David @fmdavid@todon.nl
Brazilian writer
atheist
white cis male trying not to be enemy of the revolution
wants to listen to all
specially trans/quer/anarchist/feminist voices
Stock photos of scientists reveal that science is mostly about staring
Sometimes at chickens
Facebook's HQ is in Ireland for tax purposes, but its 'properties' (people) are moved to the US to avoid privacy laws – how is this tolerable?
– 'In a tweak to its terms and conditions, Facebook is shifting the responsibility for all users outside the US, Canada and the EU from its international HQ in Ireland to its main offices in California. It means that those users will now be on a site governed by US law rather than Irish law.
The move is due to come into effect shortly before General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in Europe on 25 May. Facebook is liable under GDPR for fines of up to 4% of its global turnover – around $1.6bn – if it breaks the new data protection rules....'
anti nuclear greens make me very upset
Like.
You dont want coal, ok good im with you.
You dont want pipelines, also good im there.
And you also dont want nuclear? Like if you dont want nuclear, your getting a pipeline thats just how it works.
Your solar farm needs a gas peaker plant and that means a pipeline.
Your own activism ensures the pipeline. Stop that.
Lost in Space? It would be watchable. With no music.
*How People Get Rich*
If your password leaks, you can change it. If your fingerprint leaks, you can't. Don't put your fingerprints online. https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/983645774390046720
Mark Zuckerberg Broke into a Facebook User's Private Email Account(2004) https://t.co/mf7GnSexmF
- newsycombinator
#newsbot
"This one photo - from a glittery December, 2016 event party thrown by the right-wing magazine IstoÉ - tells a big part of the story of what's happening in #Brazil with #Lula's imprisonment and ideas of "#justice": (@GGreenwald)
https://ecodigital.social/media/sIcxTM_nEakzRfOcMQE
"In perhaps the creepiest example, Facebook applied for (and received, last year) a patent for a tool called Techniques, for emotion detection and content delivery. It would use the camera in your phone to take pictures of you as you scroll through content. Facebook would then use facial analysis to measure how much you did or did not like the content in question, so as to determine what kind of stuff to send your way."
it looks like Mastodon Android client Mastolab find a way of autimatizing quote boosting. It's one of the solutions you proposed, only made simple by the app's interface.
via @jeroenpraat
Michael Parenti: The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us.
Toilet paper is an environmental disaster. Meet the Roman alternative: the tersorium
What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
Hint: It involved a long stick and a bucket of vinegar.
https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/ancient-roman-bathrooms/
Have you heard about Cloudfares new 1.1.1.1 to-be-launched service? What do you think about it?
Here's one story about it (and there are plenty now all over the web): https://www.wired.com/story/new-encryption-service-adds-privacy-protection-for-web-browsing/?mbid=social_twitter
For example, is it possible to chose to post for this instance only or for the entire federated timeline on a post-by-post basis?
Are there "quote boosts" like there are quote retweets in Twitter?
Thanks a lot!
Hi all. New to this instance, new to Mastodon, less than 24h here and already love it. Proper intro will come soon, but before that it would be great if I could figure out how a few things work. Is thre a FAQ or something somewhere ?
Here's a picture I just put together from 3 #Curiosity images taken on sol (Mars day) 782, early in the morning, before sunrise. https://mastodon.social/media/q6ICpEC63FGP0XyTpEY
