matthewkrauss @matthewkrauss@octodon.social

I mean fascism isn't about jackboots, it's about individual and collective liberties being squashed every time they come into conflict with corporate and government interests. you can get squashed by a smiley face. you can even think you like it while it's happening. that doesn't change the power dynamic.

I keep hearing men need to do these. It's, like, a requirement for masculinity or something.od!

Can we make this (or another post)
get +500 boosts, proofing that the argument to stay away from the #fediverse because one can here only reach out to a few is completly wrong?

Wondering how high the reach of this post is?

Well, we don't know. We don't track the users.

You only can see the boosts/fav/reply.
If that's a lot, it reached a lot.

If that made one rethink their opinion here you go:
https://joinmastodon.org

(there is also
#gnusocial #plemora #postactiv #friendica #hubzilla..

New rule: if you have never endured crushing poverty you don't get to make pronouncements about the choices poor people make

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Relevant as fuk

https://xkcd.com/743/

It's has escaped.

https://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/3145

#mwlsecretbook

Local news interviewed a security company. Two employees were showing how hacking is done 😂😂

I have been thinking of this one again with increasing frequency: https://xkcd.com/743

I want to see a running total on the screen of jessica jones' whiskey expenditure

I wrote a super simple bot that boosts anything from a hashtag. The poor man's group feature. https://github.com/Gargron/boost-bot

Hey, when you #DeleteFacebook please keep in mind that, at the moment, it's the only way that a lot of us disabled/chronically ill folks get to discuss our illnesses.
Lots of us use the groups feature on fb to help each other find doctors, discuss symptom treatments, and get support around our illnesses.
So please remember not to shame people who can't or don't delete their account. It's not our fault that it's shitty and it's not our fault that we still need it.

"...And lastly, I'd like to thank Donald Rumsfeld, for doubling our membership numbers in the past year by showing everyone just how important our work is."
(@JPBarlow, 2003—EFF Christmas Party, paraphrase, spoken while standing on a table, shared by @doctorow)

"Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?"
"Considerably. Hitting water from that height is like hitting concrete. Thanks for getting me to shore," the angel said, graciously.
"No problem, I wasn't doing anything else... why did you fall, anyway?"
The angel grimaced, rubbing an injured wing, "Long story. Do you have all day?"
"I have nothing better to do," admitted the mermaid, "Sailors are harder to trick & lure these days."
"So. In the beginning..."

#tootfic #microfiction #smallstories #fantasy

"Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16539857

we were on the cusp of having enough solar power to replace the faltering fossil fuel supply, and could envision saving the environment from the ecological damage caused by rock oil extraction.

But no, we waste all that energy mining bitcoin

The Senate is only one vote away from having a majority in favor of bringing back #NetNeutrality protections. Where does your representative stand? https://checkyourreps.org/

#smaugonomics #latestagecapitalism

https://octodon.social/media/LRVXCa4rH8eSOQ554OA

The cat looked at the snow outside, then at the human holding the door open. It did not seem to understand it had opened the wrong door.
She sighed silently and led the human to the next door.
#MicroFiction #tootfic #smallstories

“Your Interactive Makes Me Sick -
Why your coolest scrolly features pieces can cause problems, and what to do about it”
https://source.opennews.org/articles/motion-sick/