Notices by Wraithe (wraithe@mastodon.social)

@BlackAzizAnansi over on BlueSky, kicking ass and getting people off Instagram and onto #Pixelfed.
THIS is what pushing Fediverse apps looks like. Not hectoring people over tech “purity” but helping people.

and the “irony” that he’s doing it from Bluesky, isn’t irony; it’s meeting folks where they (and you) are.

https://bsky.app/profile/blackazizanansi.bsky.social/post/3lfi6sl5odk2l

@fifilamoura @tas50 @tob @mekkaokereke @wendinoakland “Feminism is also for boys because it's essentially just humanism at its core.”

Amen.

Back in my early 20’s when I refused to accept the label “feminist*” I was still a feminist thanks to my beliefs.

(* I had been exposed to a LOT of a particular brand of hateful “feminist” propaganda)

I think this is a pretty good overview of the potential concerns with BlueSky.

My quibble with Cory implying that moving instances is almost free, is that that while you can move server to server pretty seamlessly on fedi/AP, currently you lose your entire posting history.

I know there have been projects to allow full migration but they’re (so far) not really there.

(ht: @mackuba over on BlueSky (ironically) for pointing out this article) https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113413507213509943

As someone over on BlueSky noted; if you had gone to central casting for

“douchebag looking guys who would trap a woman in a self driving car to try and get her phone number”

You couldn’t have gotten more on the nose looking douchebags.

Someone needs to ID these fuckers IMO. https://mastodon.online/@brad262run/113244168837054889

Holy shit, my wife just found this on the top of a container of collagen that we just bought from #Costco:
“By opening and using this product, you agree to be bound by our terms and conditions fully set forth at vitalproteins.com/tc, which include a mandatory arbitration agreement. If you do not agree to be bound, please return this product immediately.”

What. The. Actual. Fuck.

OMG NYC dept of Sanitation via Twitter

https://farside.link/nitter/NYCSanitation/status/1820475639213830439/photo/1

@sjjphd Hey @renchap ! Thanks for the replies in this thread. Quick q: is there a good list of #Mastodon devs to follow (in addition to you, who I’ve just followed :)) or a particular account to keep an eye on what’s being rolled out?

I made a joke a few days ago about Mastodon development seeming slow compared to BlueSky but I’m also aware that a part of that perception on my part is that I follow pfrazee over on BS and he’s a pretty active poster.

@civicDetroitDan @PhoenixSerenity lol I just went at looked at that thread in GitHub and 👍ed a suggestion and then realized it was from 2018.

🤦🏻♀️

Check out this AWESOME #Pride flag made by @rachellense !!!!
It’s using #NASA images to create a #ProgressPride flag!

See the AltText for the details on all the #astrophotography images that went into it!
#Pride2024

From @SimonPegg but over on BlueSky:
Nigel Farage getting milkshaked (i’m hearing reports that it’s banana)

This post by @DaywalkingRedhead inspired me to hunt down this photo I had saved off Twitter a couple years ago:

I hope TJ is having a great day. https://toot.cat/@DaywalkingRedhead/112383629697542697

So for those of you following my KFC counterfeit chicken nuggets saga; to reward myself for actually getting off my ass and doing a bunch of work today Iin the house, I got takeout to compare.

Decision: DAMNED close BUT - I used too much paprika, clearly.

To be fair, I had already suspected that; I have been getting a little bit of paprika overload when I was eating them. https://mastodon.social/@Wraithe/112012768975307488

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Just found out via BlueSky that https://twitter.com/sassycrass passed away last night.

Ffffffffuck. GDI.
She was literally one of the last couple people who I would still jump on Twitter because of. I’m just some rando who occasionally had a chat with her, but she Will Be Missed.
#ClacksOverhead #SassyCrass

@GossiTheDog Yeah, that doesn’t help you if your server out of the blue just vaporizes.*
OTOH, IIRC the queer.af folks warned that this could be coming.

*Well, some of us are paranoid and download our user data on a monthly(if I remember) basis. 😂

@GossiTheDog Just a reminder to folks; the ability to move your posts from one instance to another has been an open request for over four years now for Mastodon (LOOOOOONG convo):

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423

Long overdue, IMO.

@mmasnick Yeah and Mastodon *kinda* has QT, since almost every third party Masto app and interface support it. 😉
Honestly I’d be fine if BSky supported video embeds to Mastodon, then I’d just post the video here and link from BSky. Sorta like how I repost good posts from BSky and bookmark them here.

Agree to disagree on the search. I’ve had multiple cases where I couldn’t find a post from someone on BS and was able to find it here. HOWever, the latest BS version seems improved.

@mmasnick I hope it succeeds too. I keep saying that we need to lose the “Bluesky/Mastodon needs to lose for Mastodon/BlueSky to win” mentality.

Obviously, right now I’m happier with Mastodon that I am BlueSky. BlueSky is just missing SO many _basic_ features right now:

Animated GIFs
Video
Reading position
Edit
Pinned posts
Bookmarks
Search (yes, worse than Masto 🤦🏻♀️)

I hope they fix/add all these things and hey at last they have QT 😀

I’m giving them a chance. Heck I’ve helped debug an issue.

Shot/Chaser
Dude blows a joke, doubles down when called on it and calls it a “campaign” against him.

Now, let’s be clear, he’s probably had a pretty shitty afternoon, almost entirely created by himself, but instead of taking a moment of reflection, he’s going to make a YouTube video and scream how BlueSky is a terrible place.

I take this shit with a grain of salt when someone does it on BlueSky about Mastodon likewise here & folks like Ed here are a big reason why.
#CharacterAssasination (😂)

@BethanyBlack That was interesting to flip through!

Wow, pull quote from Penn Gillette:

“I completely have not used the word Libertarian in describing myself since I got an email during lockdown where a person from a Libertarian organization wrote to me and said, “We’re doing an anti-mask demonstration in Vegas, and obviously we’d like you to head it.” I looked at that email and I went, “The fact they sent me this email is something I need to be very ashamed of, and I need to change.”

https://www.cracked.com/article_40871_penn-jillette-wants-to-talk-it-all-out.html