arctic pie (he/him)

Yet another reason to want to move to the Netherlands

Its because they signed up for Twitter

Fuck yes!

I’m actually shocked and not shocked at the same time…

Perhaps the Democratic Party should understand that this is what happens when you campaign on social justice and then govern like a Republican from the early 2000s, and then adjust accordingly. For many on the left, the prospect of having a Republican president in 2024 may be less frightening than letting the center-right Democrats get bullied around by the GOP and Fox News for another 4 years while actively targeting/destroying actual progressive movements. I’m not necessarily saying I’m on that side of the fence myself, but the Dems have spent the last few years deeply undercutting a lot of the progressive base that got Biden across the finish line and into the White House.

This is the point at which the left-wing in France needs to step the fuck up and convince the centrists that the best way to beat the Nazis is not to vote for Diet Nazi.

Not to be an asshole but I feel like he’s been crystal clear the entire time about his anti-LGBTQ crusade.

Fuck the far right in all venues and platforms.

To be honest, I freaking love bookwyrm so much. One of my favorite ways to burn time online is to find books that come across my feed that are missing info like cover art, description, etc. and to fill it all in. I’ve spent hours doing this and it feels so cool, like I’m actually part of maintaining the system.

Also, Ive found that the people on Bookwyrm tend to like books that I really love that are also potentially kind of niche, so Ive found a lot of really great book recommendations that I never would have found from Goodreads or an algorithm.

People could start setting shit on fire, that might be a good start.

This feels like a big milestone in their enshittification journey, and also in the maturity of the fediverse. Part of what made Twitter so widely popular I think is that tweets were available to everyone, not just the few people who were online enough to actually have an account. To lock things behind a wall after so many people have left seems like a bad idea.

I am supremely jealous of your ability to take time and have no idea what to do. I have a 7 month old kiddo and a partner who plans our calendar months in advance. I dont think I’ll ever have a weeklong stretch of unspoked for time ever again in my whole life.

*Late / recently deceased CEO

Eugen is proof that the fediverse requires distributed (not just decentralized) ownership.

I’m curious what/if any info can be retrieved from Matrix servers?

That’s concerning and I’m not saying they’re perfect. They’ve been very clear that they’re overwhelmed by all of the new folks here and the unexpected workload. Perhaps already being overloaded with content moderation om Beehaw was reason enough to defed from instances that would only make that problem significantly worse?

Glad they deleted it, but I am also glad that the mods saw this possibility and acted proactively before that shit could accidentally make its way onto our timelines. Beehaw is an intentionally safe space - that is much more of a stated goal than protecting libertarian “free-speech” or having an expansive presence on the threadiverse.

Even a single negative or hateful post showing up can have a profoundly negative and harmful effect on the community. We need to take this shit seriously and I am so so so thankful to have mods who are unafraid to act boldly here.

If you want an instance that is 100% reactive to hate speech and prioritizes your access to other instances at the potential risk of other instance members, maybe Beehaw ain’t the place for you (and that’s ok!)

I’m perfectly OK with Beehaw de-fedding from 75%+ of all lemmy inatances, including very large and popular ones, if it means keeping this space consistently free of hate. We are a community, not a platform.

Much love!

I really hope that we’ll be able to maintain a strong resistance and fortification against Meta taking over the fediverse.

Fuck, let’s pray it is

I use(d) Infinity