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mdmrn

@mdmrn@urusai.social

Level 15 Dad of 4. Christian. Left. Xennial. Enginerd. He/Him. 2006 TIME POTY. Enviromancer. Amateur Pokémon Trainer. Animal Crossing Island: Moduland. Opinions 🗑.

Staff / Mastodon Admin: https://sakurajima.moe/@beneaththetangles

Tags: #fedi22 #Parenting #ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #DadJokes #Jokes #Humor #Silly #Anime #Manga #OnePiece #KPop #Music #ACNHInspo #Christian #Faith

PFP: Balding, bearded white man in a black Venom themed Hawaiian shirt.

Header: Black and white manga screenshot showing a bearded man in sunglasses popping out of the ceiling. A nervous person whose face is partially in view yells, "Dad?!"

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mdmrn, to mastodon
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday!

Today is my official "Mastoversary." Now this account I made in November 2022, but my first Mastodon account as made today two years ago on Dot Social.

In these two years, my social media experience has been better. I've had more direct conversations with folks about so many things. Learned about more new music. Kept connected about politics, without as much of the...wild anger, bitterness, and screaming angrily into the void.

I am glad to be here with y'all.

Here's to the Fediverse.

mdmrn, to music
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Tune Tuesday's theme is "My Generation Music" aka music from around when you were born, so, let's tell a story cause...why not.

The year is 1983. Return of the Jedi and Monty Python's the Meaning of Life were in theaters.

In upstate NYS, that summer my parents gave birth to their first born, me - an aggressively geeky and white baby boy coming out looking like some kind of plucked chicken.

On that day, the Number 1 song in America was Flashdance: What a Feeling by Irene Cara. https://songwhip.com/irene-cara/flashdancewhat-a-feeling

What a song. What a year.

Host: @Kitty
Theme: @The_KamikaZEN

mdmrn, to newmusic
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It's Music Women Wednesday from @loewe and I've got new music recently from Itzy and from Hanabie.

Which do I share?!?

WHICH DO I SHARE??

Both. Both is good.

Itzy's new Japanese track Algorhythm https://songwhip.com/itzy/algorhythm

Hanabie's new single, "Girls' Talk." https://songwhip.com/hanabie/girls-talk

mdmrn, to music
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It's @loewe's Music Women Wednesday and I haven't posted anything yet. For shame.

Here's Kesha's "Godzilla," a track written by her Mom. https://songwhip.com/kesha/godzilla

mdmrn, to kpop
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This week for Thursday Five List, @neurothing is asking about songs from your workout with a tag of "The Workout."

Generally the songs I listen to during my workouts I'd listen to anyway - but more focused on high energy tracks.

So, let's go:

Steve Aoki - Close to You https://songwhip.com/steve-aoki/close-to-you

Dragonforce - My Heart Will Go On https://songwhip.com/dragonforce/my-heart-will-go-on

Fallout Boy ft Demi Lovato - Irresistible https://songwhip.com/fall-out-boy/irresistible

Itzy - In the Morning https://songwhip.com/itzy/in-the-morning

Le Sserafim - Eve, Psyche, & the Bluebeard's Wife https://songwhip.com/lesserafim/eve-psyche-and-the-bluebeards-wife

mdmrn, to Pixelfed
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So, I have talked about how I've been doing a side-by-side comparison of stats for Instagram and Pixelfed by posting the same photos on both accounts.

Well, my pics tend to fall into certain well defined categories. So, I have been sorting the photos into the following and comparing average number of likes: Cats, Food, Flowers, Manga, and Selfies.

Based on these broad categories, I noticed a few hings. More info in the following toots.

#Pixelfed #Instagram #SocialMedia #Cats #Fediverse #Manga #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Food #Selfie

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and happy Tuesday!

I have half day at work, followed by a Dr appointment. This evening then my 12 year old is being inducted into the Junior National Honor Society, which is awesome! After that (or during it, kind of), my youngest two have softball practice. And I've turned into an assistant coach (long-ish story). So, I'll be heading over to that afterwards.

