Notices by AnneTheWriter (annethewriter1@universeodon.com)

@georgetakei
There are some things which #chocolate should never be combined with.

That cocoa has been bastardized in a most unholy and profane way. The only way that could have been worse was if cauliflower or pickles had been involved also.

@georgetakei

🤔 So let me make sure I have my American food terminology right...

French Fries - Fried potato slices, not invented in France and using potatoes that come from America

Chili - A bean dish, served hot

Hot Dogs - Sausages served on a bun, which are not made with actual dogs

Salisbury Steak - A ground beef patty, which has nothing to do with Salisbury, England

Hamburger - A different beef patty, which has nothing to do with the city of Hamburg; also, it is not made with ham

And now you're telling me that "German chocolate cake" isn't even from Germany??

What is this world coming to?😵💫

#Food #Menus #Entomology #Languages #AmericanEnglish #History

#BreakingNews from the #EJeanCarroll trial:

The jury has ruled that Trump will pay approx $18M (USD) in compensatory damages to Ms. Carroll, and another (approx) $65M in punitive damages, for a grand total of $83.3M. There were only two women on the jury (per #MSNBC).

During the trial, the Judge repeatedly shut down attempts by Trump's attorney, Ms. Habba, to retry the rape accusation, as well as Trump's attempts to turn his answers into further argument and posturing. At one point, Trump stormed petulantly out of the courtroom, when Ms. Carroll's attorney was making his closing statement.

Trump would have been able to have his own expert to counter Ms. Carroll's financial expert (who had detailed why Ms. Carroll deserved such a large amount in compensation). However, his inept attorney had not filed the paperwork to do so on time.

#TrumpTrials #TrumpRapeTrial #Headlines #TrumpJuryVerdict

@4d3fect @riskybusiness

#WordPress is indeed still around. And it's now compatible with #ActivityPub! -- BUT you have to add a plugin to connect to your #Mastodon / #Fediverse account.

#SubstackMigration #SubstackExodus #SubstackWriters #Substack #Blogging

https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

@pluralistic

You might enjoy reading a bit of #ScienceFiction from a master of the genre, #HarlanEllison, called " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman."

In this #ShortStory, time is the tyrant over everyone-- until one person rebels in protest.

#SciFi #SciFiShortStory #ScienceFictionStory

https://books.google.com/books?id=I605DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1#v=onepage&q&f=false

And this is how #ConspiracyTheories get started.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #StarWars #StormTroopers #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracies #RumorMill #InsuranceScams

@s3thi @abnv @pratul @nemo

Be sure to tag @feditips and @mastodonmigration if you do. They have some invaluable help for #newbies and veteran #Mastodonians alike.

@thomasfuchs

You raise an interesting point.

People are now facing weather events & other issues related to #ClimateChange altering their lives, which they're not accustomed to.

I'm reminded of a scene in #ManOfSteel (the #Superman movie with #HenryCavill), where the "Kansas" family runs under a viaduct to stay safe from a #tornado.

As an #Illinois gal who has lived her whole life in #TornadoAlley, I wanted to yell at the screen when I saw it.

For God's sake--NEVER run under a viaduct to avoid a tornado! That becomes a wind tunnel, and the winds are MORE powerful there than in the open. If you're on the open road & don't feel safe in your car, you're supposed to lay down in a nearby ditch.

#Weather reports for #SevereWeather in areas which do not tend to experience that kind of event, should be instructing viewers how to stay safe. And we should be teaching children a wider variety of #WeatherSafety ideas.

#Climate #ClimateChanges #Safety #RoadSafety #RoadSafetyTips #Driving

@georgetakei
If the #GOP thinks a female is old enough to be a mother, then she should be old enough to vote.

Of course, for them, that would mean lowering the voting age to 11 or 12.

#Voting #Abortion #AntiAbortionLaws #WomensRights #VoterSuppression #VoterSuppressionBill #Republicans

@ChrisMayLA6

As I posted a long time ago, #Mastodon is easy enough that...

"I set up this entire account without any help from my daughter."

I have since migrated without her help, too.

#TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #XitterMigration #Xitter #Twitter #Welcome #Newbies #WelcomeToot #DowntonAbbey #Downton #MaggieSmith #DowagerVibes #DowagerCountess #DameMaggieSmith #Migration #Fediverse #TheFediverse #Boomer #BoomerHumor #Boomers

@lilithsaintcrow
I bet that one of the big problems with both these #Journalists & their readers is: People who've never actually been in the Fediverse for very long, don't tend to understand #Federated vs #Centralized platforms and how they work.

A dog can't understand a rainbow, because he's never seen it properly. He only sees shades of gray, and doesn't know what the concept of color means.

These people hear #Fediverse and see it as one unified monochrome "broth" managed by algorithms, when in fact it's more of a "Mulligan's Stew" or "Stone Soup," managed by human beings. There is such a wide variety of ingredients, that every spoonful of that stew will not have the same ingredients as any other spoonful.

They're looking for a huge corporate monolith, but finding only a road paved with gravel. So they pick up a few pebbles, and claim the entire roadway is the same composition.

They're the "Blind Men with an Elephant," only this time it's a #Mastodon.

https://annethewriter33.wordpress.com/2023/07/06/the-future-is-federated/

@dgar
If you can establish that the copyrighted work is yours, you can have it removed from the server -- at least in the USA.

>>If you find any copyrighted work of yours anywhere online, and wish to have it removed (even if you cannot show any financial loss), websites are required by law to take reasonable measures to remove it, under the “Digital Millennium Copyright Act” (DMCA) of 1998.<<

https://g.co/kgs/ViQgXt

Welcome to all the recent #TwitterMigrants !

If you hear stories about #JohnMastodon, they're not real-- well, *maybe* not.😏

Just remember: There is no algorithm here for people who do not follow you to find you. The best way to have your toots seen is by using lots of hashtags (like these👇👇👇 ).

Be sure to follow @feditips for more helpful #newbie information.

#WelcomeToMastodon!

#Welcome #JohnMastodonWasABastard #JohnMastodonLives #JohnMastodonFact #JohnMastodonLegend #Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Comedy #Jokestodon #WelcomeToot #NewbiesOfMastodon #Newbies #TomHanks #TwitterMigration #TwitterExodus #MastodonMigration #ForrestGump #FollowFriday #FollowBack #FollowBackFriday #FollowFridays #NewHere

@benjamim @feditips

GREAT POST!

It's so difficult sometimes to explain HOW and WHY #Mastodon works so well without moderators, especially to folks coming from ad-based centralized social media (like #Twitter, #Reddit, #Facebook, etc.). Your article nails it to a T:

IT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE ADVERTISERS.

Ads mean they have to track you, and collect data about you & your friends, so they can know who to sell what to. Ads mean they want to keep people angry and arguing, so you will spend more time staring at the screen and fighting trolls. Ads mean they profit from minimal moderation, not maximum civility.

#Ads mean they need an #algorithm to manipulate users.

The very architecture of the #Fediverse is antithetical to conflict... because it is incompatible with paid advertising. It's the ultimate democratic computer architecture.

https://annethewriter33.wordpress.com/2023/07/06/the-future-is-federated/

This is the correct use of #AI ...

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #StarTrek #Jokestodon #MonaLisa #LeonardoDaVinci #GreatArt #Masterpieces #Artwork #Cats #Artstodon #Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #Chatbots #Artificialintelligence #Graphics

This isn't Twitter. There is no algorithm here for people who do not follow you to find you. The best way to have your toots seen is with hashtags (like these👇👇👇 ).

Be sure to follow @feditips for more helpful #newbie information.

#WelcomeToMastodon

#Humor #FunnyMemes #Jokestodon #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #CaptKirk #NewHere

@firstdogonthemoon
The chart section of this seems to be circulating without credits to you. You might do well to post just that part, and be sure to put some copyright info on your version of it.

I'm glad I found out who made it. You're an excellent writer and cartoonist.

#Threads #Meta #Cartoon #Chart #Bluesky #Mastodon #Twitter #ComicStrip

@georgetakei

It's truly shocking to me that an 80-something year old man has a pretty harsh fall, but breaks zero bones and pulls zero muscles, and just gets up like nothing happened.

I would have ended up with at least a messed-up ankle, and I'm a few decades younger than #PresidentBiden. Many people his age would have broken a hip.

#BidenFall

@tunguska @wendinoakland @AnarchoNinaWrites @CrypticCatfist @oliphant @atomicpoet @Gargron

[ @feditips FYI🧵. ]