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So, I've been recently having a conversation with several folk about Slack vs Discord and which platform may be more advantagous for organizing events and building community. I and others were surprised to learn of how wide the gulf is on various people's ranges of experiences on each service, in terms of community, harassment, security tools, and users feeling welcomed.
I recognize that my experience as a femme-presenting person who uses my real identity is different from that of an anonymous person with a profile photo showing a bearded guy in a Patagonia vest holding up an IPA. This tracks with the discussions I've had today: tech bros generally seem to lean toward one platform while all of my other business-owning women friends opt to steer away from that service almost entirely.
If you're femme and use your real identity online, do you have a preference for Slack or Discord? Have you ever opted out of using either Slack or Discord? In addition to discussion of general vibes and security tools, we also can all recognize that there are some surveillance/privacy tradeoffs in play, as well. (Just as, if you're an organizer, maybe you have thoughts about which service offers tools or features or pricing that steers you one way or another, as well?)
What are your stories on this topic?

A visual feast! Your eye tongue will salivate and twitch toward the visuals! Followed by a visual desert so sugary sweet your eye dentist will be filling cavities for weeks!

Check out today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Coffee County shut down access to state voter registration system following cyberattack
--Okta warns of unprecedented spike in credential stuffing attacks,
---Spy.pet crumbles after Discord ban,
--Ukraine hacking group claims attack on Russian telecom provider,
--Belarus hacktivists claim attack on country's security agency,
--UK bans devices that come with weak passwords,
--Canada's London Drugs temporarily shutters 79 stores following cyber incident,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/coffee-county-shut-access-state-voter-registration-system-following-cyberattack

Daily pic of #Brisbane

The EU opens a DSA investigation into Facebook and Instagram over deceptive ad and political content; sources say the move relates to a pro-Kremlin campaign (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-3…

Meta Risks EU Fines Over Kremlin Lies on Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc.’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are under investigation from the European Union amid concerns they’re failing to cull targeted disinformation peddled by Russia that aims to sow discord on the continent.

I wish I could convey how awesome it could be to appreciate the come up to success it would be with other people instead of focusing on the people that disowned me and discarded me during my success. I'm on the way up and the following people have helped me: <null> Success is important, and I plan to take all of you people that have taken me up with me. <still null>

Don't forget, #AllThingsTech has our own Discord server for those that are looking to hang out and chat outside of Mastodon.
We feel that there are often times that longer, more in-depth conversations are wanted/needed and Discord is a great place to have those conversations.
It's a great place to give us feedback about our server to help make it a better place.…

The EU opens a DSA investigation into Facebook and Instagram over deceptive ad and political content; sources say the move relates to a pro-Kremlin campaign (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-3…

Meta Risks EU Fines Over Kremlin Lies on Facebook, Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc.’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram are under investigation from the European Union amid concerns they’re failing to cull targeted disinformation peddled by Russia that aims to sow discord on the continent.

Thermophysical Properties and Heat Transfer Coefficients for Flowing Packed Particle Beds
Sarath R. Adapa, Xintong Zhang, Tianshi Feng, Ka Man Chung, Kevin J. Albrecht, Clifford K. Ho, Dimitri A. Madden, Renkun Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19892

Thermophysical Properties and Heat Transfer Coefficients for Flowing Packed Particle Beds
Accurate determination of heat transfer coefficients for flowing packed particle beds is essential to the design of particle heat exchangers and other thermal and thermochemical processes. The discrete nature of granular materials alters the thermal transport processes in both the near-wall and bulk regions of flowing particle beds from their stationary counterparts. Heat transfer correlations based on the stationary particle bed thermal conductivity could be inadequate for flowing particles in…

🍐 Consider the Pawpaw (Yum!)
#fruit #america

Consider the Pawpaw - Belt Magazine
Not everyone knows what a pawpaw is. Until more recently, it has been discarded and forgotten, falling in and out of favor over the years. For some, it is a luscious dessert, a delightful treasure hiding in the woods. For others, it is, to say the least, an acquired taste (and texture). It is an enigma.