Notices by josemanuel@qoto.org, page 3

@Moon I’m not sure it was ever banned, but I think Steal This Book deserves more visibility.

@kaia Why sadly? Travelling is a good thing, at least for me.

Lately I’m seeing posts from freespeechextremist.com that look completely empty from my instance. @p, do you know why that could be happenning?

I can see the contents using the API, but I fail to find anything weird about them.

@coolboymew Ah, Kannazuki no Miko, but that one’s old. If you liked it, try this one. It’s better in my opinion (and had great songs):

https://wikiless.tiekoetter.com/wiki/Yami_to_B%C5%8Dshi_to_Hon_no_Tabibito?lang=en

@Big_Richard They’re sold like that everywhere, dude. The reason is that people can now buy their tickets online, so of course they want to be able to choose where they’ll seat. Fortunately, some theaters reserve certain sessions for unassigned seating, which I personally prefer, but that’s become a relic, sadly.

@coolboymew

@noyoushutthefuckupdad There are records I would never want to listen to on vinyl (my go-to example is Radiohead’s OK Computer), but vinyl is still a great format, if only for the cover art.

That said, many artists use those cracks and pops in their own records to get an absolutely mesmerising sound, like Portishead, Massive Attack or The Avalanches.

Finally, CD remasters suck. Even with cracks and pops, people knew how to produce records that sounded awesome back then. That seems to be a lost art now.

@Bead @coolboymew

@noyoushutthefuckupdad On the other hand, I did need a reminder that Blood+ existed.

@coolboymew

@coolboymew Add anime to that list and 1998 could be considered The Best Year Ever™.

@kaiaskinoklub To me, Sat at 20CEST (real life usually gets in the way if it’s later than that) would be best, but I must admit that the movie itself has a bigger influence on my decision to join in or not. Sometimes I’m just not interested in it.

@freemo I have to disagree with you there. It takes very little time and effort to curate your own TL. I interact a lot with free speech instances and I don't get all that many racist or sexist posts. Certainly not enough to make curating my TL a full-time job. On most occasions I don't even care to block or mute because I know I won't be seeing those accounts again.

If you're referring to people like the sandwich guy, he was a very special case, fortunately.

@coolboymew @McMongoose @Moon @tomey

@freemo In any case, I think your general point (that free speech instances are frowned upon due to certain people being edgy) was true in the past, but not so much today. I believe those who came in the Twitter migrations wanted a place where they could feel relaxed and be themselves, and instead got a place full of ultrasensitive vigilantes.

I think the tables have turned and free speech has become popular again (a necessity, even), because a lot of people feel constrained by all those “unwritten rules” mentioned in the article @Moon linked to.

@coolboymew @McMongoose @tomey

@coolboymew Glad you liked it.

@coolboymew You probably know about them already, but if you like shoegaze, I’d like to recommend a band called Asobi Seksu.

@libreleah Oh, a French. That explains both the rudeness and the wrongness.

@ariadne

@kaia You forgot “write a screenplay and try to get it produced.”

@mangeurdenuage Clearly a sign. Take it.