@Pat And for the record i didnt argue for anything. I asked you a question.
@Pat You could argue tthat about flu and other common diseases... there are always a rare few people who will be at high risk.
But again my question is, knowing what you said to be true, what is your end game here.. is the proposal that no 2 humans should ever interact again without a resperator? If the risk is so dire that means even sleeping with one if your married... is that the end game?
@Pat I think we can agree at this point covid is here to stay forever... so whats the game plan for you personally, just wear a resperator for the rest of your life anything you interact with someone?
@floppy Thanks, please try and help me out by bringing some attention to it if your willing... do a top level post (not ajust a reboost) and link the article.. share with anyone you might think will want to hear it.
@radehi yea I wish it did too
@floppy ahh ok .. yea the title at the link is the correct one.
@radehi It is. What would be much more helpful, if you are willing, is to go here:
then register an account... and edit it directly for any fixes.. then I can approve.
This is the second instance I am on and was pulled from the list on joinmastodon in a short time . The second time after an external attack and an attempt to prove some fascism or Nazism and other intolerance. Something bad is happening because every instance that has freedom of speech in the rules is attacked.
And the second time it is done without any explanation or possibility of defense. And only on the basis of notifications.
Considering im currently talking with a few journalists to get this story out there it may turn out to be a hill he dies on in the end afterall.. shame.. all he had to do was have a conversation.
@hbw its been a while sinc ei used circles myself... ill tinker with it in a bit and see if i remember the process. I do know it works though.
A few reasons Iknow that isnt hte case.. For starters, out policy on defederation has been the same for five years. Second, Gargron knew about our policy and has outright defended it over the course of those five years. So clearly that cant be the reason. Even if it was our reason for not defederating was to protect the lives of our LGBTQ community, so if that were the reason it would still be damnable imo.
@floppy Have you seen/noticed that i changed the title from the original to be more sincere to the situation. I admit the original title was indeed a bit misleading.
@hbw circles is a feature only availible on QOTO but it works when specifying an audience that is not on QOTO.
@hbw its just an audience you wish to share your toots with.. you define a circle then when you toot you canspecify it as a privacy option and only they see it.
@techsquidtv Easy mistake :)
It seems that the alleged shooter of #clubq is non binary. That would make the hypothesis of hate crime even more bizzare. Anyway I hope they will cripple in jail where they belong #coloradosprings
There are several alternative directories and lists.. the problem is that gargron maintains an "official" one and thus his list will represent the bulk of the traffic.
The only way you could reach a solution where alternative lists are viable is if he decides to take down his official directory entierly.
@techsquidtv I said there (twitter) not here.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
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UBI: No, use welfare
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