In Santorini, fear's at its peak, Rescue teams sent out to seek, A quake of great size, Could bring tears to their eyes, In Greece, they stay vigilant and meek.
Sehe ich es richtig, dass eine der größten und ältesten Demokratien der Welt gerade in hoher Geschwindigkeit vor unseren Augen abgeschafft wird? Oder ist das zu dramatisch formuliert?
Ich fürchte in großen Teilen passiert das gerade. Ich vermute im System steckt noch einiges an Resilienz, vor allem in den unterschiedlichen Bundesstaaten, aber durchaus auch in den politischen Gremien. Ich wage da überhaupt keine Prognosen, ich tu mich ja schon schwer zu verstehen, was gerade hier bei uns passiert.
@Lapizistik Donald Trump hat noch gar nicht damit angefangen im großen Maßstab die US-Verfassung zu brechen. Der US-Präsident hat einen ganz erheblichen Handlungsspielraum und jetzt sitzt dort jemand der nach dem Testlauf der ersten Amtszeit und Installation eines passenden Supreme Courts einfach mal alle guten Sitten, Traditionen u.s.w. ignoriert an die sich alle vor ihm gebunden fühlten.
@HolgerTDittmann Zumindest der Raid von Musks Leuten durch die Datenbanken klang nicht sonderlich legal. Und an der formalen Legalität würde ich's nicht primär festmachen, das Ermächtigungsgesetz kam damals auch formal legal zustande.
The government of the state of Tamil Nadu in India is offering an enormous cash prize to anyone who can crack the code of an ancient script used in the Indus Valley civilization.
I'm just posting this because I figure if there's some big brain who can decipher the script, and that person needs money right now, there's a decent chance they are posting cat pictures on #Mastodon.
The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to crack the code
(The EU never had that good a chance to attract talent: If EU states didn't want to play fascism you could actually get many of the brightest and most experienced people on the planet to move and work here. Set some funding/grants up and you could turn the EU into a powerhouse. [Not _my_ reason for wanting to offer people a home here, if Europe had learned anything from 2 world wars it would understand itself as a safe haven for anyone under threat but we have not. If I were the EU my ad campaign to "move to Europe with your startup to a place safe for your trans employees" would have been prepared last year. Like you could have 50% of the best IT security people living here.] )
@thibaultamartin Totally. I did _not_ mean to imply that at all.
Every trans person on the planet should know that they can just come here. Be safe. Thrive. Without being in IT at all. I just want them all to be safe.
@janl Yeah. I mean Mozilla is toast soon anyways so that challenge was coming either way.
But this would be the time. To take national and EU money and turn into into action. Not by hoping the market does it but by actually getting it done. A "Public IT Infrastructure Agency" that actually takes projects in, hires the staff and pushes them forward, not as money making entities but as a gift we as society are making each other and the future.
wouldn't really have to be a gift economy or anything. Just take all the money currently spent on Microsoft and Google licences in the public sector and redirect it to publicly employed developers who create open source alternatives for use in the public sector. @janl
@audunmb @janl Funnily we’ve experimented with this exact idea on a small scale with @medienhaus at the Berlin University of Arts. The tl;dr: No chance. All the people in power were not only not interested, but feared a loss of influence and shut down any initiative that was brought up. Competent and willing people were “let go”, way more expensive contracts and yay-sayers were are being kept. I’d be happy to learn about other cases.
Honestly: the EU doesn’t even know what to do with all the bright and talented people it already has. Hardly anyone here is interested in building modern companies that build stuff that won’t be obsolete in 5 years.
Major EU countries are making it harder and harder every month to migrate to Europe. Take #Finland as an example, not only they doubled the time needed for citizenship, they are also in process of adding extra tests (other than Finnish language qualification) for the citizenship. They also reduce the time in-between jobs to half (6 months to 3 months) for work visa. And last month they increased the required time for permanent residency by 150% and soon the language test!!
Which skilled worker in the right mind would even consider coming to Finland anymore? Very different language than others, expensive country, super high tax rate (a very social county), super tight immigration laws, not a vibrant economy, language barrier in finding jobs, tight restrictions for family visit and tourist visas,... Right-wing is stronger than ever, and **openly** racist fascist parties on the rise (e.g Sinimusta)
Ah, the problem is that most of the EU MS (even if they are not drifting directly into fascism) have drunk from the neoliberal/libertarian cool aid.
