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Travis F W

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The things I need to say to somebody. The things I wish I didn't have to say. My hopes and dreams I just want someone to share. I listen to #nonfiction audio […] [bridged from https://fosstodon.org/@travisfw on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10h

#softwareconcept from #fediforum ActivityPub-complete, a back-end (or a layer, like a persistence layer / DBMS) that enables new web apps to be built without reimplementing ActivityPub

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11h

At many conferences, there are technical tracks with a bunch of techies talking about tech, and then every other "nontechnical" topic.
At events that have a relatively balanced number of both technical and nontechnical sessions, even though both technical and nontechnical people are at same […]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

everything is another thing.
you thing you'll just do that one thing real fast? thing again!
#parenting

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Take a photo of your #cat through a tube

A picture of a cat taken through a kitchen roll tube

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FediForum @fediforum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

FediForum, the online event that brings together the people who move the Open Social Web forward, starts in one hour!

We expect a number of rather interesting announcements. If you are registered, you get a heads-up just about now by e-mail.

You can still join us, online! https://fediforum.org

FediForum

FediForum: moving the Open Social Web forward

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I am now founding the #churchofnonfiction.
#religion #nonfiction
The #church is defined simply: Our religious practice is to pursue clarity in our values, to live by the values we clarify, and form community guided by clear values.
The social practice shall be similar to any church, to read and […]

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Fireside Fedi @firesidefedi.social.firesidefedi.live.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#fediforum tomorrow! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'M SO EXCITED!

Kermit the frog, a green muppet, in front of a red curtain flailing his arms around with the headline "IM SO EXCITED!!".

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d

my older kid has a compulsion to empty tissue boxes. there must be something deeply (or "oddly" as they say) satisfying about it. so I keep at least one box of tissues in a cupboard, and I am just AMAZED how long it's lasting.
#parenting

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Spo0000opybirb :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Protesters started with a peaceful rally at Elizabeth Caruthers Park at noon, then marched several blocks to the Portland ICE facility. As protesters rallied and marched, a helicopter repeatedly made circles over their heads and a loud siren wailed […]

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Jay Stephens @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

What's happening over on #twitter?

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d

@futurebird truth.

I have been saying all along the true value of AI is as a reflection of ourselves. For some problems, should programmers and CEOs even try to fix it?

If you held the first mirror in history, would you hesitate to look?

When talking about a machine, people seem to at least […]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d

just listened to this really touching episode of
Radio Pacific: A Home By Any Other Name

#podcast webpage: https://radiopacific.co/

Media file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2455052/episodes/17463205-a-home-by-any-other-name.mp3

#nowlistening

Radio Pacific

A new show about contemporary California.

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I've got some FOMO wrt the #borderless Summit in SF today organized by Safetywing (a previous employer) and Plumia, opening their embassy.

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flockofcats.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy @flockofcats.famichiki.jp.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Dear all,

I’ve decided to spend more time on social media for mental health reasons. Thank you for your understanding 🥲

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d

we all wish we always had good days.
#fuckit

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Fireside Fedi @firesidefedi.social.firesidefedi.live.ap.brid.gy · 6d

@limebar just let me know that they're working on an amazing project with a lot of folks from the Fediverse!

A MTV style #fedi powered 24x7 #music #video #channel . I know there are a few creators on TubeFree.org that might be interested? Perhaps @labr or @enoent ?

More info here […]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d

i was just going through some of my list of followers to see who I could follow back to get mutuality. honestly I don't know why I hadn't yet followed back most of whom I have clicked through to (I'll get to you next time).
but for some of you, I got a "not allowed" message. since you're […]

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TinJar @tinjar.tinjar.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy · 7d

https://hub.tslombard.com/chart-story/the-war-on-central-banks

The #AI story is a continuation of this theme of undermining #labour #union - so was the notion of gig economy. If you think the last three decades were bad for workers, the next few will be much […]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d

I used to watch #youtube with #freetube, but its connection to yt has been broken for a while now. Do you have an app with which you manage your youtube + peertube subscriptions that would import opml? #askfedi

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 7d

#3goodthings
@timbl
Buckminster Fuller
Jaron Lanier

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Cassandrich @dalias.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 8d

On top of that, what's not gone is having a walled-away personal space filled with your personal things, that nobody else is going to touch. Having it be a choice to get a hotel room vs sleep on a seat. Having a lock somebody else doesn't have the key to. All of these things are real experiences […]

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Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 9d

#3goodthings
Public water utility getting fresh water to my tap.
Astronauts.
Hexagons.

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Mauve 👁💜 @mauve.moe · 9d

Maybe some of the self driving hype could be directed into railways. Like the ultimate ai robot blockchain metaverse.

Travis F W @travisfw.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 9d

I love it. This is #ixd, and #hci.
How can we build our ideal society?
Idealism brings clarity to why we do what we do.

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cremevax👩🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦 @cremevax.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Bruce Schneier has a good high-level look at threat-modeling under an authoritarian government. Alas, it’s not amenable to a simple recipe approach, but involves carefully thinking through the tradeoffs […]

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Being Innocent Won’t Protect You

This is vital to understand. Surveillance systems and sorting algorithms make mistakes. This is apparent in the fact that we are routinely served advertisements for products that don’t interest us at all. Those mistakes are relatively harmless—who cares about a poorly targeted ad?—but a similar mistake at an immigration hearing can get someone deported.

An authoritarian government doesn’t care. Mistakes are a feature and not a bug of authoritarian surveillance. If ICE targets only people it can go after legally, then everyone knows whether or not they need to fear ICE. If ICE occasionally makes mistakes by arresting Americans and deporting innocents, then everyone has to fear it. This is by design.

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