Avery!

a bitchy robot endtable

wait do i need the bitchy robot endtable

This!!!

Debord?? Really?

Twitch is so much fun because it lets you live the ultimate fantasy of having friends

Spring is amazing. I've had lilac scent drifting into my room the past two weeks every evening. :)

Corporations and governments also use irresponsibleization to reduce liability as well. It's a functional technique to reduce the amount of customer service that needs to be done.

Rare appropriate use of neoliberalism here to describe the self-responsibleization of people as a navigate bureaucratic systems. It puts all the onus on them to enter the forms incorrectly or seek the proper supports. Despite not being experts.

my general practice of never emailing people on Friday after 2pm unless I absolutely have to, has now extended to not emailing on Fridays at all, pretty much. And I really think it helps!

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.”

The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

It’s crazy how much I’ve flipped on millennials in the past few years. We are now the only good generation, and it’s not even close. We were the sweet spot of computers and the internet before they destroyed our entire society

not all of these are good suggestions, google ai

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Really important service journalism here from @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social on how to protect yourself and your sources before Trump's new regime takes control....

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The Steve Hoffman Music Forums.

Internet Forums are alive and well, and I have tried to create the most extensive list of active, interesting or useful niche communities I could find. Here is that list, for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/best-active-...

Lots of people still don't know about this feature! It's very, very good. Reduces dunks and pile-ons, and hey, even just people being annoying or missing the point when they quote.

Wastewater testing for avian influenza to begin in some Ontario communities As bird flu infections continue to rise among livestock and humans in the United States, surveillance is ramping up in Canada.

Wastewater testing for H5N1 will begin soon ― another reason to keep & expand wastewater testing in ON.
#FordFailedOntario
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Graph of users over time on Bluesky and new users per day showing a trail off from the last big EME over 2 weeks ago and then a steady linear increase now at 100k new users per day since November 5th. Graph starts 2 weeks ago at 12.8M users and ends at 14.25M users (midnight today).

Graph of firehose traffic over time showing a 24 hour window with an overlay from a day ago, a week ago, and 4 weeks ago. You can see a clear day/night cycle with quiet hours from 11PM PST to 3AM PST where traffic is 1/2 the "peak". Current Mean: 402 evt/s 1 Day Ago Mean: 380 evt/s 1 Week Ago Mean: 216 evt/s 4 Weeks Ago Mean: 122 evt/s

If you're wondering how things have been going at the Posting Factory

Over 100k new users per day since November 5th and no sign of slowing.

~10M follows per day (+400%)
~18M likes per day (+46%)
~3M posts per day (+30%)

Firehose traffic regularly over 500 evt/sec for most of the day now.