ftl ✅ @ftl@awoo.space

Starting on a new social media platform is exactly like walking into a party where you can’t find any of your friends, and you have to decide how you’re gonna play it.

Am I all ethereal, untouchable oddity or spiny urchin rage?

Today in Google Home: "Asked Google for morning yoga music. Got rap with the n word." "I blame the parents."

Roko's Trouser Basilisk

🤔 🤔 🤔 https://mastodon.social/media/31s7NVGiCC5UnGaSh5I

replace all instances of the word 'post' in your life with 'toot'. for example. tootpunk. tootmodern. lamptoot. washington toot. first past the toot. la toote. deutsche toot. united states tootal service.

#introduction - I work for EFF, coined “lifehacks”, help #noisebridge, wrote ntk.net, doing the best that I can.

I got to see a few metaphorical revolutions, hoping to see a few more. I think it’s going to be okay.

I think Boston Dynamics' business model is just to produce a gif of a random robot every few years

It's a nootropic from the dark web called California Amy. Dude was pitchin' his startup for usin' cybernetic elephants to change diapers, suddenly he's explainin' a detailed diagram of his "Fursona" - "Zombie Bird".

New article on the Doctor's new look! I mean how could I resist writing about this? It's everything I love, fashion, costume, Doctor Who, amazingly in depth nerdy analysis of tiny details.
#fashion #doctorwho #blogging

"The Doctor’s New Clothes"
https://lilnonbinaryfashion.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/the-doctors-new-clothes/ https://mastodon.social/media/J4hPPUUHAju3HxqlRHs

Two recent articles with useful insights on social media, fake news, manipulation, etc.:

- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/10/fake-news-social-media-current-affairs-approval
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/style/jaron-lanier-new-memoir.html

The thing to realize is that the problem is systemic. It's inherent in algorithmic timelines where the goal is to increase advertising revenue by maximizing attention. Facebook/Twitter/etc. trying to clamp down on "bad actors" is like tobacco companies trying to clamp down on "bad lungs."

alcorithm, n. That code you 'fixed' last night after six straight shots of Jagermeister. It's definitely 100% correct now.

https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/11/09/russias-brexit-subversion/

(Semi-paywall; you may get one free view).

<<The last two weeks have seen
Britain’s gravest secret finally break into the public domain: that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum. The fact that such an operation happened is not surprising or even, in itself, much disputed at this point: if the United States, Germany, France, and other Western democracies were targeted, it would be odd if the UK were left alone. >>

YESS mastodon now says "booped your snoot" for favs for me. Y'all on awoo dot space, change the language to "awoo!!" under settings if you'd like!

Remember folks, if you abandon Twitter, Facebook or Google, it's not a boycott, it's a STRIKE.

Because you're the [unpaid] workers that earn them billions of dollars in capital.

When you don't post, they don't get the benefit of your labour. And when you don't use, they lose money.

Social Media STRIKE days should be a thing.

South Park's problem is they punch down, a LOT, and treat it as "well we punch up too!"

That's like saying "well, I kicked a baby, then I punched a murderer, so it's fair and balanced."

Interviewer: "What would you say to your opponent after a night like tonight? It must feel very vindicating."
Roem: "I have nothing but nice things to say about Bob. I would never attack one of my constituents, and Bob is now one of my constituents."

An admirable woman, and I wish more of our politicians were as Christ-like.

tfw you are literally saying "fuck SMB I will use Fucking Trash Protocol" because SMB is an overcomplicated pile of fuck

They call it Sidewalk Walrus, It's made from LSD and Ambien. Found this dude at Hot Dog on a Stick wearin' nothin' but a tie dye g-string buildin' a diorama of a Hooters.

tl;dr: a non-apocalyptic future in the US requires a stout alliance between millennial home health aides and their elderly clients. https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/book-review/not-every-kid-bond-matures/