@Sunny @georgetakei https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mar-a-lago-face-psychology_l_695d5feee4b0b0e75cf0c028

@meganmariehart When running an instance, it’s possible to retrieve the number of times or number of users that have viewed the post directly on that instance.

But you don’t see the number of views on the other instances the post has reached.

@forteller I don’t necessarily agree completely with @aral, but I think Element should be really clear here. They posted a non-denial denial while referring to a policy that suggests ICE would be a welcome customer. I don’t have any other information on who they’re actually selling to, I’m only judging their behaviour.

@aral Note how @element is not saying what ”is not the case”, while linking to a page clearly and explicitly stating that they’re selling to ”police”.

@dangillmor They must have bought the Eurovision anti-booing technology.

@zymurgic There seems to be a lot of people that think user interfaces run by a company are somehow objective and will do what they say they will.

– I pressed the button named ”Delete account”, so I’m safe.

– But did you check what the button was connected to?

@haunted_refrigerator @AlSweigart The reason Wikipedia should not be cited is because it’s an encyclopedia, not because it’s not accurate.

@fnwbr @kodamachameleon @thedarktangent And anyone capable of reading the code knows that it sends the contacts to a web service.

And what happens with the data there? It doesn’t say in the script, so nice try.

There is probably a term for this, when someone tries to hide a fact by pointing to it and hoping no one will look.

@JugglingWithEggs ”would be a declaration of civil war”

What do you think the US is having now, then? How many times can you move the red line?

@GossiTheDog And by ”watched”, I mean ”played them at 10x with the sound off while scrolling on my phone”.

@GossiTheDog I watched a thousand machine generated piano concerts, and I’m still not better at playing the piano. Strange.

@fosdembsd Why would you say that is strange? This is exactly what should happen, organisations that want control over their communications have their own instance, but are not in control of the network.

@Fonant @cstross @david_chisnall One should design a society so that there is as little as possible for the people in power to grab on to once it becomes a police state. A legislation process that only considers fair weather is really bad, and the weather already seems kind of cloudy.

@oschonrock @cstross @Fonant @PeterSommerlad One reason for a Twitter ban is that it would then be much more difficult for people to excuse their presence there. And for people not wanting to be there but feel pressured to, to get an excuse to leave.

@robcinos @alexwild In almost *every* country that is not already authoritarian.

@beecycling @USelaine @infobeautiful https://mastodon.nu/@ahltorp/115667733937659938

@heinragas @infobeautiful From the last time this was posted:

https://mastodon.nu/@ahltorp/115667733937659938

@NatureMC And they have also been subjected to contemporary colonial crimes by Denmark.

It’s perfectly possible to keep two thoughts in one’s head at the same time: it would be an unfathomable crime for the US to invade Greenland, and Denmark is a colonial power who should not exercise power over Greenland.

@Firlefanz @anneapplebaum Of course it’s violently repulsive to even think of the US invading Greenland, so I get that part, but ”Danish” is not a relevant description of the typical Greenlander.

@JonnyT I’ve never had a bidet toilet at home in Japan, only the standard heated seat.