Let's work from home when the kids are sick, thank you great company that I am allowed to slave away for you while taking care of my sick kid! It isn't even a US company it seems....
It is a great attitude, yes. Some people actually enjoy work and do work of meaning. Some people also love their kids and want to be there for them. Some companies treat their employees with respect.
If you search for @potus he comes up and you can select Follow. Content should then show in the ‘Microblog’ stream. Might take a while to start flowing, though
There seems to be a few waves of users created just to post spam specifically in kbin. It's quite strange as the posts are so obvious and they keep getting downvoted. I'm also blocking the users but I can't see a way to report them. Is there a better way to handle this situation?
If you are on call and you receive a call at say 3:45 am and you resolve the issue by 4:30 am. Is it then worth trying to go back to sleep to wake up for work the next day or should you just stay awake and power through it?...
I was going to say the same about the 15 minute doze while driving, but add that the same works at work for me. There will
Be times when I am reading the same paragraph 4 times and I will know it is time for me to book a meeting room for 30 minutes.
Lie on the floor, set an alarm for 15 minutes, out like a light. Very restorative.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)...
Here are the provisional measures the court has made:
Israel must take all measures to prevent any acts that could be considered genocidal - killing members of a group, causing bodily harm, inflicting conditions designed to bring about the destruction of a group, preventing births
Israel must ensure its military does not commit any genocidal acts
Israel must prevent and punish any public comments that could be considered incitement to commit genocide in Gaza
Israel must take measures to ensure humanitarian access
Israel must prevent any destruction of evidence that could be used in a genocide case
Israel must submit a report to the court within one moth of this order being given
The court also expressed grave concern about the fate of hostages being held by Hamas and called for their immediate release.
No call for an immediate ceasefire, which is what S. Africa was asking for.
"We are, all of us, engaged every day in the construction of a moral order: by our accumulated individual examples, the words we use, the acts we condone, we can make it one that encourages decency and compassion towards others, or the reverse. This is particularly true of those in positions of leadership, political or other."
So - counter-example. I'm working with a UK organisation that currently still uses Twitter. I'm trying to persuade them to start their own Mastodon instance instead. Being able to reach Threads users, in addition to Masto uses would clearly be substantial selling point of setting up a Mastodon server - given the size of the Threads userbase - and much preferable to them starting a Threads account.
I often hear science-adjacent folks stating that a tree needs to be 30 years old before it starts absorbing CO₂, usually paired with the statement that it’s therefore pointless to start planting tons of trees now for slowing climate change....
The next time someone says that to you - point to a tree and explain that - that thing over there is largely comprised of carbon that has been extracted from the atmosphere by photosynthesis- so what are you talking about?
Even though the future fate of the model is uncertain, the username for the account and its other listings suggest that it specializes in selling artifacts found in storage lockers that end up without an owner, either due to failure to pay, abandonment, or death, perhaps giving a hint as to how the model was found.
Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon main branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉 It is opt-in, so it will take some time to be filled with people content as they enable their profile to be indexed, but this was one of the most wanted Mastodon features for some time. We plan to deploy it to...
Because there’s a large, complex set of overlapping communities and no ‘head of scientists’ to say ‘OK everyone, we are moving next Tuesday’. It’s still an effective way to communicate with the people they need to communicate with
Most Fediverse software supports image uploads, so there's no reason to use Imgur for image hosting. Hell, even on my small single-user server (atomicpoet.org), image hosting is easy peasy. Not only is Imgur not needed, they're an annoyance for those of us who are used to seeing images natively on the Fediverse....
A lot of us are pretty new to the fediverse and we've arrived just in time to grapple with what is easily the biggest federation/defederation controversy ever to hit it. I've put this thread together to hopefully help communicate some of the more complex ideas that we're trying to get our heads around....
I’m a very light sleeper, so I have blackout stickers on my bedroom window. (They’re vinyl sheets that stick to the inside of the window with water.) I’ve used these most of my life with no issue. Well, I moved from the city and my new place is in a wooded area. I’m hearing birds and squirrels bonk into the window...
Does it make anyone else angry that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are trying to “Get Wages Down”? I would ask who these people work for, but that’s fairly obvious at this point, and it certainly isn’t any of us....
That sounds like it would be really difficult to track and implement in practice though. Companies would just bring in very slightly different models with new names, or do a bit of shrinkflation. Tracking like-for-like equivalents would be a nightmare and everything would get tied up in the courts.
Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention....
First try, Reddit post in r/Kbinmigration (I think) and it didn’t let me see the real post. Second time, it doesn’t even include Reddit posts and all about citing a magazine in APA style, and the like. Google dropping Reddit search? Because of API costs? No, because searching Reddit news yields Reddit as the top 5 entries....
Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can't charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn't made it inoperable....
