Personally, I’m excited there’s a decentralized option that’s super popular. Yes, relatively very few run their own PDS, but if the main bsky instance becomes a problem for anyone, people can easily migrate.

It’s not just data ownership either; The AT protocol supports community-built algorithms, relays, and app views.

I’m running my own PDS on the AT Protocol 🤷‍♂️

Two words: Nomadic identity

Longest running meme in history

As doctors continue to flee the state

Modern astrophysics exists because a house fell on a teenage orphan.

Who as a result got adopted by a prince.

He got access to a royal lab for glassmaking.

Then he tried fixing color aberration in his microscope lenses.

Then he noticed the rainbow had holes in it. Huh.

Then he died. Glassmaking and tuberculosis are fast friends.

Then Bunsen invented his burner, which made spectra that matched the rainbow holes. Huh.

Now we know what stars and planetary atmospheres are made of!

And for trying to pull the group along, as futile as it may be.

I respect it. We need more of this.

srsly what the fuck

I think they might mean independently 🤷‍♂️ Otherwise, the answer to your question would be “The United States.”

So night is just really weak day

Fun fact: Every Mastodon account has an RSS feed. Just add “.rss” to the end of their public profile URL.

I’m not sufficiently educated on the subject so I can’t argue either way, but the defense I usually hear is that the sparse farmland states and the densely populated city states have different needs, and that the majority of the population living in cities shouldn’t be making decisions for the rest of the country. So it gives each state an equal say in the executive branch; Otherwise the most populated states hold all the power.

If there’s a problem with this defense of its pro’s, please educate me. I’m not being sarcastic.

Aren’t they still tracking after that? Simply hiding ads doesn’t make you less of a commodity.

And I finally just set up my owncast instance 🤦‍♂️ Guess I’ll stream througu both and see how they compare.

Some people experience anxiety, pain, and psychosis, sometimes for long durations. If you want to dig deeper into this, do a web search for “meditation adverse effects” and you’ll find a good bit of peer reviewed work in good quality journals.

I love meditation and it’s a major help in my life, but I can’t go around telling everyone it’s for them, because data suggests it’s definitely not for everyone! It seems to help most people though. Everyone’s gotta know for themselves.

*diaspora had something like this, but only in the sense you could easily migrate your identity with a few clicks. Not the same as a SSO, which would be great, imo.

What is Project Gateway? Looks like lots of projects call themselves that.

DISCLAIMER Meditation isn’t for everyone. Meditation adverse effects are a thing. Know what’s for you!

I start with box breathing (for a few cycles, until I can feel my mind and body relax), and then I go to normal breathing and focus on the breath, followed by whatever activity I find appropriate:

For general meditation, I just keep the focus on the breath, and if my focus shifts, I don’t make a value judgment about it. I just return to the breath as the thought leaves on its own. These are what I do for short 5 min “resets” between things like work and school.

For grounding (when I have more time or require a deeper “reset”), I will focus on my body’s connections to the elements (one at a time: the earth below me, the air through the breath, the fire in my cells, the water in my blood, and the “spirit” of my brain’s awareness)

For active self-work, I will visualize a safe/protective scene (in my case, a grove), then close my “mind’s eyes,” losing the scene, and doing a Light Body exercise. I then re-open the scene and take notice of the differences. This way, I’ve been able to “spelunk” into deep parts of my mind, forgotten memories, trauma responses, etc. I will follow the scenery and see/hear whatever my brain is triggering, all in the safe confines of my little grove/surrounding area.

If you make it to a deep, meditative state, be sure to become fully aware of your body before trying to move around. You might be a bit groggy or fall over. Personally, I have to leave the deeper state and become aware of sitting in my grove, and then become aware of my actual body.

Be sure to write down or otherwise keep in memory the things you learn from your brain during meditation :)

I’m pretty sure Jefferson, Madison, and Adams would not fit this bill. They often praised atheists.