Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

The fact that some people can't distinguish between entomology and etymology bugs me in ways I can't put into words.

I've tweaked it a bit and am now comfortable with sharing it widely, so here it is! My crochet pattern for Einstein's Hat, the recently discovered aperiodic monotile: https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/einsteins-hat.pdf

(And if you make the tiles in max 4 colors, you can ALSO illustrate the four color theorem.)

#introduction

Hi all! 👋 I come from Reddit, so you can probably understand why I'm hesitant to post too many personal details. I'm hoping to loosen up here over time, but you can just call me by my username, or should it ever come up, then you can call me Tee.
This is probably my first time letting the internet know that I'm a #bisexual #black #African woman.
I tend to cope with frustration by being facetious, and lately, the world has been VERY frustrating. I'm also an adult who is newly diagnosed with #ADHD, so my thoughts tend to go to interesting places, and I have an interest in a variety of topics.

Work in Healthcare
I am currently really into #Skincare and thus, I now have a small collection of hats 😀
Looking forward to participating more!
#LGBT
#neurodivergent #blackmastodon

OH MY GOD LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND IN THE #BAYCON DEALERS’ ROOM!

I’m so completely delighted! I, big dumb #Trekkie, wrote that thing back when Twitter was fun! Ahh!

(Actually my brother found it and played it all smooth and casual like he didn’t know because he is the best)

Happy Independence Day, neighbour.

The future of the internet—a bunch of broken Twitter widgets

IT HAS BEGUN!!!!

Every time someone from the US complains about how bad things are becoming I empathize, but I also can't avoid thinking that in Italy we have been dealing with the same stuff ~20 years before them.
If you want a preview of all the shit that is going to hit the fan, just look at Italy.

The rate limiting incident in Twitter isn't really what pushed me over to use Mastodon more and more. Currently there is a hashtag on Twitter related to the French riots that's calling on the expulsion of all Muslim, African, and Arab immigrants from the entirety of Europe. The entirety and trending hashtag (at #2) is filled with images encouraging mass killings and lynchings of Arabs. There is no come back from this.

@ASleepyWanderer the free iNaturalist and Seek apps from Cal Academy are a great resource for identifying any kind of organism.

But here, #Entomology or #Insects should work.

On the Meta / #Threads issue: although I am more on the side of federating, it's not like a I can't see the danger of having a single monstrous entity possibly outnumbering the rest of the #Fediverse combined. I have no problem server admins choosing not to federate with Threads, I totally get it.

I'm much less keen on the push to make all servers defederate from Threads under the threat of defederation themselves. I think this will just end up in the disintegration of the Fediverse.

I don’t usually gift breaking news articles before the context and analysis are added. But holy moly, a preliminary injunction against Biden officials communicating with the social media companies. https://wapo.st/44snxyc

I think it's worth ideating on how to create a #Facebook / #Meta to #FediVerse migration pipeline, and what one might look like.

I'm at a disadvantage here, because I'm not a UI/UX person, and am pretty inept at it. I do, however, have a high-level sketch of what this might look like.

#Admin #IndieWebSocial

👉 Now that #Threads is official w/ a launch date of July 6th, I wanted to post this for our servers users:

It includes my thoughts on the state of play, our server policies, ways you can help & some thoughts on the coming days.

Spoiler: how we as a Fediverse have JUST handled the #RedditMigration & the #TwitterMigration3 gives me great hope for days, weeks & months ahead.

Up for any notes, or corrections, etc.

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/07/03/instagram-threads-and.html

cc: @fediversenews

Huge thanks to everyone who's been quietly involved behind the scenes helping this podcast make it to the 1-year mark, as well as everyone who's sent feedback, encouragement, comments or suggestions, as well as anyone who's left us a review on podcast apps or a 'Like' on YouTube!

Suggestion: Reach out to your local government, emergency service provider, and/or news org. Let them know that Twitter has ended public access to content and that Mastodon is a working alternative *today*. I did this on the weekend with my local emergency folks and this morning I got a reply back saying they had noticed the embedded Twitter feed on their webpage was broken.

They didn't realize Twitter had cut that service. Now, hopefully, they are considering their options including Mastodon.

To be completely honest, I'm pretty excited about #Threads... All the friends I've tried to drag here from Twitter and who have resisted all along for a bunch of reasons (some valid) will be more likely to move to Threads (as most of them already have an #Instagram account).

Which means, even if Threads doesn't federate with the Fediverse, I'll finally be able to ditch Twitter. And if Threads federates, I won't even need to join in order to stay in touch with my friends. And best case scenario, once they finally understand what the Fediverse is all about, they may even join.

No, please, I don't want to hear about "Embrace, extend, and extinguish." First, stop being hypocrites, most of the people shouting it everywhere have learned of the expression two weeks ago, and... I don't have time for your nonsense.

And, if I may, you have a pretty inflated view of what the Fediverse is at the moment if you think Meta has any interest in extinguishing it. It wants to extinguish Twitter, not us. We're irrelevant in its grand scheme of things. (no need to @ me if you disagree, I've way past my quota of debating this already)

Me: I have problem A.
IT: here is a solution for problem A on a Windows machine.
Me: Uhm, mac user ...?
IT: Here is a random online link for how to solve this on Outlook 2016!
Me: Uhm, Microsoft 365 ...?
IT: Just try a bit harder!
Me: The functionality is in a different place & you turned it off per default.
IT: (half a day later) We found a solution for problem B!
Me: Uhm, problem A, not B.
IT: How about a call?
Me: Uhm, how about calling in your supervisor?
IT: ... Gimme another half day.
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🔊 #OnThisDay in 1957, New York radio station WQXR aired a 10+ minute recording of then-Senator John F. Kennedy reciting the Declaration of Independence in full. Listen to this captivating piece of history ▶️ https://archive.org/details/TheDeclarationOfIndependence #July4 #IndependenceDay #JFK

So, weekend tally: The number of active users across Mastodon rose by 294K, and posting activity roughly tripled. Lots of new sign-ups, but also many returning users. Fun times!