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Furious Sarcasm Nov 20, 2022

so, friends, can you see who's on a federated instance (am i using that correctly?) without joining that server? like if i see that a bunch of people i interacted with elsewhere are on one server, but i'm happy with the server i'm on, can i poke around on that other server to follow several people at once?

gah, i'm not phrasing this very well.

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Furious Sarcasm Nov 20, 2022

@bandherbooks as a reader, i've greatly expanded the diversity of my reading as well as the devotion of my author following. before, i casually liked some authors. now, i want to know their general politics before i give them my money, and then i want to give them all the money i can if i like their books because i want to support them to keep writing more! maybe some people don't think twitter sells books, but i've sure spent a lot of money because of it, haha!

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Furious Sarcasm Nov 20, 2022

@Oldandcranky oh, that's always so hard! good luck at keeping it under wraps until getting the go ahead!

Furious Sarcasm Nov 18, 2022

I moved to @law-and-politics Nov 17, 2022

So I guess it wasn't a hoax.

GOP operative Jesse Benton found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump's campaign.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/17/benton-trump-russian-vasilenko-guilty/

(I was being sarcastic. I already knew it wasn't a hoax)

GOP operative found guilty of funneling Russian money to Donald Trump

A longtime Ron Paul aide helped a Russian businessman get into a Trump fundraiser; Trump later pardoned him for another campaign finance crime.

The Washington Post

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Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

@Z0phn we used to eat out a lot (too much?), but since 2020, we've only done take-away or outdoor dining. not perfect, but it's a hopefully safe(r) compromise that allows us to see friends & family. we're in texas, usa, so lots of restaurants have outdoor/patio seating. would be harder in places that don't.
i want to do more, then another wave comes & hospitals fill up, and it seems like a choice between long covid; serious illness; or going out, & going out doesn't sound as good then

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Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

@prehensile apparently they're super unimportant but also crash a lot of critical services like 2FA. no big deal!

Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

Cyrus Farivar 🔥📰🖖🏽🚴🏼🏕️Nov 15, 2022

Maybe you saw the news today that a Twitter engineer got fired by Elon, over Twitter.

I talked to him.

Hours have gone by and he's still had no messaging from the company.

He doesn't even know where to send his company laptop.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2022/11/14/musk-fires-twitter-engineer-on-twitter-cowards/

Twitter Engineer Fired On Twitter Calls Musk’s Team ‘A Bunch Of Cowards’

The Android developer frets over Twitter’s near-future: “No one trusts anyone within the company anymore.”

Forbes

Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

FediTips has moved!Nov 14, 2022

Do you follow too many people?

Do you want to organise your Mastodon home timeline into several themed mini-timelines that are easier to navigate?

You can do this on Mastodon using the "Lists" feature, and here's a guide all about it:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-advanced-tips/#UsingListsOnMastodon

You can use Lists on third party apps like Tusky for Android or Metatext for iPhone/iPad, or on your server's website.

#Mastodon #Lists

How To Use Mastodon and the Fediverse: Advanced Tips | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

@Z0phn we got back in march 2020 before vaccines, and we've been exposed peripherally by required maintenance calls in our house or needed errands, but we never stopped masking & still mostly only do things outdoor or with only small groups of others who are vaxxed. maybe it'd be different if i didn't have kids, but i do, and i don't want my legacy to them to be orphans with heart & lung problems before adulthood.

Furious Sarcasm Nov 15, 2022

@BuggsMcGhee oh, no, that's terrible!!! i'm so sorry to hear that. i hope it's of short duration for all the best reasons (every body gets well quickly & gets to go home safely).