jonobie

thomas, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

I'd like to remind all Mastodon users that you can add a language filter to any follow relationship on Mastodon.

If you follow me and you don't speak German, you can easily remove my German posts from your timeline by adjusting the language settings.

Go to my profile page, select the dot menu and click "Change subscribed languages". Then select the languages that you speak.

This really is a hidden gem 💎 on Mastodon and not many people seem to know this feature :awesome:

#mastodon

rayckeith, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

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jonobie, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

As a reminder, no corporate algorithm here means you don’t need to disguise your words.

Twitter can be Twitter, Trump can be Trump, Musk can be Musk, etc. Using plain language is both clearer for readers than code words AND means people can set up more useable filters to control their own experience. #FediTips

jonobie, 1 month ago to random

Ding, dong, noncompetes are dead: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/23/ftc-noncompete-agreements/

sarahtaber, 1 day ago to random

Everyone get ready for MEMORIAL DAY FOOD FACTS tonight

Starting at 6pm Eastern, for every donation to this link, I will post one (1) fact about food, agriculture, & military supply chains.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon

jonobie, 1 year ago to random

Want to find certain communities, people, or topics here? Guess at and search hashtags. The website autocompletes to help. Follow anyone that’s close to what you want. Watch who they boost, follow them, and follow hashtags they use. If you see a topical server, check out the local feed to follow people. If it’s not a community you’re part of generally, initially listen more than engaging. Rinse, wash, repeat. In <checks date> about four months you’ll have a pretty rich feed. #feditips

jonobie, 1 year ago to random

How to tune your Home feed:

Too few posts?
Follow hashtags, watch your local or federated feed and follow folks there, follow groups from a.gup.pe (basically auto-repeaters), and follow people who boost a lot. Soon you will have a rich firehose of a feed.

Too many posts?
Turn off boosting for some people you follow, use filters, unfollow liberally, use lists instead of Home, and time-mute people you want a break from.

Good luck. There's so much good content out here!

#feditips

jonobie, 8 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

I'm running a few more sessions of my Conquering #ImposterSyndrome class! Next time: March 6th @ 10am-12pm PT.

This is an action-oriented class, where you learn and try tools in class and then leave with the ones that worked for you. If you are at a tech company, you may get O'Reilly for free already; if not, check your public library (Seattle has a subscription) or sign up for a free 2-week trial and get the class that way.

Register here:
https://learning.oreilly.com/live-events/conquering-impostor-syndrome/0636920080769/

#imposter_syndrome

jonobie, 1 year ago to random

When you give someone advice, I encourage you to take a moment first and consider whether you’re actually speaking to yourself. So many people I know who tell others “slow down” are themselves stressed. Those who tell others “speak up” are often anxious. I’ve found more often than I’d expect, advice I’m saying aloud to others is better first given to myself.

This advice itself gets very circular and meta when applied to this toot.

jonobie, 1 month ago to random

A scientist has twelve identical flasks of bacteria, running for 70,000 generations (years!) to investigate the role of chance over time. A fascinating article about the divergent flask and what that means:

https://behavioralscientist.org/is-it-all-a-fluke-lessons-from-playing-god-in-the-long-term-evolution-experiment/

jonobie, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Hey Mastodon, does anyone know of and love a general purpose, actually printed craft magazine? I’d love for it to have a variety of #crafts from #sewing to #PaperMache to whatever else, be for adults, not more ads than content, and magically appear at my house regularly. I get Taproot which is close but is domestic crafts rather than a broader range. It seems like so many are focused on a niche, like #weaving. Maybe I’m the only person who wants this? Boosts appreciated. ❤️

jonobie, 9 months ago to running

For the second time, the #NordicTrack / #iFit #treadmill frame has broken. This version is less than 2 years old.

So I need a new treadmill. It needs a long ramp (husband is 6'5"), to be super sturdy, and ideally has a variety of interesting programs. Any recommendations?

(Have I mentioned to never, ever, ever, ever, ever buy a treadmill from iFit/NordicTrack? Because you should never ever ever pay this much for this crappy a tool.)

