Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
politics (general)
I mean, *everything* gets shoved into a binary. Coke vs. Pepsi, Windows vs. Mac, Twitter vs. Mastodon.
And then those binaries get lumped together, as if all Coke drinkers use Windows and all Pepsi drinkers use Macs. Even though they don't.
And then those groupings start to homogenize. The Coke drinkers who use Macs start thinking maybe they should use Windows, or maybe they should keep the Mac and start drinking Pepsi instead.
Politics should not be a team sport with only two sides, where your team is always right and their team is always wrong, and any criticism of someone who happens to be on your team is dismissed whether it’s in good faith or not.
We should have shifting coalitions based on each issue being discussed. Not semi-permanent factions where everyone has to pledge allegiance to one side or the other.
But everything gets shoved into a binary.
Maybe (most) humans are just wired for it
Fowl Language: Sad Hulk
Interesting: I only know the term “bodega” in its borrowed-into-English small-convenience-store sense, and since this clearly wasn't one, I looked up the actual Spanish meaning…
…and discovered that bodega, apothecary and boutique all come from the ancient Greek word for storehouse, ἀποθήκη.
https://pixelfed.social/p/bobfisherphoto/567679150312415191
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bodega
#language #linguistics #etymology #bodega
After finishing #MrsDavis, every ad for “free wings” makes me do a double-take.
Crazy idea that I can’t believe I’m considering: Building a #gemini front end — well, not a front end so much as the “static” views of profiles and public posts – for @gotosocial
(I really need to finish some existing side projects before starting new ones.)
(Admittedly, a full gemini-based #GoToSocial front-end that enables posting and stuff would be cool too. Though it looks like Bubble may be a better fit for that sort of thing: gemini://geminispace.org/u/skyjake/1 )
Question for #indieweb folks: I remember a discussion about a syndication model that describes one of the ways I handle social media and my own site. It's sort of a selective/curated #pesos.
I don't import *all* my posts, just the ones I feel worth preserving, and those often as first drafts. I'll expand, rework, or otherwise finalize the posts on my website.
I could swear I saw someone come up with a term for this model, but I can't remember what it was!
The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-25-most-iconic-book-covers-in-history
#books
“Why isn't anybody talking about this?”
Because we already hashed out the same conversation 5 times and we don't feel like going for round 6 right now?
I just got spam plugging an event for the NRA. Which would be waaaaay misdirected even if it didn't turn out to be about the National Restaurant Association.
(Hmm, I wonder what they think of the Culinary Institute of America)
In theory, bigger organizations have more resources to secure their data.
But smaller organizations also have smaller datasets to protect. When a giant conglomerate like this loses control of its data, it loses control of a LOT of data.
(Compare it to the impact if it was only your local optometrist's customer list that was leaked. More personal, but a lot fewer people.)
So … basically if you bought glasses from anyone before 2021, you're probably in this breach.
I haven’t watched it, but apparently the big villain in the 4-parter is…
Cobalt Blue.
CBR describes him as a “classic Flash villain” and “iconic.”
https://www.cbr.com/the-flash-cobalt-blue-set-photos/
I’ve been out of the fandom for a while, but back in the late 90s early 2000s there was a large contingent of Flash fans (specifically Barry Allen fans) who HATED the character. Mostly because in the comics he was Barry’s separated-at-birth twin.
I find this hilarious. Even if it’s just the fact that we’re still in the 1990s phase of the nostalgia cycle, the idea that Cobalt Blue is worth using for a TV series finale? Never would have occurred to people back in the day.
And TBH I kind of feel vindicated for the blog post I wrote back in 2008 arguing that if the character had been introduced back in the Silver Age, he *would* have been a classic.
I guess now he is!?
Kind of wish I hadn’t deleted that CobaltBluePrime handle on Twitter back in November. It would’ve been perfect to bring it back and post “AT LAST MY TIME HAS COME” or something like that.
(I set it up for a 2011 April Fools’ joke where the blog was rebranded as Cobalt Blue Online for the day and we posted a bunch of Cobalt Blue-themed articles)
Though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, this is the show that successfully transformed Vibe into a beloved character!
“Crime Blotter:…Package Not Stolen.”
What, was it supposed to be?
(Apparently someone broke into an apartment complex and *opened* a package, but didn’t steal it)
https://patch.com/california/redondobeach/redondo-beach-crime-blotter-amazon-package-not-stolen
I just found, on my desktop in my old website files, an 88×31-pixel button for Wikipedia. From 2003
Still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the &^$% *Comstock Laws* are still on the books.
Between that and the various state laws that went into effect when Dobbs reversed the ruling that declared them unconstitutional…
How many other archaic laws are still out there waiting for someone to realize they can use them as a wedge?
It's clearly not enough to just stop enforcing something for a century or so. You need to actually repeal it.
I ran into this a while back.
It’s not new
It’s not specific to Pixel photos.
The app and cloud service just don’t have support for modifying the EXIF tags, so if *any* camera has added GPS data, you can’t use Google Photos to change or remove it.
The estimated location is stored in the Google Photos database and can be modified within the app.
You *can* turn GPS off in the camera app.
A few months ago I dug into ways to work around this with photos that had already been taken with the GPS coordinates. Annoyingly, you mostly have to save the photo, remove the tag, and re-upload it.
https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/gps-remove/
(I take a lot of photos for iNaturalist and reference photos for OpenStreetMap editing, so I’m constantly turning GPS on for those, and then back off for personal photos, and sometimes I forget.)
