Eric Vautier @evautier@librem.one

For some thoughts on what should guide content moderation for a social media platform should look like, The Santa Clara Principles are required reading:
https://santaclaraprinciples.org/

The most important thing to recognize is that there are going to be mistakes. That is why transparency and accountability is at the center of these principles.

If you ever had a vaccine, injection or surgery, you are indebted to the ancient & wondrous horseshoe crab.

Why? Its blue blood contains Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) which clumps at contact with bacterial toxins. Animals are caught for their blood to test the sterility of medical equipment & injections.

Unfortunately the harvest is unsustainable & populations are in decline. An effective synthetic substitute has been available for 2 decades & we just need the biomedical industry to switch.

ATTENTION EVERYONE WRINGING THEIR HANDS OVER “#MASTODON ADMINS CAN READ MY DIRECT MESSAGES”: #SysAdmins have *always* been able to read your #email and DMs unless encrypted, including at the big #SocialNetworks and Internet providers. We used to have t-shirts that said, “I READ YOUR EMAIL.”

It’s just hitting now because you got used to places where the admins were kept away in their cubicles and data centers instead of greeting you at the front door.

#privacy #security #InfoSec #cybersecurity

A group at Johns Hopkins has created a scrollable, interactive map of the entire universe, from here to the cosmic microwave background.
Extraordinary discoveries at your fingertips for free, unimaginable when I was a kid. https://mapoftheuniverse.net/ #astronomy #space #exploration

There are a couple of open source Mastodon clients that run on MacOS but are one-person projects. I'm thinking https://github.com/brunophilipe/Mastonaut and https://github.com/NicolasConstant/sengi It looks like they need some love. Is anyone thinking of working on them? I have practically zero background in desktop apps, but I'm still tempted to join in any such effort.

Corneille bien sous tout rapport cherche autres corneilles à suivre sur Mastodon. Si vous aimez les corneilles, signalez-vous 👋

#Crowstodon assemble! If you're a fellow crow enjoyer, make yourself known and the Parisian ringed crows will follow you.

Are you interested in distributed systems, how Mastodon federation really works, and related implications for testing & operations? Do yourself a favor & read @nova’s excellent writeup of experiments with hachyderm.wtf. https://medium.com/@kris-nova/experimenting-with-federation-and-migrating-accounts-eae61a688c3c

@agreenberg @bbbhltz +1 for using Nitter links instead of Twitter because no user tracking is involved in these.

@WinslowSP vous connaissez #OpenStreetMap ?

Ce serait préférable à #GoogleMaps et sa collecté éfrenée de données personnelles, surtout pour votre domaine qui touche à la santé.

@osm_fr propose https://umap.openstreetmap.fr qui permet de faire ce type de cartes, sans tracking, sans collecte de données... et tout est #floss

#deGooglisation

RT @EricLagadec@twitter.com

L'Univers a ~13,8 milliards d'années. Je me rends bien compte que c'est difficile d'imaginer une histoire aussi longue. Ça vous dit de lire un résumé de tout ça en un thread? Une brève histoire de l'Univers et de la vie sur Terre en un thread?👇

©WMAP

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EricLagadec/status/1593681169660497925

Welcome to Sadr region nebula! Even though it's not one of the more iconic nebulae, it's one of my absolute favorites. There is so much happening here: the bright star Sadr (Gamma Cygni) in the bottom right, one of the main stars in the Cygnus constellation. A star cluster (NGC 6910) in the upper right, distinct halpha, OIII and SII regions and lots of dark clouds. The whole thing is about 4,900 light years away from earth. Total exposure about 16 hours. #space #astronomy #astrophotography

🦊 Artist: #MAUMAU / #MauMauArt - in City: #London #BrickLane UK 🇬🇧 2018 - Title: "Far Wrong" - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #Graffiti #Artwork #FarRightFarWrong

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

No technology can save us from ourselves, but building a more interoperable social media environment could be our do-over on the current lock-in model. It could be awesome, if we don’t screw it up. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it