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Social media needs testing like any other software. If you join Loops now, you’re basically a beta tester.

Testing social media without users makes little sense.

There’s also an argument to be made that when it is finally released properly, it’s good to have some content there already.

I am a little concerned about the future of Loops and Pixelfed though. Developing things can be fun, maintaining them is a different story.

Shows in this post. I guess it censores it when used to describe people, like “these fucking healthcare CEOs and their piece of shit allies”.

I subscribe to the Guardian. They’re not always perfect - nothing is. But they’re good.

First ones I saw to give an actual explanation of what happened in Amsterdam, for example.

Likewise, Luigi Mangione came from a background of privilege, yet gave it all up in the fight for the rights of all Americans.

Turns out you can be born into the working class and still be a piece of shit, and you can be born well off and still be a decent person.

The people writing these opinion pieces should be thrilled to hear that there is still hope for their children.

Looking forward to the F-droid release - it’s a bit ironic that that’s the only platform where it is currently not available, considering how it seems to be the reasonable place to get the app.

Maybe it’s not actually a simulation, but something else that we’re programmed not to be capable of thinking about?

frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument.

Fair enough.

Here are the two sources he cites as examples:

Elisabeth Rosenthal (2017) An American Sickness: How healthcare became big business and how you can take it back. Penguin Press.
Michael Moore (2007) Sicko. Dog Eat Dog Films.

I don’t judge them too hard. Much like Twitter users I think they are blndly using a product that has gotten gradually worse. Much like Twitter users I think they need to realise at some point. But I understand that it’s difficult, and much like Twitter’s social graph, Apple’s network of services keep people captive.

And yes, there are huge problems in the Android camp as well. I sympathize with users who think all alternatives are bad, but I think we need to realize some are worse than others.

Also worth noting I don’t think anyone should buy a new phone over this. Whoever has an iPhone should keep using it until they can’t. But if they care, they should get something else after.

I think using Apple products involves paying money to a company who actively hurts you and limits your rights. That you cannot install software developed by an orbganization that accepts donations is pretty insane.

I’m not much of an absolutist. One can only do so much. But Apple is putting unreasonable constraints on consumers, and it should not be tolerated.

You can still install things on your Windows PC. Apple’s control over their ecosystem is to a degree where you have no meaningful ownership over your hardware any more.

I think people don’t need to be hypocritical, it’s enough to be ignorant. But if you care enough not to be ignorant and you still tolerate it, you might have a problem walking the walk rather than just talking the talk.

a small « support us » donation link in our website footer or even on one of the allowed platforms triggered a « nope » from Apple.

Christ. Caring about your rights and using Apple products is not compatible.

One criticism of many that could be made is on the tag line: “The classic story comes to life”

I feel like anyone given any role in any decision-making for a movie like this should respect the original enough not to claim that it didn’t bring the story “to life”. It was the first ever feature-length cartoon, it very much brought the story to life.

At the very least this movie seems to bring the story to the uncanny valley. Pausing at 1:42 is… highly regrettable.

It literally goes back to Shakespeare, something all Brits are completely aware of.

In addition, transgender people have always been around, and it seems as if the conservatives have been terrified of them forever. So there’s obvious potential for comedic value.

Echibit A: Queen, I Want to Break Free.

Oh, come on, don’t misquote him!

“Can’t wait for the war footage of the bodies of dead women strewn all over the battlefield.”

There you go. Much more normal!

Good thing we have no history of killing women until this point! Never happens!

I guess that’s why war is so popular - we just famously never murder any women. Much like ordinary day to day life, really.

Sure is good no women are being murdered.

Just imagine the optics. Surely we would care. Like, a lot.