Commodore Sixty Bore @sikkdays@ourempty.pub
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Writer, video editor, motion graphics occasionally pay me. Creating art and having conversations fuel me.
Joined Dec 2018
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The @eff needs to make an app that parodies those "which Character are you" things on #instagram and #snapchat
Instead of choosing your Harry Potter or Star Wars likeness, it shows you the data it knows about you over your head.
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The internet is often praised for speed, instant communication.
We use things people said online to crucify them. We talk of futures we fear or delight in, but it is all in the past.
The internet is far from instant. People change every moment. We have to stop condemning each other.
I'm not against debate, but remember we're all suffering and the below each side of an argument is someone suffering.
Have health insurance companies added unvaccinated to their pre-existing conditions that raise cost or deny people?
Just a reminder that Biz Markie sings a version of Benny And The Jets.
Hold on! Let me take that out of context.
~The Internet
Waiting for first proper haircut since pandemic. Dude in front of me is so. very. specific.
He knows exactly what he wants. Like almost annoyingly.
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A "podcast" behind a paywall is not a podcast.
A "podcast" that only one app can receive is not a podcast.
A "podcast" without a public feed that can be freely pulled into any podcast client or RSS reader is not a damn podcast, don't let people get away with calling it that.
We're back. Thanks for your tireless work @hugo I hope now you can take a break from @mastohost and rest.
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I was going to brush my teeth today but my subscription to my electric toothbrush is expired.
"Buy our CD!"
Nah. I'll just download via iTunes where you get a fraction of a penny for every 10mil downloads.
"Buy my book!"
Is it on Amazon where they get 30-65%?
"We have to act on #ClimateChange now!"
Ok. Where do I get a badge for my avatar.
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@sikkdays So more like a documentary? 😭
Wall-E except instead of people becoming inactive and obese because of technology, they stop thinking for themselves completely as corporate algorithms make all their decisions.
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I am not asking you to sign yet another petition, or to join yet another march. I do not want you to feel good about yourself because you carried your banner down the road, or because you clicked a link and typed in your name, or because you donated to a well-known organization to "save the rainforest".
All those marches and petitions, have they ever changed a thing? Carbon emissions were still growing back in 2019, and the COVID exception won't last (neither did the 2008 banking crisis exception).
All those attempts to "save the rainforest", has there ever been a single year from 1950 to today where the Amazon rainforest gained a single square kilometer in extent? Delaying defeat is not the same as winning the fight.
If the rules say you can protest only this way or that way and "voice your opinion" where your voice is not heard, stop following the rules. You cannot unfuck a broken system by playing by its rules. You have to break the rules.
I am asking you to revolt. I am asking you to step out of your comfort zone to prevent what is destroying us from happening. I want you to glue yourself to the company gates in order to stop the delivery of that coal shipment. I want you to camp on the drilling site to keep oil and gas in the ground. I want you to stop paying your taxes if those taxes are spent on fossil fuel bailouts.
The rules are always designed by the people in power, and designed to keep those people in power. Forget petty politicians. What I'm talking about are the big fish. The billionaires. Those who have so much money they cannot possible spend it in a hundred lives.
They tell you what to read [1], what to want [2] and even what to think [3], in order to make even more money off you as if they didn't have enough of it already. Sounds like a conspiracy theory? Think again:
1: Who owns the newspapers you read, and the TV channel you watch? It's publicly traded, you say. Who is this "public"? Half of all US stocks is in the hands of the richest 1%.
2: Ever wondered about why you keep seeing all those ads everywhere? It is big money spending small money to make you give even more money to the big money. You say ads don't work? Psychologists (and company balance sheets) suggest otherwise.
3: This is the greatest danger of all. Facebook (also owning Instagram and WhatsApp) has built a digital monopoly the likes of which the world has never seen before - and there are other companies such as the Google empire (including, f. ex., Youtube). By collecting data on every single click you make, they can figure out your greatest dreams, and your worst fears. And they employ armies of behavior analysts in order to figure out how to push your buttons. Algorithms are designed to keep you hooked to the site, in order to generate even more revenue. Filter bubbles have invented the self-deepening rabbit hole. With the "right" algorithm, they can put right under your nose what they want you to see, while burying contrary evidence. Truth itself, it seems, has become relative in the age of Trump.
This illustration from Maria Stoian is 3 years old and it says so much about #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis and how we have done so little in the last 3 years. We are doomed by greed and #capitalism.
https://thenib.com/nobody-is-coming-to-save-us-from-climate-change/
It's not tasteful to ask for reddit upvotes, but it is for a good cause, #yeg #MentalHealth & possibly your wallet if you win. Please help to get this trending in r/Edmonton
It's a post about the one day only (today!) 50/50.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/ob1sv2/one_day_only_5050_to_support_mental_health/
DISNEY: Hey! Hey! Look over here! Hey! We're going to be culturally appropriate casting a character! We're good boys.
NETFLIX: Hey, we want to our service to be successful in your country, what do you want to make? Ok. Go for it.
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a lot of people ask me how do you stick with alternative social media such as #mastodon when all of your friends are elsewhere. If you expect all of your friends to move here and mirror your interactions there it won't work.
Think of it this way, you don't interact with the same people and the same way in different commercial networks.
and think how you started using the ones you use regularly. There was some content you wanted to or needed to interact with.(1/3)
This whole #Mozilla Rally thing reminds me of Ghostery.
"Hey, here's a plugin to block trackers! Brought to you by a company that tracks you! Now your data is kept from our competitors and you feel safe."
It feel like signaling, not helping. It is the organic label on an apple in the produce store.
It's hard to live in a world where the marketing team in my head is so good at spinning everything into the slogan, "You are not enough."
https://write.as/sikkdays/living-in-a-community
#journal #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #Anxiety #Shame #depression
Installed @yunohost to play with a few different software options and decide what I like and need. It is very similar to the amazing arkOS from @peakwinter
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#DuckDuckGo #Privacy Browser: Data sending behavior #Android app - browser check part 12
https://bin.snopyta.org/?6b11b1a82c321cb3#8eFwQqioCFxsbDCNwBvsbv8xzkb3E28ppWWxkpbaNxSn
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