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We get hundreds of stories about the Titan crew, all the way to absurd non-ironic pieces on how one of them is a distant relative of some historical figures.

Can we have some personal profiles of people who drowned on the Med trying to find refuge in Europe instead please?

Their stories are much more important to be told.

More of this please, but better:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/disbelief-and-anger-among-greek-shipwreck-victims-relatives-as-millions-spent-on-titan-rescue-effort

—@rysiek

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As two billionaire oligarchs fight for control of #Russia and two billionaire oligarchs are getting ready for a cage fight for control of America, I have a modest proposal.

Why not have all four go into the cage together? Winner gets to control the entire planet. Of Mars.

As soon as the winner leaves the cage he’s immediately put on a rocket to his new kingdom.

—@philip_cardella

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🏳️‍⚧️ Hannu Ikonen, MD (@hannu_ikonen@med-mastodon.com) (Med-Mastodon)
Any state putting bounties on Trans folks -- enjoy the brain drain you backwards Confederate fuckholes. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/families-moving-for-transgender-health-care/index.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/genocidal-transgender-people-begin-flee-states-anti-lgbtq/story?id=99909913 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/students-switch-college-plans-states-pass-anti-lgbtq-laws-rcna67875 #fascism #Christofascism #AmericanNazis #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #IdentifyAsLoserConfederate
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Uber driver to me: “So, were you born this way?” Me: “By this way I’m assuming you mean fabulous? It’s ok, you can say the word, I won’t be offended!” Driver: “There isn’t like … a surgery they can do to fix you?” Me: “Why would you fix fabulousity? I mean if I could have the ability to fly, then I’d consider it but honestly, why mess with perfection?”

—@Pawpower

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Holy crap! SocialBu scheduler now gives you the ability to add alt text to images it posts to Mastodon.

THANK YOU.

That means I can now use this to schedule my posts and @writingtheother posts and drop @buffer like a hot potato!

And for my peeps who care about #accessibility, SocialBu is one of the only schedulers that can send posts to Mastdon AND has alt text.

#disability #DisabilityActivists

—@tempest

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Brosephine Wires (@JoParkerBear@universeodon.com) (Universeodon Social Media)
I can’t believe *any* country would consider adopting Starlink at this point, especially a democracy, when the CEO has shown an eagerness to interfere with Starlink’s service if it becomes politically interested in a global conflict, or if it thinks there could be lulz and dank memes. https://www.reuters.com/technology/japans-military-considers-adopting-musks-starlink-satellite-service-media-2023-06-25/
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I just realized that there is so much noise about #Meta and very little about creating template legal policies that instances can adopt that prohibit commercial use of user data.

Whatever you think of defederation there are easy ways to do that. Legal policies on the other hand are complex and require expertise and often money.

Maybe #LawFedi can help crowdsource templates of strict noncommercial legal policies for the #Fediverse so instance admins do not have to figure it out themselves?

—@franktaber

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Imagine the alternate universe where free software advocates trippled down on #accessibility as *the* way to solve inequality.
Their legacy becomes talking boot menus and commandlines you can actually read, a GUI you can use just as easily with a keyboard as a mouse or a head tracking device. You have the peace of mind that anything with the FOSS label on it will “just work,” regardless of your physical or mental capabilities. The brand becomes associated with longevity, and stability.

Oh well!

—@objectinspace

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Jared White (@jaredwhite@indieweb.social) (Indieweb.Social)
Just in case anyone's wondering: The growth curve of the fediverse (or possible lack thereof in future) will have no bearing on my decision to leave and continue leaving proprietary corporate silos. I am in this for the long haul. 😃 Will it be difficult some days? Yes. **Even now**, there are legitimate business reasons for me to participate on Twitter and Instagram. Will I? No. The theoretical money/fame just isn't worth it. Stay strong people. Stay strong. #Fediverse Forever! ✊
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🌈Lucy🏳️‍⚧️ | Revoluciana (@revoluciana@chaosfem.tw) (Chaosfem)
I'm furious about the money & international effort spent on both the causes of the desperate migration of refugees, and the money & effort spent to block and punish rescuers & refugees alike, and to force rescuers to leave thousands of people to die. A couple billionaires drown on an $$$ and ill-advised tourist trip and it's tragedy. Thousands of refugees die and it's punishment for their crime of what? Color of their skin? Location of their birth? The amount of capital they don't own? 2/3
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🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (@alice@lgbtqia.space) (LGBTQIA.Space)
TL;DR: If we let Facebook play in our pool, they'll eventually shit in it and monetize our outrage. Others have already expressed these concerns, but here goes my 2 cents... Facebook doesn't get the benefit of the doubt. They've already squandered any goodwill they've been given. Facebook's whole business model is: - selling our personal info and "engagement" to marketers, - who will use that asymmetrical power to manipulate us, - with the end goal of making us consume more. To do that, they'll: - invade our spaces to gather more data on us. - change their policies when it suits them. - use their legal & financial leverage to get their way. - spin it all as a beneficent embrace of open standards, community, and competition in the market. The likely result will be: - a shift in all our timelines towards Facebook curated content. - an explosion in growth, which will errode these safe spaces–particularly LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC–that we've worked to establish. - extra costs and strain for server owners. - a foot in the door for corporations to turn the Fediverse into the same cesspool of misinformation and monetization that they've turned the rest of the internet into. --- Edit: @mcp thank you :blobhaj_cathug: for all your work for LGBTQIA.space. I know this place means a lot to a lot of people, myself included. I don't want this post to come across as adversarial to you or anyone else who cares about this community. (But Meta can still go fuck themselves) Edit 2: thank you all for the boosts! I feel like this is an important issue with the potential to affect all of us here, and I appreciate the extended reach. 💜 Edit 3: Tag your favorite instance admin! (mine's already tagged above 😘) Final edit: This was the last time *I'll* boost this post, as I don't want to be any more obnoxious than usual. Final final edit (maybe): This post was quoted in an article, you should read the article. https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/ --- #Meta #Facebook #Project92 #Federation #Fediverse #FediBlock #DefederateMeta #FuckCapitalism #Boost #PleaseBoost