SeedyOne

This is a fantastic read and a great explanation of how this can happen. You’ve come a long way and made it out the other side.

A slow car in the fast lane actually moved over with three cars behind him the other day. I couldn’t believe it.

Any chance they accept gift cards or a temporary Visa you can charge up? If not, that would be a bummer.

The problem is where you said “as long as” because we already know companies AND the AI itself can’t be trusted to not expose sensitive info inadvertently. At absolute best, it’s another vector to be breached.

“The market” (stocks) has been and will continue to be divorced from reality but to play devil’s advocate, Tesla and it’s investors consider it “more than just a car company”. It’s still ridiculous, but that’s the market for ya.

While odd looking to some of us, they were actually right. That’s 56,000 “millions” or 56,000 x 1,000,000 = 56 billion. A mind blowing amount of cash.

Whatever the hell this song is supposed to be. The more you watch, the weirder it gets.

Great find, saving these.

I’ve found it pretty easy to avoid with a bit of curation but I understand they’re a “necessary” evil that comes with every major user migration.

Yet, annoyingly, much of the press still uses it to disseminate news.

I understand journalism is in a rough spot these days and many are there against their will but something needs to change abruptly. This slow exodus is too slow for democracy to survive '24.

We dug those up years ago though, I have one framed from Alamogordo.

As does decades of systematically defunding education. The decades of leaded gas/paint by prior generations probably weren’t helping…

Finally someone who understands the nuance here.

You’re naive to think it’s just starting now.

Yet another clue as to why Google search sucks as time goes on.

Thank you, someone finally looking big picture. I see a lot of folks talking about things like “it won’t harm Threads” or “the federation is all about inclusiveness and joining together” and those people, while correct on paper, are missing the point.

Put simply, many instances would prefer not to deal with that unnatural influx, and that is their choice. In fact, the best part of the fediverse is not only that they CAN make that choice it’s that they can UNDO it later if need be. I can’t fault some of these smaller instances for being proactive in protecting themselves when few here really know what goes into running and moderating.

You shouldn’t expect it from ANY site really.

Apparently this is a divisive topic, moreso than expected. Edited for clarity.

Huh? Green means it has been blocked and needs no further action. Red means it needs attention [if you’re on the side of defederating that is].

Handy site to check your instances thread-blocking status.

https://fedipact.veganism.social/?v=2

Plenty to dislike about Biden but this one existed LONG before him and is a lot more complex than “current admin bad”.

Even this person leaving their position admits it’s been this way for decades and is wholly unsurprising, albeit incredibly disappointing.