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Lucy Weir<p>This is my last attempt to create connections here. I've tried <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/exterminatepollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exterminatepollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecologicalemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologicalemergency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> but the only things I see coming up regularly are dog pics and geek stuff, neither of which do much for me.</p>
NorthwestProgressiveInstitute<p>I worked for Harris and Biden &amp;#8212; here’s the missing link for Democrats</p><p>Former Harris 2024 deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty says "opt-out voters" -- meaning, voters who aren't tuned in to NPR, don't read The New York Times, don't watch MSNBC, and so on -- are the pivotal voters that Democrats simply haven't developed a means of engaging with. </p><p><a href="https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2025/04/i-worked-for-harris-and-biden-heres-the-missing-link-for-democrats/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nwprogressive.org/microblog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/i-worked-for-harris-and-biden-heres-the-missing-link-for-democrats/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/CampaignStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FutureofJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureofJournalism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MoneyinPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyinPolitics</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>I have noticed a significant decrease in mindless <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toodles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toodles</span></a> in recent weeks.</p><p>What used to be daily occurrences, are now weekly.</p><p>Also, they no longer reek of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vigilanteJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vigilanteJustice</span></a> as they are more judicious, and seldom capricious 🫸 ✋ 🫷 </p><p>Let's hope it stays that way! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fragmentation</span></a> is bad for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ Quand fragmentation d’Internet rime avec profits<br><a href="https://aoc.media/analyse/2025/02/27/quand-fragmentation-dinternet-rime-avec-profits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aoc.media/analyse/2025/02/27/q</span><span class="invisible">uand-fragmentation-dinternet-rime-avec-profits/</span></a></p><p>« Toute une série d’exemples soulignent comment des acteurs du secteur privé, souvent en raison de leurs modèles <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/%C3%A9conomiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>économiques</span></a>, représentent de véritables défis pour l’unité de l’<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a>, en œuvrant à sa <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> aussi bien au niveau des <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/infrastructures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructures</span></a> de l’Internet, que de sa couche <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/applicative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>applicative</span></a>. »</p><p>« La prise de conscience de ces <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/menaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>menaces</span></a> qui pèsent sur l’unité d’Internet peut nous inciter à <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/agir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agir</span></a>. »</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>d</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@dennyhenke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dennyhenke</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; past time, to more specifically redefine my use of computing technology</p><p>Agree with your sentiment, but pick your battles unless you want to live like Amish people.</p><p>There is life beyond commodity hardware and OS OS. Apps that you need for your job might not be available. Gutted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netNeutrality</span></a> dooms the open web.</p><p>Even federated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> is doomed to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a>, thanks to cranky, antisocial denizens. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> as a last refuge is also lossy ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/114049966856977653" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">14049966856977653</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Exactly that is true: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLWnZ4Icro" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">kills the EU</a>!</p><ul><li>Instead of levying <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> comitting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> decided to basically kill <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domestic</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> with bs. like demanding that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStores</span></a> have to pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GST</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SalesTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SalesTax</span></a> in the customers' nation. </li></ul><p>That's why there's no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">anymore</a>! </p><ul><li>And I do know that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a> or the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> don't really give a wet fart about that, because they want a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> and would rather choose to die from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> than accept the necessity for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemChangeNotClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemChangeNotClimateChange</span></a>! </li></ul><p>Thanks again to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dw_innovation</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DWnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWnews</span></a> for that video.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Draghi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Draghi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Letta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Letta</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleMarket</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Destiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Destiny</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.hackingand.coffee/@hon1nbo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hon1nbo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> yeah, but all these things would essentially necessitate <em>a fundamentally incompatible</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fork</span></a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> standard, creating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/costs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costs</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> and lessen the likelyhood of success.</p><ul><li>Not to mention it'll require significant investments in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UserAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserAwareness</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Training</span></a> and would still have some issues...</li></ul><p>I gues a sort-of <em>"Secure HID Port"</em> that mandates proper authentification and does full <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> from the Keyboard Matrix / Pointing Device controller up is an option, but you'd have to expect state-sponsored attackers willing to do <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyW0lXnoFOA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"Kamikaze" Hacks</em></a>...</p><ul><li>There's like a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo&amp;t=4m5s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">long talk</a> by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TonyChen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyChen</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> explaining how they secured the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XboxOne</span></a>.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TLDW</span></a>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo&amp;t=11m2s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">It requires custom silicon and a hard root of trust</a>…</p><ul><li>And as we saw with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoldenKeyBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenKeyBoot</span></a> all it takes is a single <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a> of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrivateKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateKey</span></a> and that entire system is fucked!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113716442182953660" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1137164</span><span class="invisible">42182953660</span></a></p>
Boiling Steam<p>Linux Distros in September 2024: Welcome to Hyper-Fragmentation: <a href="https://boilingsteam.com/linux-distros-sep-2024-hyperfragmentation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boilingsteam.com/linux-distros</span><span class="invisible">-sep-2024-hyperfragmentation/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linuxgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bazzite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bazzite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/nobara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nobara</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcstasyAndAmnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcstasyAndAmnesia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestinianPredicament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianPredicament</span></a> is the direct or indirect outcome of three <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> wars, each about a generation apart. These are the wars that started in 1947, 1967, and 2000. Each war was a complex event with vast, unforeseen, and contested consequences for a host of actors, but the consequences for the Palestinian people were uniquely catastrophic: the first brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>, the second brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>, the third brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a>.</p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcstasyAndAmnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcstasyAndAmnesia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaStrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaStrip</span></a> </p><p>“The principal grievance of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> cause, one revealed in those rejections of sovereignty and by rhetoric spanning generations, is not the absence of a desired nation-state but the existence of another one” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>What is that predicament? It is defined by five dire properties:<br>1. