Notices by Leon Cowle (leoncowle@hachyderm.io)

@skinnylatte @jmopp I completely get what you're saying. You've nailed it.

Growing up, I had one of the weaker passports in the world. Exorbitant visa fees for most popular destinations. And easy visa rejections at even the hint of an issue. And like you said, unreasonable funds demands, etc.

It was such a privilege to be able to acquire a UK passport, which suddenly opened the world to us. No tourist visas anymore to most place. And if there is one, it's trivial and cheap to get. (And have since had the added privilige of getting a US one, too).

Folks that never experienced the pain of a weak passport have no idea how frustrating, limiting, and expensive it is.

@inthehands @codinghorror She and my son are clearly soulmates. When he was little, in the car one day, he sang “he lives in a pineapple under the spee”. I interjected, asking “what’s a spee?” Without zero hesitation, he authoritatively said “It’s guacamole with purple in it”.

@thomasfuchs @glennf Except in South African English. 5.25” ones were called floppies. 3.5” ones were called stiffies. (And no, with no sexual innuendo).

In fact, it was a brutal right of passage for emmigrating South Africans in the late 90s / early 00s — to learn that folks in other countries did NOT use that term in the office.

@jeffowski @george Why do I suspect that most American Evangelicals would aswer “yes” without a single moment of hesitation?!

Hahahahahahaha. Indeed!

@jeremyburge In addition to the welcome removal of a white-like skin tone, I also love the removal of gender, and it’s now just people.

@futzle @aurynn @haubles @anildash On the commercial side, my employer uses #Fastly to front our ecom websites, and (speaking solely in a personal capacity!) I can not say enough good things about Fastly! Fantastic team, great product/service, stellar support. Just A+ all round!

@feditips “To prevent abuse, every edit sends a notification to everyone who has interacted with post." Is that really true? I thought it only notified people who had BOOSTED your post, not people who had LIKED your post.

Happy everyone-repeating-the-same-old-arguments-about-daylight-savings-time week for those who celebrate.

Fascinating chart detailing music sales per type of music medium (8 track, vinyl, casette, cd, ringtone, mp3s, streaming, licensed) over the decades.

@chockenberry @Gargron
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I’ll be curious to hear whether the above sentence displays correctly on your side, Craig?

@thomasfuchs Quote Posts is on their "under consideration” roadmap. A Groups feature is on their near-future roadmap. They are actively listening and prioritizing features!

Hi #Hachydermia. I'm a recent-ish refugee from the bird site, via a brief stint on mastodon.social, but happy to find such a great home here -- the T&Cs to join already 'had me at hello'! And I only hear great things about @nova!