Bladeflow @Bladeflow@qoto.org

It has been brought to my attention that actually I do have to work the 7:30 am eastern #premierleague #mancity shift I guess I had blocked it out of my mind lmfaooooooooo

Someone asked me today about my plans for the Fall and it took me a moment to realize she meant my plans for the Autumn and not the collapse of civilization.

FYI, my mastodon world is feeling a bit too... linux-y? in terms of demographics, so I'm trying to boost #introduction posts of women/BIPOC/LGBT tooters I've found so far. Feel free to mute me for today if it gets annoying, but please reach out if you want to connect!

I'm curious if there are #AsianAmerican or #Asian folks here? And other cool #BIPOC people to follow?

Please boost so we can find each other #TwitterMigration

I wonder if actual panthers would get in a bathroom sink if they had one big enough

#cats #mastocats

Some #dogstadon action. Samson. Just staring. As he does.

This account exists to gauge interest in GrapheneOS having a presence on Mastodon. If this account gets a substantial number of followers, we'll host our own instance. Followers of this account will be automatically migrated to the new account on our own instance. It's likely we'll end up going ahead with this but we can't justify setting up another server until there are thousands of followers here. You can convince us to do this sooner rather than later by following this account.

Aaaaand... I changed my bio and avatar pic and BANG! the ✅ disappeared! Hmmm... don't know what I did wrong there. Didn't touch the HTML code or link to the website.

I mentioned this in a private message to someone recently about why a small handful of servers block qoto. I wanted to reiterate it here for the new comers on QOTO who dont know the history:

So there are some servers out there that demand every server int he network block every instance they do, and if a server doesnt block an instance they block then they block you in rettatliation.

Their reason for this is quite flawed but it goes like this.. If we federate with a bad actor instance and we boost one of their posts then their users will see it and defeat the purpose of the block. The problem is, this isnt how it actually works. If they block a server and we boost it, they wont see the boost, thats how blocks work.

The issue becomes even more complicated when you consider the fact that these servers, by virtue of their policy, have huge block lists where they block tons of major servers. So in order to satisfy them we too would have to block a huge number of servers.

This means you have a choice, you either join a server that isnt blocked, but has a huge block list themselves, or, you join a server that doesnt block and be blocked by a small handful of servers. Obviously that means on QOTO you will have bigger view of the world than you would on any of these others servers. In fact QOTO has onne of the largest federation footprints of any server in the network.

I want to also explain why we choose the decision we did. Years ago when this controversy started and servers across the fediverse started blocking there was a divide of people taking sides. WOTO was one of the few servers that didnt take sides and allowed people read content from any server (but with strict hate speech rules). This caused a huge influx of people,s pecifically from the LGBTQ community, onto our server. It turns out many people relied on us not-blocking for their physical safety. There were big name biggots (like milo yanappolus) who were on the network. They used their accounts here to watch his account for doxing so they could warn themselves and their community and protect themselves accordingly. In fact we added a feature just for them called subscriptions which allowed them to monitor accounts without following them so they could do so anonymously.

In tthe end for the safety of the LGBTQ community here we refused to engage in mass server blocking and instead encouraged our users to block servers on an individual basis and provided access to block lists for them to do so. But some really misguided servers blocked us anyway.

Thankfully the servers blocking us are few and far between and are limited to only the most excessive and aggressive block lists. As I said, QOTO has one of the largest federation footprints on the fediverse,

#mastoadmin

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Honestly so gutted for Zack Steffen that he didn’t make the #USMNT #WorldCup roster after putting in all those shifts during the qualifying campaign 😥

The other three goalkeepers chosen are surely amazing and qualified but, my heart hurts for the guy 💔

Here’s one of my shots from the USA. Yes, I know it’s a view that’s been photographed a million times, but I’m happy with my version. #photography #travel #travelphotography #newyork #nyc #manhattan #usa

I little bit prouder today of my institution. MIT is hosting its own #mastodon server

mastodon.mit.edu

See you there soon

Ya jalooooo el tootel! ​​

Reel: everythingsAcube https://www.blendernation.com/2022/11/09/reel-everythingsacube/ #b3d

The results are still dribbling in, but this has been the most expensive and consequential midterm election in American history. What about it did you find most surprising? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-surprised-you-most

Desde ayer ando trabajando en un nuevo proyecto: un listado de cuentas en Mastodon de Software Libre y de Código Abierto, ya sean aplicaciones, juegos o distribuciones de Linux, aunque en un futuro se puede ampliar, por ejemplo, a añadir cuentas de desarrolladores, blogs de noticias, etc.

Esta es una captura de como va quedando, y espero tener todo listo y subido a lo largo del día, y el código estará disponible

PENNSYLVANIA❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️