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I guess with the influx of new users to the Fediverse, we're doing introductions now, so here's mine:
I'm a #FreeSoftware and #OpenCulture enthusiast and developer. I'm also an #ExMormon who's trying to create safe spaces for those who are recovering from high-demand control groups.
#introduction
I'm a #FreeSoftware and #OpenCulture enthusiast and developer. I'm also an #ExMormon who's trying to create safe spaces for those who are recovering from high-demand control groups.
#introduction
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So this whole #Friendica #SelfHosting experiment has been a smashing success. This will be the last post I boost from my legacy accounts, and I'll be checking them with less frequency. If you've not followed the new account, now would be a good time.
I want to extend a special thanks to opencube and fosstodon for giving me my first taste of the #fediverse.
I want to extend a special thanks to opencube and fosstodon for giving me my first taste of the #fediverse.
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Mon conjoint me pose une question dont la réponse m'échappe. Existe-t-il une version française/québécoise du Projet Gutenberg? https://www.gutenberg.org
mÀj: Bon… j'ai trouvé la version canadienne du projet qui est bien bilingue (anglais/français) et qui a une page principale... intéressante...
http://gutenberg.ca/index.html
mÀj: Bon… j'ai trouvé la version canadienne du projet qui est bien bilingue (anglais/français) et qui a une page principale... intéressante...
http://gutenberg.ca/index.html
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No... It's not available yet ... You can Use Stories for such feature
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How much public space we've surrendered to cars (Swedish artist Karl Jilg)
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I want to draw dragons or something flying through the concrete canyons
Looks a little less safe than walking on the sidewalk in a busy street!
One should note here, that the space above the road (where there is air) serves important purposes for air circulation and allowing sunlight to reach the window. The goal here shouldn't be getting rid of the space, but use it better than for cars. For example: Outdoor cafes, trees, lawns, and so on.
Only if we're lucky and the cars are not parking (or worse crashing) onto the pedestrian walk.
only cars? Dont forget the bicicles and those electrical scooters as well
if the governments provided better transportation no one ever think of buying cars.
To be fair, 150 years ago the same cartoon could have read "Look how much space we've surrendered to horse drawn carriages". The important thing is being able to power our transportation sustainably so in 150 years the cartoon doesn't read look how much of our city we've surrendered to the ocean. #sustainable #renewables #EV #commonsense #globalwarming
one day you will complain when your Plumber or electrician or those that need tools and ladders , just cant do any jobs you want doing , and no one will come out in the cold rain and snow .
en las ciudades no tenemos espacio público, el 70% es de los carros y el resto del comercio y la publicidad. Caminamos siendo violentados por estos actores todo el tiempo.
The alternative was people getting killed, which was happening when cars first started to hit the road. What’s interesting, car manufacturers invented the term “Jay-walking.” But having lived in a city where there is almost no traffic separation….I’ll keep what we currently have. Even if you got all cars off the road, you’d still have traffic separation for public transportation.
provocative! Thank you for this perspective.
love this perspective. Now add the PM10 air particles to the air we breath because of cars.
Most people complaining about cars think that life in major cities is the only life that matters.
They literally can't comprehend a world outside of one.
They literally can't comprehend a world outside of one.
I like it!
When walking round my home area in central London I sometimes daydream about how it would be with no cars.....it really would be so much nicer - our roads could be covered in gardens and children could play in them (as they did in past eras)
At least we now have the #ULEZ so the air is getting cleaner - but if anything cars are still getting bigger....
When walking round my home area in central London I sometimes daydream about how it would be with no cars.....it really would be so much nicer - our roads could be covered in gardens and children could play in them (as they did in past eras)
At least we now have the #ULEZ so the air is getting cleaner - but if anything cars are still getting bigger....
#ULEZ
I was thinking about this - not this image, but the concept of so much space having been surrendered to cars - just yesterday.
I was driving a car-share car, and being super careful because I just don't drive so often now. I used to drive a lot and think nothing of it - but now I'm ever more aware of what a dangerous thing I am doing, and of just how much cars dominate our spaces because of how dangerous they are to people's lives.
