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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 21:01:31 JST goatsarah

   David Tennant, of Dr Who fame, apparently said some pro trans things and now the TERFs are going after him on Twitter. His response is that he isn't worried because, and I quote, "I'll be fine, Terfs can't climb stairs"

   I want that on a T-shirt. No, I NEED that on a T-shirt!

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     Uraael (uraael@blahaj.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:03:03 JST Uraael

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     @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org omg the BBC are going to HATE that hahaha

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     Space Hobo Actual (spacehobo@teh.entar.net)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 22:11:28 JST Space Hobo Actual

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     @goatsarah I looked this up and it looks more like it was someone covering the event who joked that he said this. I'd love it if it turned out to be true!

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     Cat! (catriona@lgbt.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jul-2023 23:06:22 JST Cat!

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     @goatsarah Yes! People kept trying to link TERFs calling women 'females' to the Ferengi, but I always thought...

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     Uraael (uraael@blahaj.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:21:16 JST Uraael

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     • Mx Amber Alex (she/it)
     • Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky

     @NadavPV@leftodon.social @amberage@eldritch.cafe @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org The accuracy of the stairs thing isnt the point. It's a british joke of near folklore proportions. Media outlets post 2005 were all excitedly telling us about the hovering when in actual fact they did it in 1986 - the myth and folkore and jokes persisted despite the factual evidence.
     
     What's more important here is that former Doctor has just likened TERFs to the comically evil Daleks. He's deftly used the power of Doctor Who lore -not forgetting his own IMMENSE popularity- against the whole anti-trans movement. That's HUGE. And just in time for the Doctors very first companion played by a Trans actress too.

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     Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky (nadavpv@leftodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:21:17 JST Nadav Perez-Vaisvidovsky

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     • Mx Amber Alex (she/it)
     • Uraael

     @Uraael
     It is worth noting, though, that immediately following this statement the said Dalek hovers in the air, thus bypassing the stairs.
     Wonder if TERFs can do that to
     @amberage @goatsarah

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     Uraael (uraael@blahaj.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:21:18 JST Uraael

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     • Mx Amber Alex (she/it)

     @amberage@eldritch.cafe @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org
     
     It's a Dr Who reference to the Daleks who classically, back when the show had a tiny budget, couldn't deal with stairs. The Daleks being an unspeakably evil and authoritarian race...not unlike TERFs. 😆

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     Mx Amber Alex (she/it) (amberage@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:21:19 JST Mx Amber Alex (she/it)

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     @goatsarah I don't get it 😅 is this a british thing I'm not getting?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:45:59 JST goatsarah

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     • Zekovski 🦫
     @Zekovski Apparently it wasn't him that said it, but no need to boost; this has gone viral and is already taxing my poor server a bit!
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     Zekovski 🦫 (zekovski@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 03:46:01 JST Zekovski 🦫

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     @goatsarah
     Can I get a source before boosting it please ?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 08:17:19 JST goatsarah

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     • nev
     @nev Still want it on a T-shirt
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     nev (nev@bananachips.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 08:17:20 JST nev

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     @goatsarah Hi, he did not actually say this; it was posted by a parody account.

     See e. g. this article: https://insidethemagic.net/2023/07/david-tennant-leave-trans-kids-alone-you-absolute-freaks-mw1/
     https://twitter.com/PoliticoForYou/status/1678695501313503232
     https://archive.is/XvdO3

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     serenebabe (serenebabe@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 15:30:07 JST serenebabe

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     @goatsarah isn't that kind of ableist though? I mean ROCK ON David Tennant. But...?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 15:30:07 JST goatsarah

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     • serenebabe
     @serenebabe no. It’s about daleks.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 16:31:30 JST goatsarah

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     • nev
     @nev no can do it’s already pushing my server to the limit. With that many reposts, editing it will probably melt the poor thing.
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     nev (nev@bananachips.club)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 16:31:31 JST nev

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     @goatsarah tell you what, I'll bang out a T-shirt design if you edit your post to include a correction

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     4Xsample :mastodon: (4xsample@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:01:06 JST 4Xsample :mastodon:

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     @goatsarah
     your wish is my command.
     https://botiga.4xsample.cat/products/terfs-cant-climb-stairs

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:01:06 JST goatsarah

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     • 4Xsample :mastodon:
     @4xsample Thanks. Think the shipping may be a problem tho.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:24:54 JST goatsarah

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     • Peter Butler
     @peterbutler is that the new Doctor? I haven’t watched it for years. I have to say, he looks incredibly dapper, and it’s rare for me to notice that in men, if you catch my drift.
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     Peter Butler (peterbutler@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:24:55 JST Peter Butler

