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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1h

@jrm4

gotcha, I misinterpreted.

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1h

@jrm4

I haven't. In what way?

(maybe it's me. I want everyone here including those with very bad opinions as long as they don't harass anybody.)

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1h

WTF is up with the #fuckaas hashtag and its connection to people coming here from #bluesky?

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1h

I want #RankedChoiceVoting and #democracyofreach and a better UN because I believe in #LiberalValues. I think we get the best outcomes for everyone when everyone gets an equal say. I recognize individual ignorance and bias. I think fascism and the excesses of capitalism come down to concentrated […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 2h

https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion/115350713564988359

Nowhere Girl (@[email protected])

So they gave the peace price to a pro-Trump politician who admires Margaret Thatcher, supports crippling sanctions on her own country, supports bombing her own country's shipping, and wants to privatize the oil industry? Oh, and she's pro-genocide in Palestine, too. Hmm.

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 2h

I want self-government everywhere. I'm just skeptical when calls for democracy line up with opposing a government that doesn't serve US interests well. If there will be something like the #nobelpeaceprize, it should be decided by some entity that best represents the views of the people of the […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 3h

@reiver

we have credit unions :)

I agree it's a big fight but it basically exists in other countries. apparently Trump is pissed off that Pix is taking off in Brazil because PayPal etc are losing business.

imo what @Jeremiah is working on with #interledger is an essential companion to the […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 3h

@karlbode.com

except even Cory was hopeful.

https://youtu.be/s7rYRUgzXhs?si=zgGpJI-mPOjMBHGL

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 3h

@reiver

I think I disagree. if we can get it right, they wouldn't do any more for creators than they do for each of us. or to use the fedi analogy, they don't function like a central platform but instead like a fedi server. competition keeps them honest etc.

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 4h

What if you could pay the same for media but have the money only go directly to the creators whose work you spent the most time with? That should be possible with decentralized social media and a protocol for bank to bank fiat transfers.

#socialweb #webmonetization #publicpatron

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 5h

@adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com

money is power cause most of us use media where you can buy attention. whether via ads, owning major outlets w default attention and deciding what gets shown when, or now with big social deciding what's pushed with corporate algos. the internet means everything is […]

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h

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A 5-year-old wanted a Jimmy Carter birthday party. His mom delivers.

Lauren Ramos’ son, Ryan, likes the “typical boy stuff” — ninjas, dinosaurs, Spider-Man. But when planning his 5th birthday party, the little boy wanted it to be all about his favorite U.S. president.

On Saturday, the New Jersey family celebrated Ryan, who proudly ate a Jimmy Carter-frosted cake and wore his “Carter for President” T-shirt at his Carter-themed birthday party. The festivities came with a Carter cardboard cutout and a personalized banner with images edited to depict a grinning Ryan and Carter standing side by side, both sporting coned birthday hats.

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 14h

@hailey.at

switch to mastodon :)

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3d

running docker on a raspberry pi

Shipping container loaded on top of a small wooden stern boat which it is clearly too big for

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Is the dream of the 90s alive on the #socialweb?

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 20h

"...the Matt Walsh faction, I'm sure he's a good guy, I don't have him as a guy, he's Catholic, he's white, he's very conservative, I'm sure he's a nice guy but..."

https://pca.st/episode/fbff61fd-537f-4f74-93b0-1e25e6cd42ab?t=4067

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 21h

#nickfuentes says he and his fellow travelers saw the #maga movement as an implicit white identitarian movement. That over time, the movement would become more explicit.

https://pca.st/episode/fbff61fd-537f-4f74-93b0-1e25e6cd42ab

Nick Fuentes

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Can they just take the #nobelpeaceprize away from Barack "drone assassin" Obama instead? That's really why he is so obsessed with it. Lots of nice people have gotten it, but nobody associated with US foreign policy should have. I mean Kissinger is on the list. WTF.

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke
https://www.explainsthejoke.com

Cards Against Humanity Explains the Joke

An incredible product totally exempt from Trump's stupid tariffs.

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 21h

I was gonna complain about #bluesky again but then realized that I really have no idea what people want out of decentralized social media. I want #democracyofreach and BS will obviously fail on that front. but until there's any consensus on WHY we want our social media decentralized, maybe BS/AT […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 22h

Can liberalism survive illiberalism?

If somebody cheats, won't they win? Perhaps not if enough people refuse to continue the game unless the rules are more closely followed. But how do you get that to happen? How do you ensure that's seen as restoring the game dynamic instead of just taking […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 23h

AI agrees with you to maximize engagement (make their owners more money). Yes that's what your favorite political pundit is doing too.

Our #civics is doomed unless we come to appreciate (and support) the people who are smart and well informed but also honest with empathy for all sides […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 23h

@rushkoff.com

haven't listened yet but hoping Duncan has a positive effect on Joe during the latest episode. #JRE

william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Dear Israel supporters,

You're the ones saying these other Arabic and Muslim governments are strong and oppose US/Israeli interests and represent their people. They are dictatorships supported by "the West" because democracies there would be much less compliant to the empire's economic demands […]

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william.maggos @wjmaggos.liberal.city.ap.brid.gy · 1d

If he told us to call him King and even treat him as such, so many would be fine with it. They'd say they were just doing it to troll the libs. #maga