This is my first social media account after quitting Facebook over 10 years ago.
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
This is my first social media account after quitting Facebook over 10 years ago.
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
Who here is still on X, formerly Twitter? (kbin.social)
Pretty much the title. If you are, why do you remain on a platform that has become such a dumpster-fire of mis- and dis-information?
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco (www.washingtonpost.com)
A new study suggests that tobacco companies, who were skilled at marketing cigarettes, used similar strategies to hook people on processed foods. (adding archive link here: https://archive.ph/cRRVa)
Musk's app reinstates user who posted 'child exploitation photos' (mashable.com)
The user was temporarily suspended early Wednesday morning. His account was back later that day.
Wouldn't the Everything App Be the Last Thing We Would Want? (kbin.social)
I read an article in the New York Times about Elon Musk wanting to make X, formally known as Twitter, into an everything app. The article also mentions other attempts. Would that be the last thing we would want?...
Fediverse servers could be seized anytime (kbin.social)
Me when the 3 letter agencies
What are you reading this week? [7/23/23] (kbin.social)
What book is currently on your nightstand?...
North Korean Nation-State Actors Exposed in JumpCloud Hack After OPSEC Blunder (thehackernews.com)
North Korean state actors linked to the RGB have been identified in the JumpCloud hack! An OPSEC mistake exposed their IP address.
OpenAI, Google, others pledge to watermark AI content for safety -White House (www.reuters.com)
Top AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have made voluntary commitments to the White House to implement measures such as watermarking AI-generated content to help make the technology safer, the Biden administration said on Friday.
Fedora or Pop!_OS?
I use a Windows and Arch dualboot, but I’m looking to escape Microsoft. I’ve heard good things about both Fedora and Pop!_OS. I’m your average Arch user; I play video games and code. Are Windows VMs suitable for games like Call of Duty on such distros ?
Look Up! One of The Year's Best Meteor Showers Is Visible This Month (www.sciencealert.com)
Annually, between July 17 and August 24, the Perseid meteor shower puts on one of the brightest cosmic events of the year.
So where are we all supposed to go now? (www.theverge.com)
Twitter’s dying, Reddit’s changing, everything else is entertainment – and there’s nowhere left to hang out.
How many of you are still working full-time remote and how is it going? If not, why not? Was the decision made by you to go back to the office or did your employer decide for you? (kbin.social)
I am still working full-time remote. There are definitely some social aspects of going to the office I miss, but I really don't miss the commute or the shitty office politics. Overall I feel I am still more productive from home and happier overall.
Florida bill allowing radioactive roads made of potentially cancer-causing mining waste signed by DeSantis (www.cbsnews.com)
Under the new bill, Florida could have roads made of phosphogypsum, a material known by the EPA to contain a "potentially cancer-causing, radioactive gas," that's the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.