Notices by Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)

ALERT: No Sriracha left in the house!

This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill!

@Cyphergoat

9 fois sur 10, d'après mon expérience, le problème est grosso-modo : "Euh, mais il n'y a rien sur Mastodon ? On fait quoi, là ?".

Ensuite, on essaye d'expliquer que, mais si, il y a plein de trucs, mais il faut se prendre par la main et chercher des gens intéressants, des tags qui nous parlent et là, il y en a plein qui partent en gueulant que c'est nul Mastodon et sur [Bluesky/Threads/etc] ils n'ont pas besoin de faire tout ça.

Et finalement, c'est pas plus mal.

@Cyphergoat

C'est plutôt ce qui est fait sur Mastodon avec les hashtags, en fait, mais c'est sûr que ça jette un froid quand on est habitué à se faire proposer des trucs par un algo bien con...

We are facing again a bunch of spammers coming from ... the usual instance:

isvgd6y@mastodon.social
yvdxhqacu@mastodon.social
sankerkk@mastodon.social lyyubouhdbsjs@mastodon.social
mnjbfvrtwt3@mastodon.social
ohjihnd@mastodon.social
gojylsnujv@mastodon.social ygvfaweszv@mastodon.social vcvwvwvsw@mastodon.social

Thanks to the SDF users & to all the hard working SDF moderators clicking on Suspend.

mastodon.social - please CLEAN UP your act or stop accepting new users!
#MastodonModeration

@slothrop

Nah, the Jamon Serrano is for the open floor plan kitchen, complete with granite countertops and wood fueled AGA stove.

With le Creuset cast iron pans and a couple of copper ones.

You can watch the chef prepare dinner if you want. Or take a dip in the jacuzzi while he works, it's up to you.

@RickiTarr

@RickiTarr

I bet that cozy little cabin also has a heated pool, a jacuzzi and a 12 person sauna somewhere in the basement...

@glynmoody

Which is probably why a certain Vlad Putin seemingly bankrolled a lot of Brexiters.

The problem I see with the UK rejoining the EU is that a lot of these people are still very active and very vocal about staying out.

If you were the EU, would you open negotiations with (let's say) a Starmer government, knowing you are potentially one election away from Brexit 2.0? I think not.

@glynmoody

Will the EU take the UK back is left as an exercise to the reader, of course...

@cstross

- me: ooooh, something seems recommended here, let me take a look!

- also me, 5 minutes later, reading a summary of "in the barn": nope, Nope, NOPE, DO NOT WANT.

Simple people, going from one shitty corporate platform to another, without thinking, without learning from their mistakes. Always surprised when the new platform becomes just as bad, if not worse, than the previous one.

The future is decentralized. The future is hosting your own thing or joining a cooperative that will do it for you. Yes, you will have to pay a bit of money, but that small amount will save you a lot of grief.

Take back your information space.

- Stop using corporate social networks
- Check any information before you share it
- Criticize and mock the rich & powerful specifically
- Secure your digital tools (see EFF for some good suggestions: https://www.eff.org/pages/surveillance-self-defense)
- Switch to Signal / end-to-end encryption (no, not WhatsApp)
- Support the ACLU, EFF, NAACP, and the Satanic Temple with both money and volunteering
- Stop posting on the Fediverse like rabid ferrets on crack - now is the time to WORK

@botvolution @tillku

Why 'English-speaking'? There are plenty of good servers in Europe, and most users on these speak English.

Anyway, try one of these:

mastodon.bsd.cafe
wandering.shop
mastodon.ie
mastodon.scot

Also look at https://joinmastodon.org/servers

@szbalint

I use posteo.net and I am very pleased with their service so far. Very cheap, reliable email system.

@quinn

No, but they can fly a shitload of private jets. Which is almost worse than cars.

- If you are a minority (PoC, LGBTQ, Jewish, Moslem, etc.): please stay safe
- If you want to be an ally, now is your chance
- Because police forces everywhere are going to put on their MAGA hats and go on a rampage,
- Organize, organize, organize: start local, join a union, a liberal gun club, whatever

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3/x

- This is going to be the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, except in every state and in every city
- You think this is over the top? Just remember 'there are fine people on both sides'... Some were chanting 'You will not replace us'...

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10/x

- Remember: they can only take your rights away if you let them
- Practice safe computing practice and stop posting shit about Trump like rabid ferrets on crack

Also:

- Vote with your dollars: refuse to give a single bloody cent to companies that supported DJT
- Yes, start with Amazon
- Remember that DJT himself is unlikely to finish his 2nd term. JDV is going to replace him soonish. God help us all.

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4/x

Required readings:

- The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
- Afterwar, Lilith Saint Crow (minus the scifi aspect, it is spot on)

Required soundtrack:

- "This is not America", David Bowie
- "Guns of Brixton", Nouvelle Vague

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5/x

- War between China and Taiwan is now a certainty - I give it 2 to 3 years tops
- War between North and South Korea is now in play, especially if DJT pulls US troops out of the South
- Australia needs to rethink AUKUSA pretty fucking fast. Especially if it wants those sweet sweet nuke subs (see previous two)

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13/x

Remember:

- They will come for you, no matter of WASP you are.
- Soon enough, FOREX is going to short the USD like there is no tomorrow. Expect inflation to go through the roof.
- ... Especially once DJT enacts his import taxes...
- Pax Americana and the benefits of Imperium are going out the window pretty soon as well
- I expect NATO to be dead in the water soon enough (more on this later)

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6/x