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     @goatsarah

     Ncuti Gatwa needs to come out tomorrow wearing that T-shirt

     #NcutiGatwa #DoctorWho #AwesomeSuits

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     4Xsample :mastodon: (4xsample@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 00:58:59 JST 4Xsample :mastodon:

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     @goatsarah is a print by Order service and i use it for Some merch.
     Not the cheapest but has a nice quality.
     Anyway I did order one of this for me so I must thank you for the idea ;)
     And the T-shirt will still here if you change your mind ;)

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     serenebabe (serenebabe@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 01:15:17 JST serenebabe

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     @goatsarah ohhhhh I don’t watch Dr Who so it landed weirdly

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 01:22:58 JST goatsarah

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     • serenebabe
     @serenebabe think upturned dustbin of evil trundling about on dodgem car wheels.
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     Lakshmi (galatfemme@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 01:41:52 JST Lakshmi

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     @goatsarah listen I love that line, but it was a joke by a parody news account, not David Tennant himself. Bringing twitter jokes over here without context only makes it more important not to spread misleading untruths without fact checking 😅

     https://twitter.com/PoliticoForYou/status/1678695501313503232

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 01:41:52 JST goatsarah

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     • Lakshmi

     @GalatFemme You are, like, the fiftieth person who’s said this. Yes, fine, but this has gone viral and is stressing my micro instance. I would edit the post to reflect that, but that would just stress it again, so I need to wait until the virality has gone to dick about with it. That’s probably going to be tomorrow at the rate the queue backlog is slowly clearing, assuming it doesn’t encounter another massive growth spurt.

     And I still want it on a T shirt. I don’t really care who said it. It’s not like we’re influencing elections or some shit here.

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     David Kampmann (mrkampmann@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 02:23:52 JST David Kampmann

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     @goatsarah I also want to point out that Mastadon is asking me if I want to have your UK English translated to US English. 😂😂

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 04:37:43 JST goatsarah

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     • nev
     • Kuchenschwarte
     @Kuchenschwarte @nev Dunno where you're seeing fifty. It's currently on one thousand, four hundred and seventy seven.
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     Kuchenschwarte (kuchenschwarte@fnordon.de)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 04:37:45 JST Kuchenschwarte

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     • nev

     @goatsarah @nev 50 reposts will melt your server? 👀 I mean - fifty? Not five-thousand or even five-hundred?

     poor thing!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 06:32:57 JST goatsarah

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     • Peter Butler
     • Alastair Cooper
     @alastair87 @peterbutler Well he wears it beautifully. Oh my!
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     Alastair Cooper (alastair87@social.weyr.org.uk)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 06:33:00 JST Alastair Cooper

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     • Peter Butler
     @goatsarah @peterbutler Yes. I hadn't seen that design before but it feels like they have gone with 1960s/70s design rather than something more modern (Tennant) or just odd.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:08:45 JST goatsarah

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     • Kuchenschwarte
     @Kuchenschwarte @nev
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     Kuchenschwarte (kuchenschwarte@fnordon.de)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:08:46 JST Kuchenschwarte

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     • nev

     @goatsarah @nev 🤷

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:23:39 JST goatsarah

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     • Kuchenschwarte
     @Kuchenschwarte @nev It’s been corrected for some hours, but my server still has a seven hour backlog
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     Kuchenschwarte (kuchenschwarte@fnordon.de)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:23:40 JST Kuchenschwarte

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     • nev

     @nev @goatsarah that makes sense
     (nonetheless I agree with the wish to correct the original post.)

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     nev (nev@bananachips.club)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:23:42 JST nev

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     • Kuchenschwarte

     @Kuchenschwarte @goatsarah Ah—from your server, you only see boosts/posts/replies from ones that are federated with yours. You have to go to the original page, on Sarah's server, to see the total stats.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:40:15 JST hypolite

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     • Kuchenschwarte
     @Kuchenschwarte It's a Mac Mini and close to 1,500 reposts, but you'd only have known if you'd asked. Now you look like a fool.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 09:48:14 JST goatsarah

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     • Kuchenschwarte
     @hypolite @Kuchenschwarte and it’s hosted on my home ISP connection. I suspect that’s the limiting factor here.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 10:07:53 JST hypolite

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     • nev
     @goatsarah @nev I believe outgoing messages are easier on a server than incoming messages, so you might be good, the worker will process jobs in its own time.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 10:20:43 JST goatsarah

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     • nev
     @hypolite @nev down to about 3000 left in the queue from a high of around 12000. Hopefully will clear overnight.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 10:40:56 JST hypolite

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     • Kuchenschwarte
     @Kuchenschwarte Get the fuck out of here.
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     Kuchenschwarte (kuchenschwarte@fnordon.de)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 10:40:58 JST Kuchenschwarte

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     • hypolite

     @hypolite couldn't care less 😘

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 11:38:59 JST goatsarah

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     • hypolite

     @hypolite Ok, done a couple of things to improve my life. Consulted htop, noted the machine isn't actually stressed and doubled the number of worker threads.