Example, Germany has a special law to allow universities to keep academics on non-permanent employment contracts, which normally would be strictly verboten.
Similar in Austria.
Basically, it's challenging to argue the EU MS should attract foreign talent, when they are doing everything possible to drive their own talent away.
@grunfink@comam.es thank you for snac, I've just set up my own instance with it, and I'm loving it
there are a couple of features from GNU social that I'm missing, and that I'd like to implement, namely:
- some means to open a thread or a post from my timeline in a new browser tab, so that I can interact with it later, or keep up with a conversation without having to search for it in the timeline again. I'm thinking of turning the "date / udate" field into a link to it/them, though ATM I don't quite see what to link to. I suppose a search might work to find a single post, but there's no existing way to link to a local view of a thread AFAICT. any objections to adding these?
- it would be nice if I could like/boost/mute/etc without reloading the page, let alone be taken to the first timeline page. I'd like to be able to middle-click on these buttons so that they'd take action on another tab, and I could keep on scrolling on the current tab without waiting for
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@grunfink@comam.es thank you for snac, I've just set up my own instance with it, and I'm loving it
there are a couple of features from GNU social that I'm missing, and that I'd like to implement, namely:
- some means to open a thread or a post from my timeline in a new browser tab, so that I can interact with it later, or keep up with a conversation without having to search for it in the timeline again. I'm thinking of turning the "date / udate" field into a link to it/them, though ATM I don't quite see what to link to. I suppose a search might work to find a single post, but there's no existing way to link to a local view of a thread AFAICT. any objections to adding these?
- it would be nice if I could like/boost/mute/etc without reloading the page, let alone be taken to the first timeline page. I'd like to be able to middle-click on these buttons so that they'd take action on another tab, and I could keep on scrolling on the current tab without waiting for it to reload, or bringing new posts, or getting back to the initial timeline page, even if we currently try to get back to the same spot
- indeed, it would be desirable IMHO for these actions to not always take you back to the admin and timeline page, but rather to the same page you're on, so that, if you're e.g. interacting with a bookmark or a search result or any other way to show a post or a thread, you remain on that page
- I liked the way notifications are marked as seen, and I'd love something like that for the timeline as well. I'm thinking I'd enjoy a view that showed me not the latest posts in the timeline, but the oldest posts more recent than the latest one marked as seen, with a button/link to mark those as seen and show another such page. then I could catch up roughly in order, rather than in reverse order. (this reminds me that diaspora had a nice feature of generating timestamp-based "earlier posts" links, so that there wouldn't be repeats as I paged over posts while new posts came in.
are any of these features something that you definitely wouldn't want to integrate into snac? or does any of these need further details for you to tell?
I noticed two (hopefully minor) errors in the patches I sent earlier:
- I failed to untabify a couple of added lines in the second patch
- I failed to add the "contributed by" note to RELEASE_NOTES.md in the third patch
if you'd like me to send fixed versions thereof, whether over these minor issues or other ones, just let me know.
I'm open to discussing the design and details of any of them. the third is more of a working prototype than a proper implementation: the packing of so much functionality in a single function is probably unwise, maintenance-wise, but that was what worked, so that's what I shared to get a concrete depiction of the feature across, to get the conversation about it started. I hope the feature makes sense to you.
another nit: I found that the placement of the link to the message in the date is less than ideal. it might be better to place it next to the interaction buttons, where one would look for them after reading the whole message. I find myself occasionally having to page back up to get back to it, which I find less than idea
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I noticed two (hopefully minor) errors in the patches I sent earlier:
- I failed to untabify a couple of added lines in the second patch
- I failed to add the "contributed by" note to RELEASE_NOTES.md in the third patch
if you'd like me to send fixed versions thereof, whether over these minor issues or other ones, just let me know.
