Notices by Ian Betteridge (ianb@mastodon.well.com)

@aral Given what I post, I suspect my chances of being let in are pretty slim anyway :)

I've never been wildly in favour of quote posts, but I think this is a sensible and clever way to implement them.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/

It’s really hard to comprehend this level of idiocy.

@aral @FediThing I think this might be my favourite of all the comments on that piece

@FediThing There is very definitely a disjunct between the average rich capitalist (ordinary FT readers) and the absolute insanity of the US techbro rich. The former really just care about getting rich. The latter care about getting rich *and* ruling the world.

@aral To be fair, I suspect the average British FT reader is likely to be thinking the same.

Good lord, Peter Thiel really does have the brains of a 14 year old Reddit poster.

https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583105

Moving your moderation team to Texas, where women don't have abortion rights and trans people get persecuted sure seems like a good way of making sure you don't have any women or trans people on your moderation team.

Tesco increased profits last year by 15%. Sainsbury’s also increased profit, and they expect it to go up again this year. Yet they’re claiming if they don’t pay less tax, they will be “forced” to raise prices.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/09/retailers-warn-of-higher-prices-in-2025-and-urge-ministers-to-ease-tax-burden

Sigh.

https://www.threads.net/@tomwarrenuk/post/DEhmjjDN8HY?xmt=AQGzNwIR8IFrT6ltoSJPfeLN_qmPcdbcFO8G0Xz9gHGBDQ

@aral Ooooooh….

@aral I’m just going to have to make one, aren’t I?

Dinosaurs are woke

Siri, show me what happens when a company purges dissenting voices and becomes a cult of personality.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/wordcamp_password_sharing_requirement/