Erika Ensign

@HollyGoDarkly
47 Followers
172 Following
367 Posts

(she/her) Podcaster. Writer. Geek. Award-winner. Do-gooder.

Moved from Teejop, Ho-Chunk land (Madison, WI) to Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory (Edmonton, AB)

Verity! (#DoctorWho podcast)https://veritypodcast.wordpress.com
Incomparable Podcastinghttps://www.theincomparable.com/person/erika-ensign
Podcast Business Sitehttp://wearecastria.com
Neglected Bloghttps://fangirlknitsscarf.wordpress.com
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
NowWeAreAllTomNov 19, 2022
Updated my "What is Mastodon? Why is Mastodon? How is Mastodon" post to add a bullet point about how you can find your twitter friends on Mastodon. Scroll way down near the bottom, to the "tips" section. https://www.nowwearealltom.com/what-is-mastodon/
What is Mastodon? Why is Mastodon? How is Mastodon?

It isn't exactly a Twitter replacement, but IMO it's pretty cool. So I hope I can demystify it for you a bit.

NowWeAreAllTom
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
S. Naomi ScottNov 19, 2022
Some lovely #BookPost today from @aliettedb - I'm definitely squeezing this one into the top of my priority TBR pile.
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
Show threadThe Human PalindromeNov 19, 2022

@HollyGoDarkly to steal/paraphrase a quote I once read:

“Some people are early birds, some are night owls, I’m more like a permanently exhausted pigeon.”

Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
blaineNov 19, 2022

Hey, US folks newly running Mastodon instances: do Future You a *huge* favor, mitigate your potential liability, and register with the copyright office and designate an agent to receive DMCA reports *right now*. https://copyright.gov/dmca-directory/

(Via [email protected])

DMCA Designated Agent Directory | U.S. Copyright Office

DMCA Designated Agent Directory

Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
Show threadAnnette WierstraNov 19, 2022
Update. @HollyGoDarkly was telling me about her new weighted blanket and I threw some extra blankets on my bed and I think I slept better.
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
Mark O - Hall monitor typeNov 18, 2022
If you are new to #mastodon, migrating from #twitter and you love to post videos, please consider posting your video over at a hosting site such as Youtube or Vimeo (others exist). Then post the link, it should show and play in your Toot.
It saves your server from having to store and stream huge quantities of extra data.
I'm going to add into here that federated hosting exists in the form of #peertube as well which is worth a look at. https://joinpeertube.org/
What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube

A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

JoinPeerTube
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
Cherie PriestNov 19, 2022
and for the self-promo tax I give you…
…#Caturday Floof
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
I know my bio rn isn't great, and I need to do a proper intro post to pin, but A) I might move instances, and B) I'm so tired y'all. (I know you get that latter one!)
Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
Tris Lawrence / trysloraNov 18, 2022

I really like the favorite/boost/bookmark distinctions. I also like the fact that here you have to go back to the original post to talk--my brain says lovechild of Twitter and Pillowfort. Also, accountability, woohoo!

So. In my view.

Favorite: HEY YOU this was a COOL THING.

Boost: HEY EVERYONE this was a COOL THING.

Bookmark: HEY ME don't forget about this COOL THING.

Reply: OMG WHAT A COOL THING can we TALK about it?

Erika EnsignNov 19, 2022
liz ten elevenNov 19, 2022
oh neat, you get a notification if a post gets edited after you’ve boosted it