Posts by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
(DIR) Post #AnuZiRLxcVgkP1AXp2 by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2024-11-10T20:13:42Z
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This is a valuable article for those who are involved in any way in online spaces (read: all of us). I'm looking forward to reading the research paper. Some of their findings:1. Members Don’t Leave After Experiencing Toxicity2. Online Toxic Behaviors Are Not Isolated Incidents3. Toxicity Stems from Culture, Not a Few “Bad Apples”4. Rivalries Don’t Boost Communities — They Tear Them Apart5. Self-Moderation Is Not Enough to Keep Toxicity at Bay#CommunityManagementhttps://hbr.org/2024/11/why-moderators-cant-protect-online-communities-on-their-own
(DIR) Post #AohweCCv7i2bldg3lI by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2024-12-04T15:20:36Z
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Europol was in touch with The Reg overnight to ensure no one imagined the "Matrix" app had any connection to the open protocol for secure decentralized comms of the same name, saying: "The Matrix protocol ( @matrix ) is by no means connected to the Matrix secured communication service that was targeted in OTF Continental."https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/04/eurocop_crack_matrix/
(DIR) Post #AomlGyya1VlQMiUvjc by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2024-12-06T23:35:02Z
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Hello, world.This is Arlo, the 6yo #beagle. He has officially joined the Brasseur family as of this afternoon, by way of a local rescue agency.Please welcome him to the fediverse!#DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #AdoptNotShop
(DIR) Post #AsDriEjMWJEiaHrTF2 by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-03-19T16:00:12Z
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“There’s now an industry-wide union for video game workers in the US and Canada. The United Videogame Workers-CWA (UVW-CWA) has a mission to bring together ‘artists, writers, designers, QA testers, programmers, freelancers and beyond to build worker power irrespective of studio and current job status.’”https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/video-game-workers-in-north-america-now-have-an-industry-wide-union-130024730.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c2JsdXIuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG8WJYxynWjMtsTO6VTexPGAAjQwHxJjpHDOtSrpBBwrBAosXCXU6QhjdJEO3pJUmx5Wy9nAhSY0N_78svniE3_zPRM3wsftJNUKc5_oyuTtcyDMamCE40mTxFGDw1qbWgNYt5jJzQ2ZV0C3A4y6ebMOwM8n-tieHXUzbIWwFQMy
(DIR) Post #AsgkV9wWZlJT5O0oN6 by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-04-01T19:36:28Z
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1TB on something smaller than a fingernail.1999 me is screaming, waving, and fainting away like a 1960s Beatles fan.
(DIR) Post #AswEHpzLdq9DrZMutk by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-04-10T02:59:48Z
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Timeline rest stop.Pause to boop the snoot.#CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon
(DIR) Post #At5hHVh5k3h00wfHOK by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-04-14T17:44:13Z
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“Paper receipts from major retailers in the US are so laden with bisphenol S that holding one for 10 seconds can cause the skin to absorb enough of the highly toxic chemical to violate California’s safety threshold, new research has found.”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/paper-receipt-chemical-bisphenol-s
(DIR) Post #At5lBeADjorQMVkVyy by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-04-14T19:19:19Z
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@feld @NonPlayableClown @lain Hey there, folks. Please remove people to whom you're not replying. Not all of us need to be in this conversation.Many thanks.
(DIR) Post #AuqKHzuRzLJqUq6BSy by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-06-06T04:40:41Z
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"We need R&D funding for regenerative fiber systems, natural materials, and circular production models. And we need to stop viewing textile mills as relics of a bygone era, when they should be viewed as hotbeds of American innovation."https://fibershed.org/2025/06/05/textiles-are-tech/
(DIR) Post #AuqNSev4fVgYRfALke by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-06-06T04:37:51Z
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"The legacy #sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator…IG Design Group cited the impact of tariffs imposed by the US as a factor."https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/
(DIR) Post #AwdcQYcGGaFSQK6gvw by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-07-29T20:45:15Z
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How you pronounce the name of this software:http://calibre-ebook.com#poll
(DIR) Post #AwofZGoSBXdP3pJF7Q by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-04T04:33:48Z
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Excuse me, what?https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/08/colonel-colon-and-his-league-of-fecal-fighters/
(DIR) Post #AwplLu8vx8zXs1rIki by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-04T18:05:23Z
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@kyle
(DIR) Post #Awr9Y8Gvq70XDvvJ1E by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-04T17:05:29Z
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"An international scientific review, published this Sunday in The Lancet, has compiled all the known harms caused by exposure to plastics and issued an important warning: there is now sufficient evidence that living surrounded by these polymers poses 'grave, growing, and under-recognized' risks to humans at all stages of life."https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-08-04/anatomy-of-the-known-health-damage-caused-by-plastics-grave-growing-and-under-recognized.html
(DIR) Post #Awx5nS3lJml64MZWym by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-08T04:17:18Z
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"Every frame asks the same uncomfortable question: if it takes 600 hours to make one pair of jeans, what does that say about the true cost of the pairs we buy for £20?"https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/the-woman-who-grew-a-pair-of-jeans
(DIR) Post #Ax2YksPCmFZ7N7Wf2G by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-10T19:44:54Z
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Perhaps don't launch businesses that rely on breaking the law? Just a thought.'If the appeals court denies the petition…the emerging company may be doomed. As Anthropic argued, it now "faces hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability at trial in four months"…that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine.'https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/#copyright #ai
(DIR) Post #AxRWSBalsLGEQ3tTmq by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-08-22T18:30:58Z
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"If I lay my head on the touchpad she _has_ to pet me, right?"🙄 #CatsOfMastodon
(DIR) Post #B0lSOpqszaUYOzZT1M by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2025-11-29T17:57:35Z
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#FiberArts festival email: "Please support small businesses! Here's a list of our vendors and sponsors!"Me, thinking: "Nice! Let's check 'em out!"And then more than half of the vendors' websites are Instagram. Which I can't see, because I don't have an account. 😔We've allowed the internet to degrade so badly. I mourn for its wasted potential.
(DIR) Post #B2S97Jv7dCAMAdtu0e by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2026-01-19T17:42:11Z
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Mozilla wants your input. Please provide it.https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201Here's mine.#OpenSource #OpenWeb #Privacy #AI
(DIR) Post #B2vOiYJLwI6PjOpVfE by vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2026-02-02T18:56:09Z
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However your week is starting, it could always be worse.https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-02/a-24-year-old-frenchman-shows-up-at-hospital-with-a-world-war-i-shell-lodged-in-his-rectum.html