I've heard of Robbie! @Alamantus@cybre.space

when i was a kid i HATED the idea of Online Games. i was extremely put off by the idea of them at all. because like, what kind of rich fucker can afford to pay £0.10 every single minute while playing a video game??? id prbably only be able to play it for like half an hour per month!! nobody has enough pocket money to afford that! what a rip-off!!!! TERRIBLE value!!!! bourgie garbage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! may as well go down to the arcade and play house of the dead for that extravagant cost

Another thing that I wonder about: how much help do marginalized people actually need, and what kind of help do they need?

Like, we all love the idea of patting ourselves on the back for standing up for someone who is marginalized, and we love making huge deals out of political issues that seemingly might hurt them (Voter Registration laws come to mind)

I must admit that sometimes it feels like this discourse creates an infantalized representation of real people with autonomy

I think one aspect that feels tiresome is the virtue-signaling one.

When I say virtue-signaling, what I mean specifically is when (usually white cis) people adopt and promote a certain set of principles because doing so gives them social capital and makes them look socially woke. It becomes less about being socially conscious, and more about appearing to be that way in the eyes of other people.

Tech companies, incidentally, seem to do this the most as a type of symbolic gesture.

to be honest, I see so much discourse about how white people are the problem, white people say this thing and act this way, that they're ignorant and emotional and perpetuate all sorts of bad things

and I mean, I don't disagree. but it weighs heavily on my heart. but it's sickening to think that so much of your history is about oppressing and enslaving other people. it's nauseating, and I constantly worry that no real reconciliation between groups of people will ever happen.

How do I avoid being a shitty white person? Am I a shitty white tech bro? I think most of the boxes are checked, but I try to be generous with every person I meet.

How do I act as a better ally without dressing myself up like one for others to praise me? How do I advocate for another group of people without making ignorant statements about their perceived helplessness?

and where do I find good information that didn't originate from some Medium thinkpiece intended for companies?

Cheap roomba!

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Juneteenth celebrates the announcement of the end of slavery in the confederacy (june 19, 1865: 2 years after the emancipation proclamation).

about 6 months later, the 13th amendment is ratified, which abolished slavery-- except as a form of punishment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

RESPECT 👏 REFLECT 👏 EMPATHIZE 👏 REPEAT

Ugh I have an idea for an app tool that would only be helpful if the internet wasn't centralized anymore. People have their own websites and blogs or video series or whatever on separate sites, and the app would aggregate them all even if there wasn't a feed or something present by trying to diff sections of the page that looks like a list of content. It'd check periodically and queue up notifications when new content arrived. An aggregator that combines a page watcher and a feed reader. Aggre🐊

@Alamantus ...YouTube is trying to put out the fire they started through their clumsy use of algorithms to de-monetise videos their customers (advertisers) do not like...this practise encouraged creators to seek other revenue channels because YouTube ad revenue is no longer reliable.

Of course YouTube being YouTube they continue to do without thinking and pile more algorithmic gasoline on the fire.

@Alamantus This is the risk of siloed online services, and quite unsurprising because it is a deliberate business strategy: make your "free" service indispensable then force users to pay once you have them hostage.

YouTube is pulling the pin now because so many creators get more revenue from patreon and merchandise and 3rd party sponsorship than from monetizing their videos...

The plot thickens...
It seems Google may have taken down Blender's videos on YouTube because they wouldn't display ads for them.

https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/