Henrik Hemrin @hehemrin@librem.one

Helt vansinnigt! Självklart borde ryska oppositionella få stanna i Sverige! Det är för mig helt obegripligt att så inte sker när det är dokumenterat att personerna är i opposition mot Putin!

https://www.dn.se/kultur/putinkritisk-rysk-journalist-hotas-av-utvisning/

Zelenskyj verkar ha taggat ner lite och pratar plötsligt om att kolla fakta. Det är ju bra. Om det faktiskt var en ukrainsk luftvärnsrobot måste Ukraina erkänna det för att behålla sin trovärdighet.

Verkar allt mer sannolikt att det faktiskt var en ukrainsk luftvärnsrobot som av misstag slog ner i Polen och dödade två. Det är så klart Rysslands fel ändå, för hade inte Ryssland skjutit tiotals robotar mot civila mål i Ukraina hade det inte funnits något behov att försöka skjuta ner dem.
De som halva natten vevade om att allt snack om en ukrainsk missil är "ryska påverkansoperationer" kan ändå ta sig en funderare. Jag säger bara "konfirmeringsbias". Eller önsketänkande
https://www.vof.se/skepdic/konfirmeringsbias/

It’s #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, so here’s your reminder that much of the open source software you love was made with the help of transgender people—including elementary OS! Shoutouts to all the trans folks in our community 🏳️‍⚧️

The new @reality2cast is out! I talked to @dsearls @shawnp0wers and @kyle about the ups, downs, and how-tos of using Mastodon amid Twitter's recent instability.
The full episode “Mastodon Lifeboats for Twitter Users” is at https://reality2cast.com/132 or you can find it in your podcast app.

#Mastodon #socialMedia #Technology #Privacy #Podcast #newEpisode

The internet wasn't intended to be 3 websites with enough power to turn us into doomscrolling zombies, sway public policy and lead to the collapse of democracy.

Är kärlekens tid över i politiken? På ABF Stockholm i morgon tisdag 15 november föreläser jag om det politiska läget i Sverige - från Janauriavtalet till Tidöavtalet - utifrån min, Cecilia Garmes och Jonas Hinnfors bok "Att älska den man kan få" (Atlas, 2022). Välkomna om ni finns i närheten! https://abfstockholm.se/evenemang/ar-karlekens-tid-over-i-politiken/

I finished a parody today, "Twitter and the Musky Man" (from what i hope is the obvious Traveling Wilburys tune). You can find it on Peaceful Hippo dot info.
#filk #birdsite #musky

Hmm... should my comic have its own account on my nerdlings.net instance? Probably...

During COP27, we urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those held simply for peacefully exercising their human rights, implementing criteria set by local NGOs for these releases: fairness, transparency, inclusiveness and urgency. One of these prisoners is Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who is now on a water strike since the beginning of COP27. (thread)

The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration

Closed source software developers might talk a big game about privacy, but only open source software developers can provide proof. You can find all of our source code publicly on GitHub and verify that when we say we don’t track you, we don’t: https://GitHub.com/elementary

Another design consideration re: Mastodon is that it works well for ephemeral asynchronous communications, but for many reasons should not be counted on as an archival resource. Media attachments are periodically purged and may not be available after a week, or a month, etc. While some servers may try to preserve content forever, this may be costly and unsustainable. Creators, researchers should treat this as an ephemeral resource and make provisions for self-archiving anything important.