Mastodawn

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

Accidental CISO Nov 6, 2022

9: Dad, you forgot to give me my medicine.
Me: Sorry, I forgot already.
9: How did you forget that fast?
Me: The same way you forget things sometimes.

…30 seconds later…

Me: Ok, come here.
9: What for?
Me: To get your medicine.
9: Oh, yeah. I forgot.

🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤣😭
#ADHD

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

BLUR Nov 5, 2022

One thing that was super common on Mastodon / Fediverse prior to this mass migration was adding image descriptions to help be accessible to our many blind and partially sighted users here. Many people won't boost posts without them.
Please consider adding alt text to your images when you can.

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

I'm pretty sure that flyovercountry.social is now a fully operational battlestation. I'm sure there are some kinks to sort out, but if you're interested in helping me sort them out feel free to sign up!

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

James Gleick Nov 6, 2022

I’m being ratioed for complaining about “Toots.” No offense intended! I was attempting to be jovial, folks. I’m a newbie, enjoying everything about this place and hoping to encourage others.

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

scy Nov 6, 2022

lol, just two weeks ago this whole network was mainly just a bunch of lovely nerds. Now we even have famous actors! Welcome @albinokid, the fediverse already feels a bit more wholesome with you being here.

(And yes I’ve cross-checked with his Twitter profile, it’s not a fake.)

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery

justin ferguson Nov 6, 2022

Molly JongFast Nov 5, 2022

Amazing #twitter

justin ferguson Nov 5, 2022

Uncle John Nov 5, 2022

First real toot so I want to be really clear:
Black lives do matter
Human rights extend to Trans rights
Gender is not binary
White/Christian nationalism/supremacy has no place in society

justin ferguson Nov 5, 2022

Dr. Casey Fiesler Nov 5, 2022

I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: If you switch Mastodon instances, it's easy to transfer your network/follows over (I did this), but NOT your content. Is this right? If you change instances you can't move your toots to the new one?

This makes the "don't be held hostage by a platform!" benefit less compelling doesn't it? Like what if someone just doesn't pay the bill for your instance? All your content's gone?

Am I missing something?

justin ferguson Nov 5, 2022

Jeff Jarvis Nov 5, 2022

For God's sake. WaPo tears its Kleenex, contending Tiffany Cross made "incendiary comments." Calling out racism is not incendiary. Racism is. WaPo was fed the Fox/NYPost/Murdoch line and swallowed it. For shame. MSNBC fires a voice for truth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/11/04/tiffany-cross-msnbc-cancel/

justin ferguson Nov 5, 2022