Notices by Shrig 🐌 (shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website), page 5

Serious question: Has anybody doing Mastodon gGmbH development been involved in testing their product with actual new users for feedback?

What's a good podcast to have on at work these days? Ideally around tech but not overly US-centric and def no techbro energy, social justice, and probs arts.
I'm determined to make podcasts happen in my life, but if I have to hear one more smarmy US podcaster giggle at some quip about some serious topic or an other or attempt "humour" I will lose my actual shit

Mastodon v4.3.0 just dropped

Garcia is the star of the show of course, but this band :oof:
🎷 Nubya Garcia - Source 🎷
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vL4Ae5ORq24
Genre: Jazz / Dub

It's October! You know the drill, I'm years deep on this bit now. I'll post a daily banger from Black UK artists for Black History Month. Get them all in your ears, stick them in your playlists, tell your friends, buy some records. Let's go!
✨ Clipz - New ft. Chy Cartier ✨
CW: Flashing images
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=x5qPinP_LYM
Genre: Drill n Bass

Love this video, so fun 🥰
🎶 Mysie - CTRL 🎶
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=fTXIwPQESlw
Genre: Indie pop

Proper beaut, this
💕 Rachel Chinouriri - If Only 💕
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UIe6V10sslc
Genre: Singer-songwriter

FRIDAY! And it's October, so let's just imagine said bat is an actual animal bat, ya goff x
🦇 Idris Elba - Girl With The Bat feat. Shadow Boxxer 🦇
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=N8_zi3PFtls
Genre: 3am Nightclub-Core

I'm not here to teach you, I'm not here to preach to you, I just want to reach out and say...
✊ The Specials - B.L.M ✊
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7FyOjzUd57c
Genre: Two-tone

Hell fuckin yes
🔨 NATIVE JAMES - HAMMER 🔨
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=i4ilpp3hTtQ
Genre: Nu-metal / Grime

RIP Tinu. This place won't be the same without her.
I remember her worries on how her death will effect her family. If you can help to support them, we should take care of them as she took care of others. She was selfless to the last
https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-tinus-legacy-with-compassionate-support

The Llantwit Major AFC 2023-24 Mr Blobby goalkeeper kit though :blobby_lewd:

Can I pay in bitcoin?

There's so so so so many bigot-friendly instances on this network. You want to build a Better Social Network? Drop them all. They're not invited. Do not need. Will not miss.
Defederation is a feature in a decentralised network, take control on this front. We're not Twitter or Facebook here, we're our own boss and making a stand here is piss-easy to do.

@ruari Nopes, back to ye olde Bandcamp, records, piracy, and keeping playlists on text files and spreadsheets and post-it notes scattered all over the place

I joined Spotifiy again today against my better judgement. Was really excited to move my playlists over and get organised, but it was pure dogshit instead.
The onboarding experience was desperate for me to listen to the Joe Rogan podcast (far-right conspiracy theory pedlar being paid up to $250m by Spotify).
No option to block it too. No user agency or safety features = A hard no from me. 10 minutes of trying to find a block button, they've lost me again for good. Gross.

There needs to be a dating app for burnt out people

Big love to @packetcat this weekend for all the absolute bile being thrown their way and not only pushing through it, but also doing the very hard work of cataloguing further racist-friendly spaces on this network and gifting that information to the wider community *for free of charge*.
That's a lot of emotional and administrative labour!
Show some support if you can: https://subscribe.packetcat.ca/

@aurynn they're not even phones, so I vote yes, they must actually be hats

In the mood for some new music, post a song here that will eat you alive (open to interpretation) x