So yea...it's going to be a busy one!

Hope you have a good one.

mdmrn, to random
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Good morning and Happy Wednesday / May / International Workers' Day.

The United States is one of the only countries in the world to not acknowledge International Workers' Day / Labor Day on May Day / May 1st. The active denial of comradery by the US of American laborers with our international allies is definitely purposeful. Even as the date was selected based on a historic strike in the US.

We should acknowledge the struggle of the labor movement and workers across the globe.

Have a wonderful Wednesday / International Workers' Day.

mdmrn, to music
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Since @loewe's Music Women Wednesday falls on , I also want to post up a workers' song.

Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 https://songwhip.com/dolly-parton/9-to-5

And the recent Pitbull collab, Powerful Women: https://songwhip.com/pitbull/powerful-women

Lyrics:
9 to 5 / For service and devotion
You would think that I / Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead / But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is / Out to get me

They let you dream / Just a watch 'em shatter
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder / But you got dreams he'll never take away

mdmrn, to newmusic
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Hanabie is coming at us with a brand new single today.

Check out Girl's Talk on your favorite steaming platform https://songwhip.com/hanabie/girls-talk

Music video drops 10 PM EDT tonight...may have to try to stay awake to check it out.

Maybe...

mdmrn, to music
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It's @loewe's Music Women Wednesday.

Quick post here - IVE's Accendio: https://songwhip.com/ive2/accendio

The music video is cool and has all sorts of magical girl vibes. You can check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGLx4V680J8

mdmrn, to FF
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Since it's my Mastoversary - I'm going to do a midweek follow list of some of my earliest Fediverse mutuals.

@gnitro @jcrabapple @cliffwade @Haste @negativeprimes @mofumofu

You should check them all out!!

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and happy Tuesday!

If you are a Maryland friend, today is your primary day! Make sure to get out and vote!

I voted early, by mail. Which is amazing. I love it so much. So convenient.

Anyway, today's agenda is work, followed by a softball game for my 9 year olds.

Hope you all have a great one.

mdmrn, to music
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For @Kitty's Tune Tuesday, @satsuma gave us a theme of "My Precious Music."

It's all about physical media.

I do not buy a lot of physical media as of late, though my oldest has been.

Here's the most recent physical album I got myself, Magnolia Park's "Halloween Mixtape II." And it RULES.

Magnolia Park gives us a fantastic emo / pop punk album that I have kept in my car since I got it over a month ago. Also, my 12 year old has gotten SUPER into it too.

The album hits from beginning to end. You can listen to it / buy it here: https://songwhip.com/magnoliapark/halloween-mixtape-ii

mdmrn, to AnimalCrossing
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🎵 But I'll never do it better than I do it with you
So long, so long
And I would do anything for love
Oh, I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love but I won't do that 🎵

In 1993, Meat Loaf released his recording of I Would Do Anything for Love. It was an amazing track. The music video, directed by Michael Bay, was a wild Beauty and the Beast story.

Here's Walt playing "The Beast" from the video for Music Monday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X_ViIPA-Gc

mdmrn, to music
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Since posting up my Goldfinger album cover re-creation earlier this week for Music Monday, I've had them on the brain.

So, for VGM Wednesday, I'm going to post their one song that is so intrinsically tied to video games it instantly makes you think of them.

Here's Goldfinger's "Superman," which many folks first heard in Tony Hawk Pro-Skater https://songwhip.com/goldfinger/superman

mdmrn, to music
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Apparently, Jukebox Friday Night has a theme of "Mothers."

Normally, I'd be literal with a theme like that and go with a song that talks about Moms. But, my Mom is a Spring-nut (her words) and loves Bruce Springsteen, so I have to just...pick a song that reminds me of my Mom, at least to start.

