Zatnosk @zatnosk@manowar.social

"Make [X] Great Again" is fascist rhetoric.

It implies that there was a Golden Age where [X] was Good, and that "We" should return to that age.

It's a slogan designed to evoke the "Myth of National Rebirth"(1) that is central to Fascism, while still being vague enough that any disagreement can be dismissed as "Against [X]".

It's a dogwhistle(2).

If you use it, you're either ignorant, naive or a fascist.

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This is me doing re- #introductions

Hello! I'm a programmer and a (new-ish) parent, I've been running this personal instance since time immemorial.

I talk mostly about tech, but I try to branch out into artsy stuff on my secondary account: @zatnosk

From time to time I get #crazyidea|s, and some of those ideas have been channeled into my #MastoGram and #MastoCity projects.

I do my best to be kind and understanding, and I'm not afraid of some emotional labor for friends :)

Profile picture is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clusius_dodo.jpg

When I think of a future with Open Social Media, I imagine three pillars.

1) Microblogging (ActivityPub), for sharing thoughts with strangers, ephemeral community building, and broad+global reach.

2) Forum / Stable Community (no good solution yet, AFAIK), for discussing, planning, buying/selling locally. All within a distinct group of people, membership of which can be managed.

3) Peer2Peer (Scuttlebutt?), for talking directly to friends, family, nearby people, and easily sharing files.

When can I get a browser extension that let's me login to (supporting) websites using asymmetric keys?

#PasswordsShouldNeverTouchTheNetwork

Just finished book 6 of Wheel of Time. Only 8 to go.

do a toot the boost while you still can!

evolved into !

Ha! I just discovered that I have a folder named "web" with a file called "page.php".

"web/page.php" - good naming, yes.

I'm looking forward to assuming PHP7 anywhere in the new year, now that PHP5 reaches end-of-life.

I should probably tag this friend-instance idea with #SocialWeb as well..

reminder to self:

$b=explode("\n", implode("\n", $a));

is not equivalent to

$b=$a;

#CrazyIdea What if fediverse instances had (optional) "friend-instances" that they featured on they landing page?
Then by just finding a single instance, you could discover more instances that might match in quality and values - kinda like an old school webring of instances.

"areas you trace your heritage from"

Ah, northern jutland where my fathers ancestral farm is, and western jutland where my mothers family-farm is. That's what you mean right?

...countries, continents? Americans are weird.