Max Riethmuller (TechLife)
@techlife.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
IT Pro. Photographer. Citizen Journalist. Star Wars figure Collector. Car Nut. Country Boy. Lefty.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://indieweb.social/@techlife, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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In 2014, the Brisbane activist community got together to organise a community driven response to the G20 Summit planned for the city. Rather than focus on or give fuel to the mainstream media obsession with riots and drama (in Brisbane, really?), the community... https://altmax.com.au/?p=1424
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 AM
In 2014, the Brisbane activist community got together to organise a community driven response to the G20 Summit planned for the city. Rather than focus on or give fuel to the mainstream media obsession with riots and drama (in Brisbane, really?), the community... https://altmax.com.au/?p=1424
This physically hurts 😢 Trump turning the US Environmental Protection Agency into a rubber stamp for allowing energy companies access to national parks and protected reserves solely in the aid of profit. I feel like throwing up. This is bad for the world.
February 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This physically hurts 😢 Trump turning the US Environmental Protection Agency into a rubber stamp for allowing energy companies access to national parks and protected reserves solely in the aid of profit. I feel like throwing up. This is bad for the world.
Trump lies. No subsidy cheque has ever been cut for the Canadian government. He's talking about budget deficit, which is 40-45 billion not 250. And if you take raw crude out of the equation, the deficit become a surplus. That crude is refined in the US […]
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indieweb.social
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Trump lies. No subsidy cheque has ever been cut for the Canadian government. He's talking about budget deficit, which is 40-45 billion not 250. And if you take raw crude out of the equation, the deficit become a surplus. That crude is refined in the US […]
Reposted by Max Riethmuller (TechLife)
The modern version of book burning is what Trump has kicked off with his executive orders, defacing government websites, deleting research and valuable information left right and centre, just because of tenuous links to DEI, gender ideology or any other kind of things MAGA hate.
The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...
www.globalchange.gov
February 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The modern version of book burning is what Trump has kicked off with his executive orders, defacing government websites, deleting research and valuable information left right and centre, just because of tenuous links to DEI, gender ideology or any other kind of things MAGA hate.
Howdy all my Mastodon homies. It's a sad departure from Indieweb.social, which has been a great and highly recommend instance, but I'm moving to a friendica instance, anonsys.net, for some of the unique friendica features not available on the mastodon platform. I will still be keeping up with […]
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indieweb.social
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Howdy all my Mastodon homies. It's a sad departure from Indieweb.social, which has been a great and highly recommend instance, but I'm moving to a friendica instance, anonsys.net, for some of the unique friendica features not available on the mastodon platform. I will still be keeping up with […]
Okay so I'm now trying the friendica server anonsys.net. Currently inviting y'all to follow. Once I settle on a good instance I will delete the others. Sorry about the constant invites.
January 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Okay so I'm now trying the friendica server anonsys.net. Currently inviting y'all to follow. Once I settle on a good instance I will delete the others. Sorry about the constant invites.
Hey y'all across the fediverse. I'm looking for a platform instance that is reliable and supports more than 500 character posts, I guess #pleroma, #friendica, diaspora? I like #friendica but the instances I've tried are suffering performance wise and are unusable.
Interested in anyone's […]
Interested in anyone's […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Hey y'all across the fediverse. I'm looking for a platform instance that is reliable and supports more than 500 character posts, I guess #pleroma, #friendica, diaspora? I like #friendica but the instances I've tried are suffering performance wise and are unusable.
Interested in anyone's […]
Interested in anyone's […]
I hope this doesn't happen, but wouldn't surprise me at the rate Trump is going he's going to try and make NASA change up the Artemis crew on the basis this was a "DEI" hire, or some crap like that.
January 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I hope this doesn't happen, but wouldn't surprise me at the rate Trump is going he's going to try and make NASA change up the Artemis crew on the basis this was a "DEI" hire, or some crap like that.
The use of publicly accessible (but copyrighted) material for AI training wouldn't rankle so much if the same companies weren't so protective of IP in other arms of their enterprise. For ex. allowing spurious Content ID claims on youtube.
If we are going to usher in a new age of free use of […]
If we are going to usher in a new age of free use of […]
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indieweb.social
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The use of publicly accessible (but copyrighted) material for AI training wouldn't rankle so much if the same companies weren't so protective of IP in other arms of their enterprise. For ex. allowing spurious Content ID claims on youtube.
If we are going to usher in a new age of free use of […]
If we are going to usher in a new age of free use of […]
So this is interesting, I'm noticing on most of the activitypub instances I'm using (actually all but it's only three) there appear to be resource issues, aka slow performance. I wonder how admins generally are coping and whether this is due to an influx of META users?
January 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
So this is interesting, I'm noticing on most of the activitypub instances I'm using (actually all but it's only three) there appear to be resource issues, aka slow performance. I wonder how admins generally are coping and whether this is due to an influx of META users?
