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06 Oct 2023, 03:41 Β· test toot
spur of the moment decision to join β€‹
not sure why right now but I'd been contemplating it for a while; been off mainstream SM since 2017 β€‹

my partner @Clare_Dawn_09 sadly returned to that birds mess platform after less than 1 week here  to argue w/trolls🧌& get drowned by adbotsπŸ€–update: she left again!

#DogsOfMastodon🐻
#CatsOfMastodon😼
#MastoArt🎨
#NowPlayingπŸ“€
#TotPπŸ•Ί
#BBUKπŸ‘οΈβ€πŸ—¨
#CupOfTeaSocial β€‹

46yo ginger bearded male (fresh-faced 43yo in the pfp)Norwich, Norfolk, England
Sasha (header pic)10yo female Romanian Shepherd rescue via The Biggies' League
1,000 character limitMastodon encouraging my verbosity...
#AltTextStrict 'no alt, no boost' policy applied here
FWIW here's the screenshots, though I'm not gonna bother with the #AltText this time as it really is just a rewrite of the one I'd received previously, so I've already abridged that one within this thread and transcribed word for word for the key bits.

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...Perhaps I can crowd source amongst all the security nerds on here for the Bitcoin equivalent of $800 USD that they demand is transferred to their Bitcoin wallet:

bc1qt3s4g7edalpeh9gwmwdvzlh7rt5sxddemvlgr9

Though I've burnt through the 1st day of precisely 2 that they've given me to pay, with just imagining what this fantasy wank compilation tape would look like & here's me sharing this information on social media like I was warned not to, so they're definitely gonna go public now...

I'm a little frazzled with all the pretend stress & have put more effort into the #AltText for these screenshots than the toot itself; I'm sure there's some choice internet security type of # this is worth boosting with as we could all do with a giggle and I bet I'm not the only one that really wants them to #ReleaseTheTapes that they definitely compiled as they're definitely watching me as I type right now...πŸ‘€β€‹

In the same early hours session of Fri 6th Oct 2023 as I set myself up on here, making my grand return to social media (after an absence since 2017/18 depending on the platform) with my test toot in the process, I also signed-up to the waiting list for #Bluesky πŸ¦‹β€‹

Fast forward to yesterday lunchtime (Fri 29th Dec 2023) and I receive an email with my invite code.

Similarly to here, I have no real plan of use and just picked my YouTube channel name as the name for my Bluesky account, in the absence of any bright ideas or new directions.

So the early hours of Sat 30th has produced my test skeet (as I've just learnt they're referred to over there) and fwiw here's the link to my feed:

https://bsky.app/profile/manwalksdogs.bsky.social

...I may as well bung a link to my YT too, whilst I'm at it:
https://www.youtube.com/@ManWalksDogs

Who knows if I'll use it much - and I have noticed I've not been on here for three weeks - but I do know it's 5:30am and I've got to get 3hrs kip in before I'm up again for parkrun...

manwalksdogs.bsky.social

Bluesky Social

Second half just kicked off in #EngIta and what remains the highlight of tonight's broadcast on Channel4 has been seeing James Richardson sat at a coffee table covered with coffee cups and Italian language sports papers such as La Gazzetta dello Sport, effusing a style and grace only matched by Gary Imlach also on C4's sporting coverage in the early 90s.

It was like being transported back to my childhood bedroom on a Saturday morning, aged 13.

...As I type:

GolaΓ§o! Rashford!

Susan Wokoma 'just'** got two points in the prize task on #Taskmaster for one of our candlelit Mathmos lava lamps*!

*Which were Xmas presents for @Clare_Dawn_09 last year hence the snowman & soldiers - note: we do NOT have Xmas decorations up early in October, especially with her birthday coming at the end of the month first (so no talk of the X word until after)!

**I started composing this as it happened just after 9pm but beyond the distraction of a programme I wanted to watch, it has taken forever to #alttext all the items in my picture!

...Thought I'd test the function to clear up the unknown regarding #alttext via
πŸ“Žβ€‹Attach...πŸ–ŒοΈβ€‹Draw something

So I present my 2nd piece of #MastoArtπŸŽ¨β€‹

...It turns out I did miss the option to edit in the alt text on my first pic, but now know how (and how to frame the preview thumbnail in the process). Won't happen again!!πŸ‘€β€‹


8pm is cupofteao'clock round here, so I thought I'd do my #MugShot for the #CupOfTeaSocial especially as this & minestrone soup went down well after another evening of soaking wet #DogWalking

Black tea, no sugar in a 16oz enamel camping (aka everyday) mug that has lived a life of ahem 'thorough' cleaning after each use.

#KeepCalmAndCarryOn typically a personal mantra but feeling more like advice to survive the world's hellfire these days... β€‹

In the background is @Clare_Dawn_09 who's profile has had a glow-up thanks to yours truly last night...πŸ¦£πŸ˜β€‹

ps. my 1st effort at #AltText as I had been reading up on it since joining #Mastodon

As MN8 proudly declared on #totp
"I've got a little something for you..."πŸ‘Ίβ€‹
Sweet dreams my new #Cupofteasocial friends and those of the wider #fediverse
1st day of #mastodon in the bag; follow me for more quality toots such as this...
Bit of an art crime to consider this worthy of #MastoArt but it's gone 3am and I'm up in five hours for Catton #parkrun 's 10th birthday...πŸŽ‚β€‹