I'm open to discussing the design and details of any of them. the third is more of a working prototype than a proper implementation: the packing of so much functionality in a single function is probably unwise, maintenance-wise, but that was what worked, so that's what I shared to get a concrete depiction of the feature across, to get the conversation about it started. I hope the feature makes sense to you.
another nit: I found that the placement of the link to the message in the date is less than ideal. it might be better to place it next to the interaction buttons, where one would look for them after reading the whole message. I find myself occasionally having to page back up to get back to it, which I find less than ideal. the date made sense to me, for not using up more screen real state, and for being "intuitive" for a user coming from GNU social, but I'd be happy to change it. it probably makes sense to add an attribute to have the link opened in a separate tab or page, though; it makes little sense without that IMHO, but I didn't think of it before because I automatically go for the alternate button that will open it in another tab. again, I'd be happy to amend the patch, or post a follow up, just let me know
there's something exciting about using snac to share patches for snac, but I don't suppose it's the most convenient way to share them. if you'd rather get them by other means, I'll probably be happy to oblige; I'm probably going to set up a (plain) anon git server soon (I just haven't got 'round to doing so yet), and I could post only pull requests (in the original sense) here, pointing at branches to pull from in the git server
Looking for a #ttrpg about raccoons/trash pandas scavenging in a post apocalyptic space #scifi setting... I remember seeing it, I think it was an #indiettrpg on @itchio but I haven't been able to find it.
An anonymous reader shared this post from the blog OMG Ubuntu
Want to find out if the text you're reading online was written by an real human or spat out by a large language model trying to sound like one? Mozilla's Fakespot Deepfake Detector Fire…
(Which really pains me. I had hoped/dreamed about there maybe being another "Theorizing the Web" in NY at some point in the future. I miss that conference so much, nowhere else have I gotten that much of an intellectual boost in 2 or 3 days. Ever. )
from some contemplation, we're pretty sure the sense in which the costs of remote are too high is that sponsors are less interested in it because it's not such effective advertising
we'd love to be wrong. it wouldn't change anything but we'd be happier
we say "difficult" call, but what we really mean is that as a trans person, it's blatantly risking our life to even attempt to cross the border at this point, nobody is in a position to say from day to day what might happen
Irgendwie werden wir bei uns an der #OVGU mit unserer Nextcloud nicht so glücklich.
Seit etwa 10 Tagen hat sich die Vorgehensweise bei der Linkfreigabe etwas verändert. Dort gibt es jetzt ein vorselektiertes Häkchen "Ablauf des Links aktivieren", das man vor der Erstellung der Freigabe abwählen kann.
Problem: Egal was man dort anklickt, der erstellte Link läuft trotzdem in zwei Wochen ab, was natürlich super verwirrend ist.
"Alright, places ladies, places. Annemarie, Suzanne, you two are in the first number. Suzanne, how about you try not to fall on your face this time? Lorraine, go see Todd in makeup, you look like a clown. And Nancy, for chrissakes, put on some underwear."
Uiuiui. Ich schau ja sonst nicht auf Zahlen und mag das Fediverse dafür, dass hier Zahlen nicht zelebriert werden. Aber jetzt habt ihr mich schwach gemacht: Noch 10 bis zur 5.000.
Mir werden 4933 Follower angezeigt. Entweder ist die Zahl bei mir nicht aktuell, oder du wurdest für den unverfrorenen Hinweis auf den Meilenstein direkt abgestraft. So wie ich die Kultur hier bisher kennengelernt habe, fürchte ich fast Letzteres. 🫣
It’s rather bizarre. Social engineering 3.0: just waltz into government offices and act like you’re in control. The way they take over systems is really a cyberattack in broad daylight. Literally. Openly gaining access to sensitive information that they have no business with. They should be arrested and locked up!
@ArtHarg It looks bad, right? One possibility is a military intervention. Seems almost unthinkable, as the US military has been faithfully serving civilian rule like forever; but Trump has already undermined this taboo by using the military for police tasks. It may happen when soldiers are ordered to fire on protesters. Their oath is to the Constitution, not to any person or regime.
@ArtHarg @martinvermeer that moment – when he orders them to fire on protesters – is absolutely coming , and I have to say I can’t predict what’s gonna happen
I remember the things I believed at that age - I was still a Libertarian because its internal logic made a lot of sense to me and I hadn't had enough life experience yet to recognize that its core assumptions are a complete crock.