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationhood</span></a> <br>2. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statelessness</span></a> <br>3. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>. <br>4. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>. <br>5. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a></p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jhavok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jhavok</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jhavoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jhavoc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DrALJONES</span></a></span> </p><p>Main <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grievance</span></a> is not the absence of free <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> but existence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>"when given chance to establish a state, [Palestinians] have rejected it time and again"</p><p>The quandary is outcome of 3 pivotal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> wars: 1 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>, 2 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>, 3 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a></p><p>What do you think of this? ➡️ <a href="https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2023/11/ecstasy-and-amnesia-in-the-gaza-strip/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israe</span><span class="invisible">l-zionism/2023/11/ecstasy-and-amnesia-in-the-gaza-strip/</span></a></p><p>It's a bit of a long read, but worth your while, REGARDLESS of which side you favor</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@notwithstanding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notwithstanding</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Right on the mark. Highly recommended</p><p>Main <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grievance</span></a> is not the absence of free <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> but the existence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromTheRiverToTheSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FromTheRiverToTheSea</span></a> is not merely <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aspirational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aspirational</span></a>, or for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberation</span></a>, but for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destructionOfIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destructionOfIsrael</span></a></p><p>"when given chance to establish a state, [Palestinians] have rejected it time and again"</p><p>The quandary is outcome of 3 pivotal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arab</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> wars: 1 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/displacement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>displacement</span></a>, 2 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>, 3 brought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@toooobeeee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>toooobeeee</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2023/11/ecstasy-and-amnesia-in-the-gaza-strip/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israe</span><span class="invisible">l-zionism/2023/11/ecstasy-and-amnesia-in-the-gaza-strip/</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Re-establish koala populations on fragmented habitats</p><p>"Where you've had a population grow from a small number of individuals, there's always potential for inbreeding."</p><p>"Drones with thermal cameras have been used to count the koalas and sound recorders are being installed in national parks, and on Crown land and farms along a 100-kilometre stretch of the river. We put the data through a computer and it takes hours and hours and hours of recording and just chops out the little snippets where it thinks there's a koala — then those little snippets get manually verified."</p><p>Best practice would be to refrain from logging koala habitat in the first place.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-06/narrandera-koala-colony-model-for-re-establishing-populations/103009652" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2023-11-06/nar</span><span class="invisible">randera-koala-colony-model-for-re-establishing-populations/103009652</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/StopLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopLogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NativeForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeForests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/telemetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telemetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/technosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SoundEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundEcology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TheGreatKoalaGhetto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatKoalaGhetto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SaveTuckersNob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTuckersNob</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Reasonable article on social media's fragmentation. Although, I think there's a constant discounting of the power of the decentralization offered up with the Fediverse (and the ability to build things onto its open APIs!!) <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-splintering-new-less-toxic-era-meta-bluesky-twitter-2023-10" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/social-med</span><span class="invisible">ia-splintering-new-less-toxic-era-meta-bluesky-twitter-2023-10</span></a></p>
Gabriele Pollara<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@cyrilpedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cyrilpedia</span></a></span> <br>This 👇 is the key passage to me. Sadly no one wins from the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> that's come from the decline of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> / <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a><br><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Bastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Gabriele Pollara<p>Good article about demise of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> / <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> for <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. </p><p>I'm happy to admit pre-Musk Twitter was broadly useful and engaging, but quality of the platform has suffered since. </p><p>Sad thing is that for now, the resulting <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> will benefit no one. </p><p>Hopefully people disperse to various <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> connected services, such as <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> or even <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a>. In the end we're a <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>, and talking to each other should be facilated. <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-023</span><span class="invisible">-02554-0</span></a></p>
Amadeus Paulussen<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@plaimbock" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>plaimbock</span></a></span> I can second that. Many shy away from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxdesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdesktop</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> whereas they could start off like e.g. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uhe</span></a>, by offering <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linuxaudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxaudio</span></a> builds with limited support. Quite a bunch mentioned that their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>framework</span></a> would not allow <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> builds. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/d16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>d16</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moog</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rhodes</span></a> at least said that they would eventually bring Linux support in the near future. Time will tell. ☺️ If <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ableton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableton</span></a> would release their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> version of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a> to the public that could give vendors new motivation too, I think.</p>
Gabriele Pollara<p>This article makes a good point I've mentioned before.</p><p>Highlights the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> of microblogging platform <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> initiated. Not sure anyone will come out the winner from the perspective of potential to discuss world events with anyone.<br><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FIFAWWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FIFAWWC</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23800361/womens-world-cup-2023-posting-twitter-threads" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/23800361/womens-w</span><span class="invisible">orld-cup-2023-posting-twitter-threads</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> is one of the greatest drivers of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It can cause natural <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>, increased disturbance or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hunting</span></a> by humans, the spread of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasive</span></a> species, direct mortality, and can have wider impacts beyond the development site.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/con03232301.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/03/con03232301</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p>
xRVAx :rva:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@daarin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>daarin</span></a></span> one of the killer apps for me on <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> was the ability to learn about events in real time from people I am not connected with. For example, <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/emergencymanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergencymanagement</span></a> functions, where an hurricane goes through <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a> and I am able to see in real time what others are experiencing through the <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/vawx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vawx</span></a> hashtag. It seems like with Masto, someone could be tooting with the <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/vawx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vawx</span></a> hashtag but I won't be able to see this information because of <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> ... I know you're saying it's a feature, not a bug, but that just is my point. Mastodon is not Twitter. ... So I'm grappling with adjusting my expectations and figuring out how to use Mastodon in a non-twitter way.</p>