aasatru

aasatru, 4 hours ago

This is such an incredible story. I cannot recommend it enough.

It's delightfully weird, mixed with the fact that it gets under the skin of the most repressive regime on earth. All conducted by some random Danish guy. Just amazing.

aasatru, 2 days ago

Love them! When the male has much more efficient camouflage than the female, is this because it has a greater responsibility for gathering food, while she stays in the nest more? Or is the red colour better camouflage for somewhere else outside the tree?

aasatru, 2 days ago

That's amazing! Fascinating that there's so much variation within the species yet next to none between the genders.

Thanks for the answer!

aasatru, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

I think a good approach could be to think about how you could reach users of different platforms.

A lot of Mastodon users follow hashtags, so including relevant hashtags (#accessibility and #blind seem like good starting points) might be a good idea. Tagging groups, such as @accessibility, might also help.

I think Kbin/Mbin might be better suited for this than Lemmy, as it integrates better with other federated networks. You can follow microbloggers and boost content, which in turn makes them likely to follow you back and creates a community beyond which Lemmy community you choose to post in. Your Mastodon followers will see your posts, but it won't matter to them which community you post it in.

It's hard for content to make the jump from Lemmy to Mastodon as Lemmy does not make itself discoverable, but as soon as content reaches Mastodon users nothing stops them from interacting with it (by boosting or replying).

Sadly Kbin.social lacks sufficiently active moderation these days, so you might be better off with an mbin instance. I also have no idea how accessible Mbin is to blind users.

Edit: I over-emphasized the point about reaching a broader audience. If you want to discuss a narrow topic but you don't want most ActivityPub users to see it because you don't value their input, I guess Lemmy is as good as it gets.

aasatru, 7 days ago

If its true that you know a person by their enemies, Greta Thunberg deserves a state of herself in every city.

She's on Mastodon at @gretathunberg. Not the most active user, but not dormant either.

aasatru, 8 days ago

I appreciate your efforts!

In an ideal world it would always be possible to credit the photographer, but I guess that's sadly unrealistic.

If there's an interest for fakes I guess the could be a "Fowl Friday" or something like that every month, where fake owls are allowed/encouraged if properly tagged. I guess the value would be educational, showing people how to tell that impressive-looking wildlife photography is fake. You're an expert of this, and it's very much appreciated that you share your insights. :)

aasatru, 8 days ago

They vote in Brazilian elections. Some voted for Lula, others for Bolsonaro. The latter are directly responsible for this.

aasatru, 8 days ago

I don't care how tacky certain people think it is - I just love paintings of ships at sea.

The light in the water in this one is particularly amazing.

aasatru, 9 days ago

Well, imagine you meet a guy travelling through the US. He's wearing lederhosen, has a freaking feather in his hat, and speaks with a heavy German accent. You ask where he's from, and he says he's American/Italian, as his maternal grandfather was born in the US and his grandmother on his father's side is Italian. However, this is his first time outside of Germany, and he speaks no Italian and hardly any English.

This is what Americans tend to look like to Europeans.

aasatru, 10 days ago

If anything, this proves that forking Mastodon is a great idea. Not because any useful software would come out of it, but it would distract some of the annoying armchair managers out there.

The biggest problem with Mastodon isn't the lack of feature X or the presence of feature Y; it's those exact assholes, draining the energy and enthusiasm from anything that crosses their path while scaring away anyone looking for a meaningful conversation.

I hate to break it to you, but if you genuinely think you've figured it all out, chances are you're a fucking moron.

aasatru, 10 days ago

Creds and copyright Alex Kent over at Twitter. He also posted a picture of Fedorova's arrest, with her press credentials at full display.

The context is, of course, the ongoing anti genocide protests.

aasatru, 10 days ago

You're better off, the comment section is full of bootlickers anyway.

Here's the tweet:

#NYPD knocking down and arresting credentialed journalist Olga Fedorova in New York, NY on May 8, 2024.

There are two attached images. The second photo should be accessible through the link even without signing in, but I attach it here for good measure.

aasatru, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

It's just two images, I've posted the second one here. :)

aasatru, 10 days ago

Oh bother - I tried the direct link to the post, apparently that's for my eyes only. Fixed it now, thanks for pointing it out! :)

aasatru, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago)

Here's their website. I'm not entirely sure what makes people working for them deserving of being beaten up by cops, but I'm sure people with more time on their hands than me can come up with something.

aasatru, 10 days ago

I don't see how the outlet she represents is relevant at all. The cops shouldn't be violently arresting peaceful protesters, and they should not be violently arresting people with press credentials for pointing their camera in what they consider to be the wrong direction.

She has NYC press credentials, she's press. It doesn't matter that she's not from your personal favourite newspaper.

aasatru, 10 days ago

Also sounds like an Ukrainian national.

Or an American one.

What a headache! I'm sure the cops asked her politely to clarify before brutally arresting her. :)

aasatru, 10 days ago

I'm not entirely sure how hashtags render in Lemmy, but I added that one because I think fundamentally it's what the picture is about: Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, press freedom, freedom from arbitrary violence.

Of course it's a case of freedom being infringed upon, but I nevertheless think it's a central theme.

aasatru, 10 days ago

City of New York, independent press.

Not exactly subtle either.

aasatru, 11 days ago

This. Conservatives tend to themselves be the victims of a failed system, hating them for failing to address it in a useful manner is hardly constructive. I reserve my hatred for billionaires.

aasatru, 15 days ago

There are experts around here.

aasatru, 15 days ago

Yeah, you're probably right it's worth reading if you want to understand the American right. I just don't think Atlas Shrugged is anywhere near as interesting as Anarchy, State and Utopia from a history of ideas perspective, but that might not be the relevant dimension. :)

aasatru, 10 days ago

I remember checking out Lemmy in December 2022, it was barely even a proof of concept. Now it's a whole ecosystem.

it's incredible how far it has gotten in a short time. And while commercial platforms will only get worse with time, open source platforms will only get better. Growth might not always be a linear process, but I'm feeling optimistic. :)