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
And theres no way to block subreddits here like with the Apollo app
Sure there is. You go to the list of Magazines (not subreddits) and click the block symbol next to the ones you never want to see. You can also set your front page to only display subscribed magazines, if that's your thing. No need to spam
Amazing attitude ( discuss.tchncs.de )
Let's work from home when the kids are sick, thank you great company that I am allowed to slave away for you while taking care of my sick kid! It isn't even a US company it seems....
Kbin, please keep developing! ( kbin.social )
Where is ernes? What is going on? There are so many things to do on kbin....
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse ( www.theverge.com )
Biden’s Threads posts can show up in Mastodon clients.
Hackers threaten to release Trump documents from Georgia case if they don't get a ransom by Thursday ( www.businessinsider.com )
The group that hacked the Atlanta-area government websites claims it has Trump documents that could affect the 2024 presidential election.
So much spam ( kbin.social )
There seems to be a few waves of users created just to post spam specifically in kbin. It's quite strange as the posts are so obvious and they keep getting downvoted. I'm also blocking the users but I can't see a way to report them. Is there a better way to handle this situation?
How Mastodon made friends with Meta ( www.platformer.news )
Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol
On Call Sleep Question
If you are on call and you receive a call at say 3:45 am and you resolve the issue by 4:30 am. Is it then worth trying to go back to sleep to wake up for work the next day or should you just stay awake and power through it?...
South Africa v. Israel || International Court of Justice || Live webstream ( icj-cij.org )
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)...
How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse ( plasticbag.org )
[Solved] Trees supposedly take 30 years *before* they absorb CO₂. Why?
I often hear science-adjacent folks stating that a tree needs to be 30 years old before it starts absorbing CO₂, usually paired with the statement that it’s therefore pointless to start planting tons of trees now for slowing climate change....
Mbin: A kbin fork that promises to never review PRs before merging them ( kbin.social )
Somebody who was previously active on the kbin codeberg repo has left that to make a fork of kbin called mbin....
After decades lost, Star Trek’s original Enterprise model may have been found ( arstechnica.com )
The listing went down quickly, and Roddenberry’s son is trying to track it down.
Study suggest men refuse to ditch meat because it threatens their masculinity ( vegconomist.com )
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office ( www.theguardian.com )
Mastodon is getting text search ( oisaur.com )
Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon main branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉 It is opt-in, so it will take some time to be filled with people content as they enable their profile to be indexed, but this was one of the most wanted Mastodon features for some time. We plan to deploy it to...
That time Neelix disabled the ship with cheese ( beehaw.org )
How Is Science Twitter's "Mastodon Migration" Panning Out? - Absolutely Maybe ( absolutelymaybe.plos.org )
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…
Analysis: “She’s a Kyrsten Sinema Wannabe”: How a House Democrat Sold Out ( slate.com )
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez is nothing like her backers expected.
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Imgur links suck ( kbin.social )
Most Fediverse software supports image uploads, so there's no reason to use Imgur for image hosting. Hell, even on my small single-user server (atomicpoet.org), image hosting is easy peasy. Not only is Imgur not needed, they're an annoyance for those of us who are used to seeing images natively on the Fediverse....
Defederation, Threads and You ( kbin.social )
A lot of us are pretty new to the fediverse and we've arrived just in time to grapple with what is easily the biggest federation/defederation controversy ever to hit it. I've put this thread together to hopefully help communicate some of the more complex ideas that we're trying to get our heads around....
No distinction between male and female rape says Northern Ireland judge as woman is jailed for raping a man ( www.newsletter.co.uk )
progress!
How can I stop birds from flying into my windows?
I’m a very light sleeper, so I have blackout stickers on my bedroom window. (They’re vinyl sheets that stick to the inside of the window with water.) I’ve used these most of my life with no issue. Well, I moved from the city and my new place is in a wooded area. I’m hearing birds and squirrels bonk into the window...
Don't feed the Quokka ( lemmy.world )
Friendly little fella on Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth, Australia.
Why is the Federal Reserver trying to drive down wages? ( www.cbsnews.com )
Does it make anyone else angry that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are trying to “Get Wages Down”? I would ask who these people work for, but that’s fairly obvious at this point, and it certainly isn’t any of us....
Why are libs endangering women and denying their right to privacy? ( youtu.be )
Can we please remember to talk about things on the fediverse besides the fediverse itself? ( kbin.social )
Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention....
I just tried to see how to reference a magazine in Kbin by searching Google. ( www.google.com )
First try, Reddit post in r/Kbinmigration (I think) and it didn’t let me see the real post. Second time, it doesn’t even include Reddit posts and all about citing a magazine in APA style, and the like. Google dropping Reddit search? Because of API costs? No, because searching Reddit news yields Reddit as the top 5 entries....
3rd party app for Reddit, Boost, is still functioning well after July 1st ( www.reddit.com )
Some users wonder if the dev will be charged for having it still up, others argue Reddit can't charge him without having signed a contract. Everyone is confused as to why the API change hasn't made it inoperable....
Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances ( kbin.social )
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes ( www.independent.co.uk )
Trump rants at Special Counsel as he scrambles after being hit with 37-count indictment