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The Cat API - Cats as a Service.

A public service API all about Cats, free to use when making your fancy new App, Website or Service.

In case there was any doubt I am the #bestcatdadever, I have the shirt to prove it. #cats #catsofmastodon
had a great time at home this winter!
“But what if people decided that the values of a platform were the most important thing about it? What if people liked the feeling of not being manipulated by algorithms? What if people thought that not feeling like garbage every time they log off of social media was more important than having a really slick app? What if one of our big social networks was crowdfunded and run mostly by volunteers?” https://worldhistory.medium.com/tech-journalism-doesnt-know-what-to-do-with-mastodon-df1309f088a0
Tech Journalism Doesn’t Know What to Do With Mastodon

Twitter is a for-profit company with headquarters in California. It has a CEO. It has investors and revenues and a valuation. The purpose of the company is to make money for its…

Medium
how does santa visit every planet in one night
May there be more love and kindness in your life, not just these few days but throughout the year.

My daughter: How does Santa know where we are?

Me: He can track our heat signature, like the Predator.

Buffalo, NY: City of Good Neighbors ❤️❤️❤️ Via: Mary Clyde

Posted in r/Buffalo by u/CaVeRnOusDiscretion • 259 points and 13 comments

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Let me put a phrase into your mind: nonconsensual virality. It's why quote-posts on Twitter led to harassment. People's words stolen, taken out of context, used purely to incite a mob of griefers. The answer is to give #Mastodon users control over whether someone else can quote-post them, with a simple "quote or not" setting that can be set before or after the post goes up. We should be allowed to stop people from taking our posts viral without our consent.
I get the feeling this BBC journalist waited their whole life just for this moment....