Lain is now @otter.tube @erinolivia@awoo.space

The internet is a series of tubes, and otter.tube is one of them! @lain says hello from the ocean 🐚, let's wave back! ​

Closely related: I hold the concept of a "genius" in extremely low esteem. Just look at how seldom it's applied to women in general, even women like say Bjork who fit the pattern 100% but are unapologetically feminine.
"Genius" is an amplifying word and we should pay close attention to the social machinery around that amplification, how it works, who operates it, and who benefits.

Yet more details of Steve Jobs being an absolutely terrible piece of shit have emerged from his daughter's autobiography and one thing that strikes me is that he really did have armies of enablers throughout his entire career.
Think about who you know who's like this and promise yourself now that you won't let them get ahead, that you'll elevate people who are kind instead. The "asshole genius" is a social hack that enables assholes, don't let it work on you.

This is a living room concept by Alex Harris. I love these types of isometric views. There's an old-school computer on the desk and that's especially endearing

The screen actually shows the "Welcome to Windows" popup when you first run Windows 98

#Art #3D

#11

I make crafts! Stickers and pawbs, more accurately!
Also, you can buy them! Straight from me!
It's true! Wow!
https://gumroad.com/dangerprime

An excellent article by Frank Pasquale, setting algorithmic accountability in a broader frame.

"The dispute over how to reform or restrict algorithms is rooted in a conflict over to whom algorithmic processes should be accountable." Is it to "a community of engineers and technocrats" (implying more comprehensive data collection to produce less biased algorithms) or the general public?

http://reallifemag.com/odd-numbers/

My #Pico8 gallery is up and live ! https://pico8.retroactive.me

well the people making unlicensed Halloween costumes seem pretty on top of it as we head into Fall...

you can get these designs (and many more!) as tees, hoodies, sweaters and a bunch of other stuff on my threadless store, get them here: https://timecowboy.threadless.com/

#ProTip If you have posts that are read by #ScreenReader users and you're using a hashtag with more than one word, capitalize the first letter of each word to trick the reader into saying the words correctly. It does not interfere with search results at all.

the FORBIDDEN USES OF LOGOTYPE page of the 1976 NASA design manual feels like a sator square-esque amulet https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_graphics_manual_nhb_1430-2_jan_1976.pdf

Saw this earlier today and I can't get it out of my head.

The real superhero of mastodon.social is @CM_noelle who's been onboard the moderation team for over a year.

She's the one that gets rid of the nazis by blocking their servers.

She's the one that suspend the assholes off the instance.

She's the best. With the biggest

Her Patreon is here:
https://www.patreon.com/noelleanthony

#SupportYourModerators

Hey friends if you're looking to be less reliant on major corporations who wish to track you, please check out https://startpage.com

startpage gives you major search engine results, but protects you from their tracking and does not save your information.

(i've found duckduckgo to be dangerous because the results are so bad it makes me wanna google, but startpage is always on point!)