I have been using #linux as a desktop since 1999. Started with #debian then #ubuntu now using #linuxmint and some #raspberrypi servers.
This is so sad. She had an incredible voice x
BBC News: Roberta Flack is unable to sing after ALS diagnosis BBC News - Roberta Flack is unable to sing after ALS diagnosis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63630778
The reason Mastodon names are like email addresses is because email addresses "won" over a lot of other options that I won't mention here because most people have never heard of them.
Why did email addresses win? Because they match how we think of community, at a deep cognitive and arguably biological level.
Need evidence? "Jesus of Nazareth" is basically an email address and, now, a Mastodon account name.
To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.
(Please boost for reach)