Notices by Coffee & Aspirin (deejoe@mastodon.sdf.org), page 27

@gargron I just saw this on joinmastodon.org: «Without an incentive to sell you things, Mastodon allows you to consume content you enjoy uninterrupted.» I wondered whether we can change “consume content you enjoy” to something more human like “read posts you enjoy”. Or “see the things you enjoy: posts, pictures, videos, comments, it’s all there.”

Dungeons & Dragons is in the business of selling fantasy. Not the stuff with the magic and monsters -- the part where you *actually believe* that you and several other likeminded adults will be able to coordinate your schedules on a regular basis.

island of misfit form factors

Just noticed that I have a gigantic amount of machine IDs with Riot. So annoying. Did it ever occur to the developers that some folks are using stateless browsers?

honestly i'm so very sure i've lost a lot of friends due to lack of migration tools, im shocked that people can lie to themselves and think that migration tools not existing isn't this huge deal

coz its a Really Big Deal y'all, like, that's the one necessity if you're gonna make federated social media

not having migration tools = not federated

Are there any co-ops that run web hosting? My food co-op is looking at hosting more stuff in the cloud and it is important for us to support other co-ops when we do so.

Also, would there be interest in setting up a co-op web host if I could talk the food co-op into investing in something like that?

Today is Field Day, an emergency preparedness exercise for amateur radio operators! The goal: set up a temporary station, and then make as many contacts as possible over 24 hours.

https://www.arrl.org/Field-Day/

Check the Field Day Locator to find a station near you. Many stations are set up like an "open house" and welcome visitors.

If you make contact with K2HAX, let them know that Rey said hello :)

#FieldDay #HamRadio

Draft: How to implement a basic ActivityPub server

https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/blog/blob/master/content/posts/2018-06-23_How-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server.md

I guess if someone could give it a test run and tell me if they're struggling with something before I publish, would be great

Your cries for action will stop once they pass any bill. Maybe an occasional post but it will die down.

Where's your anger about Gitmo? We still hold thousands of innocents there without trial who are still being tortured. Almost no one got mad when it was discovered they shoved tubes into people's anuses at Gitmo and poured in their minced meals, to "clear their heads." They don't matter I guess.

A word for them?

No?

I love this https://streets.mn/2018/06/22/restoring-summit-avenues-historic-bike-lanes/

"You don’t have a right to believe whatever you want to"

https://aeon.co/ideas/you-dont-have-a-right-to-believe-whatever-you-want-to

"Thomson Reuters calls itself ‘The Answer Company’ so today we’re asking it a simple question: will the company continue to support cruelty and inhumanity?"

https://medium.com/@privacyint/press-release-privacy-international-asks-thomson-reuters-if-it-will-stop-facilitating-the-us-51a9306d3e26