Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

As an archivist, let me say clearly:

Modern copyright law is actively harmful to the preservation and study of our culture.

It harms artists by giving undue power to publishers. It harms artists by limiting remixes. It harms preservation and research efforts.

It's broken. It's bad. It should be massively reformed.

Some 80 years later, in Europe…

Crater formed by the explosion of Russian S-300 missile near a psychiatric hospital in Kharkiv, 2024 (Photo: Oleh Syniehubov)

Crater in London after German air raid, 1940 (Photo: London War Museum)

#russiaisaterroriststate #russiakills

Hello and welcome to my brand new series: We're Obviously Not Living in a Simulation Because That's Ridiculous, Obviously

In this episode, we're gonna be looking at an IPv4 to IPv6 conversion technique invented before Christ.

#abacus #infosec #internet #ipv4 #ipv6 #math #mathematics #networking #oldschool #oldschoolcool #simulation #suanpan

I was just reminded of this gem. It's just so pleasing. From some open-source hardware project I found via Hackaday a year or three ago.

> For a vibrant consumer navigational ecosystem to emerge, society needs to invest in OpenStreetMap as a public good. … City planners should dedicate staffers to updating their roads and bridges on OpenStreetMap. Communities should submit updates with roads and hazards in their local areas

We quite agree! 😍

From @Julia's recent Op. Ed. in the #NewYorkTimes, “Your Driving App Is Leading You Astray”

📰 read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/google-maps-driving-apps-flaws.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E0.yGok.7gErcSBb7E43&smid=url-share
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat #FreeMaps

People really tell themselves they would have joined the Resistance in WWII and they... couldn't even stop using a lousy website

Ļoti detalizēti aprakstīts viss, ko zinām, nojaušam, vai tikai iztēlojamies un minam par dzīvi Pompejos. Autore tēmai pievērsusies ļoti pamatīgi un nesaudzīgi arī norāda uz trūkumiem, vai pārāk lielu vēlmju domāšanu, interpretējot arheoloģiskos atradumus. Bet vispār noguru no faktu pārbagātības un katra grafiti, zīmējuma vai telpas aprakstīšanas. No otras puses - fantastiski labs ieskats, ja ir vēlme par Pompejiem uzzināt visu, kas bija zināms līdz grāmatas uzrakstīšanai.
#grāmata

The siren call of the em-dash.

#writing #writingcommunity #books #book #writinglife #humor #humour #memes #funny #bookstodon

Pssst: influencers struggle with Mastodon because it's harder to influence people here. It's not because this place isn't neat.

Hey for no particular reason let’s all read up on this, kay?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

#morsetodon now shows live toots from my homeserver, chaos.social! 🎉 (Or any other Mastodon server, if you add "#your.server" to the URL and refresh.)

On the desktop, you can scroll up/down, and pause with "space", and I added a cheat sheet.

This format is a pretty motivating learning environment for me – once I'm invested in reading a toot, *I wanna know how it ends*! #amateurradio

https://morsetodon.blinry.org