Posts by markmetz@sfba.social
(DIR) Post #AyhYrckMMCKXlFzWL2 by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-09-29T14:51:59Z
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@Nonilex Thank goodness! We needed a glimmer of good news this morning!
(DIR) Post #AzTq672bXqpwa061Zo by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-10-22T21:44:53Z
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“Architecturally, it pays total respect to the existing structure.”
(DIR) Post #Azuluzr8rQr9gzFbdY by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-11-04T21:41:37Z
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@Nonilex Well, it is true that the majority of Californians think he’s a dipshit.
(DIR) Post #B0TpcRXvfYaV5B0OeW by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-11-21T19:37:19Z
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@Nonilex Isn’t it the other way around? The White House received Russia’s plan. 😡
(DIR) Post #B0mtetDh88HxOw4yoq by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-01T00:17:21Z
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If the doctors gave you just a few more weeks to live, would your first instinct be to start streaming your every thought live on Instagram?🧐
(DIR) Post #B0nWHaPcmphYceXRr6 by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-01T01:39:51Z
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I just realized my Mastodon experience hasn’t enshittified one bit in the 2+ years I’ve been here. In fact, it’s only gotten better.
(DIR) Post #B0omu7cLZVJ92FqWye by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-01T19:11:53Z
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@SuperDicq Tell me more? I use Ivory for Mastodon. Are there iOS apps for those? Would I need a new handle or instance? They are both AP, right? (Two years in, still figuring out the Fediverse)
(DIR) Post #B0p1Hf9WSCHb3rU1HU by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-02T00:32:57Z
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@dwaltiz @SuperDicq Understood. Personally, I like the enforced brevity, 500 characters is about right for a fully formed thought paragraph.
(DIR) Post #B1TzzPYpoo2RUFAT7w by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-21T19:26:16Z
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@futurebird Thank you for the informative thread, I really appreciate it!
(DIR) Post #B1gjvk5GV29nlg2oz2 by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-27T03:36:36Z
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“But before I could worry about it too much, a senior military officer from a major (non-American) allied nation drove a stake right through the heart of the matter.America has blown 80 years of accumulated goodwill and trust among its allies, our American moderator was told. A rock-steady assumption of allied defence and security planning for literally generations has been that America would act in its own interests, sure, but that those interests would be rational, and would still generally value the institutions that America itself worked so hard to build after the Second World War. America’s recent actions have destroyed the ability of any ally to continue to have faith in America to act even within its own strategic self-interest, let alone that of any ally.The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”https://www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking
(DIR) Post #B1gjvolb5aOaI7sgWO by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-27T03:47:47Z
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Exactly…“But that’s not how it could go. What would happen is that someone senior at Amazon, maybe Jeff Bezos himself, would get a call from some golf partner or drinking buddy in the administration, and the message will be simple: “Stop, or you won’t get contracts. We’ll arrange some hearings into your operations. Your little spaceflight company will find itself under way more levels of regulatory review than your Musk-owned competitor. This is what the boss wants. Make it happen.””
(DIR) Post #B1iPAkeewwvPA2prPM by markmetz@sfba.social
2025-12-28T07:44:47Z
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My Dinner with A.I.
(DIR) Post #B1szP2VQuqc0VhEPkO by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-01T20:23:24Z
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Since I have 1993 followers, for no particular reason I’ll post this mysterious site someone put together of emails and photos from Ameba, the rave shop I owned on Haight Street in San Francisco in 1993. (‘89-‘97) We were on SF Raves, one of the first list-serves in existence, I hosted a think tank called Future Forum. Long scroll, fascinating look at where we thought things were headed. https://13c.com/ameba/content/files/scroll.html
(DIR) Post #B1v9DbmHL2qCHoDcJs by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-03T20:55:54Z
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Pffttpt !!!! I almost spit out my coffee..
(DIR) Post #B20eo6xMxi97mR5kUy by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-06T03:40:49Z
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So weird to listen to Marketplace on NPR, and the mainstream conversation about the economics of oil.Naty a word about the legality of the coup. And it’s taken as an article of faith that the world cannot survive without burning 100 million barrels of oil a day.
(DIR) Post #B2Ecez6Lzq6QAZZMki by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-13T00:04:34Z
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“Now that Trump has made it clear that the US no longer has allies or trading partners, only rivals and adversaries, everyone in the world is trying to figure out whether they can trust American tech infrastructure with their governments, businesses and personal data.The answer is a resounding “no”. Just look at the international criminal court, which ditched Microsoft Office for a European alternative after Trump sanctioned its officials for issuing an arrest warrant for the génocidaire Benjamin Netanyahu. Directly after Trump denounced the court, its justices lost access to all their Microsoft accounts – emails, documents, calendar, address book. The court was, in effect, “bricked”. Microsoft denies this, but between the justices of the international criminal court and the US tech monopolist, I know who I trust.”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again
(DIR) Post #B2Q48ShLs0sbrSiMNM by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-18T03:02:32Z
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US Government getting it right. (80 some years ago)Source:https://archive.org/details/ArmyTalkOrientationFactSheet64-Fascism
(DIR) Post #B2XCJ3bTOUlGgznWb2 by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-01-22T06:20:33Z
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@historyofpunkrock @msbellows Oh hell yes! Don’t forget the World Famous Supreme Team and the world tour that spread hip-hop to every corner of the globe!I interviewed him for XLR8R magazine in the early 90s. Legend!
(DIR) Post #B2yBLfQwZmWTEN18nQ by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-02-04T04:37:59Z
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How on earth could this be a failure?
(DIR) Post #B2z926Fz8IGVsbORfM by markmetz@sfba.social
2026-02-04T17:55:47Z
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@tomjennings “And the grift goes on…”