Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Hello Mastodon! I'm Brian Klaas - an associate professor of global politics at University College London, a contributing writer for The Atlantic, and host/creator of the Power Corrupts podcast. I'm originally from Minnesota.

I'm also writing a newsletter on Substack called "The Garden of Forking Paths."

And yes, that is a lemur on my shoulder...I spend a fair bit of time in Madagascar for research.

So... just to be clear... we're sticking with "Toot"?
These are "Toots"...?
And because of my last name, mine are "Butt Toots"?
I'm supposed to NOT feel like you're all setting me up?

That's funny.

My porn name happens to BE John Mastodon!

Can't wait for the epic Ken Burns documentary about the life of #JohnMastodon

Oh my.

@Mediaite conservative writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and said that the open source social media software was named after this imaginary person. https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

I spoke to a retired educator about the importance of teaching kids accurate US history. They lamented, "A student told me our military has raped & pillaged people in poor countries. I was horrified he said such misinformation. I sat him down & corrected him."

Y'all—& I say this as the brother of a US Marine—our standard must be justice. Acknowledging that members of the US military committed such atrocity isn't anti-American—but what true Patriotism looks like. Let's demand justice above all.

Good #Morning

Happy Sunday. @Rasta

Art by Hamish Frater

#scifiart #scifi #sciencefiction #fantascienza

I'm reposting this b/c as a Mastodon newb, I didn't realize the initial post wasn't public ...

As a Twitter asylum seeker whose work focuses on community broadband, I'm new to Mastodon.

Feeling my way around, learning how to use the platform, and looking to connect with folks who care about digital equity, #Internet infrastructure & policy, #movies, #books #chess (and #NBA happenings) - not necessarily in that order

I'm joining Mastodon. Brann Dailor said he's very excited to have me on board

*Sheepish request* I'm new to Mastodon, but a lot of my former Twitter followers don't know I'm here yet. Someone suggested I could simply ask you fine people to boost me. Would you be so kind? (I promise to post a photo of my dog to say thanks). #WelcomeToMastodon

Report back from Twitter filter fuzzing.

What Twitter is blocking

Twitter is filtering links to known Mastodon instances, but still allows direct links to joinmastodon.org.
Twitter also allows linking to shortened URLs of mastodon profiles, but only once. Posting the shortened URL a second time doesn't work, implying there's some backend queue service that's checking the Location header of links and flagging the ones redirecting to Mastodon instances.

How to evade the filters

Email address spam evasion techniques work. Replacing '.' with '.' or [.] or [dot] all work.
URI encoding the hostname. Replace at least one of the characters in the hostname with the URI encoded version (ex: https://infosec.exchange -> https://infosec%2Eexchange). Browsers are smart enough to URI decode anything you copy/paste into the address bar.
data: URIs. Twitter does not seem to check base64 encoded data: URIs. It is possible to create a data:text/html;base64,... base64 encoded HTML URI which can be copied into the address bar and will render as HTML. While Twitter will not render data: URIs (for obvious reasons), you can still copy/paste them (at your own risk, of course).
Base64. This seems silly, but we could communicate freely on Twitter by simply Base64 encoding our tweets.

Twitter's anti-Mastodon filtering is clown shoes amateur hour.🤡​
#twitter #birbsite #censorship #filtering #evasion #elmo #muskrat

The worst thing about this place is you're just not allowed to be negative.

Which is great!

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

A brand new goal.

Any journalist who is happy *some* of you have had your #Twitter accounts restored, while others are STILL #suspended without a shred of justification, simply do not understand where #elonmusk is going with this.

He plans on monetizing the mob to humiliate you and keep you compliant. Your intentional targeting and discomfort will be a financially valuable form of entertainment.

My approach on here is like it was on the twister: i just let my thoughts out with no rhyme or reason.

How Canadians are born.
#MeanwhileInCanada

Post.news is a Twitter clone that’s being invested in by the same people that turned Twitter into 8chan in the first place. Why the fuck would we want to repeat the same mistake?
#DefinitionOfInsanity