| Pronouns | She/Her |
| Amateur Nouns | Plebian/Greenhorn |
@mattblaze My fave is a membrane keyboard making clacky Model M sounds, or a modern PC with an ST-225/251 hard disk.
Hi, friends.
I wrote an article on being a Mastodon moderator. I talk about the process, our mental health, the challenges of mutual aid, and more.
It leaves me a little vulnerable, but I think it’s an important story to tell.
If you like it, boosts are welcomed. If you have questions, feel free to reach out.
Okay, here goes…
https://markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon-moderator/
#Moderation #Moderators #Mastodon #Fediverse #MentalHealth #IAmAnxiousWritingAboutThis
@KitsuneVixi @mcc ugh, sorry, I should have said the VM is running 138.0.4, not 139. It was like 5am when I posted that, very eepy.
I couldn't replicate the issue in 128 ESR on the same system, either.
Curiosity has a natural predator.
It’s called optimization.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-convenience-kills-curiosity/
I’ve been thinking about the death of curiosity. Remember when you had to figure out how a new piece of software worked by poking around its menus? When finding an obscure fact meant wandering through library stacks, accidentally discovering three unrelated interesting things along the way? When getting somewhere
I very much get a "we just discovered radium and want to put it in everything" vibe from this whole generative AI bubble.
(Including the thing where companies used to slap the word "radium" on existing products even though they thankfully did not actually have any radioactive materials. Like "radium butter".)
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply 
random made up words
JA Westenberg
varx/tech