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futurebird , to random
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That said, the recent spam attacks show the need for more advanced tools for server admins and mods to share information. The call for such tools became a point of contention during the first twitter migration last year and the fediverse and mastodon missed out on the support of black users, trans users, and members of other groups targeted by bad actors due to was was perceived to be unresponsiveness and "free speech absolutism" by some of the big players.

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RichPuchalsky ,
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@futurebird

I think that the fediverse is the top community for leftists, although not "left commentators" if that means influencers: the natural home for influencers of all kinds is Bluesky.

People suggesting block list sharing do have to take the history of the Bad Space project into account: a bad-faith project that attempted to block kolektiva.social and pretty much every other large leftist server, as well as a long list of servers favored by trans people. Bad Space supporters said that any pushback to the idea that one's server was going to be listed on a global block list must be due to anti-Blackness.

RichPuchalsky ,
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@futurebird

I understand how your proposal would be different: I'm just writing that there is lingering bad feeling about that other project that people would have to deal with upfront.

Some kind of informational list about which servers are choosing to block with other servers would also be helpful to people choosing a server in the first place.

RichPuchalsky ,
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@futurebird

If anyone is curious about why so many are skeptical about this in relation to past deeds by the Bad Space and Nivenly Foundation, here's a doc you can read:

https://bsky.app/profile/montanathebitch.bsky.social/post/3klwhvi6fth2y

futurebird , to random
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They don’t have jobs. They stay home all day and shop online spending my money. Between Them and Pica I am going broke!

RichPuchalsky ,
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@futurebird

I also had a look at my pets' income shortfall:

https://kolektiva.social/@RichPuchalsky/111845577646002790

breadandcircuses , to random
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This post apparently got Gary Girod banned from Xitter. He doesn’t seem to be on Mastodon yet.

More about his background — https://www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/about/

RichPuchalsky ,
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@breadandcircuses

I don't think that people still on Twitter are necessarily bad, but I don't have any sympathy for them when they get kicked off. What else do people expect at this point

RichPuchalsky , to random
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These lazy beasts are slacking off again! When am I going to get any work out of them?

GottaLaff , to random
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You may disagree fervently with Pres. Biden's Israel policies, and that's fine. But if you come into my feed calling him "Genocide Joe" or any variation on that theme, you're blocked.

I've already had to block a few accounts for this.

Pres. Biden is not "for genocide." I will not argue with you on this topic, nor do I discuss the Israel/Hamas war here.

But I will not tolerate accusations of "genocide" by Pres. Biden. He's not "pro genocide."

If that's a prob, it's on you.

RichPuchalsky ,
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@GottaLaff

Genocide Joe

futurebird , to random
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The half-baked philosophical conundrum that keeps me up at night most often is simply: why is my consciousness limited to me in particular? Why am I not everyone? Or everything? or nobody? Or you? Or an ant? Or an ant colony? How did I find myself in this particular stream and what is the nature of the boarders that keep me within it?

This idea generally frustrates and freaks me out and I doubt there is a sensible answer, I doubt it's productive to think about, but I worry on it over and over.

RichPuchalsky ,
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@futurebird

Because your consciousness is just signals and chemicals in your neurons, so only your brain has it and not anything else's.

RichPuchalsky , to random
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The project I've been working on for six months is out! Here is the press release:

https://www.umass.edu/news/article/updated-indexes-umass-amherst-name-top-climate-air-and-water-polluters

This release involves

  • Toxic 100 Air Polluters
  • Toxic 100 Water Polluters
  • Greenhouse 100 Polluters
  • Environmental Justice Indicators for the 3 things above
  • Air Toxics at School

I plan on posting about these in detail over the next couple of days.

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