Overuse of emojis can also really be annoying for people using screen readers. They clapping hands get clapping hand to clapping hands hear clapping hands something clapping hands like clapping hands this. So it’s also an accessibility issue.

I mean, where to start? Try a new wave playlist somewhere - there’s lots of well known songs that you’ll recognize and start branching out from there.

You’re welcome! Happy I shared it then

Many people have purposefully moved away from Big Tech platforms, often because they cause them harm. Who are you to judge their defederation - which is a core feature of the Fediverse btw - as laughable? Every instance is free to decide their own policies, that’s the whole point.

I don’t have nor do I want shares in the arms industry. I’m not a fucking ghoul.

More money for the death-machine and profits for the shareholders, hurray!

I’m afraid it’s mostly that last one.

Watch people flock to yet another corporate social media honeypot instead of going for something less dystopian.

The English peasantry has to be reminded of their place in society!

I think you’ll find that the conflict is quite a bit older than Hamas is.

This won’t do, they don’t have a pun or funny reference in their URL!

Really goes for almost everything. I don’t want my machines and appliances to be ‘smart’ and ‘connected’. I just want them to do the thing I use them for, that’s it.

It’s main purpose is to make some die-hards angry, I think.

Are those still playable? Loved those, great vibe!

No of course not everyone or every organisation has the means for that. But those that have should, and others should fan out over different instances: local or regional ones, or thematic ones, instead of congregating on the same three instances because it’s ‘the main one’.

Seems like the right approach to start their own server, instead of making accounts on some of the flagship instances, which only perpetuates the centralisation dogma.

The political agenda of… checks notes making the world a better place to live.

Played Dredge on the Steam Deck, which was a nice, relaxing experience.

Besides that I’ve been playing Blood: Fresh Supply on my beefy gaming pc. Great fun, much glee when blowing up hordes of cultists.

All cowards.

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