Curious Quokka @Obscurequokka@social.privacytools.io

Happy 4th of July from the United States 🇺🇸 🙂
It is possible to love your country and stand up for #justice #equality and #liberty for all
#patriotism
#freedom

I really enjoy the toots by
@stux and @thor
They make #Mastodon a welcoming, happier and interesting place to be.
Feel free to given them a follow 😊

There seems to be a rise in the diagnoses of #ADHD in the US, curiously correlated with the rise of big pharma and drugs like Adderall.
So are we becoming more distractable? Is it a result of more awareness? Or is it the result of collusion between the medical providers, insurance and pharmaceutical companies?
I ask this as someone who has been diagnosed with #ADHD by a professional psychologist.

An industry modeled around #privacy respecting advertising in 2021.
Viable or not?
#cookies
#targeting

Lot of accounts here on #Mastodon not only engage in assigning guilt-by-association to every #privacy software but are also not helping the community with their hostility. The internet is nasty enough, we need to be nice and understanding to others.
Otherwise, it’s just like the big blue bird all over again.

Imagine you are a vegan activist.
Would you want 5 people to go 100% vegan or 500 who are at least 20% vegan?
On top of this, imagine trashing the 495 who are not 100% vegan but are trying.
How do you think they feel about you and your cause?
More importantly which path saves more animals?

This entire thread exemplifies the problem that virtually every noble cause suffers from, especially online.
The extremists and purists doggedly bat for 100% all or nothing thinking which hinders progress.
I get it, we need to strive for perfect ideals. But being radically stubborn and trashing marginal improvements only alienate the audience that we are trying to convince.

https://freeradical.zone/@koherecoWatchdog/106449419715706784

#FOSS #privacy #ideology #communication

Why do some people think playing loud music on a speaker in a gym is a good idea?
Use headphones bro or if you forgot them, just workout in silence for a day

I can totally see myself as Öve from
“A man called Öve”
#books
#grumpy

This is really not a good time for imposter syndrome!
I am trying to have fun damn it

First of all, a formidable article.

Second, the only comment in the comment section exemplifies the kind of audience we are trying to convince

https://mastodon.cc/@info_activism/106415641226314625

Looking forward to visiting libraries again 😍📚

Finished a book in an hour after binging on video games for a couple of hours.
Hyperfocus is real #ADHD

Some of the tactics I see online are straight from middle school playground fights.
You don’t wanna engage in a worthless bad faith debate?
“You must be weak”
“Why don’t you come fight me, punk!”

Also civil discourse involves debating ideas, not personal slurs and whatabout-ism.
Sadly we are seeing a rapid decline of such conversations, not just in the political spheres but even smaller internet communities

This doesn’t mean all opinions are equally valid and worthy.
Just that my engagement or lack thereof shouldn’t be treated as tacit agreement or disagreement with the said opinion.