The technology thread

[ncurd]

It'll probably be a cesspool at some stage but using bluesky really does feel like a good twitter alternative right now.

At least I have a way of getting a semi decent newsfeed again without several tones of bile.

 

[ncurd]

Facinating snapshot

The Secret Barrister (@barristersecret.bsky.social)

Without wishing to be one of *those* people, this illustrates why Twitter is not just toxic, but ineffective for anyone trying to share information or (let’s be honest) self-promote. A basic tweet plugging a book offer. 500k followers on Twitter (left), 90k here (right). But look at the engagement.

bsky.app

 

[ncurd]

Is my social media feed being manipulated to push an agenda?

You betcha!

I was kinda aware of this one and one the many reasons my FB account merely just exists now rather than I actively use it.

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’

Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[Gavin]

Oneplus 13 and 13R set to be released on 7th January.

Anyone else considering it as an upgrade?

Got my 6T from 2018 ready to upgrade.

 

[AlRums]

Tech entrepreneur trapped in circling self-driving car on way to airport: ‘I feel like I’m in the movies’

“It’s circling around a parking lot. I got my seat belt on. I can’t get out of the car,” Waymo customer Mike Johns told a company rep over the phone.

nypost.com