Flash Mob Of One

@mattmaison@mastodon.world @TechBean@mstdn.social I have every intention of acquring an analog pinball machine one day. It wouldn't fit in my current place, but before I retire I'm going to get a two-bedroom condo, and the second room is going to be a personal library / lair for things I love.

A magical thing has happened. My Anti-Spotify video has reached a view count sufficient such that, if every viewer canceled their Spotify sub and switched to Metrolist, then it would mathematically cost Spotify a million dollars a year. (Assuming they're subbed at the $21.99 tier.) Not bad for a small youtuber and a single dumb video. https://youtu.be/V9gmTUVO7Nc #Spotify #Music #Streaming #YouTube #Video #AISlop

@paninid@mastodon.world Very cool that he wore an Innocence Project shirt.

@mc@social.sciences.re @severin@hci.social "I cannot mentor anyone who already thinks that learning is useless." >>> Ultimately, this is the crux of the issue.

@Catvalente@wandering.shop And not only that, we may have finally reached a cataclysmic enough level of corruption and failure on the part of the Democrats in order to get a few dozen Socialists elected.

@alice@lgbtqia.space @deviantollam@defcon.social I did not expect to be learning about the super basics of lockpicking today. But that's rad. Boosted.

My buddy Murphy got his summer cut today. LOOK AT THIS PERFECT POOFY LITTLE DOODLE. #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #CuteAnimals

@LeslieBurns@esq.social Oh yeah. That is not going to last. That AI is going to screw up in a major way and it'll be a huge story.

@notjustbikes@social.notjustbikes.com @uxMark@cosocial.ca Yeah, kinda hate being someone who scoots around town and, seemingly, it's 100% my responsibility to watch out for cars and not the other way around.

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social Yeah. Accountability is a nice thought, but beyond vigilantism, I don't see it happening.

@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social The Rail Wars and the Battle of Blair Mountain were probably a tad closer. But I love the analogy.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social It really is a bummer when your toast loses molecular integrity.

@GayDeceiver@mstdn.social For me, being a progressive is hard because here in the US, at least, I know no meaningful systemic change is happening at the national level absent total calamity. Our only power is local.

@josephcox@infosec.exchange 404's doing some good work.

@andrewrk@mastodon.social Also a pretty solid argument against the concept of free will and for determinism.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Eventually one of those motherfuckers is going to grow a conscience and leak all the filthy details to the press.

@malcircuit@thingy.social Glorious.

@skeletor@mas.to Or just, in general, shitty consequences aren't worth most negative interactions when I can go back to my home and chill.

@tom@tomkahe.com Merica

@cmsdengl@mas.to LOL Count Binface is so wonderfully British

@DanMorgan@vmst.io Back when I actually watched TV live his commercials were certainly amusing.

@sarajw@front-end.social @tg@indieweb.social Yes, there's even a new iteration of GeoCities called 'NeoCities'.

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @WIRED@flipboard.com Indeed. Been a wild news day. I'm seeing headlines about China testing asteroid defenses, the FCC approving a giant space mirror, thieves targeting data center supply trucks, etc. etc. Just a really cool day if you're someone who runs a tech YouTube channel.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social I'm not willing to give her credit for this. Billionaires are scumbags. All of them. Pay some goddamn taxes.

All right y'all. We're doing this. Second video in two days, because I'm a dumb Youtuber who has never heard of a 'duress password', and I am sure I'm not the only one. And what do we do when we discover a new topic? Be the first to make the video. I'll drop the link here once I upload. Huzzah. #YouTube #Technology #Tech #GrapheneOS

#3GoodThings

1. Just saw a bunch of happy young teenagers out taking Homecoming photos in the neighborhood. They were excited and it brought me joy to see it.

2. Sammy is 100% healed up, glad to have our furry prince back to feeling better.

3. Mizzou beat #8 Florida by 37 points. HUGE win, but a very tough schedule ahead. Could put them in the playoff mix if they keep winning.

@Bad@hsnl.social Abso-fucking-lutely. I've had this conversation many times with regard to countries that don't have a military and resort to an insurgency or vigilante violence, as if having the ability to drop a bomb on someone makes what you're doing any less murderous.

