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Tim Bray

@timbray

Mostly write-only here. He/him. Socially interactive on a member-owned co-operative Fediverse/Mastodon instance: https://teapawt.net/t.co/4lEyMZCyHQ

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Joined March 2007
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Today on @oxidecomputer and Friends, @ahl and I are going to be joined by Tim Bray and Erin Kissane to talk about Erin's terrific piece, "Blue skies over Mastodon": erinkissane.com/blue-skies-o… Join us, 5p Pacific: discord.gg/EZYTqdKj?event=11…
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Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.
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Per Crimethinc, an anonymous anti-authoritarian publishing collective, which had their account suspended “within hours” of Andy Ngo urging Elon Musk to suspend them: “We received an email from [Twitter] establishing that our account was not in violation of Twitter policy.”
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Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog… via @TPM
Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom

Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom

It’s a fascinating thing to watch far-right radicalization unfold in real time....

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Replying to @timbray
I don't know, I think Amazon has done a pretty good job in a lot of areas of making sure customer obsession means "deep understanding of the customer" and not "do what's in their best interests"
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Tim Bray retweeted
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@nexta_tv20 Nov 2022
A child from #Kherson.
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Replying to @photomatt @levelsio @automattic
In particular I'd say people leaving @twitter we're putting on a fast track to see how they can help super-charge @tumblr. We can't absorb thousands of people, but I'd be open to hiring entire teams if they already work great together.
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Aimez ceux que vous aimez. Après c’est trop tard. 🛣🖤
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Sergey Brin revives Google Plus team from cryogenic chamber. "It's time."
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The common theme to the FTX and Twitter farces is that centralized intermediaries are a weak point in the digital world and need to be extra robust. I'd go so far as to say that, because they can be universally beneficial (or harmful), they should be run as nonprofits.
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"Do you not see there's a problem?" "There's an algorithm here tracking a human worker." Labour MP Darren Jones absolutely slates Amazon's European head of public policy over their dystopian surveillance of workers.

Labour MP slates Amazon exec over workers' rights

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I am fundamentally unsurprised at the FTX fiasco; it's like getting word that Phineas "Oil Slick" McGuillcuddy has not turned out to have an elixir that cures grandmama's consumption but it is fact grain alcohol and shoe polish and also Oil Slick has skipped town.
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🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers are ambushed by Special Kherson Hugging Forces 🌺💐🌷🌺💐🌷🌺💐🌷
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На запорожском направлении российская армия... вела штурмовые действия На донецком – очередная наземная атака укрепрайона ВСУ К югу от Бахмута атаковали атаковали Яковлевку. контратаковали в направлении Ямполевки пытались продвинуться к Макеевке wargonzo
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Tim Bray@timbray1 Nov 2022
To which I offer a radical counter-proposal: How about making Twitter's users into customers not product! tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/…
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) profile pictureElon Musk
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Replying to @StephenKing
We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?
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This is an unfortunately good summary of why running a social network is so hard, as I’ve learned with @tumblr. I am wishing Twitter the best and also hope this doesn’t slow down Tesla or SpaceX, which I think are critical to the future. theverge.com/2022/10/28/2342…
Welcome to hell, Elon

Welcome to hell, Elon

Owning Twitter means owning a host of impossible political problems. Is Elon ready?

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I left Amazon/AWS in June, 2022, and it’s time to start working again. I’m not looking for the same kind of role that I held at Amazon/AWS, and this thread attempts to explain what I’m looking for. DMs open/RTs appreciated.
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Use Your Block Button Don't like someone? Block 'em Don't like something they said? Block em They annoy you? Block em It's not a trial. You don't need a bulletproof reason for blocking. You're protecting your space If someone disturbs your peace, exercise your power. Block 'em
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Is the Pixel 7 Pro as good as a "real" camera? With @madebygoogle bragging of its "pro-level zoom" and AI smarts, I wanted to see how close it got to my $10,000 of DSLR gear. Answer: closer than any other phone. Here's my assessment & a thread. 1/ cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-spent…
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