AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

@plazi_species

Another amazing thread from BadBalticTakes on an astonishing slice of #history when a quarter of the populations of #Estonia, #Lithuania, and #Latvia formed a continuous 670km human chain, the #BalticWay, denouncing both #Nazi and #Soviet ideologies and demanding #freedom.

Start here: https://twitter.com/badbaltictakes/status/1639224015339372550?s=46&t=DdVWzntVQzRrQe4wxh94rg

Ok #Mastodon experts, is there a reason there are some accounts I can like but not ret- uh, boost? For example, I convinced a great Twitter follow to start posting on here again but now I can’t promote all his toots anyway, only star them. And I’ve run into it a few times on other accounts, as well. Is it a particular setting or what?

#MastodonHelp #Twittergration

Would like to hear from both within and outside the #neurodiverse community about something that upsets me: I hate seeing REEEEEEE as mockery every time I’ve seen it over the years. It comes across like an ugly #autism stereotype, and even at best it’s mocking the target for being overwhelmed by distress over something.

But I haven’t come across anyone else trying to shut that down, the way using the word retard is now unacceptable. Am I overreacting for calling people out over this?

#ND

@itnewsbot only in packs of 30-50.

@kb9ens @juddlegum was wondering if anyone else saw that reference!

@ubersoft @Popehat it’s gotten to the point that mediocrities and has-beens are broadcasting inflammatory things on purpose to gain attention through backlash so they can present as brave martyrs of cancel culture and gain sympathy from everyone who can imagine themselves criticized by the same people. They particularly attract those preoccupied with their own reputations and constant fear of losing social value.

Like the Scott Adams rant; that was calculated.

#trump #arrest #usnews #uspolitics #poll

So what’s the prediction?

@futurebird raccoons are kleptoparasites. Cats can be too, but I think the better fit is brood parasites. With a boost from some physical advantages like being the size and weight of a human baby when cuddled, they manipulate our parental instincts to get voluntarily fed and sheltered, and have even adapted the frequency of their cry—which they use with humans but not each other— to sound more like the hunger cry of our infants.

@rato@todon.eu I thought anarchism was a naive call for a power vacuum and destroying existing institutions, unaware of the authoritarianism of the strong and abandonment of the weak that inevitably follows in the collapse of governments. No one wants to live in a Hobbesian land of feuding warlords and cartels until finally desperate people unite behind whatever strongman promises he can restore the rule of law.

So… yes, anarchists have a huge branding problem. I’d pick a different word, tbh.

@manu I was going to explain how I have much greater search ability on the vanilla Mastodon app, and how IceCubes isn’t allowing any— but upon going back, I’m now getting the same blanks on both. So whatever’s going on is a me-side problem that I’ll have to wait to hopefully resolve so I can get a fair comparison. In the meantime, I withdraw my complaint.

More commentary on the #jessesingal implosion:

Happy Pi Day!

#pi #pie #nerd #silly