich on the Thames, the dock was designed to lift 10,000-ton ironclads like HMS Warrior and withstand the fouling threats of Bermudaās warm waters.
Unable to build a conventional dry dock due to porous sandstone, the British opted for mobility and scale, creating a self-contained U-shaped platform that could sink and raise vessels from the sea with ballast compartments and powerful pumps.
In June 1869, this massive dock embarked on a nearly 4,000-nautical-mile journey to Bermuda, towed in stages by Britainās heaviest ironcladsāAgincourt, Northumberland, Warrior, and Black Princeāassisted by HMS Terrible.
With closed ends to reduce drag and a sail rigged inside to capture tailwinds, the voyage reached speeds of over 6 knots.
Once in service, it supported Royal Navy operations for over thirty years before being replaced in 1906.
A majority of the member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have condemned Israelās recent aerial strikes on Iranian chemical and industrial facilities.
President Donald Trump is taking a guided walking tour of the new migrant detention facility in Ochopee, Florida ā they call it "Alligator Alcatraz."
The brave B-2 bomber pilots who flew across the world to obliterate Iran's nuclear facilities will be guests of President Trump at the White House Fourth of July celebration.
Looks really interesting. #Misogyny/GBV the underlying common trait of perpetrators of actual terrorism.
Glorification of assertive, dominant males is the šÆ opposite of the sexual selection processes that made us #Homosapiens. That was not how we got here today.
'As a researcher looking at digital extremism and gender-based violence, Iāve analyzed more than 100 manifestos written by people who carried out mass shootings, stabbings, vehicular attacks and other acts of ideologically, politically and religiously motivated violent extremism in Canada, the United States and beyond.
These attackers may not belong to formal terrorist organizations, but their writings reveal consistent ideological patterns. Among them, one stands out: misogyny.'
The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has released a new report mapping the corporations aiding Israel in the displacement of Palestinians and its genocidal war on Gaza, in breach of international law.
Speaker Johnson: āWe are at the 1-yard line. We are going to run it right up the middle and score for the American people. Everyone is going to benefit from this bill. Itās the most conservative piece of legislation we have ever worked onā¦ā
TEHRAN (Tasnim) ā Israelās military rampaged across the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, massacring at least 109 Palestinians, even as US President Donald Trump boasted that Israel had agreed to conditions for a 60-day ceasefire.
Tessa Hulls's debut graphic novel is *Feeding Ghosts*, a stunning memoir that tells the story of three generations of her Chinese family. It was a decade in the making, and it is utterly, unmissably brilliant:
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
Bis zu 13 Milliarden Kubikmeter Gas und viel Kritik: Die Erdgasfƶrderung vor Borkum rĆ¼ckt nƤher. Die Bundesregierung hat einem Abkommen mit den Niederlanden zugestimmt.
Eben im Deutschland Funk gehƶrt. Ich finde es einfach so massivst dreist, dass die ohne Freigabe der Fƶrderung bereits jetzt alle Vorkehrungen treffen damit die dann sofort bohren kƶnnen wenn die Freigabe erfolgt.
Was wenn eben nicht die Freigabe erfolgt? Ziehen die dann als Argument zu, dass die ja schon alles vorbereitet hatten?
Ja. Tesla ist in GrĆ¼nheide Ƥhnlich vorgegangen. Indem Tatsachen geschaffen werden, wird die ƶffentliche Verwaltung durch Unternehmen und die interessierten Teile der Politik in eine Ecke gedrƤngt, in der dann so lange die Gesetze gedehnt werden, bis es passt.
ZDF gibt Deutschland Mitschuld an potenziellen āMillionen Totenā wegen gekĆ¼rzter Entwicklungshilfe apollo-news.net/zdf-gibt-deutsā¦ Im ZDF heute journal Update vom Dienstag wird Deutschland fĆ¼r mƶgliche āMillionen Toteā mitverantwortlich gemacht, die angeblich infolge von KĆ¼rzungen ... The post ZDF gibt Deutschland Mitschuld an potenziellen āMillionen Totenā wegen gekĆ¼rzter Entwicklungshilfe appeared first
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā A year ago, when the 2024 presidential election was getting into full swing, Democrats and the media were freaking out about Project 2025, a conservative agenda that had been put together by think tanks on the right.
Those services which the community will most readily pay for it is most disagreeable to render. You are paid for being something less than a man. -- Henry David Thoreau
Apparently, the proposed new law prohibits claiming that an image or video is not a fake when it really is. That should already be covered by laws against fraud. It's hard to see how copyright is relevant at all. I think maybe the Guardian and Hackaday both misunderstand what copyright is.
