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Notices by hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org), page 2

  1. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:47:39 EDT hosh hosh
    @Manuel hmm. Looked up this .tk tld on Wikipedia. Not exactly temporary but free. Interesting. Anyway, the site is giving a "Forbidden - You don't have permission to access / on this server" in this case.
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:47:39 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  2. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:29:30 EDT hosh hosh
    @Marlon @Manuel Sounds interesting. Those web links do not work for me, however.
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:29:30 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  3. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:22:31 EDT hosh hosh
    Thanks. Based on what we see I'm not optimistic about the resistance. But I am optimistic about our ingenuity to find ways of beating the system and creating alternatives. I think we will find ourselves gravitating to more and more decentralized forms of communication as the tentacles of the surveillance state spread.

    The Indian Aadhar model, though horrific, is less worrying than the Chinese social credit model, because we might be approaching a reality where we cannot simply drop out and be non-persons, but will need to be active participants in systems that surveil us, in order to obtain work, find lodging, etc.

    In the meantime, we need not only good hackers but good communicators and people to document what's available, because the technical requirements and knowledge needed for self hosting or maintaining systems like hubzilla or mastodon are still quite daunting - most of us therefore seek easy solutions like volunteer-run social networks, web and email co-ops, cheap hosting, etc.

    The one time I tried to reach a dat site through Beaker browser the thing stalled and didn't go anywhere. Is that a common experience?
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 14:22:31 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  4. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 12:58:57 EDT hosh hosh
    @M. Dent @jsv Sorry I did mean 5 - it was already at 0. But I guess that answers my question about whether this survives updates: thanks for researching it further!
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 12:58:57 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  5. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 11:27:24 EDT hosh hosh
    Ugh. That's terrible. I hate Cloudflare. I've set network.trr.mode now to 0 but wonder if turning it off survives updates? Anyway it does not appear to be in Waterfox, which I currently normally use.
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 11:27:24 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  6. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Monday, 06-Aug-2018 07:34:24 EDT hosh hosh
    Brother mule can be a faithful servant but a contrary master. It isn't the eyes of a mule that I see in your avatar, but the incarnation of a more divine nature!
    In conversation Monday, 06-Aug-2018 07:34:24 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  7. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Sunday, 05-Aug-2018 19:04:28 EDT hosh hosh
    "Oh come! In whatever guise you appear, I know you!"

    Oh Lord, without me you are a pauper.
    You cannot find your own feet unless my lips brush them.
    Oh Lord you would have no presence
    If I were not here to reveal you to yourself.
    What can you know without my eyes, my gentle fingers to divine your form?
    I lead you Lord through the darkness of your hidden chambers and
    In the dazzle of your sudden sunlight I am your guide.
    O Lord, I give you your creation
    In the moment that I, a man, destroy, disrupt, defile...
    In the moment that I extinguish I make plain
    The wonder of your works.
    O Lord, without my belief in you, you would be nothing!
    I'm the hound whose homeless master becomes through my worship a hero.
    Be thankful for my diligence
    In unmasking you O Lord!
    In taking these many coloured beads and finding the thread
    That makes of them a garland for your worship.
    You placed baubles at my feet. I made sense of them.
    You gave me worthless clay.
    I fashioned it into an idol of you.
    Do not be angry at my idolatry!
    Only through it can you ever know your form.
    I gave you yourself
    I am your eyes, your fingers
    Through which you can caress your creation.
    Do not undervalue my gifts.

