When wolves say to sheep “Can’t we all just get along?”, it’s not because they want to be friends but because they prefer obedient prey.

I swear some of you would sign an NDA with Satan if he asked nicely.

If you run a large Mastodon/fediverse instance and you have not signed an NDA with Meta/Facebook/Instagram/or whatever the fuck they’re calling themselves this week, and if you have taken a principled stance to never take money from these surveillance capitalist types, this is the time to come forward and make a public statement. Go on, have a backbone. I can guarantee you, it feels good. And you’ll be on the right side of history to boot. Do the right thing and don’t sell out the fediverse.

What’s schadenfreaude in Russian?

So who’s gonna tell libertarians BioShock is a warning, not an instruction manual?

“Some of your posts have been reported by a user and I resolved it so far. In the future. Please make sure not to insult others and be rude.” Here’s my suggestion to the moderators of mstdn.social: Stop tone policing people on other instances. I’m not on your instance and I’ll speak my mind as I like on my own one. If anyone has a problem with that, they can block me. It’s not your job to tone police the fediverse even if you are a mega instance. #fediverse #mastodon #moderation #tonePolicing

Some fediverse instance admins: “How cool, Meta invited us to the adult table.” Yes, they did. Because you’re what’s for dinner. #fediverse #mastodon #meta #Project92 #BigTech #SiliconValley #SurveillanceCapitalism

Thank goodness at least gaslighting doesn’t have a carbon footprint. #corporations #climateCrisis #gaslighting

Hey, here’s an idea, let’s stick a computer on your face.

It’s amazing to me that we’ve built a system where you’re punished for trying to do the right thing and rewarded for fucking things up. Want to build a better web? Sure, man. Sounds great. How about you toil under financial insecurity and spend inordinate amounts of time worrying about keeping a roof over your head? That should be fun. By the way, why isn’t it ready yet? Look at what those billionaires are achieving. What’ve they got that you don’t? Hmm, let me think about that for a second…

There’s No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist “The ideology itself is about as clever and complex as a rock to the face … Fascists, and their larval form, conservatives, simply do not give one single lonely fuck for rules or conventions or the system in which they flourish.”

There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist

But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either

1. Read this blisteringly powerful article. 2. Shout it from the rooftops. 3. Follow @npub1fh4z...44wz and support her work. Should be required reading in schools. Please boost. #fascism

So because I apparently NEED another keyboard, I got a #Razer #Huntsman Mini with the optical linear red switches after touching one in Paris. (I love my Topre but it can get a bit tiring after a long typing session. Also, I’ve always wanted a 60%) Anyway, great little #keyboard, crappy proprietary Windows-only software. Used my Windows test machine to map Shift to Hypershift which makes the arrow keys usable. Then, in #Linux, had to press Fn+menu until the correct profile kicked in.

Remember “Open APIs?” How Tim O’Reilly told us they were how we would build the “open web” in “Web 2.0?” Turns out an Open API is open in the sense that a gate owned by someone else is open. In that it can just as easily be closed and locked at their whim. #open #APIs #openAPIs #web2 #openWeb #SiliconValley #openWashing #timOReilly #freedom

What’s happening in Turkey today is not some exotic oddity. It’s a forewarning of exactly what can (and is) happening in the West. Does this timeline seem familiar? 1. Neoliberals get elected. They fill their coffers while alienating a whole swath of society who they deem too far beneath them to matter. 2. A religious fundamentalist arises who speaks to those marginalised people, telling them they’ve been wronged (they have) and that he will make it right. 3. He gets elected. 4. He stays.

“Turkey's #Islamist leader Mr #Erdogan has a bond with his followers…religious #conservatives… ‘We were blessed by the fact that our president is again leading us,’ said Hatice Duran, 50…smiling broadly beneath her headscarf. Now he is newly emboldened…and the Kremlin is celebrating… In his victory speech he insisted ‘only #Turkey was the winner’—but he lost no time in attacking the opposition and the #LGBTQ community…” Many predict…more #religion and less #freedom”

Turkey elections: What to expect from newly emboldened Erdogan

Voters in the strategic Nato country opted for a seasoned autocrat - rather than an untested democrat.

Folks, if you see this character creating accounts on your instances, please block on sight. They’re a nuisance to say the least:

thegx.ca/forum (@thegx@annihilation.social)

@aral @MaJ1 @chad @fisco1791 @cosmality @NeadReport @NeadReport @tony #mastodonsnobs #mastodonrats #ratculture #pigculture #mastodonkarens #c...

Thanks. (I know this isn’t actually #fediblock but we likely need a separate hashtag for folks who create spam accounts across many instances. Any ideas?) #spam #fediverse #mastodon

The problem with billionaires is that they’re billionaires. #capitalism #billionaires

Machines aren’t taking over. Corporations are taking over. Worry about the right thing. #corporatocracy #ai

Privilege is the luxury of remaining neutral on issues that destroy less fortunate people’s lives. #privilege #socialJustice #neutrality

Man, corporations have really done a number on society, haven‘t they?