@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Man, if I ever hear someone speak to a retail worker like this, I will bitch slap them.

@stux@mstdn.social I was glad when the Reagans died. There's nothing wrong with recognizing that some people make the world better by no longer bring in it.

@Epic_Null@infosec.exchange @AAKL@infosec.exchange @WIRED@flipboard.com I did a video earlier this year on companies trying to get satellite fleets approved for space ads. In doing so I learned there's just a ton of space debris, more than I thought. It's in the hundreds of thousands.

@stux@mstdn.social My city, Kansas City, has a lot of protected bike lanes, but I still have to be careful that someone isn't pulling out of a fast food drive through and paying more attention to their burger or soft drink. Like this morning. Had a jerk leaving a McDonald's just drift into my lane. Infuriating.

#3GoodThings

1. Fixed my scooter by myself, though it'll take 2-4 weeks for the new bearings to break in.

2. Got my YT video done early this week so I have literally nothing I absolutely HAVE to do this weekend.

3. Got a really, really good workout in today and, even though I'm 45, I'm still very, very strong.

@stux@mstdn.social Indeed. I hope science finds a way to lengthen one's life significantly so I can see more of it before I croak.

@troed@swecyb.com Congrats. Here, we elect anti-datacenter people and vote against them and they get built anyway.

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @Epic_Null@infosec.exchange @WIRED@flipboard.com Yeah. :( I will say though that reading about how hard scientists, and in particular astronomers are fighting this sort of thing internationally is very heartening.

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @Newsweekdotcom@flipboard.com This pleases me.

1. Got my workout in this morning and it was upper body day, so I feel like the Hulk.

2. Taking myself out for a scoot and lunch when I finish work at noon, and it's 70 degrees and sunny outside.

3. Passed 200 subs on my YT channel this week. This felt impossible four months ago, when I was sitting at 15 and had been for a while, so it feels very cool.

#3GoodThings

@tranquil_cassowary@infosec.exchange Hey, thank you! I am definitely toying with the idea of putting this on my phone, just need to teach myself how to use it first.

@Nonilex@masto.ai Unfortunately, this is nothing new. The VRA has been incrementally gutted for the last two decades across presidencies and Congresses by both ruling parties. The real bummer is that the only recourse people have is local, usually in one's own state. That is how successfully bought-off all of our federal legislators are.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Yeah. It's objectively good when people bite it sometimes.

@AAKL@infosec.exchange @WIRED@flipboard.com Love it. This is something like the fifth or sixth story I've seen this morning that I can add to my video ideas folder, and even better, it's one about protecting data privacy. Thank you for sharing.

So much shitty news. But it was 70 degrees here in KC today and the walk home was exceedingly lovely. And I sat next to a guy on the train who is, apparently, six months clean and constitutionally incapable of shutting up about it. Equal parts annoying and inspiration. Genuinely happy for him even though I was sick of hearing about it. #KansasCity #Sunny #3GoodThings

@stux@mstdn.social I loved that, but stux, you don't have to pay jack shit to Jeff Bezos. Sail the high seas instead. For the greater good.

@elmiller0330@disabled.social Apparently Kansas City had a potato giveaway earlier this week. Wonderful!

@stux@mstdn.social I'm so glad that morherfucker croaked.

@stux@mstdn.social Done.

@stux@mstdn.social Yeah, it's a bummer. Cars are normal and the focus here, so culturally, it's expected that those of us on two wheels need to be the careful ones and not the drivers of the giant metal death machines.

My new YT video is up! It's about a new app called 'Orange Bible' which lets people earn satoshis (the smallest unit of bitcoin) for Bible Study, among other things. Be aware that I do make a few sarcastic jokes about religion in this one, so just putting out that warning. If you can't tolerate religious humor, that's perfectly okay, just maybe skip this particular video. https://youtu.be/4N3PsKrK3FA #YouTube #Religion #Christianity #Technology #Crypto #BTC #Video #SocialMedia

@hannaB@social.vir.group If it makes you feel better, it's a very sarcastic and critical video. (Though I do poke fun at religion itself a little.)