“a half-baked Mastodon instance Frankenstein-stitched to the rib of Instagram” Nothing to add just a brilliant quote
Most people happily exchange one master for another without thinking much about it
https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/110693385561252959 Elon really made some metric up to claim twitter is healthy
For some time I scrolled without account and when there is something interesting I would reply through my mastodon account. I also made posts from mastodon. Moderation is necessary for a community to build and for productive discussions
Feanor is one of the most important elves in the silmarillion. He is the creator of the silmarils and he led the noldor back to Middle Earth
AI doomerism to create more hype around AI. How AI could really destroy the world: corporation’s replace engineers with not properly working AI. Something critical break because the AI doesn’t work properly and no one can repair it
And another article dismissing the fediverse. This people search for a new master that can hold their data hostage
Yeah tech journalist don’t seem to have any critical thinking skills. They praise any technology coming from a big tech company. I have only seen one wired article mentioning the fedivere
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-r-r-tolkien-from-a-letter-to-christopher-tolkien Found the whole letter. Tolkien was clearly against industrialisation and the modernity. He prefered the shire which is anarchist, the have no government. Seeing the ring as a metaphor of absolute power is a fair reading and the only way to save middle earth is to destroy the symbol of ultimate power. There are anti authoritarian themes throughout the legendarium. Sauron is the ultimate dictator who wants to order the world as he wishes. Using power to overthrow him will lead to a new dictator rising up. The power needs to be destroyed for peace to be possible. His view on kings seemed to be: you can sit on a throne but leave us alone. Analysing tolkiens work through an anarchist lens makes more sense than one might think
“the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien