"There's been a new breakthrough on flying cars! Soon, the-"

"It won't happen."

"This time, they fixed the-"

"Doesn't matter."

"Why not?"

"Dragons."

"What?"

"Flying cars get popular, dragons appear and eat them all, and make us forget it."

"What?"

"Happens every time."

"What?"

"Yup."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #ElonMusk #Musk #Email #Journalism #FOIA #GregAbbott

Spammers have been programmatically creating accounts on Mastodon instances for years. Sometimes they post once and never again, sometimes they post on a schedule. Sometimes they never post, like a waiting botnet.

As Mastodon's anti-spam solutions are effectively nonexistent, most instances in our network require manual approval of new accounts. Up until recently, it was easy to spot a spammer; their join reasons were generic.

ChatGPT spammers have now arrived.

#MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #spam

If you follow someone and you enjoy their posts but you don't like their boosts, you can hide just their boosts:

1. Click on their name or picture to go to their profile page
2. Click ⋯
2. Select "Hide Boosts"

If you change your mind, go back to their profile and select "Show Boosts".

#FediTips #Mastodon

You get exactly one of the following powers.

Choose wisely.

Damn, the takahē really is like a globe of the world on legs.

edit: photo by Douglas Thorne