Boardgaming Monday
Yesterday, to distract, and take advantage of a friend in from out of town, four of us got together and spent the afternoon into the evening playing Feast for Odin: The Norwegians. As I posted on Bluesky, I continue to be aggressively mediocre at the game. I managed to get 3rd out of four, which is good as I am reliably one of the worst at boardgames in my playgroup.
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Last night I had a story idea for a dystopian shortstory. It has similarities to Upload (on Amazon), but enough differences I am still mulling over writing it up.
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This morning's work music
I don't always go for lo-fi music. I actually have a few go-to videos but this morning I felt I needed something more chill.
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I haven't done it in a while, but after yesterday I will officially no longer be linking to X on this blog. For reasons which are beyond obvious after yesterday.
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"Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy"
If it wasn’t already obvious, the last 72 hours have made it crystal clear that it is urgent to build and mainstream alternative, decentralized social media platforms that are resistant to government censorship and control, are not owned by oligarchs and dominated by their algorithms, and in which users own their follower list and can port it elsewhere easily and without restriction.
Relevant to this, I came across this excellent resource for helping people get onto Mastodon and find their community.
I am curious to find someone more knowledgeable than me to dive into the technological implementations of both fediverse and atprotocol infrastructure to understand the longterm prospects for both. My current (ill informed) belief is that fediverse has the better underlying protocol, but Bluesky has the easier onboarding which has given it the short term growth that makes it a more viable longterm option.
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