#running

jonobie, 9 months ago to random

So I’m 100% with @mekkaokereke
that people getting conservative as they age is a lie. (My 86 year old dad has gotten more liberal and militant with age. Same for my mom before she passed.)

But … I’m finding that I’m preferring old & #medieval things the older I get. (I literally just bought a leather costrel on Etsy.) They’re simpler, more environmentally friendly and durable things and suddenly I’m like … oh god, am I turning “conservative”?! Like literally, that’s conserving old stuff …

jonobie, 1 year ago to fediverse

Did you know that with Toot! app (@tootapp), you can follow the local feeds of servers you’re not on? It’s a fantastic way to broaden your view of the #fediverse. (Tip 1 is to follow hashtags, but most of us hear that quickly.) I follow 12 different servers, from local #seattle servers, an Econ server, various social sciences servers, and the infosec server. And there’s an easy long-click way to favorite, boost, or follow from your primary account. Highly recommend.

#TootApp #FediTips

jonobie, 1 year ago to random

Did you know, you can set your account to auto delete old posts? I found it super freeing to set it for 2 months - long enough for anyone who wants see what following me is like, but short enough that I don’t feel like I need to polish the next Great American Toot. You can also set it to keep toots favorited or boosted a lot, so if you accidentally do write the Great Toot of 2023, it sticks around for posterity. #FediTips

jonobie, 10 months ago to BurningMan

Ok, the loom is comin’ to the woods, and so is the Puget Sound Ranger colored band! I swapped out the cardboard cards for laminated paper, in the hope the damp doesn’t warp them too much.

#burningman #TabletWeaving

jonobie, 1 year ago (edited 24 days ago) to tech

Time for a brief #introduction; I've been delighted at the community here. (#KeepFediWeird pls)

I'm a #polyamorous #tech weirdo with an MA in #Counseling, a MS in #ComputerScience and ~15 years at Microsoft. Starting my #therapist private practice soon, so I may be talking a lot about that.

Also interested in these topics:

#crafts 🧶
#queer 🏳️‍🌈
#psychology 🧠
#economics 📊
#MentalHealth 🥗
#BurningMan 🔥
#weaving 🥋
#BehavioralEconomics

Boosts to find more of my folk appreciated!

jonobie, 3 days ago to random

Installed Linux Mint on a Virtual Box to start playing with it as a possible home OS in the future. So far, so good, although I haven't done much beyond adding some basic stuff. The fonts and graphics look a wee bit fuzzy, which I'm suspecting is the fault of Virtual Box (or the interaction) instead of Cinnamon, but we'll see how that wears over time.

Pondering whether I want to do the GNOME integration with Google or if that just means I'm going backwards on my de-Googling progress. Hm.

jonobie, 12 days ago to FiberArts

I’m a bit stressed putting together my new Kromanski; it has text about voided warranty if the front and back are flipped. It doesn’t have nearly as clear instructions as the SampleIt did. Also, my right side heddle blocks’ little wooden nubs is not really going in. :-(

Can anyone tell if there’s anything obviously wrong so far? Also, on the Kromskis, is the logo generally on the front side or the back side? That might help me orient a bit.

@weaving #weaving

jonobie, 1 year ago to twitter

Welcome new folks from #Twitter. A great first follow if you’re looking for tips is @feditips. Also the hashtag #FediTips

jonobie, 19 hours ago to random

Last boost: This food facts thread is awesome and worth a read!

https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/112514898577890280

jonobie, 3 days ago to random

I used to be thrilled every time #AffinityDesigner launched and was like "Do you want to install the update"? Yes! Free! Awesome! Works better!

...Now that they're owned by Canva, I have this fear that every update might be The One that starts the enshittification.

jonobie, 4 hours ago (edited 3 hours ago) to random

Slack does not seem to grok consent. "Invite someone" != "Add them to a channel without asking".

jonobie, 18 days ago to random

Wowza. Booking a Lyft right now to downtown shows $75. Yellow Cab App shows $30-40. Am gonna give the new app a whirl and cross my fingers that the fare isn't ridiculous with a meter. (One thing I don't love about cabs.)

Last time I took a cab from the airport, it was fully $20 less than the same trip had been a week earlier with Lyft. The rideshare apps are seeming like no longer such a good deal...