No conclusion, just, ugh.
I was driving a car-share car, and being super careful because I just don't drive so often now. I used to drive a lot and think nothing of it - but now I'm ever more aware of what a dangerous thing I am doing, and of just how much cars dominate our spaces because of how dangerous they are to people's lives.
No conclusion, just, ugh.
there are still areas all over the world (old and new) where streets with zero vehicle access. In those areas the 'street' can be 1-2m wide. We are not sacrificing space to cars, we are allocating that space for vehicles in addition to the pedestrian sidewalk.
For reference, commissioned for the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) in 2017
https://bransch.trafikverket.se/contentassets/5cd510b77a70430694044f1cab5ab78a/vision-zero-how-dreams-become-reality-eng-2017.pdf
#Trafikverket
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#Trafikverket
I remember the beginning of the Covid era in my town because the streets were empty of cars and the humans started walking in the middle of the street. The few cars that were out and about waited for them rather than rushing by. I remember walking down the center of Arlington Blvd, which usually has a steady stream of cars, twirling around with my arms outstretched (and one eye still keeping a watch for approaching cars. 🙂 ). We were also allowed to walk on the golf course. Whooo Whoo!
that’s the image that pushed me over the edge and fully radicalized me into joining the War on Cars.
I really like how this is visualized. When you really think about it. "Big Auto" really did a number on how society developed, and it's not for the best.
And it's very hard to "pivot" because (especially in America), people are lazy and resist change, especially if it means they have to exercise more and take care of their local spaces better.
And it's very hard to "pivot" because (especially in America), people are lazy and resist change, especially if it means they have to exercise more and take care of their local spaces better.
It's incredible. And what's even more incredible is that we have allowed ourselves to be pushed aside by all this motorized traffic, which in many places is given more priority than human beings and animals...
Always good to at least credit the artist if you're going to literally steal their intellectual property to boost your own profile. https://www.instagram.com/kallejilg/?hl=en
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without transportation
many of those people
wouldn’t even be there.
many of those people
wouldn’t even be there.
in Tokyo it’s 5% for cars, 10% for people, 10% for biker, and the rest for public transport. That’s how you move 30 millions with ease
of course, the streets are cleaner and more sanitary without clearing horse dung and other odiferous waste
or not as the case appears to be, streets in the 1700s were just as wide , presumably for horse and cart traffic 🤔
As a midwesterner, this image doesn't spark any profound thoughts for me. Lol. It's the corner of two streets. Maybe if I lived in NYC all my life....
This goes nicely with the article I read in the NYT's yesterday https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/27/upshot/road-deaths-pedestrians-cyclists.html?searchResultPosition=1
@SheDrivesMobility a picture for you.
Do not forget that the idea of wide streets is also somehow new. It is mainly a XIX century idea and changes such as Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Before, the streets were very narrow and extremely hard to travel by foot (Medieval planning). In fact, for a relatively short time, we had wide streets with a relatively low traffic and only in some cities. I am not saying it is fine, but the historic track is different from what most people think. I invite reading papers by Laurent Turcot.
Genuine walkability and urban planning on a human scale is little more than a dream in most major US cities.
Brilliant. For further details, see the YouTube channel "Not Just Bikes" 😀
in most Taiwanese cities there isn’t even this much space left over for pedestrians 😢
Although driving round town when the pubs and clubs empty round here and you'd think you were in a zombie movie. You don't blow your horn as the muppets stumble across the road infront of you as they will stop, turn to you and shout obscenities. It's quicker if you let them be to move out the way.
Too much!! We should measure need and money spent. For Bike lanes $/daily user. Same for sidewalks and shared use paths for pedestrians. We should build ped and bike infrastructure out from city and town centers taking back some of our roads. Off road networks that connect town centers should be prioritized.
I've noticed joggers bikers or walkers tend to complain about all the new e-bikes or cargo bikes. We're fighting over the scraps - That is the problem.
haven't had a car since the beginning of the pandemic. Previously had a company car. Living in the suburbs with teenagers is a bit of a struggle, but the dept and cost of running didn't make sense. This is 100% the healthiest we've ever been. 🤔
I love this drawing, and am 100% behind the sentiment it expresses.