Dear Mastodon friends - I have started a profile on friendica called techlife.my-place.social. If you see a friend/follow request from him, it's me! If you follow, I can keep up with your posts even when I'm posting on friendica.
techlife.my-place.social
techlife.my-place.social
January 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Dear Mastodon friends - I have started a profile on friendica called techlife.my-place.social. If you see a friend/follow request from him, it's me! If you follow, I can keep up with your posts even when I'm posting on friendica.
techlife.my-place.social
techlife.my-place.social
Jay Graber did do work in the crypto field, not sure how that makes her a grifter, but anyhoo, there is zero sign, and Bluesky and Jay have expressly rejected using blockchain for social media protocols hence why we have atproto. I don't think it follows that she is a crypto grifter. Happy to […]
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indieweb.social
January 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Jay Graber did do work in the crypto field, not sure how that makes her a grifter, but anyhoo, there is zero sign, and Bluesky and Jay have expressly rejected using blockchain for social media protocols hence why we have atproto. I don't think it follows that she is a crypto grifter. Happy to […]
Reposted by Max Riethmuller (TechLife)
With what is happening with tiktok now, both it's banning, and now potential broligarchy takeover, I think we need a concerted effort to integrate the best of both activitypub and atproto into one social media network standard and break free.
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
Publicly Governed Infrastructure is the Key to Sustainable Social Media – Open Future
Recent developments in decentralized social media signal a pivotal shift away from corporate-controlled platforms.
openfuture.eu
January 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
With what is happening with tiktok now, both it's banning, and now potential broligarchy takeover, I think we need a concerted effort to integrate the best of both activitypub and atproto into one social media network standard and break free.
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
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This 100%. It's time for governments to take a role in promoting and supporting decentralised properly portable social media accounts (at the moment than means atproto over activitypub but honestly either is better than nothing). Funding for non-profits to achieve this
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
Publicly Governed Infrastructure is the Key to Sustainable Social Media – Open Future
Recent developments in decentralized social media signal a pivotal shift away from corporate-controlled platforms.
openfuture.eu
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This 100%. It's time for governments to take a role in promoting and supporting decentralised properly portable social media accounts (at the moment than means atproto over activitypub but honestly either is better than nothing). Funding for non-profits to achieve this
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...
The irony of banning China for using it's carmakers to spy on drivers, when US carmakers spy on drivers.
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer's cars. GM sharing driver behaviour without explicit consent with insurers resulting in hikes in insurance premiums for some […]
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer's cars. GM sharing driver behaviour without explicit consent with insurers resulting in hikes in insurance premiums for some […]
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indieweb.social
January 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The irony of banning China for using it's carmakers to spy on drivers, when US carmakers spy on drivers.
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer's cars. GM sharing driver behaviour without explicit consent with insurers resulting in hikes in insurance premiums for some […]
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer's cars. GM sharing driver behaviour without explicit consent with insurers resulting in hikes in insurance premiums for some […]
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Thi is something many people don't realise. Even if you don't use Meta services at all, every time you visit a website that is part of the Meta ad network, certain info you share with that site is collect and given to meta.
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
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January 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thi is something many people don't realise. Even if you don't use Meta services at all, every time you visit a website that is part of the Meta ad network, certain info you share with that site is collect and given to meta.
January 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Raccoon has some good features for not only Friendica but also Mastodon, check it out. For Android, not sure about Apple.
January 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Raccoon has some good features for not only Friendica but also Mastodon, check it out. For Android, not sure about Apple.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Jumping ant.
January 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Jumping ant.
When dinosaurs nest in your roof. Lace Monitor aka Tree Goanna
January 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When dinosaurs nest in your roof. Lace Monitor aka Tree Goanna
Friendica seems to be a viable alternative to Facebook, with a groups feature (I'm yet to try it myself - I think it works somewhat like a mailing list) and no character limit on posts. I'll give my full analysis once I've used it more consistently, but I'm keen to have an alternative to […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
January 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Friendica seems to be a viable alternative to Facebook, with a groups feature (I'm yet to try it myself - I think it works somewhat like a mailing list) and no character limit on posts. I'll give my full analysis once I've used it more consistently, but I'm keen to have an alternative to […]
Wassup bro?
January 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Wassup bro?
I've just joined Friendica and will potentially be moving there full time. I've imported all my follows from here, and welcome anyone here to follow me back.
January 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I've just joined Friendica and will potentially be moving there full time. I've imported all my follows from here, and welcome anyone here to follow me back.
Reposted by Max Riethmuller (TechLife)
News Corp politicised the Cali wildfires with headline "Inferno Sparks Rage", highlighting criticism of the Governor and Mayor, both Democrats, while simultaneously accusing the Aus PM of politicising the issue by associating the fires with climate change.
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
News Corp politicised the Cali wildfires with headline "Inferno Sparks Rage", highlighting criticism of the Governor and Mayor, both Democrats, while simultaneously accusing the Aus PM of politicising the issue by associating the fires with climate change.