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Microblogging like it's 2009

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misc, to random
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Glad I never counted on the debt relief going through. Still pissed.

curiousordinary, to art
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Vietnamese woodblock folk prints often feature historical figures, social commentaries and popular folktales. This print depicts the wedding march of a rat couple and their guests, all nervously hoping the big cat will leave them alone.

Chronomyst, to random

when someone i've been following on the fedi for a while decides to follow me too

pvonhellermannn, to fediverse
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LAUNCH of
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I've been thinking for a while that it would be good to have a collective Climate Diary (along the lines of the Sussex Mass Observation project): people from across the world recording and sharing everyday observations, experiences, thoughts, feelings relating to the

I would like to try out simply using a - - here on to create this and I would like to invite you all to join in and share widely! 1/4

moshboy, to random
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artwork for an article titled 'the human touch', pc entertainment, magazine (1994) https://archive.org/details/game-players-pc-entertainment-vol.-7-no.-1-january-february-1994/page/n53/mode/2up

misc, to random
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Narrative weather is underrated. Feel like there's a good opportunity for licensing partnership between a TV network and 3rd party weather apps. Though more likely the apps will just start making "AI" videos in the next couple years.

misc, to random
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Is there a snappy "someone's name's law" for the idea that autopilot that works 99% of the time is worse than no autopilot, because of how human attention works?

misc, to random
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I love music-of-the-year season, seeing what everyone’s picked in various forums & blogs & publications. Usually I mainly listen to shuffle spotify playlists that combine a bunch of different people’s lists. And yet, that kind of strips it of context and commentary, you know? I’d like to play a song and while it’s up see who all recommended it, what they said about it, what else they liked.

misc,
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Just thought about Songbird - this hybrid music player / web browser. I wonder if it might be worth revisiting something like that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbird_(software)

phrichards, to random

Finally listened to @nova on @shanselman's podcast and it was wonderful and now I want to build a server in my basement. https://overcast.fm/+BVPEiw3g

rebrafsim, (edited ) to random

Banadian goose

ADDiane, to random
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Stop hating on lazy people. We didn't even do anything.

dgolumbia, to generativeAI

new by me, on the underlying politics of projects including : they are intended to produce human despair (in everyone but their fans) with nods to @abebab, @emilymbender, @librarianshipwreck, LM Sacasas, Deb Raji, etc https://davidgolumbia.medium.com/chatgpt-should-not-exist-aab0867abace

glittercleric, to random

Some pointers on for those who would like to write some for their images, but don't know how:

  1. Any alt text is better than no alt text. Even a brief, barebones one makes a post more accessible.

  2. In the same vein, less is more. It's tempting to be very detailed, but from what I gathered in my time writing IDs, too much text can be annoying. Imagine you'd have to listen to a screenreader read it to you - if you lose patience, you probably wrote too much.

  3. Start with the most pronounced features of an image. If you have to get more wordy, e.g. when there's a lot going on in a picture, continue to work your way down from there to as much nitty-gritty detail as feels appropriate.

  4. Describing people: If you're not sure how to describe certain aspects of their appearance, stick with the basics: skin / hair / eye color, hair style / texture, pronounced features (scars, freckles, etc.), e.g. "an Japanese person with long dark hair and a scar on their cheek".

  5. DO NOT use food terms to describe someone's skin color. Use a simple descriptor instead, e.g. "light brown".

  6. Fanart: State the name of the character and the media they're from. If the character featured looks like described or pictured in canon, you can skip detailed descriptions of their appearance. If the fanart deviates from it, I usually point out the most obvious changes, e.g. making a character Black or changing their hair color.

  7. Landscapes: start with what's most prominently in the focus, then move backwards, e.g. "An image of a lighthouse. The sea around it is dark and choppy. Seabirds are flying in the distant sky."

  8. Animals: if you know the exact breed, great. If you don't, saying "a brown dog with floppy ears" is more than enough.

  9. Graphs, statistics, etc.: Well, this is a tricky one. I usually start with what it's about, then state the parameters of the graph and what they indicate, e.g. "a graphic of a survey on public transportation covering the last three decades, indicating more people are using it than ever".

  10. Don't get too artistic. It's tempting to be poetic, especially as a writer, but stick to simple language.

  11. DO NOT use alt text as a platform for hidden jokes without also providing the actual alt text. That's just rude.

That's all I can think of right now! Feel free to add to this list in the replies!

devxvda, to random

I am sick of being silenced for my perfectly valid beliefs¹

[1] The Jetsons and The Flintstones take place simultaneously in the same cinematic universe due to a nuclear war tearing society into two different technologically based dichotomies

knizer, to somerville
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If you go into busy Market Basket with a smile, thinking: 'this is going to be a shitshow, let's enjoy the ride' - you'll have a much better experience.

Shopping at when its busy is one of the most iconic experiences available. The prices are consistently good, the produce fresh, the people are from all walks of life. We are all equals in that store, how much you make, the car you drive (if any), the language(s) you speak, where you work/learn - none of that matters.

Castopod, to random

If your podcast is hosted on @Castopod your audience can listen to your episodes from @Mastodon but also like, share and comment them!

paulisci, to random
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If this can be a salad, you can be anything.

sphakos, to random

Wondering how to break down Mastodon silos? Here's how:

  1. Create accounts on multiple instances, and watch their local timeline. Interested in art or astrophotography? There's an instance for that.

  2. Have one instance you consider your "main" instance. Follow everyone you find interesting from other instances on that account.

  3. Reply to people's toots. Yes, seriously. Mastodon is about connecting to people. Like someone's art? Tell them what you like about it. Someone has an insightful view? Tell them which parts resonated with you. It might make you feel vulnerable, but it's really good in the long run.

  4. Cultivate who you follow. This means actively finding people who don't share your experiences, backgrounds, and identities. Following people who have diverse experiences will put more interesting people into your personal timeline, which gives you more interesting people to follow.

  5. Actually post some toots. Use hashtags. Hashtags are the only parts of toots that are searchable. The text itself doesn't show up in search results.

schmutzie, to random

Call (707) 873-7862. Kindergarten kids have created an automated pep talk system as a school project, and it will work on your wizened old heart. They believe in me 🥹

schratze, to random German
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excuse me

cypnk, to random
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Sufficiently poor magic is indistinguishable from technology

selfsame, to random
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Santa is just the fruiting body the real Christmas stretches for miles under the permafrost

monorail, to random
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It's an urban legend that Oppenheimer said "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" after witnessing the first successful atomic bomb detonation. What he actually said was "wow, this blew up, check out my soundcloud"

polychrome, to random

Oh my goodness I've just learned a thing about The Matrix that causes it to make a lot more sense: In the original script the humans were used as neural network compute clusters by the Machines and as a crucial component of The Matrix itself.

Which is why humans who were aware of the simulation could control aspects of The Matrix - their minds were part of its foundation.

Unfortunately the test audiences had trouble understanding this concept so the studio changed the human role to "batteries".

picklemaddierix, to random

gender is a scam invented by bathroom companies in the 1960's in order to sell more bathrooms

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