But also, every time I see it, I can't help thinking how completely metal it'd be to have a city where all the buildings are on mountain peaks with chasms and bridges between them and precarious walkways connecting everything.
But also, every time I see it, I can't help thinking how completely metal it'd be to have a city where all the buildings are on mountain peaks with chasms and bridges between them and precarious walkways connecting everything.
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except if there were no cars, greedy developers would just move the buildings closer together
I spent some time in Germany earlier this year and was amazed by the walking areas. Small shopping and restaurant and living districts where cars just couldn't fit down the path if they wanted. It was so refreshing!
Growing up in the Midwest we had a place called "fountain walk" by a skate park and restaurants that I'd go hang out at when I was young. Eventually they got rid of the walking paths and replaced them with roads and then finally removed the fountain! There was no reason for that and it just ruined a perfectly nice outside area
Growing up in the Midwest we had a place called "fountain walk" by a skate park and restaurants that I'd go hang out at when I was young. Eventually they got rid of the walking paths and replaced them with roads and then finally removed the fountain! There was no reason for that and it just ruined a perfectly nice outside area
this also illustrates the problem I've seen with modern buildings being built out to the sidewalk, eliminating green space and natural & human considerations for utilitarian purpose and commerce.
notice all those people in the diagrams are conveniently abled and does not require a specific mode of transportation to live out their daily lives normally.
framing in this statement purely just shows how much thought is given to people who need those working forms of transportation.
framing in this statement purely just shows how much thought is given to people who need those working forms of transportation.
wait do you think that's enough? Can't we let some cars park on the sidewalk?
and this is just the good parts of the US. Most of our urban landscape is sprawling parking lots as far as the eye can see 😔
this has bothered me since I was a kid, possibly triggered by Joni Mitchell's Parking Lot. In my area so much is covered in bitumen so I've secretly (not so secret now) been seeding the edges with mycellium and get great joy in seeing mushrooms rip up the bitumen a few years later.
#CivilDisobedience
#CivilDisobedience
how much easier and efficient things got when people got cars... 🙄
wow. This is quite disturbing. No wonder this planet is going to pot
Although I’ve read it wasn’t so great for pedestrians in the horse and carriage days. Still, excellent art!
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For some thoughts on what should guide content moderation for a social media platform should look like, The Santa Clara Principles are required reading:
https://santaclaraprinciples.org/
The most important thing to recognize is that there are going to be mistakes. That is why transparency and accountability is at the center of these principles.
https://santaclaraprinciples.org/
The most important thing to recognize is that there are going to be mistakes. That is why transparency and accountability is at the center of these principles.
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Thanks Eva! I'm no expert of anything but have recently started thinking about "what should guide content moderation for a social media platform [like #Mastodon here] should look like"? So thanks for suggesting "The Santa Clara Principles" as I have never heard of it.
I have a #CompSci backgaround but there are countless things that I don't know & SCP seems like something interesting to learn more about.
Thanks again Eva for sharing.
P.S. Hopefully u find Mastodon less toxic than bird.
I have a #CompSci backgaround but there are countless things that I don't know & SCP seems like something interesting to learn more about.
Thanks again Eva for sharing.
P.S. Hopefully u find Mastodon less toxic than bird.
yes! Content moderation is not a new problem, nor is it a strictly technical one.
A number of the big platforms have endorsed the Santa Clara principles. Is there any place that compliance with the principles is reported? Anecdotally, it seems patch at best. #ChristchurchCall
Yes a gold standard, but like gold in everyday life: most can't afford it (starting with explanations for each post taken down which in reality causes a relevant workload by back and force communication). But of course: VV (very valuable)
Good material but talk about run-on sentences. If I ever end up moderating an instance, I will want to study this paper.
I clicked what I assumed was the link, and it kept taking me to their header image. How very odd. Anyway, finally clicked the link the body. Heh. Thanks for posting!
The Santa Clara Principles are valuable on transparency and accountability. However, on actual decision making, the core seems merely to be
"How the company has considered human rights—particularly the rights to freedom of expression and non-discrimination"
The principles apparently give no guidance on the balance between the two. More needs to be said.
