Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

I got a cake to welcome back the Twitter users!

@fishcharlie Seems like Elon has fired all the backend engineers, so all the new stuff since he is here is just UI changes, including this. Backend stays the same.

But it seems the twitter backend is becoming super flaky, often failing to return results (getting 404, failing to return videos, etc). So I will have to figure out a way to reliably get the info I need, or have graceful degradation when I don't get everything

fun fact, you can bypass it by setting the "googlebot" useragent

Now Twitter does not allow users to view tweets without creating an account!

Thanks, though, now I don't even get tempted to look at posts on the bird site.

The change also breaks archival tools, making tweets effectively much less verifiable.

Let's hope these changes wii drive people away from the platform.

It can always get worse.

"JavaScript Gom Jabbar" by Alex Kotliarskyi https://frantic.im/javascript-gom-jabbar/

This one hits a little too close to home.

3 days until the #Silo finale.

Here’s the entire first episode.

Submersibles Russia
🤝
Implosion

Canada: We’re gonna tax Facebook for letting news outlets post links on it

Facebook: Ok, but if you charge us for allowing news links in Canada, we’ll stop allowing news links in Canada

Canada: Nuh-uh

Facebook: Done

Canada: Wait no how could you

From @mmasnick @ Techdirt:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/23/as-canada-passes-corrupt-link-tax-meta-says-no-more-news-links-in-canada/

Computers are like onions. Everything is layers built on layers, and every layer makes you cry. #sysadmin

Reddit communities on alternative platforms:
https://sub.rehab/

#reddit #subreddits #migration

The problem with fixing something is that when it breaks again it becomes your fault

I just wrote a post about what's new with bird.makeup: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84776665

On Juneteenth, we commemorate the anniversary of the delayed but welcome news of freedom reaching the enslaved Black folks in Galveston, Texas. It’s a reminder that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope — and a reason to keep building a country that lives up to its highest ideals.