Notices by MostlyTato (mostlytato@mstdn.social)

@molly0xfff @kim_harding
It depends. Its not actually the idea itself I have an issue with, its that in my experience, I've only encountered those who posted to twitter first then cross posted here just for a presence but ignored any response. That pisses me off. But if people actually engage, I have no problem with the mechanism they use to post.

@kim_harding @molly0xfff
I block all cross-posted material as best I can. Whilst I get the idea of owning your own material, I'm not willing to engage with anyone who can't take the time to be present on a platform. I got properly fed up with references to twitter on Mastodon as 'this site' from people who were just posting here to adopt a presence but were unwilling to engage. Same with all bridged accounts etc. Not interested.

@augieray
It could be centuries, in some form. But I believe we are guaranteed to see a collapse of society within the next two generations. Whatever the timescale, in the broad scale of things, overshoot is happening now.
I don't believe at all that means we shouldn't do anything about it; trying to arrest the rate of change is always worth the effort. But I think it's wise to be realistic before you can be genuinely optimistic about the adaptability and survivability of our species.

@CloudyMrs
England, the United Kingdom, Great Britain and Britain, all different things that many seem to think are synonymous.

Seeing UK news stories about banning "zombie-style knives and machetes."
I think this is bad reporting. It implies that all machetes are being banned, which is not true, only zombie-style ones.
Its should read "zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes."
Which is how it is described on the gov.uk website, along with a link to a document with a flow chart that tells you if your knife is banned or not.
Picky? I think not, as it changes the meaning.
#uknews #news

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-scheme-for-zombie-knives-and-machetes

"The politicians who tell us they don’t agree with the rioters, but think they have 'legitimate concerns' are the same politicians who say they don’t agree with Israel’s genocide, but supplied weapons for ten months anyway."

#UKRiots #ukpolitics #farageriots

https://mastodon.social/@Skembear/112933567641303106

@essjayjay @fkamiah17
As societies begin to collapse, government will invariably tend towards fascism over time as a method of control. Thus the Overton window shifts as it is doing. It seems to me to be a broad and inexorable pattern.
The new government may seem like a last huzzah, a nod to socialism in name only, witht the same masters as their predecessors.
I do fear for what comes after them. It won't be another Labour government.

@me
That is a brilliant interaction, where everyone benefited. Also, I'm glad I read that little story, thank you.

@me
That's cool. My neighbours dog used to bring all his toys around to play with me, one by one. At the end if the day I'd take them back so that he could bring them around again the next day.

@feditips
I'd definitely emphasise the unlisted thing. I see so many threads that fill my entire timeline because people don't know this. I want to read the entire thread anyway but I don't want it to block out everything else on my timeline.

@goatsarah
I wonder if this means that if you spend hours intentionally providing the wrong answers round and round in circles, that it will serve to confuse AI learning somewhat 🤔

@Chrishallbeck
This is one of those posts that I see in my timeline that someone else I follow has boosted, I go to boost it and see I already have. I find this satisfying.

@feditips I've used the web interface on my Android via the Opera browser.
It works well and you can add a shortcut to your home screen to access it like an app without sparking up the browser.

@feditips I'm opening it in Opera mobile and just that seems like a pretty good mobile version of the desktop site.