I don't think it's sane or reasonable to do arbitrage on human lives -- one undocumented worker in Chicago for one grandma in Rafah. That's not how human rights work. It's not how decency works.

If you love David Lynch, I cannot recommend enough his recent interview on Wild Card from NPR. It was eye-opening for me, in particular the importance of transcendental meditation in his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhmi6aYCnew

@evan Depending on what you mean by "platform" (and if you mean "social media platform, then depending on what qualifies as "social media"...) then https://dreamwidth.org is still billionaire-free to the best of my knowledge.

It's a fork of Livejournal's code from back when LJ was getting sold to Russia. The people who run it are good, kind, and dedicated.

@evan I would rather refer to the fediverse as a network and Mastodon as a service, than calling it a platform. My mission is to move from platforms to protocols. Platforms are lock-in instruments.

@evan Nice! I'm definitely going to give that a try.

@evan didn't know they were working on it.

@evan Oh neat! That’s a clever use of ActivityPub. I hope GitLab extends it past releases.

Actually one of my favourite social feeds is my GitHub home page. Seeing what’s being released, worked on, starred by people you follow. I always discover so many new tools and libraries that way.

Totally belongs on the Fediverse.

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Yeah, but they didn't live through an incredibly cubed year like 2025 (1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³).

@evan Usenet didn’t even make the list? That’s gonna make someone mad.

I look forward to seeing what 2025 has for us.

I’m personally going to be working on a new publishing tool because I’m tired of nobody having a cool personal website anymore.

(Nobody but me, https://mat.tl is dope)

@evan Not a TikTok user by any means but given the controversy why federate it when there is Loops?

@dansup #Loops

@evan a server only for students would probably result in the most unbearably smug and patronising atmosphere imaginable xD And I say this as a student myself.

@evan@cosocial.ca It's cool, but i prefer to join in that server, where I want to been.

But this idea is so cool!

@evan I voted qualified yes, but IMO it wouldn't be much useful without scoped file sharing.

@evan Rarely. Usually it is in my digital literacy class during the “social networking” unit where I namecheck you, mention your book, talk about ActivityPub, and reference Mastodon and Bluesky while explaining differences between them. I’ve gotten to do that with six or seven groups of students now.

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@evan my wife told me to stop.

@evan

I (already) did 🙂

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/113538669677256312

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Thanks to everyone who responded here.

I am a qualified no.

I think there are parts of the Fediverse that can benefit from coordination, like how the SocialCG coordinates work on ActivityPub and Activity Streams 2.0, how IFTAS coordinates trust and safety work, and how Fedipact coordinates blocking Threads.

@evan First, we feel our feelings. Then, we make a plan and fight back.

@evan this is excellent news! Standing by to support.

@evan I guess it depends if you only count the time under the shower itself, or also the undressing, drying etc?

Huh, that's unexpected. I thought everyone enjoys long showers.

@evan Everything less than 30 is pathetic.

@evan great photos!

@evan Congrats!

@evan congratulations!

@evan Just in time for my thesis about Mastodon 😃👍

@evan what about content that is blatantly illegal?

If that is the case, how can instances differentiate?

I became a member of a particular instance BECAUSE they do not accept, save, and forward everything.

The policies of my instance form the guardrail that protects my mailbox.

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It's very impractical imo. I treat ActivityPub more like an API, so it only makes sense to process activities that make a semantic sense for your particular implementation. I don't even store the original JSON I receive.

It would make sense for a "dumb" server that implements C2S ActivityPub and doesn't have much of its own UI/UX, though.

@evan Congratulations and thank you! That book is much needed.

@evan War on cars

@evan 👏 Well done! Great milestone.