This is not good - they'll be the kind of clever that hasn't yet learnt to consider the human dimension to what they do, nor understand why it matters.
@StryderNotavi It's almost funny. He's a lot older, so his 'spending the rest of his life in prison' will be much shorter than theirs. If they get that far, of course - more likely they'll be fired fairly soon. Are they on H1B visas?
@Tim_Eagon My first thought was from an #infosec standpoint was “I wonder how much their data is selling for this second.” Cause they have just put targets on themselves that will never go away. They’ve made powerful enemies, and are possibly an open tap to America’s most secure data platform. They’ve just made targets of their families, their girlfriends, and anyone else that can be used to extricate data from them. This is why we have a security protocol and clearance process.
This is so utterly insane I can’t believe I’m seeing it happen.
literally NOTHING could be worse than the FESTERING INFECTION that is the existing federal workforce. fuck them all and fuck anyone who cries crocodile tears for these FUCKING LEECHES.
Whatever they're doing, I give it a 95% chance that it's sloppy amateur shit. These young guys were almost certainly picked for their loyalty and not their competency. Classic fascism.
Engineers or fanatics? It sounds to me like an iconoclasm, where people who understand nothing go and smash things with little heed or understanding of the consequences because they have a sacred mission/end to guide them.
@Old_IT_geek This is the part I've been waiting for. They're going to get to the IRS, see the mainframes, perhaps remember the outage on Tax Day 2018 due to a bug in the storage array firmware that the subcontractor forgot to apply, and they're going to jump to the conclusion that they can just migrate everything to AWS in a week.
Then they're going to discover that the IRS's millions of lines of mainframe code are IBM mainframe assembly language and not even as portable as COBOL.
Yeah, very good point – they are totally unprepared, technically, for the vicissitudes of these legacy systems
But I’m not sure they actually want to do any of this work correctly, carefully, and without destroying massive amounts of recordkeeping inside the IRS
For them, I suspect, changing things in a way that absolutely wrecks the IRS’s ability to collect would be a feature, not a bug
I made an app that ties inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with your groceries so you can see how prices are moving. apps.apple.com/us/app/inflatac…
Inflatacart helps you organize your grocery shopping while providing monthly inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for some common household items in your cart.
„Rechts abbiegen verboten“: 160.000 Menschen protestieren bei „#Brandmauer“-Demo in Berlin gegen #CDU-Kurs
Scharfe Kritik und beißender Spott: Zehntausende zogen am Sonntag wegen des Asylkurses vor die CDU-Bundeszentrale. Michel #Friedman nannte die #AfD eine „Partei des Hasses“.
Scharfe Kritik und beißender Spott: Zehntausende zogen am Sonntag wegen des Asylkurses vor die CDU-Bundeszentrale. Michel Friedman nannte die AfD eine „Partei des Hasses“.
Auch wenn ich an ihrer praktischen Umsetzung durchgängig vieles zu kritisieren hatte, würde ich diese unsere Demokratie im Grundsatz schon gerne behalten.
Und ich hatte auch früher schon vieles von der Union gedacht, aber nicht, daß sie dafür eine sehr akute Bedrohung darstellt.
In den USA 🇺🇸 wird intensiv über den sog. Male Flight, die männliche "Flucht" aus immer mehr Studienfächern und generell aus Universitäten diskutiert. In Deutschland ist der #MaleFlight ebenfalls immer stärker beobachtbar. In Blume & Ince 32 diskutieren der Prof & ich verschiedene Erklärungsansätze und laden zum Mitdenken und Dialog ein. #MaleFlight #Männerflucht #Bildung #Studium #USA #Deutschlandscilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-…
Ein ganz interessantes und nur interdisziplinär zu verstehendes Phänomen tritt besonders sichtbar in den USA auf und wird dort Male Flight, deutsch männliche Flucht genannt: Aus immer universitären Studienfächern und zunehmend auch generell aus Unive…
Spontan fallen mir fa zwei Erklärungen ein 1. Das klischeehaft "Mädchen/Frauen sind von Natur aus eher die Kümmerer" was mittlerweile glaube ich überholt ist
2. Das, Andrea Tatbund Konsorten sein beklagt, alles was nicht Teil der Finance/Krypto-, Tech- oder Fitness-Bro Bubble ist als unmänlich und damit als nicht erstrebenswert gillt.
