I recently read this retort from Evan Prodromou regarding the long term strategy of the Laconica software and the OMB protocol. The idea of a series of federated microblogging ecosystems is a good one but only if the the quality of those nodes is there to make it all worth it. With the ideas outlined here [...]
A complaint has been made to the BBC about alleged racism in a scene in Basil Brush in which a gypsy woman is selling heather and wooden pegs. Can you believe the nerve of the producers? Showing something that clearly never happens.
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