Copyright is not a prohibition against claiming that a photograph is of something it's not. It is also not a prohibition against claiming that something that is not a photograph is a photograph. It is not even presenting someone else's work as your own. That's plagiarism.
Copyright is making copies of works without the permission of the copyright holder.
If you own copyright to your face, that means that no one else can make faces identical to yours.
Copyright to a photograph of someone is owned by the photographer.
So, once again, my guess is that the Danish law either requires that you identify images that are not photographs as not photographs, or that you have to get a person's permission to photograph a person before photographing. I think the former is more likely.
In both the Guardian and Hackaday article, using the word "copyright" hopelessly muddies the issue.
![Header: "ISRAEL: Which companies are supporting Israel?"
Subheader: "The report by the UN special rapporteur lists companies aiding Israelās occupation and war on Gaza in sectors ranging from arms procurements and technology to finance and agriculture."
Sections (Grouped by Industry and Country):
MILITARY
USA: Lockheed Martin
Italy: Leonardo
Japan: FANUC
TECHNOLOGY
USA: Microsoft, Amazon, Palantir, Alphabet
ENERGY (Note: "Elternicity" appears to be a typo; likely "Energy")
USA: [Unspecified]
Switzerland: Glencore
AGRICULTURE
China: [Unspecified]
Mexico: Orbia
FINANCE
France/UK: BNP Paribas, Barclays
SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
USA: Caterpillar (CAT), Booking.com
South Korea: Hyundai (HD)
Sweden: Volvo, Volvo Group
Footer:
Source: UN Human Rights Council | July 1, 2025
Credit: Ā©AJLabs [Al Jazeera]](https://friendica.eskimo.com/photo/preview/640/7860345 "Header: \"ISRAEL: Which companies are supporting Israel?\"
Subheader: \"The report by the UN special rapporteur lists companies aiding Israelās occupation and war on Gaza in sectors ranging from arms procurements and technology to finance and agriculture.\"
Sections (Grouped by Industry and Country):
MILITARY
USA: Lockheed Martin
Italy: Leonardo
Japan: FANUC
TECHNOLOGY
USA: Microsoft, Amazon, Palantir, Alphabet
ENERGY (Note: \"Elternicity\" appears to be a typo; likely \"Energy\")
USA: [Unspecified]
Switzerland: Glencore
AGRICULTURE
China: [Unspecified]
Mexico: Orbia
FINANCE
France/UK: BNP Paribas, Barclays
SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
USA: Caterpillar (CAT), Booking.com
South Korea: Hyundai (HD)
Sweden: Volvo, Volvo Group
Footer:
Source: UN Human Rights Council | July 1, 2025
Credit: Ā©AJLabs [Al Jazeera]")
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in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •Tells you that you can take your social media back from big tech then casually recommends Bluesky. Gimme a break.
Also if you want your news free of the constant noise of social media, RSS still exists and it's still beautiful.
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in reply to absquatulate • • •I generally agree but I still feel it's important to keep some perspective. Bluesky is not the solution but it's definitely progress compared to existing corporate platforms (because it has real fundamental differences - several articles posted here went into detail about this).
IMO the best argument against Bluesky is that it will suck up the oxygen for other, better, solutions. That's a fair theory but it seems to me that there's plenty of market share to go round right now. Everyone is still on the evil corporate platforms.
Agree, I use it every day.
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in reply to JubilantJaguar • • •Big Tech doesn't run social media. It runs algorithmic advertising platforms.
The majority of people using algorithmic advertising platforms are not content creators, they're consumers (if you're reading this, you're probably not in the majority). They have no interest is active participation in "social media". They're in it for the entertainment, the distraction, the memes, the algorithm telling them what they should care about. You can't remove this feature and expect these users to find content for themselves.
You can argue the pros and cons all you want, your reasoning may be factual and altruistic, but you will not get a substantial portion of content consumers to migrate to platforms that require more effort. They know what they're signing up for. They have no interest in "reclaiming social media".
Bluesky and Mastodon are fantastic platforms that, in my opinion, revive some of the core tenants of social microblogging. But this is like comparing a bulletin board system (BBS) to the Yahoo! homepage. Some people want to be involved, some people want to be told.
One of these platforms offers a greater profit making opportunity than the other. If one allows people to make money and another does not, what's the motivation for the most influential of creators to embrace the latter? And then what's the motivation of the consumers to embrace a platform that lacks the most influential creators? (Again, if you're reading this, you likely aren't a member of the majority.)
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