Die letzten Jahre lass man dazu immer, dass die Jungs den Anschluss verlieren, weil sie Bildung ablehnen oder nicht so leistungsfähig sind wie die Mädchen.
Liebe Mittröties, die ich auf diesem Weg erreiche.
Ich möchte euch heute einfach mal Danke sagen. Danke, dass ihr euch für Menschlichkeit, Menschenrechte und Umwelt und gegen soziale Missstände, Ausgrenzung und Lügen stellt. In all ihren Facetten. Jeder auf seine Weise, jeder in seinem Bereich. Bitte macht weiter so. Für uns und für die Zukunft der kommenden Generationen. Es liegt an euch.
Liebe Caren Miosga , wenn man nicht in der Lage ist, eine Extremistin zu stellen, dann sollte man es wirklich sein lassen. Ich mache aus, ich halte es nicht aus, wie diese Extremistin Sie geradezu vorführt. (Juden waren keine Andersdenkenden!)
But that's utter bullshit isn't it? Australia is built on cultural diversity. It's based in immigration from all over the world. Always has been. To argue *against* diversity in the workplace is to argue against what Australia is made up of. smh.com.au/politics/federal/pe…
Dutton: "... change managers and internal communication specialists, but such positions as I say, do nothing to improve the lives of everyday Australians" Change management & internal communication are vital to changing or improving big organisations. Without them, new processes or systems become a debacle.
Ein Wochenende mit vielen Demonstrationen geht zu Ende. Protestiert wurde gegen die Migrationspläne von CDU/CSU - und gegen eine Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD.
BRISBANE (AAP): Cat lovers applaud breakthrough in quantum research.
According to a paper in the RSPCA Journal of Quantum Mechanics and Hairball Management, issues on sale today, the phenomenon of unpredictable behaviour that cat lovers know as “chasing the brain cell” can indeed be traced to quantum mechanical origins. Trace amounts of iodine 131 in the hypothalamus undergo beta-minus decay with the emitted quanta initiating a neural cascade, activating the same pathways as more normally triggered by neurotransmitter uptake.
One practical outcome of this research is a formal proof that the “belly trap” experiment (where a proffered belly that is rubbed results unpredictably in either in purring or biting) is exactly isomorphic to the so called “Schrödinger’s Cat” experiment. In both cases a quantum phenomenon (radioactive decay) induces the experimental outcome, with “rubbing the belly” being the measurement equivalent to “opening the box”
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BRISBANE (AAP): Cat lovers applaud breakthrough in quantum research.
According to a paper in the RSPCA Journal of Quantum Mechanics and Hairball Management, issues on sale today, the phenomenon of unpredictable behaviour that cat lovers know as “chasing the brain cell” can indeed be traced to quantum mechanical origins. Trace amounts of iodine 131 in the hypothalamus undergo beta-minus decay with the emitted quanta initiating a neural cascade, activating the same pathways as more normally triggered by neurotransmitter uptake.
One practical outcome of this research is a formal proof that the “belly trap” experiment (where a proffered belly that is rubbed results unpredictably in either in purring or biting) is exactly isomorphic to the so called “Schrödinger’s Cat” experiment. In both cases a quantum phenomenon (radioactive decay) induces the experimental outcome, with “rubbing the belly” being the measurement equivalent to “opening the box”
The paper goes on to speculate about the potential for important advances in feline mechanics such as
just a reminder that I have some pro-LGBTQ+ pixel art assets available for however and whatever you want! (I will eventually have the "Death Before Detransition" design available as a sticker in the next week or two, but if someone beats me to it then that's even better ❤)
Gendergerechte Sprache: Das erste umfangreiche Wörterbuch mit über 1.000 alternativen Begriffen, Sammlung gängiger Schreibweisen, Tipps+Tricks, Blog, Links.
