dgar, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Long night so far.

A call from my sister just after midnight that she’d taken mum to the hospital.

Been holding bedside vigil while sister goes home and gets some sleep. Doctors running tests and whatnot. Morphine for the pain. Machines that go “bing”.

It’s about 4:30am and mum’s snoring with a plethora of tubes and wires.

Eyes are heavy. Chair is uncomfortable. The nurses showed me where I could make a cup of coffee for myself.

dgar, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

In the last months of the 2,022nd year Earth Common Era, #Dgar was led to the Mastodon herd by a werewolf from Melbourne, where they climbed up onto the thick matted wool of a beast affectionately known as AusSocial.
Dgar gripped onto the coat and screamed “Hello World!” No one except the werewolf heard.
Dgar began exploring, moving over the beast. So many interesting personalities, such diversity, and although no one seemed to notice them, Dgar noticed the inhabitants. They were being… nice to each other. Courteous and understanding of differing views and perspectives. Dgar was a bit weirded out, but continued to explore.

Explore.

Suddenly the view opened up and Dgar saw the herd for the first time. Beasts just like AusSocial, but all different in their own ways, stretching to the horizons, as far as the eye could see. And there weren’t just Mastodons either. There were all kinds of beasts, all carving out their own little niche. Someone behind whispered “That’s the Fediverse.” Dgar felt the presence of millions of people, working together, competing, evolving, developing… and despairing.

Dgar wandered from feed to feed, community to community, and slowly began to realise that almost everyone was talking about the same things.

Billionaires ruined some place that wasn’t anywhere near as good as where they are right now.
The depressing state of politics and the media that supports it.
Despair over misinformation and the people who believe it.
Gun control.
Climate change.
Natural disasters.
War. Murder. Disease.
Stop!

There’s no jokes.
There’s no shitposting.
There’s no laughter.
There’s lots of love and understanding, but when you look for something funny, there’s a few people asking “Where are all the jokes and shitposters?”

Dgar resolved to fill this niche, and began tooting every joke they could find. For several months, they tooted a joke or meme every twenty minutes while they were awake, and as often as possible while they were asleep. They would traverse great distances, well beyond the herd, to sift through what at times seemed like piles of refuse to find puns and funnies.
After some time, Dgar became known for the funny toots, and many people followed them.

Today, like most days, Dgar climbed up to take in the view of the herd, and a giant smile broke upon his face. There were jokes. There were memes. There were terrible puns. The toots emanating from the very top of AusSocial were light hearted and humorous takes.
It was beautiful.

And so Dgar finds themselves re-considering their place in the community. Does the Fediverse need Dgar to lift their spirit with stolen jokes, old puns, and scavenged memes?
Maybe.
But maybe not so much.

Perhaps the 2,024th year Earth Common Era will be the year Dgar begins concentrating on what Dgar loves.
Making music.

Thank you all for your support. Big love to each and every one of you. ♥️
🫶🎼🎤🎵🎸🎶

#DgarLore

KarenMzk, 5 months ago to random

We're discussing The Big Switch Australia's Electric Future. Saul Griffith is truly an inspiring man.

He has motivated community and influenced government policy for the betterment of us all.

https://youtu.be/mSsKop_sdQY?si=1HUINyU9MPRW5_Me

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

Thinking about how Folks held on to Twitter and Facebook for so long. I kinda feel that the folks who want mastodon/fedi to replace those networks perhaps didn't realise that for some of us, we'd already moved several times.

Once you've moved on from your first one emotionally it's easier.

So for those of us where this isn't their first rodeo what was your network pre Facebook? :BoostOK:

KarenMzk, 11 months ago to Russia

Its still a volatile situation. Putin is forever weakened and there is no way that Prigozhin gets to walk away after these attacks.

Neither of them is safe.

#Russia

MeidasTouch, 11 months ago to random

Whether it's from Trump, Elon, or others, we are witnessing psychological warfare the likes of which we have never seen. Watch disinformation researcher @davetroy break down these threats to democracy on The Weekend Show at 8p ET/5p PT! https://www.youtube.com/live/a8LBUEZyW3w?feature=share

KarenMzk, 1 year ago to random

UK local elections, online with my cousin in the UK and Tories are finally getting voted out :)

Tories down 190 seats. Labour up 138 seats. Lib Dems up 59 seats. Greens up 13 seats

Updated results
https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2023/england/results

#UKpol

KarenMzk, 1 year ago to random

UK elections 4 May and suddenly you need voter ID. What rubbish, voter suppression.

#ukpol

KarenMzk, 1 year ago to art

Richard Mosse is my favourite photojournalism artist.

Anyone with 74mins to spare and in Melbourne Australia, please pop into the NGV, 3rd floor, tucked away at the very back of the gallery. They always place him there.

This outstanding work is shown across a 20-metre widescreen panorama. Broken Spectre, is a powerful response to the devastating and ongoing impact of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest. Filmed over three years in remote parts of the Amazon Rainforest. Do not miss.
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/richard-mosse-broken-spectre/

#RichardMosse #NGV #Art