Why Mastodon and the fediverse are "doomed to fail" β€” eloquence
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Why Mastodon and the fediverse are "doomed to fail"
Judging by the amount of media coverage Mastodon is getting, you might conclude that it's already dead. Of course, plenty of folks have p...
 #Mastodon #Fediverse
One other thing I absolutely hate about generative SLOP now is that every single time I search for something I have to mentally prepare myself to have my time wasted by SLOP. I also hate the fact that I idly wonder when I hear music or see a video and go, hmm, this sounds like SLOP and then discover it is SLOP. I miss the days when the internet would make fun of amateur artists and talk about how bad something was made. This, SLOP, generated SLOP, it's beyond bad. It's just, nothing. It's nothing worth dunking on in an epic 3 hour takedown video or whatever. It's not even worth emotional energy of hating the generated thing. I miss the days when I'd get annoyed because something was dunked on because the creator, etc, made an unpopular thing. At least that had a better direction towards the anger, etc. SLOP is just... Vapid, and I mean that quite literally. #AI #AISLOP #SLOP
Off the Grid was just released, and is about me living as a blind man without the internet. This page has links to get the audio and the eBook.
Off the Grid: Living Blind Without the Internet, Sightless Scribbles
A fabulously gay blind author.
 #FediBookFair #Books #EBook #Book #Audible #Audiobooks #Nonfiction
Someone made a whole blog about Let's Read Some Cory Fucking Doctorow about the fact he's actually a neoliberal and... interesting read, at least! https://sensibletits.tumblr.com/archive
Was reading one of my favorite articles again and then discovered, again, that @npub1afml...5gp4 wrote it! I'm the worst at remembering which Fedi people wrote my favorite thing, so it's always a happy surprise when I look them up and then it all clicks again! Ah yes, I remember this Fedi handle wrote this thing, but enjoy anyway!
Songs on the Security of Networks
Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survives
Eight years ago Lance Ulanoff had a problem. William Shatner could not find him on Mastodon. His distress is understandable, relatable even. Who wo...
 #Fediverse #Mastodon
Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support trans people and reject donations from anti-trans organizations, and then buy a couple more boxes!
What directories are there for #LowTech things, and when I say low tech, I’m talking about software that’s not over engineered. Programs that are not over engineered. Apps and software and services that are small, brutalist, well designed, and functional. I use a few of these myself. Miniflux is just one example. I’m looking for more resources so I can point others to alternative software and services? #Tech #Technology #OpenSource
You can read it online at
Sightless Scribbles
The Gospel of the Public Library
Narrated by [Sean Crisden](https://seancrisden.com/pages/backstage-pass) Robert takes the listener on a non-visual appreciation of the library. [...
Inspired by this category from @npub1pq7c...2y70 I'm looking for similar categories on other's blogs. Your category must have it's own RSS feed because I don't subscribe to newsletters, so share your category links! I'm looking for categories like
blog roundup | The Virtual Moose
 #Blog #Blogging #Blogs #IndieWeb
I’m watching the #BlueSky situation with utter fascination because the CEO is revealing her TransPhobia, but what has me more interested is the amount of people that are recommending just Mastodon instead of the wider Fediverse, like why is nobody recommending Ghost with activity pub, or BookWyrm, or Friendica or Go to Social instead of Mastodon?