@jaz @benpate In the interviews I've done with Fediverse users about bringing their personal connections, family and friends, to the Fediverse, they repeated again and again that they needed to have private messaging to do that, and this warning keeps them from doing it. If people don't connect with real-world relationships here, they aren't going to stay. This is existential.

This (our) money would be better spent on electric vehicle and solar panel rebates.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-fuel-excise-tax-affordability-9.7162911

#FossilFuel #CdnPoli

@jaz @benpate thanks for bringing this up, Jaz. I think one way to consider this is that people like me, Ben, Bonfire, and Mastodon can provide this technology, and communities and individuals will make decisions about how and when they use it.

@mpjgregoire …that could use some help…which is what I hope this (waves hands around at the world) triggers.

@emd Lots of EVs on the road where I live. It's a gradual process.

@mpjgregoire best time to plant a tree……

@emd The long-term solution is to de-carbonise society. But that really is long-term.

100+ journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow, Ellen Nakashima, Ashley Belanger, Kat Tenbarge, Stu Neatby, Michael Alex, Laura Flynn, Zara Stone, and many more, back the Internet Archive’s #WaybackMachine as essential to preserving the public record. 🗂️

Maddow calls it a “national treasure” for journalism and accountability.

Read more at Fight for the Future⬇️ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04-13-100-journalists-applaud-the-internet-archives-role-in-preserving-the-public-record/

@internetarchive @fight @pluralistic

Relevant resource from @kyleford! https://byedoom.com/

Get an RSS feed for any public social account. If one doesn’t exist, they’ll make one. 🙌

Found via @glass, who has an awesome RSS feed ❤️ (https://chrisglass.com/)

@maj make everyone come back!