@rachsmith Feels soooo nice! Great work 💚

If you're having a bad day, take a moment to look at this baby red panda in a bucket. Or if you're having a good day. Or a just okay day. Any type of day is an appropriate day to look at a baby red panda in a bucket.
#RedPandas #RedPanda

@mcc
I unfortunately know knothing about them. Tell me more!

You left part of the story out of the picture. I added an extra frame to the bottom of the picture to reflect 'reality' more accurately.

The billionaires investing in space don't want Star Trek ... they want Dune ... but we got Spaceballs.

#billionaires #space #startrek #dune #spaceballs #memes

They do ask for funding from time to time, though. It’s definitely not cost-less running a big website.

yes, of course, but it’s not a business model. Which means decisions aren’t driven by profit. The issue isn’t about money, it’s how/why it flows

@Migueldeicaza @filiph
The Cold War was a fight against the threat of a good example.

An old #DailyPhoto today, from November 2023. One of the #HighlandCattle used for habitat control in my local nature reserve. Enjoying the #Autumn sun.

#Cows #Coos #Cattle #HighlandCoo #Photography

@chx @raphv *keming

@futurebird Hello, Pica, and @futurebird.

@TheBreadmonkey @internetsdairy

I frogot about Mr Topper..There used to be quite a few in central London. Staffed, one assumed, by a production line of Australian sheep shearers. Half the price of any other barbers.

Size and commercialisation generally go hand in hand. After all, how do you keep something running with infinite users submitting infinite content for free?

This is a big issue for everyone, it’s important that the fediverse understands that size might some day increase the importance of sensible business models or proactive funding initiatives to counter the growth. This doesn’t mean harmful profit models necessarily, but it does mean keeping revenues under control for individually run nodes or for archiving services for old fediverse domains that might not exist forever.

Reddit started becoming shitty because people are shitty.

It started long before the API restrictions, long before the commercialisation.

No, it started failing when the influx of new users grew exponentially, but the systems to support it didn't.

Subreddits were no longer communities, they became information and discussion hubs.

With the influx of people, further moderation was needed. But mod vetting isn't that easy, and a lot of people who had absolutely no business moderating communities, let alone social hubs, got a whiff of power that drove them crazy.

And that leads to splinter communities, some abandoned, some forced to give up, and an overall mess to this all.

@gjm Oh yes, absolutely.

Sort of ...

@bodil @passenger @cstross but the leather jacket Doctor was the socialist!

Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 98

"Every man has his price."

Source: In the Pale Moonlight (DS9 episode)