Fortunately there are "good" Fediverse instances which give higher priority to freedom from hate speech than freedom to express it.
"How the company has considered human rights—particularly the rights to freedom of expression and non-discrimination"
The principles apparently give no guidance on the balance between the two. More needs to be said.
Fortunately there are "good" Fediverse instances which give higher priority to freedom from hate speech than freedom to express it.
I agree that the Santa Clara Principles have a lot to offer tech firms implementing corporate moderation principles. Also, they weren't design with community moderation in mind— it would be difficult for even Wikimedia to implement them.
How are you thinking about these issues in distributed and community-moderated contexts?
How are you thinking about these issues in distributed and community-moderated contexts?
Hmm 🤔 you have a more balanced, and less sarcastic tone on mastodon, than on twitter, I wonder why that is ?...
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We just picked up some fudge. This is not great for my diabetes, but it is wonderful for my happiness.
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I love how nowadays you can just casually get a little metal slab that'll fit 960 gigabytes in it with no moving parts
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(some, i think a lot of these days) FGMOSes use quantum tunneling to stick electrons where they shouldn’t go, essentially
like do remember that quantum mechanics is older than computers
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Another rad looking Pi based portable. More cyberpunky, I dig it. Reminds me of the @requiem RAIN-PSP project.
https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/vxchjk/made_a_retro_inspired_portable_pi_over_the_past/
https://www.jasongullickson.com/posts/rain-psp-0-1
https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/vxchjk/made_a_retro_inspired_portable_pi_over_the_past/
https://www.jasongullickson.com/posts/rain-psp-0-1
r/raspberry_pi - Made a retro inspired portable pi over the past two years. I call it the Ceres 1!
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Hey friends! https://ottawa.place is now open for signups 🎉🇨🇦❤️
@andrew and I built it as a hosted-in-Canada, capital-region-focused (but open to all Canadians) instance.
Please boost so folks can find us! 👀
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@andrew and I built it as a hosted-in-Canada, capital-region-focused (but open to all Canadians) instance.
Please boost so folks can find us! 👀
#fediverse #twittermigration #canada #ontario #ottawa #canpoli
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Mastodon instance for residents of Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding regions. Instance de Mastodon pour les résidents d'Ottawa, de Gatineau et des régions avoisinantes.Hometown hosted on ottawa.place
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Congratulations on setting up a local Ottawa instance. The about page looks good with the clear CoC and instance block lists.
Do you think that it might be good to boost the transparency a bit by providing details about how the instance is run?
For example, I'm curious about where the funding comes from, details about the admin team, plans for "bus factor."
Do you think that it might be good to boost the transparency a bit by providing details about how the instance is run?
For example, I'm curious about where the funding comes from, details about the admin team, plans for "bus factor."
ooh, did you ever find a Canadian alternative to SendGrid/Mailgun?
@babbili OVH datacentre in Montreal (non-cloud!) and Canadian Amazon S3/SES
Congradulations on the instance!
How straight forward was setting it up?
How straight forward was setting it up?
Have you considered building a wall around ottawa.place????
Sounds like fun! I've been curious what hosting an instance for the West Coast Canadians would end up costing, but I've just not got the resources for it period at the moment.
want a suggestion from a long time instance admin? vet new accounts. if you open your doors you'll get people from all over the world looking for an account, maybe a lot of those are robots too.
I vet all accounts on mastodon.se. it means slower growth, but much less moderation headaches, almost 0 spam, and actually a better behaved local timeline.
I vet all accounts on mastodon.se. it means slower growth, but much less moderation headaches, almost 0 spam, and actually a better behaved local timeline.
Is it possible to be in two places at once? i.e. ottawa.place and mstdn.ca? My current handle is at mstdn.ca but I live in Ottawa
@Hugh Ferguson Absolutely. I have probably half a dozen different accounts.
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signed up as Fox@ottawa.place there and will migrate over next few days
Congrats on the launch! Make sure to celebrate with a hometown classic like Elgin or Shawarma Palace!