"Sollen die Links-Grün-Spinner halt nochmal auf die Straße gehen. Die sind komplett in ihrem multikulti-gender-feminismus-Wahn gefangen. Halten sich für die Mehrheit. In gut drei Wochen werden sie schon sehen, wer hier die Mehrheit ist, und dann ist es aus und vorbei für sie, und zwar für sehr lange Zeit. Dann werden endlich wieder andere Seiten aufgezogen! Dann herrschen hier wieder Recht und Ordnung und mit der Wirtschaft geht's endlich wieder aufwärts!" ...
... Nur eine von ähnlichen Aussage, die ich in den letzten Tagen zu hören bekommen habe - von Menschen aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft, braven Bürgern und Steuerzahlern, CDU-Wählern. Genau auf die zielt Merz ab und zwar mit durchschlagendem Erfolg. Von denen wird er jetzt schon gefeiert.
Wenn die die CDU/CSU (und Merz als Kanzler) wählen, kriegen sie was sie wollen, und können sich noch als gute Demokraten fühlen, weil sie ja schließlich nicht AfD gewählt haben.
FTR. We are here on a decentralised communication network. This will prove to become even more important going forward. You also need secure, direct communication methods with your friends, family and people from your various communities. Ideally peer to peer, but take what we have right now. Install #Signal. #Threema. Both.
Note that I will block any and all that reply "Use $THIS instead because it's better". This is not the place for infighting and holier than thou.
Not come across Theeema before, but I'll take your word for it. Why the suggestion for both? Are there advantages of one over the other in certain circumstances, or is it more about maximising the chances of the other party having it already?
Bei all den großartigen Demos zur Zeit streicht euch schonmal ganz fett den 15.02. in den Kalender ein. In zwei Wochen werden bundes- und europaweit Neonazis für einen geschichtsrevisionistischen Aufmarsch nach #Dresden anreisen.
Die aktuelle Mobi, Vorankündigungen und Aufwind der Szene lassen eine stärkere Beteiligung als in den Vorjahren erahnen. Auch dank Polizei und Stadt konnten die Neonazis - trotz großem Gegenprotest - in den letzten Jahren fast störungsfreie Aufmärsche durch Dresden durchführen.
Kommt also am 15.02. nach Dresden und wi(e)dersetzt euch der extremen Rechten!
Mehr Infos gibt's bei "Dresden wiEdersetzen" auf fb, insta, telegram.
Haha, nur mal kurz ein Blick in die USA: Ein reicher Faschist bekommt da einen vom Präsidenten erfundenen Posten und kann dann 6 jugendliche Hacker ins Finanzamt schicken und die Steuer-und Zahlungsdaten von Millionen Amerikanern auf seine privaten Server runterladen, Zahlungen anweisen oder blockieren und gucken, was seine Konkurrenten so ausgezahlt bekommen. Oder Geheimdienstmitarbeiter oder militärische Organisationen. wired.com/story/elon-musk-gove…
Experimentell archäologische Kochvideos. Der "Schlemmergermane" spürt historische #Kochrezepte aus Altertum, Mittelalter und Neuzeit auf, und kocht sie nach. Ich habe jedenfalls Lust zum Nachkochen bekommen, und im Laufe der gut vier Jahre, die es den Kanal gibt, ist auch einiges köstliches zusammen gekommen.
Dieser Kanal beschäftigt sich mit überlieferten und interpretierten Rezepten, die es in vergangenen Zeiten gab oder gegeben haben könnte.
In manchen Epochen gibt es Überlieferungen, in manchen nicht. Daher ersuche ich dennoch beides zu bedienen.
Klaus Stein
Als Antwort auf Anna Becker • • •Ich wage da überhaupt keine Prognosen, ich tu mich ja schon schwer zu verstehen, was gerade hier bei uns passiert.
Holger Dittmann
Als Antwort auf Klaus Stein • • •Klaus Stein
Als Antwort auf Holger Dittmann • • •Zumindest der Raid von Musks Leuten durch die Datenbanken klang nicht sonderlich legal. Und an der formalen Legalität würde ich's nicht primär festmachen, das Ermächtigungsgesetz kam damals auch formal legal zustande.