@m@thias.hellqui.st@feld@friedcheese.us I've found this bit really amazing. Delta Chat requires nothing of anyone and is nicely secure. Everyone already has a DC account but it's completely ignored at this point.
Meanwhile, Signal could disappear at a moment's notice.
Nobody can take my email infrastructure away from me. And/or I could move it/replicate it anywhere I needed to pretty easily.
If you live in the U.S., you may have encountered or even subscribed to a newsletter called Good Day or Good Daily. There are 355 different versions for cities and towns across the country; each is a roundup of links to stories from legitimate local sources. It's all created by one man, Matthew Henderson, and his AI tools. While he claims he's helping struggling local outlets, their teams say he's not — they're not getting traffic from the newsletters and Henderson's business practices are questionable. “From fabricated testimonials on his websites to the absence of contact information and zero transparency about his information-gathering process including AI usage, his approach completely undermines the principles of trustworthy journalism,” says Rodney Gibbs, head of audience and product at the National Trust for Local News. Here's more from NiemanLab.
What started with about 50 people at the corner of Carpinteria and South Milpas streets in Santa Barbara quickly turned into a mass protest with hundreds of people packed at the corner, roundabout and street median.
The gathering started at 5 p.m. Friday in protest of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, deportations, anti-Mexican hate and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.