I didn't need to know .place was a TLD
**heads to the registrar**
**heads to the registrar**
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Besides Mastodon, what other cool apps are being built on the #Fediverse and with #ActivityPub?
How about a food delivery service!
Already, @andresmh and @princeton are hard at work on this initiative!
We're not just taking on Twitter, we're taking on DoorDash and UberEats too! https://hci.social/@andresmh/109252466002148360
How about a food delivery service!
Already, @andresmh and @princeton are hard at work on this initiative!
We're not just taking on Twitter, we're taking on DoorDash and UberEats too! https://hci.social/@andresmh/109252466002148360
Andrés Monroy-Hernández (@andresmh@hci.social)
Now that the |Fediverse and Mastodon are a tiny bit more popular, it'd be easier to explain what we're trying to build at @princeton: a federated open-source food delivery platform. Like Mastodon meets DoorDash. We're even using ActivityPub.🌱 hci.social
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@rockybandit I definitely think a decentralized and federated marketplace could be good provided that no central entity owns it, and attempts at cryptocurrency hijacking are thwarted.
Would love if financial transparency methods were built to combat potential exploitation.
Would love if financial transparency methods were built to combat potential exploitation.
yes, there are federated marketplaces but all of them use crypto exclusively. looking for something that is p2p and uses contemporary payment methods (Venmo, PayPal, etc.) -- anything BUT crypto.
@rockybandit That's another thing to consider: we need payment methods validated by non-profits and co-ops.
This is a chance for credit unions to move into the 21st century.
This is a chance for credit unions to move into the 21st century.
I hope preferred mobile client includes normal web browsers, though.
I was just now reading someone complaining about temptation toward client lockin as people try new platforms other than Twitter.
I was just now reading someone complaining about temptation toward client lockin as people try new platforms other than Twitter.
@crcarlin I prefer using mobile web clients for this reason.
it's truly awesome to watch all this happening in real time. It's been a while since a new technology has been used for societal good instead of profit
I would love this for a way to find close to expired food deals
I had this exact idea back in 2017, my plan was to make an open source app that you could register your restaurant and have free delivery, then extend it to other countries (I didn't know activitypub back then and was thinking about Blockchain) and finally extend the service to any work, sort of like Yelp did.
After over a year of development I had some few clients and supporters in 2019 but most people didn't like the idea saying, why not just use Google maps?
After over a year of development I had some few clients and supporters in 2019 but most people didn't like the idea saying, why not just use Google maps?
The most difficult part was to convince people why is this needed.
I heard things like "if you are making a Yelp why don't use yelp?" very easy answer: yelp isn't available in my country!
-Then why not g maps?
-is YOUR restaurant there?
-no
-why not?
-I don't know how to put it there...
Then Uber eats, glovo and rappi launched and everyone who said no was there eventually, then in 2020 all business broke, then there were protests because of unionbusting
I heard things like "if you are making a Yelp why don't use yelp?" very easy answer: yelp isn't available in my country!
-Then why not g maps?
-is YOUR restaurant there?
-no
-why not?
-I don't know how to put it there...
Then Uber eats, glovo and rappi launched and everyone who said no was there eventually, then in 2020 all business broke, then there were protests because of unionbusting
@Felipe_B I think the value prop is simple:
1. Why be a franchisee when you can be a member-owner? Might as well cut out the franchise middleman and claim more profit for yourself
2 Profit is derived by the means of distribution. When member-owners are served by their collectively owned distribution system, this increases their margins
This business model has been validated for hundreds of years!
1. Why be a franchisee when you can be a member-owner? Might as well cut out the franchise middleman and claim more profit for yourself
2 Profit is derived by the means of distribution. When member-owners are served by their collectively owned distribution system, this increases their margins
This business model has been validated for hundreds of years!
@Felipe_B a lot to learn from your work, Felipe. Did you publish your source code by any chance?
@Chris Trottier @Andrés Monroy-Hernández @Princeton HCI https://the-federation.info/#projects is one of a few sites listing various projects in the Fediverse. Another is https://fediverse.observer/
maybe some things doesn't need activity pub after all. Why would a food delivery service need to be connected with social media?
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