keverets @keverets@librem.one

«NEW: Amazon's new AI-powered cameras are penalizing delivery drivers for driving mistakes they didn't make & drivers are losing income.

It's the nightmare scenario that AI experts frequently warn about. I talked to drivers about how AI is punishing them:»

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88npjv/amazons-ai-cameras-are-punishing-drivers-for-mistakes-they-didnt-make

stolen from here: https://twitter.com/LaurenKGurley/status/1439950968574156802

Canadians, you have just a few days left to speak out on a horrific proposal that would force online platforms to proactively surveil, police, and remove your speech! File your comment right now with @OpenMediaOrg's email tool: https://action.openmedia.org/page/90274/action/1?ea.tracking.id=om

"A world with Facebook is going to be crueler, stupider, and more deadly than one without #Facebook" #BoycottFacebook
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/facebook-instagram-zuckerberg-teenagers

for anyone that hasn't seen this:
there's an ECI for establishing universal basic income throughout the EU
if you're eligible to sign it (are an EU citizen) i urge you to do so
https://eci-ubi.eu/

"We are extracting Earth’s geological history to serve a split second of contemporary technological time, building devices like the Amazon Echo and the iPhone that are often designed to last for only a few years"

https://www.fastcompany.com/90618225/what-an-ancient-lake-in-nevada-reveals-about-the-future-of-tech

Apple rushes to block 'zero-click' iPhone spyware https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58540936

I'm kind of annoyed that "self-care" has become conflated with "treat yourself". Yes, sometimes treating yourself can be an act of self care

But most of prioritizing self care is meeting your core needs. It's telling yourself it's ok to take time to eat a healthy meal or take a shower. It's making sure you put the things you need to be healthy at a higher priority

The whole "self care is luxuries" captialist takeover of an important mental health concept just chaps me

PixelFed has just reached 50k users on 186 instances! 🥳

If you haven't tried it yet, you can find out more from the official site at:

https://pixelfed.org

It's a Fediverse alternative to Instagram, and federates with Mastodon etc. so millions of people across the Fediverse can follow PixelFed accounts.

PixelFed has an unofficial Android app called @PixelDroid. It's currently in beta testing, you can get it from F-Droid:

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.pixeldroid.app/

If you don't have F-Droid yet, here are instructions on how to install it:

https://switching.software/use/f-droid/

#FediTips #Fediverse #PixelFed #PixelTips #PixelDroid #Android #Apps #Instagram #Alternatives

"Full-stack embroidery"

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Today, #Facebook censored me for mentioning #Mastodon 10 months ago, in a one-off-post. Yeah, I'm not making this up.

https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10285-facebook-censored-me-for-mentioning-open-source-social-network-mastodon

Friend: What’s your new address? I can come pick you up
Me: Thx, but I don’t want my address to end up on #facebook
Friend: What? I’m not giving it to FB. WTH?!
Me: Hum, you’ll probably add it to my contact on your phone. You gave Messenger and Whatsapp access to your contacts. So yeah if I give you my address there’s a good chance it’ll end up in a FB’s database.

Why is it so hard to protect one’s data these days? Is there a way for me to have ppl over without leaking my address?

#privacy

Heard a phrase today that was "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly" and yes.

-NO popups
-NO banners
-NO bars that scroll with you
-NO panels that appear or disappear depending on which direction you're scrolling
-NO misleading cookie consent dialogs
-NO tracking

https://wedistribute.org/2021/08/bookwyrm-is-the-federated-goodreads-replacement-i-didnt-know-i-needed/

Anyone using this?

I know most people here are not into JS libraries and frameworks but we're starting to see super cool projects for progressive enhancement. Things like Alpine (https://alpinejs.dev) or HTMX (https://htmx.org) treat HTML as a first class citizen and source of truth, it's refreshing an unobtrusive.

It's not clear to me whether running a company like Remington makes you into a fucking monster, or whether depraved assholes seek out companies like Remington to work for.

In 2012, a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, CT, and murdered 20 children aged six and seven, and six staff members.

1/

What's your thoughts on this?

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it: this is a must-read for the Matrix community.

RT @pierce@twitter.com

This is a great dive into how Google botched messaging for 15 years, and the table of contents BY ITSELF is a truly epic burn https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/pierce/status/1430584264341471236