Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

Imagine a world where those fighting for software and hardware freedoms aren't constantly bending the knee to corporations at the expense of public good.

Imagine a world where the fight for software and hardware freedoms, and the rights to online privacy and safety are not determined by what the EFF, FSF, GNU Project, and OSI find convenient.

Imagine a world where the labor of developers, the right to repair for end users, and the rights of privacy and safety for all, are held in higher regard than the "rights" of corporations.

Imagine a world where the gatekeepers of public discourse on these topics are cast out for betraying the spirit of the beliefs they claim to uphold, and for betraying the public trust in the name of upholding the letter of the law.

“Only old and vulnerable people have to worry about bird flu!”

“Hey didn’t you recently get sick from simply going to the beach a couple of weeks ago? And weren’t you sick with something else just before that? And you had whooping cough 6 months ago too! Wow, you get sick a lot. Anyway, what were you saying?”

Billboard in #InlandEmpire, #California.

#Snapdragon X: best in class battery life so you can lie in bed and do furry RP without that pesky cable in the way

Mexico lost over 55% of its territory to the US in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, following the Mexican-American war, which the US incited to preserve slavery in Texas.

Agreed that Meta's changes are troubling and concerning. So I would strongly urge you and any instance admin exposing their users to the harassment there to reconsider their alignment with Threads and defederate now .

That's expecially for you and mastodon.social. Think about the message that you're sending: "Instead of proactively protecting people on this instance, we'll wait for you to be harassed and then take action on individual harassers. And, we'll make that the default for new Mastodon users!"

There's a huge opportunity for Mastodon here if you take a courageous position. So please do!

@Gargron

#NHS

Posted anonymously by an A&E doctor:

Im writing this because I’m angry. Actually more than that, I’m 🤬 livid.

I’m an A&E reg with 9+ years experience in A&E both here and overseas. This morning was the first time EVER that I cried 😢 in my car after a shift.

I was on nights over this New Years period, but New Year was not the issue, every shift is like this now. (1/11)

After close consideration we have come to the decision to block Threads.net instance wide on all related instances

(mstdn.social, masto.ai, mastodon.coffee, pixey.org, gram.social)

The new Meta policy goes against much we stand for and we will not allow to let it spill over to the Fediverse

I just checked the numbers and it seems Threads is the biggest 'loser' here

On all instances combined we lose just under 100 followers spread across all instances

Threads will lose over 13K total

In certain circles people tend to cite the cognitive impact of repeated COVID infections as an explanation for the rise in popularity of right wing and nationalist extremism

But, neurological issues with progressive cognitive decline are—terrifyingly—not too uncommon in my family tree and I can tell you this:

Unkindness is not a symptom unless the person was fundamentally unkind in the first place

You can’t blame people’s cruelty on a virus

for what it’s worth, some of the nerds here do shower, at least I do

RE: https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko/113791685609785607

@FediPact

Folks, there are multiple reports about Fediverse data being used by AI companies like OpenAI. This puts vulnerable people at risk apart from everyone else. They build profiles about you, which can be used to deny you certain services because governments or influential people are now in charge. Server admins must block all AI bots and data center ranges to protect users. I’m not sure making your account private is safe or not. Please be safe, these are dangers times for privacy and safety.