Mastodon Media List
“This list is designed to point people to media outlets on the fediverse so they can either follow or avoid them.” A really useful, growing list. #Media [Link]
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Security
Sirius XM Bug Lets Researchers Hijack Hondas, Nissans, Acuras
“A number of major car brands were affected by a previously undisclosed security bug that would have allowed a savvy hacker to hijack vehicles and steal user data. According to researchers, the bug [...] would have allowed a hacker to remotely locate a vehicle, unlock and start it, flash the lights,
Hate
Kanye West to Alex Jones: ‘I Like Hitler’
““I see good things about Hitler also” Ye said. “I love everyone. Jewish people are not going to tell me you can love us, and you can love what we’re doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we’re pushing with the pornography. But this
Reading, watching, playing, using: November, 2022
This is my monthly roundup of the articles and streaming media I found interesting. Here's my list for November, 2022. Streaming Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Absolutely batshit. I loved (almost) every minute. Weird Al is a treasure and must be kept safe at all costs. My Spotify
Twitter Thrills Far-Right Trolls by Silencing Left-Wing Voices
“Twitter was a place where communities could gather, despite harassment, because the worst hate speech was banned through content moderation. “Musk has made it clear that’s no longer part of the product,” Loder said. “The entire Twitter information security community has moved to Mastodon.” Some activists who helped create
Republicans doubled down on anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in the midterms. It wasn’t a winning platform.
“According to exit polling from LGBTQ+ advocacy organization the Human Rights Campaign and data analytics firm Catalyst, voters ranked LGBTQ+ issues as low on their list of priorities for 2022. More than half (52 percent) chose inflation, and 29 percent picked abortion. Transgender health care and participation in sports came
Transphobia in open source
A major developer of open source social networking software has a rather public statement about his opposition to “trans ideology” on his website. I won’t link to the statement, but I want to make my stance clear. There is no such thing as “trans ideology,” which, as a phrase,
What’s a Black life worth to insurance companies?
“Black households were actually slightly more likely than white households to have life insurance — eight out of 10 Black households had some form of life insurance vs. seven out of 10 for whites. Yet even when incomes were similar, the median amount of life insurance coverage for white households was
Mastodon Isn't Just A Replacement For Twitter
“The age of Big Social may be ending, as advertisers shift to platforms like TikTok and streaming video that are more like entertainment channels. For many reasons, we say: good riddance. The damage commercial social media has done to politics, relationships and the fabric of society needs undoing. As media
Writing
Don't Just Create One Big Story, Build a Mosaic of Tiny Stories!
“I often find a really good story is made up of a ton of smaller stories, like building blocks or facets, which enrich the whole by adding more random choices and disasters and discoveries that people made a long time ago. How do you go about doing this? Just look
The fediverse and the indieweb
I love the indieweb and what it stands for: When you post something on the web, it should belong to you, not a corporation. Too many companies have gone out of business and lost all of their users’ data. By joining the IndieWeb, your content stays yours and in your
'Y'all,' that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it's about time
“My examples push “y’all” back 225 years before the citation in the “Oxford English Dictionary,” and they show that the word appeared first in England rather than the United States.” Wait, does this mean I can use y’all in my accent? Should I? #Culture [Link]