Here, Elena Rossini explains Why and How she is purging #BigTech out of her life. While she readily admits she is not totally free of it, she has gone a long way. She has a blog where she talks about her journey to #Freedom from #Technofeudalism and calls out the hypocracy of some #TechWriters along the way。

“I watched a brilliant TED Talk by journalist Carole Cadwalladr about the broligarchy titled “this is what the digital coup looks like.” Shortly thereafter I discovered that Cadwalladr is using Substack (the Nazi-friendly newsletter platform funded by the broligarchs at A16Z) for her blog; her social media platform of choice is Bluesky (funded by crypto bros at Blockchain Capital). Sadly Cadwalladr has no social profiles on the Fediverse and isn’t using - as far as I know - any FOSS platforms to publish her reporting. This feels incredibly incongruous.”

It’s well worth a read. And for those still ‘fenced in’ by commercial social platforms, she offers hope and some ways to ditch them.

Personally, My tie to #TechBros #oligarchy is Gmail (though not for much longer as I am mostly migrated off). Otherwise, I’m on Signal and an Australian hosted mail server (until that one starts getting ideas I won’t agree with). My blog is about to transfer to a platform based in Australia for less $$ (of @shlee fame - I’m gettting there Shlee! Https://enhancecp.9fives.online) and getting off WordPress hosting (I’ll be using a #cpanel equiv #EnhanceDotNet.). My #Microsoft days are numbered with #LinuxMint on my other laptop ready to take over very soon. I’m still tied to Apple with my iPad (tooting away on it atm). My mobile is an old & cheap #Android device. My browser is #LibreWolf. My mail client is #Thunderbird .

Best thing that ever happened to me was to find out about the #Fediverse. I’ve never looked back from this, only forward.

I’m not going to lie, there is a cost to bear. I have lost digital links to all my friends and family (some overseas). But I’ve managed to keep those closest to me via other means (Face-to-face, phone calls, SMS, emails and Signal for those using it). Bottom line is, If am I going to #Rage against #TechBros, I should walk the talk as Elena Rossini is doing. So should you IMO.

#FOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse #cpanel

Read more:

https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

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Whether it’s #suicidalthoughts or actions, an #anxiety attack, worsening #depression, risky #substanceuse, #rage, #hallucinations or dangerous #impulses, more help is available now

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Mad at #ieee and #computerSociety again!

Need to read an #icse13 article. IEEE DL wants me to pay $$$ for reading. No thanks.

Of course, I'm also a member of computer.org subsociety! They have a separate digital library, and the same article for free! Thanks, IEEE, for not telling me.

computer.org wants me to buy it for 0$, going through million of clicks and collecting a lot of mandatory data,including my phone number-really???

Finally landing in HTTP errors and not selling anything.
#rage

desmotivación promedio que no es shitpost:
#meme #memes #momo #momos #momazos #desmotivacioneses #desmotivaciones #imagenes #frasesparaelrecuerdo #frustracion #comic #rage #ragecomic

I can't even begin to describe my feelings right now. I have spent over 20 years learning various short row sock heel techniques, and haven't been quite happy with any of them. WHY didn't anyone TELL ME about afterthought heels?! If you can knit a sock toe, and do a basic graft, you can work this heel, and it looks exactly like a short row heel. I want to scream. #knitting #whining #rage #handmade No more short rows for this girl, dammit. https://youtu.be/bfIxrhqbeT0?si=QSb7lAWg6j5RTIIZ

Ich hasse es. Ich war jetzt über eine Woche mit dem Zug quer durch Österreich unterwegs. Gesamtverspätung: 0 Minuten. In Worten: NULL!

Kaum wieder über die deutsche Grenze, eskaliert die Grenzkontrolle, ich habe 30 Minuten Verspätung und werde meinen Anschluss verpassen. Wofür hab ich noch mal den RJX genommen? Danke für nichts!

Was sagt eigentlich noch mal das Schengener Abkommen zu Grenzkontrollen?

The game should be released later. UI is now competed! Would you play this? #gaming #rocket #space #game #gamedev #fun #hard #rage #godot #coding #program

Happy birthday #Quake! On June 22, 1996, id Software launched Quake — the first full-3D shooter using the #QuakeEngine. Unlike 2D-sprite-based games, Quake featured fully 3D environments, dynamic lighting, and Lightmaps.

#HalfLife and #CounterStrike are built on the Quake engine — making it a milestone in multiplayer #FPS history. Earlier, #Doom (1993) set the stage with groundbreaking 3D visuals, network play, and the birth of #Deathmatch.

The evolution continued with #idTech2 through #idTech5 powering games like #Doom3 and #Rage. Developer #JohnCarmack was the technical genius behind id’s engines before moving to #Oculus.

Which #idTech-based games do you remember?

Next year is my 30th high school reunion. Some of us were talking on fb about those we have lost: to addiction, to cancer, and then the four classmates who were killed in Fallujah in 2004.

I wonder how many soldiers this Republican president will get killed when he goes to war with Iran.

"The truth is, we’re all scared. We’re all scarred and broken, and it isn’t from the stories we’ve read or music we’ve heard, but from what we see on the nightly news. Art imitates life, which makes me wonder what kind of lives we lead, and why anyone would want to imitate them." —Paul Crenshaw for The American Scholar https://theamericanscholar.org/jeremy-spoke-in-class-today/

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I initially did not want to promote the channel but fuck it.

I especially love how he went from NOBODY CARES about the Switch 2 8 days ago to I HATE the Nintendo Switch 2 (which he bought) 6 days ago, then heading to bash Mario Kart World and then do a comparison vid between Switch 2 and Steam Deck. He added another 10 Things that suck listicle on the device two days ago too.

Good gracious me. We don't need AI slop, this is already bad enough.

Miller is pure evil. And he is absolutely overflowing with hate.

#StephenMiller #LAProtests #ICE #TACO #rage

Donald Trump loves authoritarian theater, but let's not forget that Stephen Miller is also to blame for the violence and chaos in Los Angeles. Trump's deputy chief of staff called a meeting with the top officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "eviscerate" them for falling far short of the ridiculous goal he set of 3,000 deportations a day.

https://www.salon.com/2025/06/11/stephen-miller-cant-make-america-white-la-is-paying-for-his-impotent-rage/

#Disinformation Campaign of #Fake Images & #ConspiracyTheories On #SocialMedia Stoke #RightWing #Rage Around #LAProtests

Misleading photos, videos & texts have spread widely on social #media as #protests against #immigration #raids unfolded in #LosAngeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories‘ to support #Trump’s actions.

The flood of falsehoods appears intended to stoke outrage toward #immigrants & #Democrats.

#MediaLiteracy #moderation #TrumpLies #propaganda #Resist
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare