OK, so this is interesting. Some major organizations have now set up their own Mastodon instances:

European Union: EU Voice >>> https://social.network.europa.eu/explore
German gov: Explore social.bund.de >>> https://social.bund.de/explore
Internet Archive: Explore Internet Archive >>> https://mastodon.archive.org/explore

#twittermigration #mastodon #fediverse #governmentInstance
@mastodonmigration

How To Boil An Egg

Ingredients: 1 egg

Directions:

1). Find an egg
2). Tell him she's a good girl

Interview with Prof Bruno Lima

#Brazil Election, #Lula, #Bolsonaro, Tropical Fascim, #Extractivism, #Geopolitics, ITHA

Timeline:
2:20 - #Anarchism
4:27 - #Bolsonaro - (Para-)Military-Industrial Complex
16:50 - Neo-Pentecostal churches in #Brazil
24:15 - Neo-Extractivism, Agribusiness, Petrobras
38:33 - Is there an alternative? Radical Movements, Anarchism
44:40 - Geopolitics, BRICS, US-Brasil ties
52:40 - Imperialism

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4E_FtGbLZiU

The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration @fediverse

spent the day preparing movie stills in the hopes I can include them, still waiting on WB to tel us. if so there will be the 60 most vital still frames (imo) across the franchise, in b&w.

but when I sit and stare at some of these stills guess what I NOTICED EVEN MORE THINGS 😬

my book on the #trans allegories of the #matrix will be out in the first half of 2023! more info as I have it.