miramarco @miramarco@octodon.social

This is my heart rate from midnight to a few minutes ago. Guess in which moment of the day I believed that I had fucked up the production database 😬

(It was fine.)

@miramarco Oh wow, it has custom emojos! This is really interesting

I’m trying out #Tootdon. It has a nice feeling, but I’m not sure whether I’d prefer it over #Amaroq.

@Julia I’m sorry that this happened to you. I hope you’ll be able to recharge your batteries and find some rest in the next days.

@david_ross The chart from the original report is quite telling. Straight people are concerned by terrorism, crime, and immigration more than LGBT+ people are, who in turn are more concerned by Brexit, racism, and gender equality than straight people are.

@Angle

I am listening to the latest episode of the Futility Closet #podcast, and it’s about Nancy Wale, also known as the White Mouse, an Australian journalist who joined the French Resistance and fought against the Nazi. Her bravery is amazing: I highly recommend the episode (and the whole podcast if you are into #history).

(CW: War, violence, death)
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/06/18/podcast-episode-205-the-white-mouse/

My theories are:

(1) Berlusconi's desire was to be seen not as a tough person. He played with your selfish desire to be wealthier rather than with your anger. Salvini doesn't care.

(2) Berlusconi lived in a pre-Internet era, so most information was delivered by old media, which were filtered to avoid alienating audiences and to respect decorum. Social media do not have such a limit.

(3) Berlusconi was toast after the 2008 financial crisis. Salvini's #Italy is in a worse position.

You may think that this strategy comes from Trump.

Well, Trump's administration is kind of doing that, but it's less effective because (1) Trump and his cronies usually *react* to stuff that is in the news, while Salvini can direct the discussions by choosing a new topic, and (2) journalists in the US are way more critical and competent than in Italy.

Salvini is actually achieving the dream Berlusconi has had for 20 years. How did he manage to do so? I'm still not quite sure.

I won't keep you updated about the latest horrible statements from Salvini, our Minister of the Interior, because it's utterly depressing.

I'm not sure if he believes in what he says; surely he believes in the power of his words. Every day he says something outrageous because he knows that the opposition is getting tired, weaker, and powerless, and that the bar keeps lowering.

It's not just about empowering racism in #Italy – it's also about defeating the opposition by wearing them out.

@Iuckyduck Good morning!

@ink_slinger I do not take part in their discussions very much, but I do check their posts via RSS and I enjoy them. My reasons for signing up for a monthly donation are: (1) I owe a lot to #MetaFilter and it’s time for me to pay back, (2) it’s one of the few public examples of how well a moderated community can work, (3) I want other people (and not just me) to enjoy the site, and (4) anything that breaks the monopoly Facebook and Google have on news should be supported