Thomas Powell

@stringsn88keys
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Ruby/Rails dev, C, Go. Wants to learn all the languages (human and computer), music instruments, and play with all the computers. Lifetime Louisvillian born in 🇵🇭 now living in Largo, FL.
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the ontario teachers' pension plan is among investors who stand to take a hit from the FTX blowup

https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-exchange-ftx-reaches-25-billion-valuation-11634817601

Crypto Exchange FTX Reaches $25 Billion Valuation

Investors in new funding round include Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and funds managed by BlackRock

The Wall Street Journal
OMG if there is any time to use a CW then it's to label your lewds and nudes. Not everyone is browsing Mastodon in a private location.

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.

This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.

If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".

So #KeepFediWeird.

This is not a good sign.
Assuming the term “Musk to tusk” has yet to be coined, I’d like for that to be my first (and only) contribution to the migration discourse. #introduction #noxp
TS Nicole passing through is a bad time to figure out that your UPS battery is toast https://youtu.be/5GTjvKHiFFE
UPS just now decided it couldn’t hold a charge as Tropical Storm Nicole hit

YouTube
School’s canceled because of Tropical Storm Nicole rolling through today, so I have spare time for shenanigans.
posting on twitter vs posting on mastodon

Another note for new #TwitterMigration folks like me: social norms here are that we don’t censor names like “Musk.” It shouldn’t be necessary, because full-text search isn’t really a thing and trolls are actually moderated.

If content is potentially offensive, put it behind a CW, but don’t “c*nsor” it because this breaks people’s filters (i.e., prevents them from being able to mute words).