Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

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Truths we have to hold in balance:

1. Logging onto a feed and seeing a bunch of anger and despair about current events can be real stressful. The issue isn't any one message, but the deluge, and how it takes over--and boundaries around that are good.

2. We cannot separate our communities from the world we in which we live, where "no politics" usually means "leave politicized aspects of your identity at the door" and "pretend oppressive status quos are neutral."

#punk

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Euphoria from skirts off the cheapest part of Amazon. I watched grown women's eyes glitter with tears in the dark at being called by their name. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Time to live.”
-- @Impossible_PhD@twitter.com

🔗 https://twitter.com/Impossible_PhD/status/1589820317903749120
🏷 #Trans #GenderEuphoria #TransJoy

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Palmdle 2.0.1 hotfix release:
- Fixes online (checked ID) games not having their stats tracked

This one was a silly mistake, sorry for the inconvenience

https://github.com/Lana-chan/palmdle/releases/tag/v2.0.1

Hey! I'm seeing lots of doomsaying about Mastodon today, and lots of people lamenting their new found popularity and ...

I've been thinking about this a lot.

I've been thinking about what we're losing, of course, and I understand that people are lamenting that.

I'm also thinking about what we're gaining, and the opportunity we have.

Our small communities don't have to go anywhere. We still exist, out here in this federated space. I'll have to be a little faster on the block button for the next few weeks, but my friends are still here.

And, in the process, we are robbing Corporate "Social Media" of power, which is unquestionably good.

Are we equipped for the moderation nightmare to come? Hell no! That's why my instance is small, and mostly federates with other small instances. This doesn't solve the problem, but it does slow things down.

I hope that we can find a way to look past despair for what was, and towards what might be.

unfortunately this will mean needing an internet-enabled device with you each daily game you start on your palm to check the server. Or you can fetch an RSS feed with the next few IDs in advance. Classic mode is still also an option but answers won't sync

Palmdle 2.0 released!
- Allowed words list updated
- Adds support for color screens
- Games after 505 now require an ID to match original game. See https://palmdle.maple.pet/
- Game board shows stats when letters are hidden

https://github.com/Lana-chan/palmdle/releases/tag/v2.0

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I'm not getting a job evidently so give me money. I need money to stay here and to buy things to keep me alive. I'd love to not ask you (yes, you, specifically) for money but literally there is no way for me to get a job, trust me I tried. Your move. https://ko-fi.com/squirrel

For all it's advantages and faults, #Mastodon was not built to be a *new* Twitter. It was built to be *not* Twitter.

That distinction is important.

Some people think Mastodon is too weird to become popular:

I joined Twitter in 2008. We had to put a "d" in front of a tweet to convert it to a direct message and every other day you had some embarrassing private moments exposed because someone forgot about the “d”. Hashtags were just a community hack, introduced by Chris Messina to somehow tag content. Search? Hah, you wish! Tweets via SMS were supposed to be a thing. Oh, and the daily meet and greet with the failwhale. Totally not weird.

Just gonna say it again

If you're using the official mastodon app on your phone: Stop It

It doesn't support basic features of the platform

Try Tusky on Android or Metatext on iOS

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#Furry #FurryArt #Bunny

me: working from home gives me the opportunity to focus on tasks free from the the distractions of a noisy office!

brain:

TROUT

TROUT

LET IT ALL OUT

THESE ARE THE FISH I CAN DO WITHOUT

SALMON

I’M TALKING TO YOU

SALMON

me: cool never mind