Derek Martin

Back to long form hot takes. Let's see how this goes. www.derekmartin.org/a-comically-long-time-later/

America fucked up bad.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@calvarezaranyos/post/DEoVRwvOs4z

Even though Trump will walk free and take his oath of office on January 20, he still is and will always be a convicted felon.

https://trib.al/CM5hxmK

Texan here - be careful what you wish for. #facebook #meta

https://flipboard.com/users/theverge/statuses/mBL_tMh9Rl6lK4tuqxnXGQ:a:43611565

Now, more than ever, verified #journalist and #news orgs from around the world are essential for telling us how it really is. https://verifiedjournalist.org is here to help. It's free, easy, and comes with great stats of your interactions in the #fediverse. Give us a #boost? #journalism #Mastodon

#ProLifeMyAss

Via Sawyer Hackett:

Thanks to Elon #Musk and Donald #Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.

Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.

A nice presidential portrait.

ALT

Flipboard’s Surf joins several existing apps designed to view Mastodon and other ActivityPub platforms, as well as BlueSky and ActivityPub.1 I love Flipboard CEO Mike MkCue’s vision of the “social web,” as described by David Pierce at The Verge with feeds superseding websites.

"“You won’t put in, like, theverge.com and go to the website for The Verge, but you can put in ‘the verge’ and go to the ActivityPub feed for The Verge.” Your ... https://mitchw.blog/2024/12/19/flipboards-surf-joins.html

Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/19/trump-shutdown-stock-market-00195340?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-politico

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#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://youtube.com/live/ZgoaoTpIhm8

So, @Flipboard did launch a tool to make discovery easier, eh? And it's a fediverse browser?

Exactly what @mike told me. Check out this article if you want to know more about the company's decentralized push: https://thelettertwo.com/2024/12/15/behind-flipboard-fediverse-embrace-mike-mccue-interview/

@Flipboard is known for being a news aggregation and content curation app, but what's behind its embrace of the decentralized web? As someone who's long followed the company, I was curious about this play, so I sat down with CEO @mmccue to find out. 🧵👇

https://thelettertwo.com/2024/12/15/behind-flipboard-fediverse-embrace-mike-mccue-interview/

Getting wild today - put Outlook on the RIGHT side of the screen and Teams on the left. I feel like a peasant.

Having raised 6 kids I can tell you that every single sleep position for babies can cause SIDS. Strong recommendations from baby 1 turn into "OMG not that way" by baby 3. It is a tragic reality that SIDS happens. There are things you can do to minimize the risk. https://mastodon.world/users/verdantsquare/statuses/113641473498440844

Dear fellow #Mastoadmin folks and those following our #relay. With great joy, was able to resurect the relay after almost 3 weeks offline. I am so sorry for the impact to the hundreds of #fediverse servers. Everything should just start "working." Really appreciate everyone's patience and apologies again. Give us a #boost?

Tried #bluesky for a day. Compared against #threads. I hate #meta so was figuring it'd be a slam dunk. I don't get the appeal of #bluesky. #fediverse remains great for actual people. #threads is AI garbage + meta. #bluesky is...?

I'm such an ass:

the fediverse now has a fast growing TikTok alternative: https://loops.video

While it remains in a pre-release beta state atm, we are testing federation and will be releasing full federation support, along with the source code once stable.

And we expect by this time next month, you will have a bright, shiny and easy to install TikTok alternative under your tree 🎄

Spread the word. Loops has arrived.

#loops

Coming soon to an #america near us. https://mastodon.social/users/VOANews/statuses/113579186887020430

Hi #mastoadmin friends and those watching the #relay we've been hosting for years. We've now been down for about four days and still can't get the damn thing back up. Not sure how to fix. We'll cancel all recurring subscription donations and invite everyone back as soon as we can find a solution. Apologies for the downtime.

Hi there #mastoadmin types following our #mastodon #relay. We're rebooting in a few minutes for some maintenance!

If the USA votes for Trump.

We’re fighting hard to restore the rights of women across America, and to defend access to reproductive health care.

The American people must keep making their voices heard – these laws do not represent our nation.

Your voice will have a final say.

Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek spy movie has a release date
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/20/24274900/star-trek-section-31-michelle-yeoh-paramount-plus-streaming-premiere-date?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Verge @the-verge-theverge

Trump says he could have prevented the Civil War from happening if he was the president instead of Lincoln. This is probably true, as Trump would absolutely have been a slave owner.