Brendan Jones

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@imanijoy I almost never set notifications on for profiles. I have it on for I think 3 accounts out of the 800ish I follow, and it’s a once-off action to turn it on. So definitely not a primary action. Starting a post while viewing a profile (i.e. mentioning) I do slightly more. But mentioning doesn’t need to a unique action, right? If you’re viewing a profile and you hit the create post button, then the person should be automatically mentioned. Follow/unfollow is still primary, imho.

Also, let me take this moment to point out that the current situation in Iran is not the only example of US crimes. Even ignoring past crimes, the current embargo on Cuba should be reason enough to act, though it has received far less coverage than the actions in Iran. https://bsky.app/profile/jasonhickel.bsky.social/post/3mhelj3ysxs2n

If countries wish to have an international rules-based order, then the same standards must be applied to all countries. Even to countries we once thought of as our friends and allies. This is in no way an indictment of all US citizens, many of whom are wonderful people.

Oh, and the sanctions should also apply to #Israel. I focussed this thread on the US because of their massive power and the mutual dependency countries have with them that would cause such pain if sanctions were put in place. Sanctioning Israel would be easy in comparison.

@davidculley@hachyderm.io “ Europeans aren't allowed to send any personal data from the EU to the USA.” can you please explain this further? Why won’t it be legal? From which side will it be illegal, US or EU law? What law will have changed that makes it illegal?

It's a horrible situation to be in. Many nations are highly dependent on US trade, tech, energy, finance/investment, and defense. The US also holds great power in international governance systems. At what point do we choose to do what's right, instead of what's practical and easy?

The US will retaliate. It will hurt, both in pure economic terms and in quality of life for all people. But if we wish to be principled, I don't see how we can wait until we are no longer dependent on the US in all sectors. The US is acting now, so surely we must react appropriately now, also?

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@kayrah87 surely Mastodon is not and will never be a replacement for FB? Unless you're setting up a private server and all posts are private to that server. Or you post public on Facebook?

@rauschma@fosstodon.org @hdv@front-end.social Tbf that’s the native mastodon app being crap. When I view the post in Mona it looks like a quote post, and tapping on it keeps me in the app. Whereas tapping on the post in the Mastodon app takes me to my browser. Which is frickin stupid.

@davidgerard@circumstances.run I met someone recent with a Galaxy Z Fold7. Looked pretty damn cool, I have to say. I'd never get it because, y'know, Android, but it'll be cool when the tech is a bit more mature (i.e. less fragile) and the price comes down somewhat. And when Apple releases one.

https://liberapay.com/ looks to be another good option for taking payments on the fediverse. It's open source and run by a non-profit.

@urlyman@mastodon.social I reckon if she made the same analysis now, she’d get very different results on Bluesky. Plenty of trolls on there now, some of them I suspect are bots.

@schizanon Sorry, I prefer to receive payment in functional currency, not speculative assets. I would never accept payment in something that's fluctuated in value by over 400% in the last year and a bit alone.

A note on Patreon’s cut: I’m not 100% sure that 7% number is correct, I had seen that quoted elsewhere so I copied it. I can’t work out the exact cut they’re taking from reading their docs. Whatever the exact number is, my main point stands: using open, cooperative services & software aligns better with fediverse principles.

@erlend@writing.exchange @smallcircles@social.coop @fediversenews Can you explain that end goal a bit more for the only partly technical like myself? Does that mean if a project is open to PR/MRs that anyone on AP anywhere can remotely send them an MR without having to log in to Gitlab and make the MR there?

@renchap@oisaur.com a change like this is definitely worthy of a banner of some sort 👍 If you're worrying people might be annoyed by it, I wouldn't be. Better for people to be annoyed by one banner they have to dismiss than to be annoyed at never having been informed of such a big change.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al speaking of appeasers vs resisters, this is a topical read: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/columns/62594/appeasement-climate-change-george-orwell

@jackoneill Colonel it's an honour but I'd prefer you kept your focus on the Goa'uld.

@superglaze@mastodon.social @Gargron@mastodon.social @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social I think this is a really interesting cultural process to watch. How do brands act online when they can't just rely on paying for engagement? Is Mastodon the petri dish for anti-capitalist business practices? Of course companies will still aim for maximum engagement, but what new ways will they come up with that work both with Mastodon's feature set and cultural norms, in order to engage without getting defederated?

I'm seeing articles like this one claim the reason for the non-EU launch is the EU's Digital Markets Act, not GDPR, but I'm not sure the source on that. As far as I can tell, Meta haven't stated their reasons, and the Irish Data Protection Commission haven't blocked anything yet (Ireland because that's where Meta's European office is). The DMA is the act stopping Meta combining data from different platforms. Please update me if you see any clarifications on the matter! https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/05/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use

@jackoneill ah, the false god of money, Mu'lah.

@derickr That's great! First I've heard of a fediverse intance using it (though I'm sure there must be others).

@erlend@writing.exchange thanks for the explanation. Yeah I'm sad to say I don't follow a single dev or project anywhere but Github. Wouldn't mind having them all on a list here, instead.

@ZeirosLion@lgbt.io @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social can you paint 1’s and 0’s? Congrats, you are now computer scientist. Nerd.

@kfet yeah, I probably could’ve written that better. Not saying they won’t *ever* launch in the EU, but not anytime soon given the structural changes they need to make to the app and its data sharing with Instagram.

@pascaline brb, gonna go down to the Diakonessenhuis and tell anyone who'll listen about Peertube 🤓 @Quantillion

@pascaline @Quantillion And I definitely know what you mean with hospitals using Google services here in NL. Even the Google cookies I can't stand. Nee, ik wil aub geen Youtube cookies!

@b3n per my second post in the thread, that's unknown. Neither Meta nor the Irish DPC have said the exact reason why Threads isn't launching in the EU (as far as I know).

@Quantillion Indeed. However as Sebastian noted, this decision opens up ways to deal with that https://mstdn.social/@sebaskr/110658023316584690

@aral@mastodon.ar.al I don’t mind them meeting with Meta to hear what they have to say, per se. I do mind them doing it under NDA. Goes against the whole open/community-run part of the fediverse.

@opencollective thanks for the clarifications. I realised I wasn’t entirely correct in my original post - hopefully I didn’t misrepresent you. Let me know if you’d like me to change anything.

@opencollective well hello there, I wasn’t aware you were here on the fediverse!

@davidculley@hachyderm.io Doesn’t GDPR supersede the ‘95 Data Protection Directive (if that’s the one you’re referring to)? If US companies are handling data according to GDPR standards (e.g. with informed and withdrawable consent), why does it matter under EU law what the FTC is doing? (To be clear, I’m not arguing here. I’m trying to work out what I’m not understanding)

@gabe_sky@infosec.exchange @atthenius@fediscience.org Purely out of curiosity: what’s the story behind the ‘error correction’ setting? Why is it needed? Does added more ‘pixels’ increase the ability for a camera to identify the pattern, and is there a certain point that more pixels leads to too much detail and more errors?

@schizanon which particular digital currency would you suggest people take payments in and rely on for their livelihood?

@ZaneSelvans indeed, they corrected me themselves in the comments