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Was just reading Is the fediverse about to get Fryed? (Or, “Why every toot is also a potential denial of service attack”) ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fedive and felt like Aral's icon stack is the future.

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A 1937 poster demonizing jaywalking. In the early 20th century, it became clear that the proliferation of cars was dangerous for pedestrians. In order to make city streets easier for drivers to navigate, auto companies invented the crime of "jaywalking" ("jay was slang for "fool") in order to get pedestrians out of the streets. It was successful. Soon, after streets went from being places of commerce and communication to the domain of automobiles.

#history #histodon #histodons @histodons

New book for my reading queue...trying to learn about early radio regulation.

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My . My name is Kin Lane. I am Chief Evangelist at , and I have been writing and telling stories as the Evangelist since 2010. I study the intersection of , , , , and how are used to manipulate or empower us—sharing what I see from across this landscape we are perpetually building for ourselves.

On Twitter I automatically delete my Tweets after 6 months. Since I have my own instance and database here I will keep all my data.

Thank you to @jeremiahlee for the recommendation -- I have run Twitodon - twitodon.com/ and finding all my friends who are here.

OK, followed a handful of people I know. Getting the feel for how all of this works.

Hello world! We have a successful Mastodon install. Everything seems to work.

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