I was noticing an uptick in the quality of the posts in the last month. It’s to our benefit here.

I think the difference here is there is not some weird, ephemeral person deciding. For example, at the bad place, it could have been a shitty admin, a good admin or actually spez deciding the rules for everyone.

Here we have instances that make up their own rules on who to federate with (who you see), and whether or not you’re banned (who sees you). Also, the admins of your instance can redo moderation order anyway they see fit. It really will be an instance controlled vibe.

The real thing to be worried about is that if certain instances get too big. They have the most users and can control who sees what across the fediverse. For example, if a super large instance doesn’t want any posts on any volatile or controversial topic to be seen (immigration, Nazi salutes, transgender, etc.), they could just have it not show up on their instance and the biggest part of the fediverse would never see it and have no way of knowing they didn’t see it.

I think they’re going the Twitter-> X route. Make it so unusable for the people who would give any pushback, that all that’s left are the people who are going to cause real harm and the others that are too addicted and/or stupid to leave.

That’s a great clarification. There is some overlap, but you’re right, they may or may not see some stars or constellations. The Southern Cross for instance, can only be seen from certain southern state in the US.

A good way to think about this is time zones. The sun is in a different spot depending on what time zone you’re in, so will everything else be in the sky. Also, it depends on seasons because the earth tilts on its axis.

Planets, the “stars” that don’t twinkle, are sometimes between us and the sun (Mercury and Venus). Those planets have crazy patterns and are the evening and morning stars. The planets that aren’t between us and the sun act consistently (the rest).

Our moon travels around us and isn’t attached to the sun, but is in the earth’s orbit. That’s why a lunar calendar and a sun calendar are so different.

AbeBooks: Amazon acquired AbeBooks, founded in 1996, in 2008

Wait, what?

In 1998, Bezos was an angel investor in Google. His $250,000 investment’s value has ballooned to roughly $3 billion. This and his 2011 investment in then-startup Airbnb are some of his most prominent.

Double whaaaa?

Seriously, I had no idea that he’s got his claws in everything. I guess I should have, he’s a billionaire and all.

• Nextdoor: Nextdoor was founded in 2008 with the goal of creating a way to interact virtually with neighbors. Bezos Expeditions was among the app’s investors in 2011, altogether amounting to $40.2 million in funding circa its 2012 evolution.

• Business Insider: Jeff Bezos is an investor in business-and-general-news site Business Insider, founded in 2007. The 2014 investment round added $12 million in funds.

So is piefed an app or another type of fediverse? I’m not sure I understand. It looks like it talks to both Mastodon and Lemmy, but I could be wrong.

Thank you! Insert “duh” meme.

Am I not getting something? Why is it a bad idea or do I need the /s, lol

Looks like Paramount gave in, but the others didn’t? I’m not sure about Twentieth Century Fox.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/32786266

Youtube TV reaches short-term deal to stream Paramount content– Paramount has accused YouTube TV of “prioritizing their own interests over a fair agreement.”

Having been one of under 10 people on the bad place getting people to mask up during the pandemic, it is absolutely positive to post about things. I provided proof from before the pandemic about how masks can help and which types. It was proof that saved lives and thank you to a little known mask company for posting that while unknowingly helping in the future.

You have to pick your battles and post only about what they’re doing and saying while acknowledging the following things:

• They want to “The opposition party is the media,” Steve Bannon, who helped run Trump’s 2016 campaign, told PBS Frontline five years ago. “And the media can only — because they’re dumb and they’re lazy — they can only focus on one thing at a time.” So the solution, per Bannon? Overwhelm them.

• “All we have to do is flood the zone,” he said. “Every day we hit them with three things. They’ll bite on one, and we’ll get all of our stuff done, bang, bang, bang. These guys will never — will never be able to recover. But we’ve got to start with muzzle velocity.”

• Also post ways to help around your community so people also can do something.
• Realize that they’re trying to privatize our government, being shocked at the way they’re doing it or talking about it does nothing.

I hear Homer is available.

Having them pointed towards lemmy.ml is a little concerning.

Reuters usually has half decent articles, but they’re owned by billionaires out of Canada. This look into them was done late last year: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/12174374

AP has some sketch board members as shown here: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/12174861

Stay away from Temu. Also, same with Foxcon that Apple uses. We really have a medieval world we’re living in.

Technically you’re correct, but it implies that it was Roman in a quickly read headline.

Is the money getting what it wants or is this making sure the money is quieter? I don’t understand.

Last year, the company formed a U.S.-based non-profit to get more funds and grants with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on the board. At the same time, the organization lost its non-profit status in Germany at the same time.

While Mastodon relies on donations and sponsorships to operate, Bluesky, its main competitor working on a rival decentralized network, is reportedly raising a new funding round from investors at a $700 million valuation.

The blog post noted that the new Europe-based non-profit entity will wholly own the Mastodon GmbH for-profit entity. The organization is in the process of finalizing the place where the new entity will be set up.

Canva bought Affinity. The more I know about them, the more it stresses me out.

Really? I have had so many fights with them over the phone from myself and my parents, that I will never willingly use them again.

According to this ranking, Mexico beats our healthcare by quite a few spots (US is 38th and Mexico is 21st) and they have a woman president. They’re kind of kicking our ass.

Mexico Healthcare

Healthcare in Mexico is a multifaceted system comprising public institutions overseen by government departments, private hospitals and clinics, and private physicians. It is distinguished by a unique amalgamation of coverage predominantly contingent upon individuals’ employment statuses. Rooted in the Mexican constitution’s principles, every Mexican citizen is entitled to cost-free access to healthcare and medication. This constitutional mandate was translated into reality through the auspices of the Instituto de Salud para el Bienestar (English: Institute of Health for Well-being), abbreviated as INSABI;[1] however, INSABI was discontinued in 2023.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Mexico