Eloísa & them Seagulls @eloisa@masto.pt

Current status of Plume and Pleroma federation https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/~/KaniiniTestBlog/current-status-of-plume-and-pleroma-federation/

Imagine two people telling you about keywords: a librarian and an SEO consultant.

One will tell you that knowledge can be structured for easy retrieval, and should therefore be prepared in a way that assists in future humans finding what they *need*.

The other will tell you it is a useless field of metadata, but if you insist on using it here are the ways to game "the system"...

There was a q on here recently about #plume that was basically "why do we need a federated bog site?"

The reason is that long-form writing is an investment and needs the social component to thrive. We had that with RSS/comments, but Twitter and Facebook killed those.

A federated blog platform would mean: more hosts for users to choose from. Easy feedback loop via mastodon, pleroma, etc.

I'm tired of maintaining my blog, but I would be very interested in porting the content to #plume.

Every time I see "empathy is how we make morality happen!" I take a deep bracing breath and my face goes :|

This argument presumes affective empathy (I feel what you feel) is accessible to everyone when many neuroatypical ppl do better with cognitive empathy (what you feel makes sense to me). It also presumes that basing morality on the emotions we experience (that we can, that we are, that we might) is desirable.

Both of these matter.

My dad wants to set up a static html site. Any advice for him? Should he just use squarespace,or is there something else you'd recommend?

The JURI committee approves the entire directive, and the negotiating mandate. But this battle has only just begun. You can still fight back against the #linktax and #censorshipmachine. Tell your MEP to vote against them in Parliament later this year and #saveyourinternet.

sauce: https://twitter.com/EFFLive/status/1009370183218204672

There are 2 main rivaling programs to handle your scientific references. One is free/libre software (#Zotero), the other is not (#Mendeley). Guess which one you should use?

Hint: if you use the closed source one, it will encrypt your article-database and not give you the possibility to decrypt and export it.

https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/mendeley_import

Some Kickstarter campaigns grab my attention. Usually, they involve music, comics or indie animation. Mostly, I contribute only when I am really moved by the concept. I'm a picky supporter. The one that caught my eye this morning is called Little Heroes Comic Charity. You donate to support their comic anthology and they send one of their cool Comic-Making Kits to a sick child in a hospital in the UK. So, yeah, I pitched in. Maybe making comics will brighten someone's day. #smallstories

Update: #PeerTube instances can now federate with video.blender.org! Just confirmed that it's working now. 😁

#Blender

If you want to read "River of Teef" (yes, I'm serious, I can't help but type it that way) but can't afford it, DM me. We don't have enough in the Liberapay account yet to cover a full book (you should donate, though!: https://en.liberapay.com/Mastodon_SFFBookClub/) #sffbookclub

The #sffbookclub July selection is *The River of Teeth*, a novella/short novel by Sarah Gailey. http://www.sarahgailey.com/

If you want to read this with us and cannot find an affordable way to access it, DM me. We have a little bit of crowdfunding accrued.

If you have been thinking of contributing to the fundraising, every bit helps. The #LiberaPay is at https://en.liberapay.com/Mastodon_SFFBookClub/

#books #reading #SarahGailey