Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

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Imagine what could happen if you taxed them 90%

stop making the conversation about work-at-home about productivity

eliminating non-essential worker commutes means less fossil fuels wasted

remote policies increase access for disabled people, especially with chronic illness that flares

LGBT folks and PoC experience less bigotry and it's easier to report bigotry when they do

do some people want hybrid? do some people want on-site? sure

but stop pretending the discussion was about productivity or what employees want

it's about real estate portfolios

You are not responsible for other people’s failing business models.

Adblockers are a safety measure on the modern internet. Do your part: help everyone get more adblocking.

Wow, this is a decision that couple *cripple* Google if applied globally: Brand extortion is one of Google's most valuable tools. https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/indian-court-ruling-threatens-google-advertising-revenue-model/

if you're not gay on the internet then alan turing died for nothing

Regular reminder: if your site or app doesn’t work in Firefox, it’s broken.

I lived through the “this site requires and/or is best in IE” era, and I’d rather burn it all down than return to that.

Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.

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We can't (and shouldn't) bring back the old, good internet.

We can (and must!) make a NEW, good internet.

https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b

#enshittification #interoperability #labor #news #FreedomOfReach #bossware

we may have to replace the AI with an AI

Get a sense of scale for computer storage...

Byte of data: a grain of rice
Kilobyte: a cup of rice
Megabyte: 8 bags of rice
Gigabyte: 3 container lorries
Terabyte: 2 container ships
Petabyte: covers Manhattan
Exabyte: covers the UK (3 times)
Zettabyte: fills the Pacific Ocean

<picking up someone's knit gifts at a local craft show>

You're telling me a hand made these gifts?

I made a twister out of css crimes

https://cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2442936-cohost-as-a-demoscen