Given the Time Machine question on @atpfm, I thought now might be a good time to promote Nightly Time Machine. Nightly Time Machine limits Time Machine backups to once per night and prevents backup disks from auto-mounting otherwise. It allows me to connect and disconnect my MacBook throughout the day without worrying about the disk or the state Time Machine. The backup disk also remains silent during the day because it’s unmounted.
I am told that chronological feeds are coming, but right now I feel like this is a better name for Meta’s Twitter alternative. @marcoarment
My ranking of Twitter-like social networks right now
My ranking of Twitter-like social networks right now:
- Mastodon – Chronological, open, support for third party apps like Ivory, and I don’t see the negative parts for whatever reasons.
- Bluesky – Chronological-ish, mostly good vibes, but somewhat clique-y and a little quiet at times.
- Threads – Non-chronological mess full of posts by people and companies I don’t follow, but, hey, everyone is there.
I am beginning to think that Wonko the Sane may have been on to something.
Union strikes are absolutely class warfare, because war only happens when both sides put up a fight. When only one side unilaterally use its power to unfairly dominate another, it’s called exploitation.
Being a show about running an online RPG, Mythic Quest naturally has a minor plot about dealing with nazis. The solution was to simply isolate the nazis all to one server without them knowing. I kind of feel like that’s what effectively happening to Twitter right now.
I am on Threads at @_jackwellborn (yes, I was late to the instagram party), but here’s my feelings on the whole thing for the record…
Related, I also strongly recommend Jay Rosen interviewing himself about his usage of the term “the view from nowhere” to criticize American journalism.
https://pressthink.org/2010/11/the-view-from-nowhere-questions-and-answers/
Recommending “We Need to Talk About the New York Times with Tuck Woodstock”
I strongly recommend this episode of You’re Wrong About”. Even if you are not interested in hearing about poor coverage of trans issues, Tuck and Sarah go into the various ways “objective” and “unbiased” are frequently and easily manipulated into “protect the status quo” journalism.
There is a certain poetry to Reddit and Twitter claiming their content was being unfairly exploited by tech companies.