Life's to short to hold grudges. That's why I try to reserve mine for immortal beings such as vampires, long-dead philosophers, and corporations.
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Tang Seng on his return to Chang'an (probably): "Ultimately, while invaluable in their own right, these newly discovered texts raise more questions than they answer."
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renaming the main branch to 'canon' and side branches to 'heresy' (forking is renamed to schisms and pull requests/merges become ecumenical councils)
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mhoye ·
Is anyone keeping a list of those executives who, when they're mildly criticized, will promptly call that critic's employer to try to get them fired?
I feel strongly that maintaining this list would be a valuable public service.
My DMs are open, and you can email me.
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People on here like to compare Xitter, Meta and the likes to nazi bars. That works to an extent. But I'd say it's more instructive to think of them as casinos. Because however skilled you are at playing the game, you cannot beat the house.
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John Goerzen ·
The problem with a one-size-fits-all content policy is that the world isn’t that kind of place. For instance, I am a pacifist. There is a place for a group where pacifists can hang out with each other, free from the noise of the debate about pacifism. And there is a place for the debate. Forcing everyone that signs up for the conversation to sign up for the debate is harmful. Preventing the debate is often also harmful. One company can’t square this circle. 10/
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You know The Star-Splangled Banner makes a lot more sense once you realise that the "home of the brave" line is sarcasm.
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Here's to hoping that many of his fellow travellers follow the lead of J.M. Le Pen in this blessed year 2025.
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Bryan Kam ·
I'm looking for sources for ancient/medieval/early modern/modern thinkers (from anywhere) who have disputed 1) the law of the excluded middle, 2) the law of non-contradiction, and 3) the law of identity. Anyone I should be reading? #philosophy
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raquel helch ·
me: working from home gives me the opportunity to focus on tasks free from the the distractions of a noisy office!
brain:
TROUT
TROUT
LET IT ALL OUT
THESE ARE THE FISH I CAN DO WITHOUT
SALMON
I’M TALKING TO YOU
SALMON
me: cool never mind
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Kieran Healy ·
Casting Muppet Ulysses. Kermit as Bloom, Piggy as Molly, Gonzo as Stephen. Fozzie as Buck Mulligan. Link Hogthrob as Blazes Boylan. Wanda as Gerty MacDowell. Statler and Waldorf (both) as The Citizen. Sam as AE. Janice and Denise as Mina and Lydia. Rizzo and Pepe as Compton and Carr.
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Aral Balkan ·
Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Microsoft Copilot?
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Ryan Barrett ·
Excited to announce that I’m teaming up with Anuj Ahooja on a new non-profit for the open social web, across protocols, with Bridgy Fed as its first main project! Introducing A New Social.
When I posted Possible futures for Bridgy Fed a while back, I was surprised and gratified by the outpouring of support. So many of you really believe in it and want it to survive, grow, and find a stable footing beyond the useful little one-person side project it is today.
Some people stepped up even further and said, “I’m willing to put the work in and actually help build, drive, and even lead this.” Anuj is one of those people. He’s a renaissance man who’s worked on the fediverse and open social web for many years at sub.club, Flipboard, and more. He’s written at length about the potential he sees in the open social web, across all sorts of networks – “people, not platforms!” – and how we have an opportunity now that we haven’t had in a long time.
And there are so many more of you, across the space, who’ve joined and committed to supporting us! We’re truly humbled and grateful. We’re still only at the very beginning, we have a lot of work to do, but we’re excited to get started. Wish us luck, and please reach out if you want to get involved!
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The issue with Pekinology is that yesterday's reasonable assumptions often become the "proven facts" behind tomorrow's reasonable assumptions. Rinse and repeat for several years, and you end up with a framework of analysis that has no provable relation to reality any more.
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Sarang Shah ·
I'm feeling reaffirmed about staying off the internet. But I do wonder how the hell we're going to get back to a robust social and info environment offline. I've tried my best by hosting meetups, supporting publications, even starting one, but man, it can't just be low resourced folks like me.
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I don't know about any of you, but I for one am going to laugh very hard in about a decade or so, when all the children of these birth-rate-obsessed reactionaries start rebelling in unison.
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Found myself wondering how things are going over at post.news these days...
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Oh.
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mekka okereke
I just realized that I don't need to argue with y'all about:
* Starter packs
* Composable moderation
* Quote tweets
* Paying trust & safety engineers for their labor
* Funding stuff without VC or begging for donations
* If UX is possible without VC moneyI don't need to argue with y'all about any of this. I'm not asking for your permission or your help. I'm telling you what's going to happen.
Mastodon is moving in the right direction, just slowly. It could be faster with funding + focus.
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Hilde De Weerdt ·
Check it out and place your order: A card game for lovers of Japanese prints (and for manuscripts lovers there is still the earlier game Anjou). Kudos to our wonderful KU Leuven history graduate Bram De Ridder
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josef ·
saw someone describe LLMs as "an encyclopedia on steroids" and i think that's basically incorrect in every way, isn't it? i would have gone for something more like "a thesaurus on acid"
