BlindFrog @ BlindFrog @lemmy.world

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I think they're quoting the linked Forbes article not the linked Reuters one. I searched for "edgelord" between the two

I remember hearing somewhere, and believe, "a person can do a bad thing, but that doesn't make them a bad person."

Know where can I find a breakdown of the symbolism behind the intro?
For me, it's hard to watch. I feel like I got bungeed down into the deepest depths of the bottomless Uncanny Valley, coming back up covered in oily black ooze, but I look down at its just my hands, my clothes, my normal skin. I think I'd appreciate it more if I knew what and why what was going on.

POs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HY-2mMcq9Y

Wish I knew where to watch this documentary. I remember it being a fun watch

Damn, an even more ancient meme

I'm still stuck on CAT. Imma kitty cat. And I dance-dance-dance, and I dance-dance-dance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

Toxic as in workplace relations or toxic as in environmental effects? Or some other third meaning?

I'm out of the loop on this one

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details?pubid=102979

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5288119/a-soybean-farmer-recalls-how-he-was-impacted-by-chinese-tariffs-in-trumps-first-term

"We Canadians"

(source: just my best guess rn, I'm not Canadian)

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/understanding-the-lrad-the-sound-cannon-police-are-using-at-protests-and-how-to-protect-yourself-from-it/

I didn't know what an LRAD was

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/stopped-by-police#ive-been-stopped-by-the-police-in-public

For those out of the loop as I was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement#Scaramucci

A Scaramucci (or Mooch) is 11 (sometimes 10) days and is named after the length of White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci's tenure under President Trump.

Further reading, because I like further reading: https://web.archive.org/web/20190831011113/https://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon

On Boost, the columns got narrowed to each three characters wide, just to fit all columns on screen width-wise

On the one hand, no one here is downplaying this administration's illegal treatment of immigrants.

On the other, anything that helps my neighbors realize they are not fucking safe either from this administration's dumpsterfire is a small win.

For anyone who missed the "losers" reference
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/03/report-trump-disparaged-us-war-dead-as-losers-suckers/

My take is that bluesky is owned by a corporation making a protocol (AT protocol) to Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

See example, Microsoft trying to convert the internet to only run on its own browser. Or Google enticing websites to use AMP, only to entrap those sites to only use Google's ad services.

When profit drives development, enshittification is not a matter of if, but when.

How is development of ActivityPub protocol funded? Volunteers and their grants, crowdfunding, and enthusiasm, as far as I can tell. @.@ Idk if it's a reason objectively worth supporting FOSS for, but I love when people pool together for their community's greater good.

Why make a bluesky account when you have all the different platforms that already run ActivityPub? Want a youtube replacement? Peertube!
For Reddit, Lemmy.
Instagram, Pixelfed.
Twitter, Mastodon.
Interact with all on the same account? Sure!

But with bluesky? Nope.