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Gina Helfrich
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @ U of Edinburgh. PhD in Philosophy, Grad Cert in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.

Texan. Feminist.

I’m on Mastodon and encourage you to be there, too: techpolicy.social/@ginahelfrich

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“Sun, sea, and surveilling your Black neighbour.”
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A billboard ad for ring doorbell cameras: Someone lounges on a beach chair while looking at a smart phone image of a smiling Black woman watering some yellow flowers and waving at the camera. The text next to the image says “Sun, sea, and Sandra from next door watering your plants.”
June 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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“A federatable service isn’t a federated one. The fact that Bluesky and Threads claim that they will someday be federated is an ocean away from actually federating.” -Cory Doctorow

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Mastodon is far from perfect. But I only have so many hours in the day, and only so many days left in my life. I would much rather spend those precious hours making a open service better than using a temporarily superior closed one. I have seen that movie. I know how it ends. The more effort we put into making Bluesky and Threads good, the more we tempt their managers to break their promises and never open up federation.
October 9, 2023 at 8:21 AM