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Reclaiming RSS

“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”

ar.al/2018/06/29/reclaiming-rs

#ethicaltechnology

2018. The century is currently in its teen years. Which might explain why everyone is so edgy and sensitive about everything.

>If Facebook shuts down, you’ll lose your friends.

What a scary world we live in. "Sorry, HJ, but facebook shat down, we can't be friends anymore"

You can't convince me this isn't the best way to browse Mastodon.

#brutaldon

Aliens first invaded the moon on July 20 1969

ProTip: If your browser window (or any window) suddenly goes off screen and you can't get to the top border or window controls:

Alt + Space + M

You can then use the arrow keys or your mouse to move it back to where you want it

This problem sometimes happens with window manager glitches or badly written JS

2019 may be the year of the , who knows..

R.I.P. Koko, the amazing gorilla who used American sign language to communicate with humans.

Also, I recommend documentary "Jane" (imdb.com/title/tt7207238/) to anyone who's interested in primates and wildlife. An amazing editing and soundtrack.

Robin Williams hung out with in 2001: youtu.be/I9I_QvEXDv0

Idiocracy in 8 MB!

(CW: may have language and slurs that offend some audiences)

The audio is a bit better this time around. It's still not great, but it's better than it was. Also /slightly/ better picture quality.

I actually did a two-pass encoding on this one and let it run overnight.

TIL There are music typewriters and they came in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and mechanisms

musicprintinghistory.org/music