Interesting Links for 08-04-2017

A fundamental flaw in the Mastodon social network

As far as I can see, this is a fatal flaw in any distributed social network. You'd need private/public keys to do this securely, and I'm not sure that's flexible/simple enough to work for most users.
(tags: socialnetworking security privacy )

US air strikes in Syria: Russia suspends agreement that prevents direct conflict with American forces

(tags: russia usa military syria OhForFucksSake viaSwampers )

If you're coming from LiveJournal to Dreamwidth: Importing

(tags: dreamwidth livejournal )

The US Press Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed

(tags: media war politics usa )

Joe Manganiello wrote a Dungeons and Dragons film he’s trying to get made

(tags: dungeonsanddragons movies )

Check Out Tokyo’s Cavernous, Creepy, Totally Sci-Fi Drainage Tunnels

(tags: japan water tunnels )

Google expands automatic “fact check” insertion into search results

(tags: facts google )