     And I server blocked the other guy because he seemed like a bit of a knob.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 12:07:40 JST goatsarah

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     • bison ✅
     @bison @jujibla Ordered one. Thanks!
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     bison ✅ (bison@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 12:07:41 JST bison ✅

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     @goatsarah BEHOLD! @jujibla just made a T-Shirt

     oh, red-bubble doesn't shows a preview...

     LINK: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/148505191

     #redbubble #tshirt

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 12:36:40 JST goatsarah

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     • Zekovski 🦫
     @Zekovski What I want doesn't magically create more server capacity!
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     Zekovski 🦫 (zekovski@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 12:36:42 JST Zekovski 🦫

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     @goatsarah
     Don't you want to edit your message to make things clear ?

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     nev (nev@bananachips.club)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 15:43:40 JST nev

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     @goatsarah amazing, ok, here's what i'm thinking. by no means final, but this is the general idea

     dalek icon source: https://thenounproject.com/icon/dalek-1356626/

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 16:18:48 JST goatsarah

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     • Zekovski 🦫

     @Zekovski this went viral. I’m on a micro instance run from a Mac mini in my living room. At one point, this post was making the server run about 12 hours behind.

     Editing the post causes a whole new rush of activitypub to happen as it has to go and inform everyone who has interacted with it, just making the problem worse.

     I eventually did edit it when the load dropped a bit, but that still took 7 hours to propagate through.

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     Zekovski 🦫 (zekovski@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 16:18:50 JST Zekovski 🦫

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     @goatsarah
     I'm sorry, I don't understand the link between editing the post and server capacity ?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 18:09:46 JST goatsarah

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     • Zekovski 🦫
     @Zekovski Thanks. It's cleared the backlog now
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     Zekovski 🦫 (zekovski@pouet.chapril.org)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2023 18:09:48 JST Zekovski 🦫

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     @goatsarah
     Oh ! I didn't know this was your personal small instance.

     Seems like a lot to me. I wonder how ActivityPub makes it so much work.

     Anyway, have a nice day. Hope your mac will not set itself on 🔥.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 02:20:09 JST goatsarah

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     • Craig Mcgee
     • Alastair Cooper
     @alastair87 @guiltmanager He's not stupid, but he is a lot less clever than he thinks he is, and he is apparently at the mercy of his own ego and lack of impulse control.
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     Alastair Cooper (alastair87@social.weyr.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 02:20:11 JST Alastair Cooper

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     • Alastair Cooper
     @goatsarah @guiltmanager I wish people wouldn't delude themselves that Elon Musk is stupid. He's a nasty, arrogant, probably evil individual who gets a bit manic sometimes but collectively dismissing him as stupid when he wields so much influence and power and disturbing ideological notions on how to (ab)use it is extremely dangerous.
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     Craig Mcgee (guiltmanager@gm-cloud.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 02:20:12 JST Craig Mcgee

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     @alastair87 @goatsarah its absolute... insidious genius. it promotes misinfo and it promotes scammers and it promotes bad actors smeering reputable people and it promotes bad actors who can gain legitimacy by pretending to be reputable brands and the list goes on. its exactly what musk wants, I believe. its how fascists operate.

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     Alastair Cooper (alastair87@social.weyr.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 02:20:14 JST Alastair Cooper

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     • Craig Mcgee
     @goatsarah @guiltmanager The stupid thing is I think charging for an enhanced account tier would have been fair (cf. YouTube Premium). It's the ridiculous practice of categorising said accounts as 'verified'.
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     Craig Mcgee (guiltmanager@gm-cloud.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 02:20:15 JST Craig Mcgee

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     @goatsarah a parody "verified" account? musk is already getting in trouble for that with regulators!

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     Alastair Cooper (alastair87@social.weyr.org.uk)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 06:22:50 JST Alastair Cooper

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     • Craig Mcgee
     • Alastair Cooper
     @goatsarah @guiltmanager I feel like I'd have to have an actual proper conversation with him to really get an idea, not that I relish that prospect.
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