Kind: Reposts

So, I finally published that blog post about the algorithm driving my toot boosting AI here:

https://lisamelton.net/2023/07/24/how-i-boost-toots/

—@lisamelton

A prediction (based on decades of coding):
There is some code – somewhere deep in the zillions of lines of X(Twitter) code – which absolutely and wrongly depends on the literal string “twitter”.
And, as the rebranding continues, it will fail, spectacularly.
7/24/23
#TwitterX
#X

—@CogitoErgoWtf

While many complain about life in general and the cost of living etc, I am sitting on a sofa that costs £8000, lovely and cool in front of an air-con unit costing £3500, watching the latest film on a 70″ smart TV that costs £5000.
Right now, I’m happy, with no worries and not a care in the world.
Not even the employees at the department store who keep asking me to leave can spoil my day…..

—@aarondavid

A periodic reminder that while most fediverse services are provided for free, they are far from free to run. Many thanks to all who donate and support your instance. If you are in a position to do so, I encourage you to take a look at your instance’s “about” page for details on how to donate (for example, https://infosec.exchange/about)

Some instances do require a fee to join – I personally feel strongly that everyone should be able to participate, regardless of ability to pay and I will do all I can to make sure these resources are available to those in the community who want to use them.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

—@jerry

I’m in an IETF seminar where the speaker just used the term “pocket-switched network” for people trading USB sticks.

—@pluralistic

19 states are requesting women’s medical records to see if they have traveled to get an abortion or for any contraception or gender surgical procedure. WTF? What happened to medical privacy? When it was for covid info, records were blocked, giving the unvaccinated permission to spread disease. But your most personal info is okay because you are a woman, so therefore, property of the state you live in?

—@LindaCollins11

Breaking news: The Justice Department has published a notice of proposed rulemaking under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This rule will provide a technical standard that state and local governments would have to follow to meet their web #a11y obligations.

It will only apply to public websites, but is an important step in achieving digital equality and could lay the foundation for private business web #accessibility rules in the future.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/associate-attorney-general-vanita-gupta-delivers-remarks-web-accessibility-notice

—@amberhinds

To understand Musk’s renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.

And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.

Here’s how that happened. 1/🧵 #history #technology

—@garius

CATHOLIC CHURCH: No meat on Fridays
PEOPLE: Ok so no eggs for breakfast
CC: No, eggs are ok
P: But eggs are chicken
CC: Not until they hatch
P: So the thing isn’t the thing until it’s born?
CC: Correct—um, no, wait.

—@juglugs

New Post: Blindness Briefs – Edition 82 https://www.worldblindherald.com/blindness-briefs-edition-82

—@worldblindherald

Briefly interrupting my hiatus to report that Sen. Markey and Rep. Eshoo have reintroduced the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (CVTA), which would substantially build out the Communications Act’s provisions for technology #accessibility.

Really proud of the contributions my student attorneys and I made on behalf of our client, TDI. This is my last week wearing my clinic director hat, and this is a great note to go out on. Rooting for its passage!

https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-markey-rep-eshoo-reintroduce-cvta-to-make-communication-technologies-accessible-for-americans-with-disabilities

—@blakereid

I will never get over the insanity of people who believe that “Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child” means you should beat your children.

The rod in question is a Shepherd’s Crook, it was used to gently pull lambs and sheep away from danger. The statement was meant to encourage protection and instruction. No decent Shepherd would beat an animal with it, let alone a child.

—@RickiTarr

RT by @courtneyr_dev: 🧵In a nutshell – mark the calendar for 28 June 2025 when the European accessibility act becomes effective – we should start making WordPress even more accessible now!
Because it’s fair, it’s inclusive, it’s smar: https://courtneyr-dev.micro.blog/2023/07/24/rt-by-courtneyrdev.html

—@courtneyr_dev

I seriously hate touch interfaces on appliances. Especially on cooking tops. Please stop it. It’s not cool. It’s not modern. It’s a nuisance. Bring back physical dials and buttons.

—@reina

who else is excited for a payments app as reliable as late-stage Twitter

—@mimsical

Dude. In AWS’s certification materials they use a cafe to represent an EC2 instance, and without any trace of self-awareness go on to say “When you need instances—or baristas—you just click a button and you have them. And when you don’t need them, another click! And they go away.”

Like if I were Amazon, I wouldn’t want to be reminding folks how easily Amazon treats humans like disposable cups, but 🤷🏻‍♀️.

—@LauraLangdon

“Is mastodon like twitter?”

“No, not at all. Mastodon is still a thing.”

—@jerry

This is a masterclass on how not to change a company name.

Anyone else would not change the name to a trademark their competitor owns, the logo to a symbol they cannot own and then try to take down the sign at headquarters only to have the cops shut that down because they had no permit. 🤦‍♂️

A trifecta of oopsie daisies. Should we let them release robot cars onto the roads?

#X #Musk #TwitteRx #twitter

—@davidaugust

Why is it that when progressive policies that help the bottom 90 percent are proposed, the question always seems to be, “How will you pay for it?”

But when the top 1 percent ask for bailouts, tax cuts, and subsidies, the question always seems to be, “How much do you need?”

—@rbreich

Do you like #news, but hate #paywalls ? Check out the Gift Article Gazette!

The GAG aggregates the “#GiftArticle” hashtag from across the largest Mastodon instances and filters the results into a friendly, browsable list. Stay informed with the help of the fedi!

Free, ad-free, and will work on your phone.
https://mastogizmos.com/gag.html

(Hey, if you dig this tool would you please give this post a boost? I’m way better at making this stuff than I am at self-promotion.)

—@researchbuzz