Edward L Platt @elplatt@greatjustice.net
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PhD candidate at @UMSI. Networks, decentralization, civic tech, cats, bad puns. Formerly @civicMIT @medialab @i3detroit.
Joined Jan 2019
I care about science, not because I enjoy movies about spaceships and lasers, but because I believe it's the only way humans have found to resolve conflict that doesn't inevitably lead to murdering each other.
One of the things I find lacking on mastodon (or twitter) is the ability to have extended forum-style discussions with friends over a long period of time. That's one of the main features that makes it difficult for me to leave facebook.
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When #ActivityPub 1.0 was released, I hoped that the whole federated social would be able to inter-operate by about now. Sadly, a year later, this is not the case. Some older projects are still stuck on #OStatus, the core #Diaspora developers steadfastly refuse to even attempt inter-operation, and the #Zot developer has now abanded it too. So, essentially #XKCD 927 happened and we are more fragmented that we were before :(
https://xkcd.com/927/
Sci-fi and free software nerds! The penguicon.social mastodon instance is now open!
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so you know how i've been warning y'all that any secure communication platform that's installed from a corporate app store is vulnerable to the state subverting that corporation, even if we assume the corporation is benevolent in the first place?
trump has now, by *executive order,* forced a major american corporation to lock out a single manufacturer's entire range of devices from all of its services. huawei devices can no longer use any google services, at the command of a one murderous sociopath in the oval office. not congress, not the FCC - the president, alone.
that vulnerability is no longer hypothetical.
trump has now, by *executive order,* forced a major american corporation to lock out a single manufacturer's entire range of devices from all of its services. huawei devices can no longer use any google services, at the command of a one murderous sociopath in the oval office. not congress, not the FCC - the president, alone.
that vulnerability is no longer hypothetical.
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Free Software Foundation just posted the videos from LibrePlanet 2019 - I would love some feedback on my Keynote. One of the things I am struggling with is how to prepare students from depressed areas of Boston to learn coding when they have been taught that asking questions means you are stupid... https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/how-can-we-prevent-the-orwellian-1984-digital-world/
#GreatJusticeNet check-in! How y'all doin? @sashakovich @kep @estelendur @andyoperandi @nthmost @puzzledowl @woz #NoCrosspost
Want to read about Network Science in Python with NetworkX? If you're willing to review it on Amazon, let me know and I'll get you a free ebook copy!
The UMich School of Information wrote up my work on attack-tolerant networks. https://twitter.com/umsi/status/1129423961480019968
Did I mention I wrote a book about Network Science using NetworkX? https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/network-science-python-and-networkx-quick-start-guide
Looking for feedback on my last academic poster (as I design my next). https://elplatt.com/archive/2019/05/15/netsci-2017-poster.pdf
Amazing #LibrePlanet keynote "How an we prevent the Orwellian 1984 digital world" by @FreeScholar. Discusses "personal power" vs "power over" and insights into the motivations of the powerful. https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/how-can-we-prevent-the-orwellian-1984-digital-world/
Welcome #GreatJusticeNet and the #Fediverse, @estelendur!
Finally figured out how to get my instance back online after letsencrypt ended TLS-SNI-01.
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@elplatt Thanks so much! What a great reception to a difficult topic - WOOT! here are the Resource Links for the LibrePlanet 2019 Closing Keynote: https://agaric.coop/libreplanet2019
"Personal power comes from knowing who you are and acting on your ethics." #LibrePlanet
Metts grew up around children of the wealthy in Connecticut. Many are influenced by fear of disinheritance when they have no practical skills. #LibrePlanet
Metts calls for "design justice." Including communities affected by software (or anything) from the start. #LibrePlanet
Metts contrasts titles against personal power. Recipients of titles are beholden to others. Cooperatives build personal power.
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PhD candidate at @UMSI. Networks, decentralization, civic tech, cats, bad puns. Formerly @civicMIT @medialab @i3detroit.
Joined Jan 2019
