Tobasco da Gama @tobascodagama@witches.town

Tech writer: mastodon will never kill twitter

Mastodon users: meh, that's okay, all I ever really wanted was a place where I wouldn't be relentlessly attacked by nazis, ads or nazi ads

Tech writer: and therefore Mastodon sucks and is doomed to perpetual failure

Mastodon users: maybe you want to double-check your metrics of success, bud

Tech writer: dooooooooooooooooomed!

i don't understand why more people aren't alarmed that Microsoft ships every copy of Windows 10 with a known-rampant AI

why people are assholes online (from toothpastefordinner.com)

1. On the pane you want to filter, click the icon pictures in the image
2. Enter any combination of words you do not want to see, separated by the pipe character. Thats this character here: |

This does not require the full word to match.

Unfortunately, this does not cover content warnings, so if you're talking about a sensitive topic please make sure to include your cw text into your post in some fashion. https://awoo.space/media/qKDQKCbTFRCRcGwf4Hw

somebody gave me this flyer recently and it's *really* good. "Why masks?"

https://mastodon.starrevolution.org/media/n4svkXz4ix_O51VU2Vs

@ccolocho "disrupt" = find a way to steal money from an already functioning facet of the economy that is fueled by working-class folks, by removing, minimizing, or devaluing the contributions of the working-class folks

"How Therapists Are Failing LGBTQ Millennials"

https://www.bustle.com/p/how-therapists-are-failing-lgbtq-millennials-78739

Not going to link the article, but...

...if you're writing an article on planned obsolescence and you don't talk about repair-ability, upgrade-ability, and other deliberate efforts to make products break or become unusable within a set period of time, you're missing a huge part of the story.

Yes, sales tactics and marketing didn't help. But you know what will force you to buy a new phone every 2-3 years?

Making it difficult or impossible to keep using after 2-3 years.

Hey friends it's your favorite Righteous Preacher of the Holy Word here to remind you Yet Again about Lashon Hara.

Lashon Hara is a despicable sin condemned by HaShem the god of the Jews. It is when you spread bad things about people which may be true but which have no useful or productive purpose to be brought up. The classic example is bringing up a mistake someone made a while back which they have since already apologized and atoned for, and have not made again. It hurts community and hinders learning

boost if you still use print statements as debug

I think the presence of "reading mode" on modern browsers - that take a website and make it readable - is a big sign that something is wrong with the modern web.

I use it a lot on mobile firefox because I routinely encounter sites that are legitimately illegible on my phone without it.

What The History Of The Peloponnesian War Can Teach *YOU* About Using Mindfulness To Generate Sales Leads!

corporeality continues to be a Mistake

https://twitter.com/veshenjukkel/status/907230038143238144

dear all social media platforms

i only ever want to get my feed in chronological order

that's it

please arrange this

thanks
-monk

Hey, if you're looking for streamers who won't come out with racism during a "heated gaming moment", here are a few on Twitch that I like:

DistractedElf
Day9tv
Bluejay
RissaRants
LobosJr
INeedDivGames
FuzzyFreaks
SimplyUndrea
Drewmega
GamingOnLinux
LetsIntelligame
8BitDylan

I've never heard anything racist, or indeed overtly sexist, transphobic, etc. out of a single one of them. Most of them run tight ships in their chat too.

Today I heard the Six Stages of Fandom, which sound pretty spot-on to me:

1) I like this
2) I own this
3) I control this
4) Wait, I don't control this
5) I hate this because I don't control it
6) I must destroy this

Yesterday, neo-fascists descended once again on my home town of Portland, OR. I was there to have a presence and let these bigots know they are not welcome in our community. At some point an insecure barrier tipped over, and instead of calmly trying to resolve the situation police unloaded chemical weapons and less lethal projectiles.

I was 10-20 yards away from the commotion with my back turned and ended up getting shot in the leg. I'm fine, but this is ridiculous.