@LukefromDC For sure. Joined at the hip. Thick as thieves.

@Stinson_108 We'll see.

@jaimeJ Parliament is back in session this week so I'm going to bug him about it again!

@dmitri Some part of the problem is that you're still doing it. I don't think that anything short of breaking changes will be sufficient to address most serious concerns. The WG could ease that process by organizing work on a non-breaking mechanism to negotiate and/or advertise alternate versions.

@matk @aks Do you need any more review from the COSMIC side? I saw Victoria review it a while ago and those comments appear to all be resolved

@Asbestos I think I prefer to be overwhelmed and awed by acts of unselfish kindness.

Y’ALL I HAD NO IDEA RD2D IS PART OF THE MOTHERSHIP!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XYm7ulP20Uh/t to @TheSpaceshipper for revealing this easter egg and for inspiring this movie watching thread https://socel.net/@TheSpaceshipper/113496205813233726 #LizaIsWatching #CloseEncounters #movies

@jamie HELL ‍️ Thanks. That was just really nice to read!

B.C. Election: Social Media Warhttps://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/23/BC-Election-Social-Media-War/* Conservatives frequented X* NPD frequented Instagram* users distrust/don't seek news media* information bubblesMedia Ecosystem Observatory:https://meo.caBritish Columbia Election Information Ecosystem Projecthttps://meo.ca/work/british-columbia-election-information-ecosystem-project-baseline-reporthttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/6450265301129e5dbabfe8a2/t/66f6ac5ac031861caedcbc4b/1727442012759/MEO_BCEMP-BaseRept-2024_006jp.pdfPartisan divide across social media platformsLess local news available#Canada #BCWElxn2024#BCUnited#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #antiLGBT #FarRight #transphobia

@EllenJS (I don't have a Threads account and can't speak to that.)

@fromjason @Beachbum I understand. I share your sense of bafflement and apprehension, very definitely.

@Savvyhomestead "A disabling, contagious social media disease" is a great way to describe it.

@Arqtec Excellent commentary. You're right!

@hugoestr @mcc @pinkdrunkenelephants That is *how* it is up in the air. It doesn't change the fact, namely that any human creative work put on the internet can and will be hoovered up, and the legal status of this is "definitely forbidden if you're some random 14-year-old using bittorrent, unclear if you're a billionaire using a neural network training algorithm."Is this terribly unjust and destructive? Yes, yes it is.

Sorry, but like Jon Snow, I know nothing (other than who to tag)@julian @oliphant

@evan @everton137I found David Gerard's take on the politics of Dorsey as it relates to BS to be a useful listen in this #TechWontSaveUs podcast episode:https://techwontsave.us/episode/228_jack_dorseys_embrace_of_crypto_libertarianism_w_david_gerardTL;DL — Dorsey also wants a network for free speech absolutists and BS eventually caved to reality and implemented moderation, so the project is dead to Dorsey now (who went out of his way to keep white supremacists platformed on Twitter)

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and feedback. I think it's a hard election for a lot of people.

@mike @jupiter_rowland We just made a page to explain ⁂ more in details if you’re interested: https://symbol.fediverse.info

@[email protected] @[email protected] (I know this comment isn't strictly relevant but I'm delighted that my little original post making fun of Assassin's Creed has spawned such an informative and educational discussion).

@jonny @jdp23 @tchambers I won't be able to catch up with this until probably tomorrow, so I'll just note for clarity that my own "wait" stance isn't a recommendation, just a measure of my own sense of certainty, which remains too low. (I think the pace of my work is unusual here, but it is what it is.)