Certain folks believe Fediverse self-hosting should *never* be recommended to anyone because only eggheads should run social media.

To which I say:

1. The Internet is for everyone
2. If you want the technical acumen to self-host, you can learn it
3. There are risks, but the risks won't kill you
4. Leaving things in the hands of "experts" is unsustainable -- it's why so many laptops are designed to be unrepairable!

It's movie night on Twiiter because the automatic DMCA censorship is defunct. Next up: Hackers. https://twitter.com/AsleepMods/status/1594108188915372034

I was thinking about the "Baseline" scene from Blade Runner 2049 the other day and idly tried to search for a transcript of it, and immediately fell down a rabbit hole learning

1. The script for that scene was written by Ryan Gosling
2. The test itself is fundamentally based on an actor's exercise Ryan Gosling had been trained in invented by a Massachusetts Shakespeare company

I wrote a blog post on Cohost about "Dropping In" and the ins and outs of how this happened:

https://cohost.org/mcc/post/178201-the-baseline-scene

Now available!

My in-depth comparative review of eight Mastodon apps for iPhone

Please boost (or share on Twitter) 🙏

https://transponderings.blog/2022/05/21/eight-mastodon-apps-for-iphone/

This is what's wrong with the tech industry. The expectation that one should give their free time *EVERY DAY* or you're somehow "not passionate".

My response to that would be fuck you and your shitty fucking culture.

My kids and family are FAR more important to me than your ridiculous expectations.

</rant> 🙃

Before, during, and after a protest, keep yourself and your community safe while you make your voice heard.
https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/attending-protest

pretty fucked up day

As state and national legislatures continue to adopt consumer data privacy laws, they must also establish protections for workers with respect to their employers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/inside-invasive-secretive-bossware-tracking-workers