@suehle This has been one of my biggest pet peeves for a while now. All the design trends have been leading to totally pointless status bars like this. Why even have them if they're not going to actually indicate the percent completion!

Dear MacOS updater,
A status bar doesn't mean much if you just start it over when it gets to the end. Over and over.

I've recently realized there's an accidental dog whistle in my handle, and I've been wanting to move to fosstodon for a bit anyway. Bye noc.social! I'll be transferring everything as soon as they approve me.

Enough is Enough. Tell #Congress to Ban Federal Use of #FaceRecognition https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/enough-enough-tell-congress-ban-federal-use-face-recognition

@treuss luckily, there are people trying to educate the public about the dangers of #DHMO: https://dhmo.org/
@juliaferraioli

WE DID IT! The Texas Observer will remain open!

Our board just voted to rescind both the layoffs and the closure. We'll have more news soon, but we believe this is the start of a very positive transformation at our publication—and you were a huge part of it. THANK YOU! You proved to the world that #TexasNeedsAnObserver!

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-observer-no-layoffs-remains-open-board-vote/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #WeWin

This is JUST the first step in saving the Texas Observer. We have enough money to keep our doors open, pay writers and the bills, but we'll need more help to make our publication sustainable. We'll have more information soon (in the meantime, the GoFundMe is still open and growing ... https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff) on different ways to help.

In the meantime, come to our party on Friday! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-observer-final-friday-tickets-601759337377

#TexasNeedsAnObserver—We'll have a big #Newstodon Friday party too!

#Austin #Texas

Restrict Act Can Ban So Much More Than Tiktok

As Broadly Worded As It Is: Could Threaten VPN's & Other Tech

#VPN #News #RestrictAct #restrictact #USA #civilliberties #FreeExpression #FreeSpeech #Constitution #Tiktok #Infosec #Cybersecurity #Journalism

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ddb/restrict-act-insanely-broad-ban-tiktok-vpns

Did you vote in this poll?

Please boost for a better sample size. #science

@monicarooney @nothingistrue @flockofnazguls Dark City is one of my all time favorites! If I can ever get the funds, I want my next tattoo to be something from that movie.

Texas Observer will continue publishing after board reversal

@TexasObserver will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds nearly $300,000

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff after its nonprofit board voted to shut down. But it reversed course on Wednesday.

#news

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/

@gitea Once federation ships in @forgejo I'll make sure to check it out

FOX News is a "news organization" in the same way a urinal cake is "cake."

Religious ads should be illegal. If you have money to run ads, you have money to pay taxes

One of the leading independent news outlets on the Fediverse, the Texas Observer, unexpectedly finds itself having to fight to stay open.

They've been a progressive news source since 1954, and have recently been promoting the Fediverse as a way for news media to escape corporate capture.

If you want to help them stay alive, here are some options:

- Give a donation at https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff

- Boost their appeal for help at https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/110098765781725050

- Follow them at @TexasObserver

We are still waiting on the board to rescind the layoffs and closure. In many ways, our hands are tied until then. Our letter gave them until close of business Wednesday to respond. Not only does the GoFundMe help our staff directly, it makes a compelling argument to both the board—and potential major donors—that the Observer is worth saving.

Again, we are asking our board to show faith in us by rescinding closure and layoffs, and (🧵 2/?)

Oof, didn't expect the potential closure of the @TexasObserver to be one of the first things I'm posting about! Many of you have probably seen by now that our board voted quite suddenly a couple days ago to close the publication and lay everyone off. The staff is holding an emergency fundraiser to convince the board otherwise! We have raised $150k in less than 24 hours, and are hopeful. More details here: https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver/110101912371078713

@ratcatcher @actuallyautistic I'd be interested. I'd prefer Matrix, it would give me a good reason to use my account.

My desktop computer died today after 11 years of service. Goodbye friend, I'll try not to break you further as I fix what is hopefully just a power supply issue.