cosullivan

cosullivan, 11 days ago to random

cosullivan, 20 days ago to mastodon

I have just emerged from under a rock, to see that dozens of new account applications entered the moderators' inboxes.
I know that a popular F# developer announced his exodus to #Mastodon, but did an egregious policy change at the sole proprietorship prompt this surge?

cosullivan, 1 month ago to britishcolumbia

#AmberAlert #BritishColumbia #Langley three-months-old Tyler Durocher with his mother Brianne Darlene Ford
Boost for visibility
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/amber-alert-issued-in-b-c-after-alleged-abduction-of-infant-1.6834660

cosullivan, 3 months ago to random

Advantages of blocking over reporting, when no instance server rules are violated:

1. One doesn't see the blocked account's output again. One step toward peace of mind.

2. The moderation team aren't reminded how often the reporting account has been reported AGAINST for the same flavour of transgression.

In matters of opinion differences, reporting a post that is entirely within the ethos of the account instance has no benefit.

cosullivan, 3 months ago to apps

Please give me recommendations for #authenticator #apps for desktop #linux. One #resolution2024 is to #degoogle more.

cosullivan, 3 months ago to random

I have watched this video (#widescreen, "(I'm Not Your )Steppin' Stone)" ten times over the course of my life, and only tonight do I notice the #Monkees repeatedly switch from wearing black turtlenecks under their famous red double-button shirts to just wearing the shirts.

https://youtu.be/CFUOnT0ZnUc?si=sVSlk0J3gnQlmC18

cosullivan, 6 months ago to random

Imagine posting actively on your instance for six years and making posts that egregiously contradict your instance's server rules.

ParadeGrotesque, 6 months ago to random

Ahem. This needs to be said.

If "Stupid Fucker" is the extent of the vocabulary, and the reply, you bring to a debate, feel free NOT to send me your opinion.

Screenshots have been taken to mock the guilty.

In other news today, the "Block" button works very well.

cosullivan, 6 months ago to random

cosullivan, 7 months ago to random

#ThriftScore today one Canadian dollar for The Parade's Gone By #SilentFilm #SilentMovies #KevinBrownlow #FilmHistory #SilentCinema

cosullivan, 7 months ago to fountainpens

I may have found a way to meet people: write letters in the library, in a comfortable chair next to or opposite another comfortable chair. Either the #LetterWriting or the #FountainPens will draw me new friends

cosullivan, 7 months ago to random

I searched online for " Bruno Gerussi" and " Celebrity Cooks", a daytime cooking show he hosted when not filming "The Beachcombers" . I found compilations including clips from a Bob Crane episode, taped days before Bob Crane's murder in June 1978, and this blog post:
https://vote4bobcrane.blogspot.com/2015/10/celebrity-cooksthe-real-story-behind.html

cosullivan, 8 months ago to linux

for any fellow low-tech cooks who have recipes in #LibreOffice #odt files, a #Linux grep command that searches for keywords, such as ingredients:

for file in *.odt; do

unzip -c "$file" | grep -iq IngredientWrappedInSingleQuotes && echo "$file";

done

cosullivan, 8 months ago to random

Just today I learned who is currently my province's Premier. Five months after one retired from politics. That's how little attention I pay to politics and news now, and how great my Mastodon timeline is at sheltering me. I should ask the local paper for a RSS feed. Who has links to tutorials for setting these up?
I used to be more attentive, but that was another nation ago that left me with residual outrage burnout.

cosullivan, 8 months ago to random

Thou shall pass

cosullivan, 9 months ago to random

@neilhimself Hello from Vancouver BC, Canada. You autographed a 1st edition of Good Omens for my husband at a signing decades ago.
I am about to commit my husband to a columbarium cell (yes he is dead, we call him Urny now); authentication of your autograph ( DM me) would be worth a few installment payments. Would you kindly supply authentication?
Thanks

Inscription: Toby -- Have a nice doomsday. Signed by Neil Gaiman.

cosullivan, 9 months ago to random

A step towards productivity:
Photographed six estate items, four, one being a 1946 paperback collection of Chas. Addams cartoons with Boris Karloff Foreword, are on #craigslist, offered to an #AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons collector "Mertwig's Maze".

Watch nobody signal interest.

cosullivan, 9 months ago to Warhammer40K

A question to the #Warhammer40K community in the #fediverse:
If you stopped painting and playing, what would you want your estate executor or family to do with your figures and books?
Asking for a widowed friend

cosullivan, 10 months ago to Humor

Translated from a Vietnam account registration "reason" for choosing our nonprofit pubnix Mastodon instance: 'The experience of the game of fainting when betting on football will surely make players happy about it." #MastodonModeration #humor #humour

cosullivan, 10 months ago to random

Update to my search for used computers local to me. I scouted a #Uniway outlet nearest to me yesterday, jotted potential replacements for his Dell Latitude E6410, let my son sleep on his germinating specifications, and he bought his laptop this morning.
I did not involve myself in the purchase beyond chauffeuring him and providing a sturdy carrying bag for his adapter and laptop. (He bought a Thinkpad T540p)

cosullivan, 10 months ago to random

I shall post in the #smolnet ponds until my heart firms up and the pangs lessen to occasional twitches.
Yes the July Five Questions are up with bonus #recipe for #summer, on #gopher
gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/christyotwisty/phlog/2023-July-Five-Questions.txt