gwentara @gwentara@mastodonten.de

The reason why everyone wants to play games like Stardew Valley is because they love the fantasy of autonomy over their work, home, and appearance

I should just film a video of me picking up objects in my own house and then commenting on them like an adventure game protagonist. "A coffee cup. It looks like it came from Baltimore. There're a lot of coffee stains inside."

Würde ich die Kommentare zu den Blog-Artikeln nicht relativ streng "vorfiltern", müsste ich die Kommentarfunktion schließen. Netzpolitik geht nun einen anderen Weg, den ich interessant finde.

https://netzpolitik.org/2019/die-kommentare-sind-tot-lang-leben-eure-inhaltlichen-ergaenzungen

I propose we change the tagline from "reCAPTCHA: Easy on Humans, Hard on Bots" to "reCAPTCHA: Damaging human experience while making it hard on Bots and feeding our image recognition algorithm" #dontbeevil

Neuer Comic von Emma (die Zeichnerin mit dem großartigen Rundumschlag zum Thema "Mental load"). Diesmal über "Consequences:

https://english.emmaclit.com/2019/01/12/the-consequences/

#feminism

Now you know if Libertarian was like this and not a love affair with Corporations I'd much prefer it. Now I will scream from roofs Altruism is more natural than selfishness and ego-stroking.

Ein Motivations-Post für #Fediverse-Muffel: Gekommen, um zu bleiben. Gründe, jetzt das Fediverse zu betreten.

https://www.sendung.de/2019-01-06/fediverse/

I need to be productive today.

Free idea: I want a productivity app where I can input a to-do list and when I check items off I earn tokens in which I can “buy” cats and things for some cat world. Like Neko Atsume, but a productivity app.

it's the fifth day of 2019 and I think I've already read one of the best articles of the year https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeedreader&ref=bffbbuzzfeedreader

This one is also about trees, so

this enormous plush Snorlax beanbag is 69% off (nice) and has FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING

https://bambbina.com/products/snorlax-plush-bed

so of course, yes, I did just order one

I’d been putting off getting in touch with someone because I felt super bad about losing touch with them in the first place, but I buckled down last week and emailed them. They just emailed me back and said it took them so long to reply because they felt horrible about losing touch with me, and they’d gotten caught up in a loop of that, and that they were really glad I’d reached out. Moral of the story: don’t be afraid to take that first step

Ich brauche mal eure Hilfe: In welcher Superman-Geschichte wird das mit der Brille, die Clark Kent tragen muss, um sich nicht als Supermann zu verraten thematisiert? Frage für einen kleinen Kerl, der gerade den Blues hat, weil er mit 5 Jahren ne Brille braucht. #verfolgerkraft gerne weiterleiten!

The New York Times reports Facebook gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify, Netflix, Apple, Yandex, Yahoo and others far more access to users' data than previously admitted, including access to private messages:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html

There is never going to be a better time to #DeleteFacebook, the violations are only going to get worse.

If you know someone who wants to try alternatives and needs a simple non-technical guide, try sending them this:

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-facebook/

(via @bobstechsite)