Ok — I've seen enough. #WSocial is the politics of Elon Musk meets the accountability of Mark Zuckerberg.
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@elenarossini.comReposted by @robin.berjon.com#WSocial’s advice here is TERRIBLE - deleting your account won’t change a thing.
Just now I found the record of a minor (15yo) who was verified by #WIdentity. His account status is now “taken down” but his full name, nationality and approx. date of birth are still visible on W's verification list!
@pyxorium.comReposted by @robin.berjon.comIn observance of Zinetober, a brief homage to the blues.
It was a blast making these Web Tile synth patches with atmosynth.at by @center.for.cybernetic.beauty. Drums, bass, organ, and a spinning Leslie, one page at a time. Playing on appmosphe.re by @robin.berjon.com.
@robin.berjon.comThe Cloudflare graph seems like it may be about crawler bot traffic, but it looks like *both* are affected.
mu.social/profile/emil...
@robin.berjon.comAFAICT this is debunking another graph, the Cloudflare one about search bot traffic. Both could easily be affected independently.
@robin.berjon.comAbsolutely. I was tempted to make a screen recording of a one-shot reproduction, but that's too much work just to troll.
@robin.berjon.comPallenberg said he paid someone in coffee to write the 3-4 prompts it took.
@scarnecchia.netReposted by @robin.berjon.com“Who is funding you” ATProto devs have got no money, we've got our strong beliefs
@robin.berjon.comAll that Gen-Z is inheriting is their elders' capitulation. Capitulation on the biosphere. Capitulation on inequality. Capitulation on the private government of the internet. Capitulation on the democratic governance of transnational systems. Their fight is everywhere existential.
@robin.berjon.comPeople think I'm joking when I say that disinformation threatens democracy and sovereignty, and that this means that kinetic options should be on the table, even if ideally not used.
@c0nc0rdance.bsky.socialReposted by @robin.berjon.comSome #Caturday Science!🧪
This is Miko the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) from GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park (non-AZA accredited, in Michigan's UP).
Miko is showing his winter weight, but you're also seeing a PRIMORDIAL POUCH swinging under his tummy.
Let's talk about these pendulous paunches.
@xanlopez.netReposted by @robin.berjon.comSeems more effective than European regulatory (in)action.
@robin.berjon.comIf you don't want to spoil your weekend, don't go looking for the stuff I didn't link.
@robin.berjon.comMy friend... you do know that this is a degenerative condition, right?
@robin.berjon.comWhich ones? So many to replace!
@robin.berjon.comI really really wouldn't mind a democratic insurrection in India right now.
@robin.berjon.comOooh yeah! appmosphe.re/@lowpoly.gg/...
We're so getting that into mu.
@robin.berjon.comOh neat!
@robin.berjon.comI'm working hard to make AI only a reasonably contained part of it 😂
@robin.berjon.comAh, that's very interesting. One of my chapters is on how institutions sustain knowledge but are also made of beliefs, the destructive tailspin that's happening from that being undermined, and how to fix. ("Information Wants To Be Democratic") Happy to share/chat any time.