Peter Adams

@praest76
8 Followers
134 Following
345 Posts

Middle aged Northern Irish curmudgeon, living in Finland. Likes the coffee, trees and snow but misses the banter sometimes.

Recovering cynicism addict. It's a long hard road, but it's healthier.

#LazyPeon #TechMonkey #RealAleBore #StupidMick #Ulkomaalainen

Vanitysitehttps://escapism.co.uk/praest76/
Birdsitehttps://twitter.com/praest76
Picsitehttps://metapixl.com/@praest76
Devsitehttps://praest-76.github.io
Going to attempt this server migration thing. Failing to settle on a topic so going to mastodon.ie.
Can't believe the tax payer is still funding Rishi Sunak's Victorian orphan soul syphon
Dinner time for Tufty.

#squirrel #orava

Hypothesis: The Fediverse consists almost entirely of adults.

I expect most youths are drawn to the large corporate social networks; but those of us who took the effort to come here have likely experienced the Internet before most of those existed.

Of course, the only way to test this is by collecting data using the most scientifically rigorous method available to me: a Mastodon poll, lol

(I expect this will only reach English-speaking Fedi, but do boost if you're able)

⬇️ What is your age? ⬇️

Less than 18 years old
2.2%
18 to 27 years old
17.3%
28 to 39 years old
35.1%
40 or more years old
45.4%
Poll ended at .

Twitter users: I'm done. I'm sick of being on this awful network that harvests my personal data, driven by skewed algorithm, owned by a sociopathic billionaire!

Also Twitter users: Hey everyone, I've joined #Threads!

1/X đź§µ

Dear #journalists around the World!

Here in #Finland many of us are grateful about your articles of our new #conservative - far right government.

It was because of the pressure of your articles that finally drove the #nazi-connected The Minister for Economic Affairs Vilhem #Junnila to resign.

But there's more!

And if you do report about the events and about the new ministers, mainly in the #FarRight party #TheFinns, it would make a difference.

#FinPol #politics #journalism #media

Today there was a bit of royal flummery in Edinburgh. Not-quite-a-coronation. There weren't the crowds they'd apparently been expecting, to judge by the barriers, but there were some people in a couple of bunches. There's video in which the crowd – “crowd” – can be clearly heard booing and chanting #NotMyKing

It warms the heart, it really does. There's hope for the country yet. #Scotland

This tweet was beautifully put re: the media coverage:

#earwormoftheday #earworm

Heard today in the local shopping centre. Don't think I've heard this for 30 years. Not sure anyone has. Wonder where they are now, and if they get any royalties or did they get shafted by their manager/label like so many 80s starlets?

https://youtu.be/wsA7rdZelLc

Five Star - System Addict (Video)

YouTube
Found hall WiFi repeater was off. Power socket was dead. Came back when I switched the hall light on. Interesting wiring in this house...

Daily Mastodon trending topic report:

1. You’re using it wrong in many ways that personally offend me

2. This place was better without any people

3. Open-source software

4. You’re being polite but not in the way I prefer

5. The Fediverse (“fedora universe”)

6. Should we de-federate Toyota if they start a server?

7. Top 20 Fediverse alternatives to Wikipedia

8. Historical evidence that Hitler invented quote tweets

9. Cats

10. It’s weird how people create accounts but don’t stick around