Notices by Tim Bray (timbray@cosocial.ca)

What is this “I need to pack for the trip” of which you speak?

#caturday #photography

Why we won't accept the narrative of regrettable incidents in Gaza | MSF https://www.msf.org/why-we-wont-accept-narrative-regrettable-incidents-gaza

Now here are some people who are working the issue seriously. Not ready for prime time obvs… https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/the-full-source-bootstrap-building-from-source-all-the-way-down/

Anyone else going this deep?

@Gargron How did you get the sepia tone? In fact, I’d be generally interested in your film-to-web workflow.

Someone in my feed posted (sorry, lost the link) “Hey everyone, how do you hold it together while the world is burning down?” That, and a little trip I took last week, produced a small sad essay: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/10/25/Wild-World

Tl;dr: You can’t hold it together all the time under pressure. At least I can’t.

[Also brussels sprouts.]

Major rage experience this morning. Yukon/Maui/Okanagan burning, smoke drifting into town, LA about to get whacked, local paper has a full-page story about why trying for Net Zero is stupid and wrong. Usual oil-biz talking points. Made a rare visit to Xitter to flame at the author. Unsubscribed from the paper, been a subscriber since ’92.

Well, that ⬆️ was a surprise - first, the huge response and second, the fact that I, a “No” vote, am in the 8% minority. My wife stared at me wide-eyed and asked "How can you think?!"

All I can say is, I think that I think? When I’m writing, or thinking about what I’m going to say, inside my head is a torrent of words. But not otherwise; I mean, it feels busy in there, but doesn’t involve language, at least perceptibly.

@mastodonmigration Alternatively, join a co-op instance where you pay a flat annual membership and is thus self-sustaining. For example, ours (cosocial.ca) is $50/year.

The problem with AI/ML isn’t what the tech is or isn’t useful for (we don’t really know yet). The problem is the people who build and own and operate it, a mix of giant tech monopolies and VC-funded growth-crazed startups. Both are entirely oblivious to ethics and the civic good.

It is fair and reasonable to be paranoid and suspicious about *any* tech pushed by this cabal.

[This post from a member-owned co-op Fediverse instance, see https://cosocial.info]

Introductory-level discussion of Bluesky and nostr.

https://decrypt.co/137589/decentralized-twitter-alternatives-bluesky-and-nostr-are-growing-with-some-growing-pains

Hey, check this out, someone’s proposing an HTTP response header to say how much CO2 load was incurred serving the request. https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-martin-http-carbon-emissions-scope-2-00.html