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federated servers dispatching plain-text toots across a variety of languages and softwares is *literally the very exact thing* unicode was invented for, i don't see why following the spec is that contentious of a discussion point to be honest

twitter's losing millions of users but the ones that are are more engaged, which they take as a form of brand strength and a sign that they're still worth investing in

translation: twitter all but admits they make money off harassment

Basically what I'm saying is reroute our entire defense budget to new seasons of battlebots, but in space.

Surely I'm not the only one who accidentally pronounces CoreOS like "Oreos" with a C

Can I just say, that i have NEVER been scared of AIs or computers in general. Never. It's always the humans that are the worst part and the weakest link in any system. Computers just do what they're told and trained to do. Humans, on the other hand, can go through all kinds of socialization and training and schooling and still say "no, i think you aren't a person worthy of respect and dignity" Seriously. Was getting taught in kindergarten how to fucking share something new after 1984?

A VC-backed company is taking over open-source projects to insert their own adware or worse:

https://theoutline.com/post/1953/how-a-vc-funded-company-is-undermining-the-open-source-community

> The new version of autocomplete-python demoted the open source engine it had been using, called Jedi, and enabled Kite’s engine by default.
>
> Kite’s engine required code be processed on Kite’s cloud server[;] previous version did this [locally].

Don’t hand over projects to someone you don’t know.

I didn’t know this: the Civilian Conservation Corps, despised by Republicans as a socialist boondoggle, got the USA ready to fight World War II.

Lumberman’s Memorial, Huron National Forest, Michigan
https://mastodon.social/media/Q6EOXMQsHPfH7e6fRyM

Hey.

Psst.

Yeah, you. Reading this toot.

You deserve to exist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/opinion/hbo-confederate-slavery-civil-war.html?smid=tw-share

"Each time I see a reimagining of the Civil War that largely replicates what actually happened, I wonder why people are expending the energy to imagine that slavery continues to thrive when we are still dealing with the vestiges of slavery in very tangible ways. Those vestiges are visible in incarceration rates for black people, a wildly segregated country, disparities in pay and mortality rates..."

I'm trying to write a trademark policy: https://gist.github.com/Gargron/8287a6d961397ad3b877d6c0cfa8352e But I am not a lawyer and haven't done this before. Feel free to give me some feedback. I hope the spirit of the policy is clear - tl;dr use Mastodon trademarks for Mastodon stuff, don't pretend like you're official endorsed though, don't sell faux-official merch without permission, don't name your company stuff like "the Mastodon company"

Just asking because I need help ensuring licenses/copyright is in order and I need do trademark stuff properly too.

Is anyone #onhere an open source software lawyer? :P

Can you die trying not to literally make strange gurgling noises in public because I may be in real trouble here

https://twitter.com/NicSampson/status/856694111251775489

"A lot of people have been asking about my infamous playlist for having sex so here you go 😉 "

https://mastodon.social/media/I459ho_FdRGUCPtBhiI https://mastodon.social/media/WIwtQ4MK9_qYRREphF8 https://mastodon.social/media/bEFivUgHaeuZxs4H9Wc https://mastodon.social/media/Uqn5pxGtaIyMIgq132I

Please call your senators about the healthcare vote today, it's important

https://awoo.space/media/ckDD9Uco1x5a2nEj0qk

one of the things that's so frustrating to me is that there's enormous amounts of money flowing in the US economy right now. If you're in one of those channels where the money is flowing, life is Very Good. All that is essentially needed is to get an engagement there and the $$$$ flow.

But if you're not, it's slim pickins. I have a wide enough acquaintance range that I see this loud and clear.

is it true that Arby's are reducing their menu from its current complex selection to a streamlined, simpler format, and renaming themselves ARMby's

Eating Clean is Useless
https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/zmvwb4/eating-clean-wont-make-you-any-healthier?utm_source=vicefbus

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