Chris Remington

Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.

Bluesky: @beehaw.org

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I was one of the beta testers and back then it was severely lacking. Right now D4 is at its best and I can see that it will only get better. This season is tied for one of the best seasons so far. I’ll be playing it for several hours today.






The Kremlin’s design necessarily depends on the adoption of a single world belief system or religion.

In my opinion, this would be nearly impossible.








Citizen’s United

Will the people ever come together in order to remove money from politics!?!?!

They are so clearly sick and it’s truly stupid to let such sick people be in charge of so much.

This has scared the shit out of me since learning it from J. R. R. Tolkien.


I, personally, know of hundreds of family/friends that left because of it…Many went to Bluesky.





I don’t believe there will ever be a solution that will please everyone.


Should we all leave the Fediverse since there are thousands of evil assholes that develop and use it?




I’m not interested in seeing more claims regardless of the source.


There is a very long worldwide stereotype of ultra-wealthy persons. Specifically, that all of them are evil and/or ungenerous. Obviously, this is grossly inaccurate. Bill Gates is one of the most generous persons among the ultra-wealthy.

The other claims about Bill Gates being made in this thread are exactly that -> claims.



Thank you for that…I’ll pass AppViewLite around. Take care.


Do you have any source regarding this? I’d love to read more about it and share it with my colleagues.

EDIT: Is this “Free Our Feeds”?


If you are referencing this article, then he isn’t funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.


Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).





I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.






Confronted with information that could shake their worldviews, people can now search for confirming evidence and mainline conspiracist feeds or decontextualized videos. They can ask AI and their favorite influencers to tell them why they are right. They can build tailored feeds and watch as algorithms deliver what they’re looking for. And they will be overwhelmed with data.

This is, precisely, what morons do. How do you fix stupid?



My family is barely middle class…

Same for us. That’s why we moved to inland (away from the coast) Maine. It’s fairly rural but within 45-60 minute drive to medium-sized cities. Most everyone living in our area commutes this for work. However, at home our money goes a long way.


While you are trying to immigrate out of the US you could consider moving to a more Democratic state such as California or Maine.








Is there anything at all left…

For now, there is National Public Radio and the Associated Press.


My son and I will start playing Path of Exile 2 Early Access tomorrow. We’re excited!


There was a three day delay between when I created an account and when I received the email.


In my opinion, yes. That’s just how he likes to play.


Beta Testing Loops by Pixelfed
I just set up my Loops account in order to beta test the iOS app. Uploaded my first video here: [https://loops.video/v/5s_wUUCHsZ](https://loops.video/v/5s_wUUCHsZ) So far so good.
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From Bloomberg News reporters Justin Sink and Akayla Gardner: > President Joe Biden on Friday announced plans to cancel student debt for about 55,000 public sector workers, as his administration pushes to zero out balances for more people in the final weeks of his administration. > The move — which represents the cancellation of $4.28 billion owed on federal loans — pushes the total number of individuals who have received relief under Biden administration programs to nearly 5 million, the White House said. In total, about $180 billion has been forgiven.
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A New Social
Seen on Bluesky minutes ago. From the mission page: > We're betting on services built on open protocols like ActivityPub and ATProto, and focused on making it easier to connect and move between platforms. We will work directly with developers to continue ensuring competition in the open social web, with a focus on advocating for users every step of the way.
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Our family loves the PS5. As the article points out, the only thing we don’t like is Playstation Plus when compared to Xbox’s Game Pass.

















Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers
> uBlock Origin will soon stop functioning in Chrome as Google transitions to new browser extension rules.
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