Posts by baslow@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AOQLdK2oj2wwkasgCW by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-10T12:01:16Z
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"...faced with the prospect of capitalism actually ending, the most common reaction – even from those who call themselves 'progressives' – is simply fear. We cling to what exists because we can no longer imagine an alternative that wouldn’t be even worse."https://www.adbusters.org/article/the-only-thing-we-can-imagine-is-catastrophe
(DIR) Post #AOZAtQqjqEPHPtLk3c by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-14T18:26:31Z
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Black squirrel in the grass, Inwood Hill Park, Upper Manhattan
(DIR) Post #AOZDmlrDdWVSPG5d0i by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-14T18:46:33Z
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@Hyolobrika Yeah, I've been stopped by European visitors more than once, over the decades, who wanted to know:"Is that a...squirrel?"Yes. Yes, it is.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_squirrel
(DIR) Post #AOZGL8XY0c36VfP44G by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-14T19:18:38Z
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Years ago they filmed a foot chase scene in Isham Park, two blocks from our house, for the movie "The Devil's Own".My son, 10, watched from a permissible distance, as Harrison Ford (playing a cop) chased a robbery suspect."Who's that?", my son asked the babysitter."Harrison Ford," she informed him.My son, who knew Ford ONLY from Star Wars, blurted "Harrison Ford got OLD!".A crew member leaned down and said "Time passes, kid!".
(DIR) Post #AOZGxOJNoq7UQd1FJ2 by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-14T19:37:40Z
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@Hyolobrika I'll see if I can have a word with their agent...
(DIR) Post #AObGhWiRC48iAz5qBU by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-15T18:44:25Z
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Hello, (from Inwood Hill Park, Upper Manhattan)
(DIR) Post #AOd05j8QbzQoYIxdWS by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-16T14:44:40Z
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We Should Try to Prevent Another Alex Jones"One part of the solution might be to target reckless data surveillance online, by greatly limiting how much data can be collected, how long it can be retained, what it can be used for, and how it can be traded. Among other benefits, this could make chasing engagement less attractive as a business model."https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/opinion/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html
(DIR) Post #AOjkWPWhNxJQOcjbd2 by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-19T20:47:09Z
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We just received our shipment from Equal Exchange (a worker co-op), including this box of milk chocolate minis for distribution on Halloween! I'm a regular bulk purchaser of their Organic 80% Cacao Panama Extra Dark bars, which I enjoy (one serving a day, *not* in bulk!) with coffee (Midnight Sun, great dark roast coffe, also purchased from Equal Exchange, or their decaf French Roast).https://shop.equalexchange.coop/
(DIR) Post #AOyqiwekG6ODMxXIdU by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-10-25T23:23:13Z
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@robertwgehl I have some reservations about the current state of the Fediverse, as I point out here: https://asorrybowl.blog/seizethemeansofcommunity and (somewhat obliquely) here:https://asorrybowl.blog/seizethemeansofcommunity-notes-towards-aI've elaborated on aspects of my concern in posts hashtagged #SeizeTheMeansOfCommunity I think the Fediverse holds great promise... but not if it reproduces the forms of the platforms its users are fleeing, which encourage a superficiality of discourse which reinforces the powers that be...
(DIR) Post #APLaCY56pplCUh73Ro by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T02:57:34Z
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@Ciaraioch Would you settle for a sugar da...er...sugar granddaddy? With very little sugar to his name but, you know, good wishes?I mean, as long as it's okay with my wife...
(DIR) Post #APLaR0CB6Xnnk5JLrU by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T03:00:39Z
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I *was* being serious when I posted this earlier:A challenge to the Fediverse:- Reply to this toot with my real name (and *only* my real name; I don't want to see any of those photos of me eating kittens *ever again*) - Extra credit: Tell me how you know my real nameYes, I'm serious. But no prizes will be awarded
(DIR) Post #APMOfHf1xdbrfkoIFc by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T11:26:30Z
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@sj_zero Yes, I'm guessing your response is widely shared.Now, think of what kind of "community" is possible among people - who don't feel they can share their names, - who are reluctant to give evidence that they lead lives in particular localities, - who are constantly guarding against revealing the wrong thing about themselves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner?wprov=sfla1Ever see the 60's TV show "The Prisoner"? We've built and are running "The Village" for ourselves.
(DIR) Post #APMVORJhVSU4NNkSpM by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T12:40:32Z
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@sj_zero We're trying to build a *new* internet, here on the Fediverse. We're trying to build a worldwide community of mutual support, solidarity, and fluid, effectual collective action.We're trying to build a web in which old rules that fragment us and make us suspicious of each other are thrown away.Are you saying it is impossible to build a Web where we can become "the people, united"?
(DIR) Post #APOkzYqrjYXVqLfbJA by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T15:31:34Z
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@sean You might want to consider adding https://writefreely.org/to your list
(DIR) Post #APOkzZVHJIrjrgZsIa by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T15:42:46Z
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@sean ...and I see you did. I blame the current lag time on mastodon.social for having missed it before posting.
(DIR) Post #APVC369YMMcJE5YCps by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T17:54:37Z
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@leo #SeizeTheMeansOfCommunity
(DIR) Post #APZOeJWnZSkTVLm8uW by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-13T18:51:07Z
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I'm hoping to conduct weekly family videochat in newly-installed Nextcloud, using Talk. But I'm not sure it will go smoothly, first time out, so I am preparing a Jitsi backup.Told this to my wife and she remarked that "Jitsi Backup" sounds like a dance.Lyrics for the song "Do The Jitsi Backup" are welcome...
(DIR) Post #APZOeL6zgNIOPtiYy0 by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-13T18:53:31Z
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Extra points if you deliver a musical recording in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli
(DIR) Post #APjsKcsQrXx9vc1QEy by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-18T20:15:50Z
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@leo Related to your point:there are federated podcast publishing apps, such as Castopod (https://castopod.org), and more general audio apps, such as Funkwhale (https://funkwhale.audio) , which allow podcast creators to publish to the Fediverse, making it possible to follow them from one's Fediverse (e.g., Mastodon) account.
(DIR) Post #APkHbpblHOY7BqWcuu by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-18T22:58:18Z
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@taylorlorenz I've been on Mastodon for over three years. People didn't express much desire for Mastodon to be a place "where news media thrives", although they bemoaned the fact that news media didn't reflect the reality that it offered a very different model of social media....