A “Not Twitter Foundation” that runs an installation of an Open Source implementation of a scalable micro blogging platform is very appealing to me.

How/why could this not be a big Mastodon instance itself? Because it inherently communicates with replica servers? I think there are easily achievable improvements to be made to Mastodon/social networks via ActivityPub, but don’t see the author’s argument as compelling for any reason. A “market-based” solution could just as easily be “pay $5/yr for your own auto-maintained, single-tenant mastodon server”

Cool that it’s open source hardware but this keyboard looks like a nightmare to type on. Like one of those mac chiclet keyboards

• Mitch Mcconnell is not allowed to breathe public air
• he also must eat the silverware and the packaging alongside every meal
• PBS runs a daily broadcast of the entire, lifetime compendium of ways Mitch Mcconnell has hurt poor and marginalized people
• every time he speaks to a group of more than 3 people, a tortoise must rest on his shoulder and should be encouraged to nibble his ears

software development for an ecology / energy nonprofit

zero stars

Interested

Blockchain-based social networks

Literally that’s exactly what this means. Company incorporated in country X is a country X company. Why are you so upset that they’ve made this semantic decision which will likely barely affect you?