

Presumably they see it as somehow affecting their bottom line? Guess it could just be outright bigotry though.
Presumably they see it as somehow affecting their bottom line? Guess it could just be outright bigotry though.
Instances are websites. Federation just means that they can automatically communicate directly between multiple intakes, and share information without requiring user interaction.
All this happens via APIs. Any website that implements ActivityPub APIs properly can federate with other sites as part of the fediverse.
Pretty good analysis, for sure.
I agree that just dumping progressive policies on top of that is a recipe for failure. I don’t know the best way forward, but I’m sure a better way forward is possible, and I’m also sure that existing Dem policy platforms haven’t managed it… I suspect the answer lies in embracing and communicating different core values, but I’m not sure which combination would work with (or against) America’s crazy slant toward individualism…
FWIW, I DO think the brat vibe was a good thing to try, even if it didn’t pan out. I wonder if it might have with a man (e.g. dark Brandon vibes)…
I think you meant to say chapter?
Don’t ask me why not
Seems like this is something the democrats really need to put a lot of work into figuring out. But it doesn’t really seem like the mainstream of the DNC is all that interested. It seems like they think they already have it worked out, and that people should just follow along…
Re: “progressive” and “socialism”, sure, I get you. I think that there’s potentially a LOT of scope for simple reframing that would resonate though, like Gary’s Economics’ “tax wealth not work” frame. But I don’t think the DNC would pick that up, because too many of them are wealthy, or mates with wealthy people…
Yeah, for sure. It’s been gamed before, but it’s been gradually improving over the last few decades
What do you think WOULD make more people turn out for the democrats, if not more progressive policies?
Perhaps. Personally I think the causality is the other way around. If the left within the Dems had more influence, the party would be more inspiring, and more people would get out to vote…
But yeah, either way, unless you’re inside the dems making that happen (and that’s hard, because the neoliberals within the dems have lots of money and power), then you don’t have much influence over electoral politics. Better and easier to get involved in other forms of politics, IMO. And work on the voting stuff when you’re near an election, if you want.
It’s AI in so far as any ML is AI.
TBH, it’s mostly the corporate control and misinformation/hype that’s the problem. And the fact that they can require substantial energy use and are used for such trivial shit. And that that use is actively degrading people’s capacity for critical thinking.
ML in general can be super useful, and is an excellent tool for complex data analysis that can lead to really useful insights…
So yeah, uh… Eat the rich? And the marketing departments. And incorporate emissions into pricing, or regulate them to the point where it only becomes viable to non-trivial use cases.
Mmm… I would have voted democrats, if I was american (we have a similar situation here in aus).
But I’m under no illusion that they will save us. Both of our centrist parties (Dems, Labor) are still completely on board with neoliberalism and are still expanding environmentally destructive industries. Yes, they are clearly less fucked than the right wing parties, but they also aren’t going to save us. We need to do more than just vote.
Teamsters Canada? They have a freight division: https://teamsters.ca/about/union-profile/
I wasn’t suggesting anything was black and white. I was just giving an example of a chain of thought. OP is free to come up with their own chains of thought.
What, like backwards?
I think with some things (like reading or skydiving), there are pretty fast feedback loops that tell you if you’re doing it wrong.
I live on the east coast of Australia, so I guess I’m a pacificist and didn’t even know it.
This is good, but I’d add that you can get closer, and you can get closer faster, but truth will always be over the horizon.
Yeah. It’s accurate tho