Phillip Winn @pwinn@social.cleverlibre.org

I want one of those hats from Korea’s Joseon period, but not enough to pay what I see them for online. Maybe I should watch less K-drama. Or maybe I should buy a hat.

#KDrama #thoughts

@lain Life happened. People grew up.

@Adman @Doppelganger75 And here I am, an American coincidentally in NZ for the holiday! It’s a small world when we let it be.

Happy mixed drinks!

I have mixed feelings about the American holiday of Thanksgiving, but as in most situations, I ultimately come down on the side of joy. Repurpose the holiday! Celebrate with family and friends, and if you really want to have a good time, make sure you celebrate with immigrants!

My fondest Turkey Day memories mostly involve Indian and Chinese university students experiencing their first American Thanksgiving.

There’s also the time my family had a spread set up in the backyard for several dozen church friends, but since it was in the Philippines, and late November south of the equator, it was so hot the butter melted.

It is never bad to be thankful for life. Spending time with family and friends doesn’t undo tragic injustice, but avoiding celebrations doesn’t either.

This year I’ll be in Auckland, New Zealand, this Thursday. And that’s fine too! I can still tell the immigrants I live with I’m thankful for them, and I don’t even have to eat any sweet potatoes.

#blog #thanksgiving

@Gargron Will you be restoring qoto.org to joinmastodon next, and investigating the false accusations against them?

@ambihelical @radehi @freemo My understanding is that mastodon itself does not support markdown in any way, shape or form, and in fact removes what it identifies as potential markdown deliberately. The creator of mastodon is not a fan.

Qoto has added markdown support that can only be seen on qoto.org, but once posts are federated out, the formatting is literally stripped from what I’ve seen.

@derickflorian I think you have to pretend to be worth $26 billion to get away with that.

@ambihelical @radehi @freemo This is some great spelunking! I would love to have a working solution for code blocks, even knowing posts lose their markdown once they leave Qoto.

@flsounds Yes! In fact, until your post I didn’t realize I could press it even then!

Exclamation points work, too.

But then you got me poking, and… turns out you just need to switch to the number/punctuation keyboard. They’ve pulled @ and # from other keyboards, and pushed “return” deeper in exchange.

On iOS, at least.

One last batch of photos for today, still from Auckland, New Zealand.

I know very little about flowers, but these remind me of flowers from growing up in San Diego. However, I took these pics today in Auckland, New Zealand. #photography #auckland #NewZealand #AlbertPark #flowers

A few architectural details from Albert Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Plus a pigeon. #photography #auckland #NewZealand #AlbertPark

In the airport early for a flight to New Zealand, enjoying the semi-public art. #photography #art