Peter Butler

Of all the post-election analysis, it’s interesting that no one seems to be talking much about wealth or income I saw an FT headline that reads "Poorer voters flocked to Trump” But that’s not true, Not by these statistics: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535295/presidential-election-exit-polls-share-votes-income-us/ The very lowest incomes favored Harris slightly, as did the highest It was the mid-to-low incomes that “flocked” to Trump, not the very poorest That seems important #USPol #Elections2024

>> Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/

@evacide@hachyderm.io Yes, talk to your doctor, but also GET UP TO DATE ON VACCINATIONS asap https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-schedules/downloads/adults-schedule-easy-read.pdf

@caseynewton@mastodon.social It’s been chilling to watch the attacks. How sad and disturbing 😞

@mmasnick Thanks for posting here. I always enjoy your opinions and commentary and usually don’t see them if they’re not posted here (Not sure if I understand the dig at Mastodon replies. I haven’t seen many problems aside from the usual that you’d get anywhere)

@mnementh61@mindly.social @donmelton@mstdn.social but that exempts folks like Mormons and JWs from proselytizing me — that would be perfectly OK by the golden rule Or deadnaming. “I don’t care if anyone deadnames me” etc. I like to tweak the Jewish version — don’t do unto others anything you wouldn’t want done to yourself *if you were them*

@RollingStone@mstdn.social This seemed inevitable from the start. And if they win their special elections, which they almost certainly will, they’re untouchable. Tennessee law doesn’t allow for them to be expelled twice

@atzanteol@techhub.social @nicholas_saunders@mastodon.social @jeffowski@mastodon.world @ariaflame@masto.ai @dogpile@dmv.community They might not have stopped “learning math” but they definitely declined in their ability to do basic arithmetic calculations

@bretcarmichael@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social Now if I could only click on that link and have it open in Mastodon… ;) (yes, I know some clients handle them fine)

@darrelplant @mmasnick @nilay_patel I caught that too, and it was very telling. You should figure out the answer to that question *before* you launch

@clintruin@mastodon.social @GayDeceiver@mstdn.social @RickiTarr@beige.party Yeah, I think right now it would be very hard for me to consider that “a good thing” I kinda hate it. I don’t want a phone, but I don’t have a choice :(

@mergerson@mastodon.social Aside from being allies whenever possible, what can non-administrators do to help with this problem?

@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange Totally forgot all about that. I miss those days 😢 photo credit: Psyrax - https://www.deviantart.com/psyrax/art/ALL-YOUR-BASE-ARE-BELONG-TO-US-12757925

@IceCubesApp@mastodon.online I love the new threaded replies. Thank you! I still have a problem with timeline/app stalling when notification counter increases, but not complaining…

@atrupar Part branding, part server rules, part federation policies, part size. I would echo the “it doesn’t matter too much,” crowd except that it clearly does if you’re on a small server. A lot of what you see in the Fediverse, including replies to posts, depends on what *other people* on your server follow. See: https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/109559268498004036 Mastodon.online is not small. All of the major servers with many users should be fine. For you, it’s probably more a decision of branding/handle.

@micahflee@mastodon.social Thank you for doing this work. Super important stuff. I can't tell you -- like many, I have an antivax family member. :( .. Not from your article but from The Beast: "Dubbed 'Goldcare,' members of Gold’s new company rely on a complex token system to purchase their medical care." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N65uFX6Kvpw

@sesivany@floss.social The other big difference between Bluesky and Twitter/Threads/Mastodon is that it’s not open to the public yet. You still need an invite to join I’m waiting until it’s open to everyone before I even bother looking at it

@tristansnell@mstdn.social Some good reporting today though 🤷 http://archive.today/4uHkv

@taber@woof.group Unfortunately, it’s only available to a small group of pre-selected taxpayers (I’m guessing military based on the demo) If the first phase is successful, IRS plans to open it up to all taxpayers for those 12 states in mid-March