Rick O'Toole

@rotoole
18 Followers
138 Following
99 Posts
History, science, philosophy. HigherEd IT support. Running. Connecticut.
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/rotoole
@NanoRaptor RAM. Its all about the RAM
@scalzi Ok. Help me understand the luck inflection point. Is it when an artist hits a certain dollar/wealth amount, or published works, or # of fans, or something else?
@scalzi "he got lucky"?
Since when is working hard and producing art that people like considered luck?
Editors at AP News are failing at their job of choosing photos to accompany their stories.
Nobody wants to see a fat shirtless #floridaman

@lauren @paninid
Look it up?
It was too hard to reply "Yes" or provide a link?

Hey everyone, go type "porn" and "display" and "Iraq" in your browser search. What could possibly go wrong.

@divclassbutton Ha ha! Sorry, but this isn't realistic.

No way millions (billions?) of people are going to buy expensive bikes only to spend more hours commuting, being cold/wet/hot, subject themselves to dangerous road conditions, etc.

@divclassbutton "for all"?
For traveling less than 10 miles, on safe roads, with decent weather, carrying light belongings, alone...?

In case you missed it, all links on Mastodon count as 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters the link really is.

So, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon as they won't actually affect the link's length.

Mastodon does this because it's better for everyone's privacy to avoid link shortener services, it means people can see what they're clicking on, and the link won't stop working if the shortener service shuts down.

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon/

You don’t need link shorteners on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Normalize this

(Updated: I changed Twitter to X and User to Profile. I intentionally left out Bluesky because their approach to profile naming doesn't fit this paradigm and precedent.)

#X #Threads #Fediverse #News #Media

Stay on a decentralized platform and others will join.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-threads-privacy-decentralization/
Don't Join Threads—Make Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' Join You

Meta’s Twitter alternative promises that it will work with decentralized platforms, giving you greater control of your data. You can hold the company to that—if you don't sign up.

WIRED