Here's Thunder Road by the Boss https://songwhip.com/bruce-springsteen/thunder-road

mdmrn, to Pixelfed
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Okay, so another set of stats now that April is over.

As I've said before, I am posting concurrently to Pixefed and Instagram to see what the differences are.

Let's break it down by month first. Here are average likes by month for the year to date:
January - Insta 20 / Pixelfed 8
February - Insta 21 / Pixelfed 8
March - Insta 27 / Pixelfed 11
April - Insta 26 / Pixelfed 9

Year to date, we're averaging 23.7 likes per post on Insta and 9.1 likes per post on Pixelfed.

But, this is a thread, so let's go deeper.

#Pixelfed #SocialMedia #Instagram #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Meta

mdmrn, to random
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RE: Last boost

School lunches should be free for all kids, everywhere. Period.

DXMacGuffin, to random
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Let’s play the Monday – I post a quote from a well-known movie. If you know where it’s from, post another quote from the same movie. We’ll keep the game going as long as people know quotes from the film.

🎶 Let's do the Time Warp agaiiiiiiiiiin!🎶

mdmrn,
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@DXMacGuffin And crawling on the planet's face, some insects, called the human race... lost in time... and lost in space... and meaning.

mdmrn,
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@DXMacGuffin Dammit Janet!

mdmrn, to music
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This week for @Kitty's Tune Tuesday, @Nicolaa suggested a theme of "Star, Moon, Sun." Looking to the heavens. Let's do one of each!

Star: David Bowie - Starman https://songwhip.com/david-bowie/starman

Moon: Ernie (voiced byJim Henson) - I Don't Want to Live on the Moon https://songwhip.com/ernie/i-dont-want-to-live-on-the-moon

Sun: Dreamcatcher - Red Sun https://songwhip.com/dreamcatcher/red-sun

DXMacGuffin, to random
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Let’s play the Monday – I post a quote from a well-known movie. If you know where it’s from, post another quote from the same movie. We’ll keep the game going as long as people know quotes from the film.

"Klaatu barada nikto!"

mdmrn,
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@DXMacGuffin This is one of two things...

So, I'm going with the sillier of options.

"This Is My Boomstick!"

mdmrn, to music
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So, at the end of the year, I reset my "Most Listened To" playlist on my phone to see what I listen to as the year progresses.

Today marks a full month into the year. So, here's what I've listened to the most from music I own on my phone:

  1. Itzy (Yeji) - Crown on My Head
  2. Kiss of Life - Bad News
  3. Dreamcatcher - OOTD
  4. NMIXX - Run for Roses
  5. NewJeans - Gods
  6. Magnolia Park - Candles
  7. Alan Walker ft Yuqi / JVKE - Fire!
  8. Dreamcatcher - Propose
  9. Dreamcatcher - We Are Young
  10. All Time Low - Calm Down

mdmrn,
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April is about to end as May comes home tomorrow, so let's look at my most listened to tracks as it has updated this past month.

  1. Itzy (Yeji) - Crown on My Head
  2. NMIXX - Run for Roses
  3. Kiss of Life - Bad News
  4. NewJeans - Gods
  5. T-Pain - Dreaming
  6. Fall Out Boy - Centuries
  7. Dreamcatcher - We Are Young
  8. Solar / DJ Harry - Paradise
  9. aespa - Drama
  10. Dreamcatcher - OOTD

Once again, K-Pop is dominating what I am listening to offline, but T-Pain and Fall Out Boy cracked the Top 10 this month with Fall Out Boy remaining my #1 most listened to artist of the year.

#Music #KPop #FallOutBoy #Dreamcatcher #Itzy #TPain

mdmrn, to Parenting
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Good morning and Happy Friday!

Today is sports day at the elementary school, so I am off now to go check it out and cheer for my two favorite 4th graders on Team Blue. Got a picnic lunch on my back too.

Later, weather permitting, we have a softball make up game for the girls too. Hope you have a great Friday and great weekend.

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