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I have stumbled on this link:
axbom.com/mastodon-tips/

This actually contains very good tips about and the . It might answer a fair amount of questions as well.

Ok, Mastadon is officially a lot more awesome than I had realised. There's a federated server for everyone who's really into bitcoin, and, yes, it is full of people who are as awful as you can imagine. But, with one click, you can block the entire domain! 12.8k thousand crypto weirdos filtered out in a click. Amazing.

A plea to use birdsite CWs more 

Gentle reminder to please add CWs when discussing twitter or elon musk. A lot of us came from there recently, and the downfall of our previous social space weighs heavy on our minds, but a lot of folks around here have been around longer than us, and have no interest in hearing the latest insane cruel thing the big man-baby did.

Also aside from that... A social network whose only topic is discussing another social network is not healthy. I get it, it's current news and feels like an important internet moment, but at some point we should thank twitter for the memories, let it go, and talk about things that excite us, make us happy, and generally make this a better place than the one we just left.

: IT'S COMPLICATED.

(And that's why smaller, independent, decentralised servers — like those running — have a much better chance at striking the right balance and keeping their users happy!)

techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-el

I'm an early bird, but I respect the elusive nature of the late worm. :blobcatgiggle:
by Pedro Arizpe

Will people talk to you if you join the Fediverse? Does Twitter kill Mastodon when it comes to interactions?

Let's do a comparison. I crossposted the same message to Twitter and Mastodon.

Twitter: 1 like
Mastodon: 112 boosts, 257 likes

I love living at walking distance from everything important.

And if it is not walking distance, then at worst biking distance.

You may be aware that there is something called the #Fediverse.

But do you know about all the different types of applications that run on the Fediverse?

I made this visual to give myself and others something to point at when explaining "the big picture".

You may be surprised by how many services beyond Mastodon there are to explore.

Download it for free here and use as you please:
axbom.com/fediverse/

That post also has links to all the different applications.

#FediTips

Did you know that the European Union had an official Mastodon instance where only official EU institutions could open an account?

social.network.europa.eu/explo

No need to pay for a blue checkmark, accounts on this instance are, by definition, officials.

That’s Fediverse done right!

✨ Finding the perfect #pixelfed instance will soon be much easier!

We made it easy for admins too, they can manage their listing from the admin dashboard.

The new pixelfed.org website will be rolling out later this week 🚀

Wow, uh. The helper who is at my house every week had a bit of an issue with her organization and cried. So I offered her coffee, loaded up Google Transcribe (she doesn't know sign) and let her get it allllll out of her system.

Glad to report that she went away (after a whole hour!) with a smile on her face, so that's great. It drained me though. Hard to focus on lipreading and Transcribe so long. I'll need to have a little bit of me-time now before I go off to my next appointment.

Finally, my old alarm system's been replaced. Now I've got working flashing lights again to warn me when someone rings the doorbell! That was way overdue!

And while I was at it, I also requested one for my mobile phone, so the lights will flash when my phone receives messages. I'll have to remember to turn that off when I go to bed. ;)
Actually, I might just leave it off altogether, heh.

Followup:

Coworker went and is back.
Me: Huh, back already?
He: I was waiting for you!

*Snorts*

Yes, definitely silly.

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Coworker: I gotta pee.
Me: Need help?
Coworker: Yup, then you can see how big it is.
Me: Then we'll need to call the firefighters for help.

We're a bit silly today. :P

I'm going to wear those clothes at job today. ;) Should be fun! The T-shirt is bright red!

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Time to take off my giant pumpkin head and don the.. the.. huh.. what do you call this bishop hat usually.. Whatever, don the bishop hat in preparation for Saint Nicholas. :p

Although, maybe I should make another avatar for Saint Martinus, but that's in only 10 days and I don't want to have to change hats that often.

Halloween ist ja eine schaurige Zeit, aber trotzdem muss die Gassirunde ja sein. Ryna ist zwar die komische Gestalten ausgewichen, aber ausweichen ist besser als in Panik zu geraten oder in Angststarre zu verfallen.
Auf unsere Gassirunde lag auch das Haus meiner Freunde, welche sich zu Halloween ja immer was einfallen lassen. Nach etwas Beobachtung aus der Ferne konnten wir die Sachen sogar aus der Nähe anschauen, und dann uns sogar dazu setzen (auf den Schoß vom Pflegepapa lässt sich es auch schön aushalten). Rundherum wieder ein erfolgreicher Abend mit einen Schritt mehr in Richtung relaxter Hund.

(Ja, die Bilder sind nicht schön, aber ich wollte nicht den Blitz verwenden)


Mehr Infos gibt es auch unter hopscotch-tierhilfe.org

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