Amanda CAARSON

So, this guy solicited nude videos from an undercover police officer he believed to be a minor in 2018. It took nearly five years to convict him and (apologies but I’m going to use all caps here) HE REMAINED AN ACTIVE DUTY NYPD OFFICER UP TO HIS CONVICTION THIS WEEK. In the press release, the NYPD goes on and on about how he betrayed his oath but they don’t seem bothered with letting him keep his badge for years after he did.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/nypd-officer-convicted-possession-and-attempted-receipt-child-pornography-and-sexual

#nyc #NYPD #policing #hypocrisy #law #EricAdams

—@neilcar

“I was born in 1994”

– boring
– heard it before
– tells you nothing

“I was born in the year of Cotton Eye Joe”

– arouses curiosity
– who was Cotton Eye Joe
– where did he come from?
– where did he go?
– Cotton Eye Joe

—@snarthelg

Social networking is about to bifurcate into two basic camps: people who post about doing shit, and people who mostly shit-post.

https://www.theverge.com/23710406/mozilla-social-mastodon-fediverse-moderation

—@shoq

I would recommend anyone on mastodon.social to look for another smaller instance to which to migrate. It’s way too big for its britches.
Check out https://instances.social or https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers/

—@jeannie

If you received unwanted direct messages this morning, one way to mitigate this is by disallowing direct messages from accounts you aren’t following.

Navigate to Preferences, Settings, Notifications, and check the box labelled “Block direct messages from people you don’t follow”

—@admin

So just a quick rundown of how social media platforms handle bitcoin scammers

🐦Twitter: Hell yeah we love that shit. Heck, we’re owned by a bitcoin scammer!

☁ Bluesky: look, free speech is free speech. But if you’d like to filter them out we’ll tag it “Finance Advice”

🐘 Mastodon: GET TAE FACK OUT AND DONNAE LET THE GOOD LORD SEE YAE LEAVIN

—@action_jay

Revamped direct messages from Mastodon to no longer send an email. Instead you’ll see a “1 direct message” link in the Mentions page on the web. Click that to view incoming messages and reply back to Mastodon.

—@news

Finished the first pass of rethinking how incoming direct messages work in Micro.blog. I still believe that most social networks should not reinvent the wheel with messaging, because it’s unlikely to be as secure as dedicated services like iMessage and WhatsApp. But we roll with what we’ve got.

—@manton

worst one I’ve ever dealt with is IManage. They boast that they are the backbone of like 80% of American law firms, and most big EU/international ones too. So as the critical software I need to do my job, like hundreds or thousands of other blind lawyers, is it accessible? nope. Its literally industry standard. @arush @objectinspace @annaecook @chadloder @paninid @donmelton

—@bermudianbrit

I don’t know about y’all, but I think organizations laying off accessibility teams and drivers to be a big warning flag that they don’t actually prioritize accessibility.

And I’m tired of it.

—@annaecook