Kent ⚛ @Kent@octodon.social

The horrifying truth about the internet revealed (again).
https://medium.com/@freddiedeboer/the-three-hot-trends-in-silicon-valley-horseshit-95cc5a85e8a4

I've been gone all weekend, and when I come back there are pictures on Octodon!!!
Yay!

Just heard on NPR that Trump and DeVos may end Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. A program that I have personally been in for over 5 years, and that was enacted by the G.W. Bush administration. It is infuriates me that this administration can potentially break a promise and pull the rug out from under ≈ half a million public service workers with the stroke of a pen. After we get our degrees, we choose public service knowing our pay will be lower than private sector. Now what?
Bastards.

Net Neutrality Goes Down in Flames as FCC Votes To Kill Title II Rules
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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/05/18/1635247/net-neutrality-goes-down-in-flames-as-fcc-votes-to-kill-title-ii-rules?utm_source=feedly1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Just got a "502 Bad Gateway" error after trying to upload screen shot to show that page won't load completely.

Image wouldn't upload either.
:^\

Anyone else having page load issues on octodon.social today? No avatars are loading for me (see screen shot). I am seeing updates to timelines, etc., but page won't completely load. Firefox on Windows. Ad blocker off.

"The US Senate Is Using Signal"

I wonder if this is a cause for optimism or pessimism?

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/05/the_us_senate_i.html

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https://www.schneier.com/

Midwestern (United States) pizza farms.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/midwestern-pizza-farms
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http://www.atlasobscura.com/

Question for everyone: Where do you get your news? Old school, traditional outlets (television, newspapers, radio), web resources from major outlets (e.g. BBC, NY Times, Deutsche Welle, etc.), RSS aggregators, Facebook *shudder*, other sources that I am not listing, or some combination of any/all?
Do you listen to/view sources that might disagree with your current point of view?
This isn't a poll or anything. I'm just curious.

Not enough "irritating, ambient noise" in your world. There's a web page for that.
https://blacknoise.herokuapp.com/
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http://boingboing.net/2017/05/16/backnoise-generates-irritating.html

Re: 2 factor authentication. It was my ad blocker jamming me up.
Mark solved.

Since I'm new here, this may have already been addressed a million times, but can anyone tell me why I can't set up 2 factor authentication? When I click "Set Up" button, I see this: https://octodon.social/media/GUQdSQTB_mZBbiOmr08

Thanks!

@tiffsming Oops! Didn't get your complete handle in my "thanks!" reply.
Thanks!
:^)

Hi! Just found out about Mastodon.
This looks like a promising alternative to Twitter.