    They are your own.
    In conversation Sunday, 05-Aug-2018 19:04:28 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  8. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Sunday, 05-Aug-2018 09:06:41 EDT hosh hosh
    In Exeter a blind man found an 8 foot python in his bathroom; on a busy London street, another python was found devouring a pigeon. It's true that a harmless green snake was also found this week on a Mumbai train, but for a true jungle safari, it seems that the UK cannot be beaten.
    In conversation Sunday, 05-Aug-2018 09:06:41 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  9. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 20:09:25 EDT hosh hosh
    India Mortgaged? Forced-Fed Illness and the Neoliberal Food Regime
    In conversation Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 20:09:25 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  10. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 20:03:11 EDT hosh hosh

    https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/aug/04/ai-weiwei-beijing-studio-razed-by-chinese-authorities

    In conversation Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 20:03:11 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink

    Attachments

    1. Ai Weiwei's Beijing studio razed by Chinese authorities
      from the Guardian
      The dissident artist posted on social media that he had been given no advance warning
  11. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 19:47:06 EDT hosh hosh
    old joke found here
    A linguistics professor was lecturing his class.

    “In English,” he explained, “a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However,” the professor continued, “there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.”

    A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”
    In conversation Saturday, 04-Aug-2018 19:47:06 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  12. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Aug-2018 14:57:11 EDT hosh hosh
    saw another couple of films at the film festival - "Mekhtoub My Love" and "Touch Me Not". The first was fun but a bit too much of it. The second was touching, in the extreme - hard to watch but full of compassion.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Aug-2018 14:57:11 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  13. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 19:10:45 EDT hosh hosh
    This reminded me of the recent debate regarding Israel's Eurovision win (unbelievably I still haven't seen the clip or heard the song in its entirety, which shows how estranged I am from the culture of the country I inhabit). There was a short article about that on the fantastic Indian webzine thewire, which included the following picture from twitter:



    Still, that doesn't address the question head on, because the examples you and the article gave were within the scope of this woman's definition of actual cultural appropriation. Here's an interesting contribution to the debate:
    'Māori has gone mainstream': the resurgence of New Zealand's te reo language Positive views of Maori culture by whites seems to be actually helping Maori culture to rebound. (Though the one Maori I actually met, back in the 1990s, was telling me about cultural genocide).
    I guess cultural appropriation is a rather complicated issue.
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 19:10:45 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  14. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 18:30:10 EDT hosh hosh
    I don't know what to say about this. The article was not without hope. It was really a call to up the ante and escalate to the next level in the war against viruses and HIV, using our new skills in genetic modification. Regarding mosquitoes; there was something else in the news today, that an Australian town has successfully eliminated dengue fever, long-term, by releasing special mosquitoes that are incapable of carrying viruses. The next plan is to try the same tactic in Rio, and if it works there it should work anywhere, says the article.
    But what kind of civilization are we calling into existence when it is based on ever more sophisticated combat with microbes and diseases? Even our present stage, in which population-wide inoculation is mandatory and maybe half the populace - especially those over 50 - is kept healthy by the daily intake of drugs (I haven't checked the statistics). Soon to be a natural, unvaccinated, un-drugged, un-augmented human will not only condemn you to a short lifespan, but society will regard you as a dangerous contagion threat, a public enemy. Regarding HIV positive people, or parents who refuse to get their kids vaccinated, I think we are already there.
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 18:30:10 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  15. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 16:53:09 EDT hosh hosh
    The killer bunny probably got him.
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 16:53:09 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  16. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 16:50:40 EDT hosh hosh
    Ya young punk - all of life before you! - Oh to be 52 again!
    In conversation Wednesday, 01-Aug-2018 16:50:40 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  17. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 20:14:35 EDT hosh hosh
    in reply to
    It's kind of the extreme opposite to Zot, in that identity is not even nomadic between one's own devices. At a time when all of us use several different machines or change them frequently, this doesn't seem usable until the issue is solved.

    From the Scuttlebutt FAQ:

    Can I post from different devices?

    Or rather: can I use scuttlebutt on different devices, but maintain the same identity? For example: updating my Patchwork feed from my home and work computer?

    Currently, you cannot. Identities are tied to a single user on a single device. You could use scuttlebutt on multiple devices, but you would be maintaining multiple identities and feeds.
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 20:14:35 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
  18. hosh (hosh@hub.disroot.org)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 20:02:13 EDT hosh hosh
    A good resource.
    In conversation Tuesday, 31-Jul-2018 20:02:13 EDT from hub.disroot.org permalink
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