Notices by Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz), page 41

It seems observably true to me that if the radical left completely opts out of electoral politics, we hand over total control of powerful institutions to the right. On the other hand, it seems equally true that to achieve the scale of change humans and our environmental need to live, thrive, and survive (to quote the Blues Brothers), we need to work outside the limitations of electoral politics. I'm coming to think it's a both/and, not an either/or.

"If your group was working well and then ceases to, could it be that you’ve complicated the decision making process through “openness,” and, to put it brutally, the wrong people have taken control?"
- #AndyBichlbaum of the #YesMen
https://beautifultrouble.org/principle/dont-mistake-your-group-for-society/

#Loomio 2.0 has been released! The UI has been majorly revamped and some of the underlying tech has been swapped out, meaning that the performance of the site will be better, especially on older devices:
https://blog.loomio.org/2019/09/18/what-is-new-in-loomio-2.0-and-beta-release/

I hear that native mobile apps based on the new UI are on the way too ...

@the_gayest_doggo no I saw it. Not being an islamophobe myself, I have no trouble accepting that most Muslims are *not* violent bigots. Just as I have no trouble accepting that most people who are attracted to nationalist/ ant-globalization political ideas, who defend free speech, who refuses to build political blocks into their software etc etc are *not* violent bigots. That's because I'm tolerant. For the intolerant, in both cases, these are just excuses for sympathizing with violent bigots.

@itsgoingdown yet another example of how ban hammers defended by the radical left on the rationale they're only for using on "Nazis" inevitably get used against the radical left. But it's a bit awkward for us to start campaigning against that on the basis of freedom of speech, when we've been busy arguing that anyone who stands up for free speech online is really just a fascist sympathizer :/

Hi @gergely I'm updating the fedivere.party wiki and I notice there's been no commits to the calendar-social repository for about a year. Is that project still alive? I also notice that I can't see any posts on you timeline newer than 8 months ago, and that you haven't allowed me to follow your posts. Is everything OK?

Hi @draco I was diagnosed ADHD as a teenager but went off the meds after about a year as they made my mood disorder worse. The only advice I can think of, without knowing more about your situation, is be kind to yourself. You're going through a mental health challenge and its not your fault. Rest as much as you need to and try to clear the decks as much as you can. If you work with a health professional, stay in contact with them and let them know what is and isn't helping.

Just watched the first episode of the new #Watchmen series and I'm totally confused. The white supremacists might be the ones wearing the Rorschach masks, but the masked cops are much more like him, homocidal psychos who think they have the moral high ground. Are there any good guys in this story, and when do we get to meet them?

"Provided that this solution holds up under testing, you can expect the upgrade kit in Q1 2020. We hope that by providing this kit we not only cater to our community but also do our part in reducing the number of OG Pinebooks ending up in landfills."
https://www.pine64.org/2019/11/05/brave-heart-edition-pinephones/

#Pine64 doing their bit to make their products more durable and reduce #eWaste. Legends!

@chebra It's worth keeping in mind that despite the hangups Eurocentric cultures seem to have about death, there are worse things than dying. For example, being forced to suffer for months in incurable pain, as your body gradually shuts down. Some might argue that a state that forces people to endure such a state, when it could be avoided, is guilty of torture.

@chebra
> how would you word those protections so that they cannot be misused?

IANAL so I would ask a number of lawyers who have a high regard for #HumanRights and the #PublicInterest. Eg the #NZ Council for #CivilLiberties, which a number of highly principled lawyers are involved in. Here's what they had to say:

"The Council has reviewed the End of Life Choice Bill and finds the wording strikes an acceptable balance between necessary controls and civil liberties":
https://nzccl.org.nz/content/submission-end-life-choice-bill

@the_gayest_doggo
> note that i never said we should tolerate islamofacists.

An islamophobe would agree with you, qualifying only that there is no other kind. They might argue that easier and safer to ban all Muslims than to only ban the ones everyone can agree are "islamofascists". Just as some folks on the fedi seem to think that it's easier to just ban everyone accused of being a Nazi (or "sympathiser" eg Fedilab) than to only ban the ones everyone can agree are actual Nazis.

As a user I can see a benefit of:

1) being able to address a group by @mentioning one address, instead of a huge block like this:

@mariusor @grishka @liaizon @drequivalent @prismo @LemmyDev @datatitian @z @hirojin @yaaps @Melezh

2) groups being persistent, topic-based, and people being able to opt-in and opt-out of membership, without having to send "untag me" memes, or muting every branch of the thread they end up mentioned in.

@mariusor
> The only way for him to participate is to send messages to the group, and receive the ones which have him mentioned.

My understanding of AP implementation is extremely limited but I presume that the group server would know who the members of a group are, and send them posts address to the group (either into their timeline or as notifications) whether they are @mentioned or not.
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@grishka @liaizon @drequivalent @prismo @LemmyDev @datatitian @z @hirojin @yaaps @Melezh

@MatejLach sounds logical. Thanks for the work you are doing to develop free code for the fediverse :) I look forward to testing fediQuest!

@mpjgregoire
> and whether my voluntary decision now should outweigh my voluntary will later.

This same dilemma applies to every risky decision people make, from drinking alcohol, to mountain climbing, both of which can be fatal.

> Not as easy questions as they first appear

Nah, pretty easy. Legislation has to grapple with much more complex definitions than these on a regular basis.

@mpjgregoire I'm not a doctor, but ...
> what it means to be terminally ill,

Having a medical condition known to kill the patient, for which no known cure is available, or which has progressed beyond the point where the available cures can be expected to work.

> what counts as suffering

Whatever the terminally ill patient considers to be an intolerable experience caused by their illness.

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@mmin I think there is a variation of #ZookoTriangle here. Out-of-the-box, Riot is decentralized and user-friendly, but not encrypted. Turn on encryption, it's still decentralized, but not user-friendly. Same is true of #Jami, #Tox clients, and every other decentralized chat app I've tested that has encryption out-of-the-box, #UX hell. All the user-friendly systems I've seen that have encryption turned on out-of-the-box are centralized ones like Signal and Wire.
@lnxw48a1

@lnxw48a1
> #Riot is not ready for recommending

... for encrypted chat, yes. As a decentralized app for non-sensitive friends+family comms, it's no worse than cleartext email.