Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org
Grinnin' Ferret
Joined Nov 2022
#MarriedLife
I made sweet, sweet love to my wife this morning.
By that, I mean I did the small bit of dishes in the sink I intended (but forgot) to do up last night. I wanted her to be able to wake up this morning to "art studio" kitchen being ready for her Masterpiece of a Thanksgiving Dinner for her son and both of us.
I have this koan in my head: "If you do not tell her in the small things that you love her, how will she know you really mean it in the big things?"
She is worthy!
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Nice to see some support on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z09ioa/qotoorg_an_inclusive_stemfocued_instance/
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@freemo
thank you for your effort.
i have spread the word for you in chinese
https://mastodon.social/@hiromst/109397446310579512
but as we all know, restore the faith we lost is much harder than losing it.
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and to be clear the vote is among moderators, only because our rules can only be updatted by moderator vote...
More over, the fact that i used a web page that happened to use a tool that was authored by a kiwifarms user is unfortunate.. but that was completely unknown to me. It was a list sitting on a website somewhere, I didn't think much of it.
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In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.
The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him
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@dichotomiker @freemo Nazis didn't persecute only jews. They persecuted and killed people that didn't think the way they did. Even people of their own nationality! They didn't care about the truth. Eugene and his staff show the same behaviour when they block people without given them any justification and the chance to defend themselves. I'm not saying he is a Nazi. I'm saying he isn't fair nor honest in the way he deals with others.
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This comment on reddit meant so much to hear!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/comment/ixlo7wk/?context=3
#reddit #mastoadmin #fediblock #gargron #joinmastodon #twitter #lgbtq #a11y
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Americans, please think tomorrow of all the critical workers, operators, staff in emergency & hospitals & police & even designated retail (did you know Best Buy is designated critical as it sells appliances like refrigerators?) — they will be working while you eat & party & put up with Uncle Bob tomorrow, on Thanksgiving. My husband (large regional hospital/trauma center operator) will be one of those grabbing a quick yogurt instead of celebrating. Light a candle for them all & raise a glass.
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@freemo
Honestly, I probably would have disengaged from the Fediverse/Mastoverse a long time ago - or at best had a mostly dormant account (like I do on the birdsite) - because of stuff like this, if not for #QOTO.
To my knowledge, this is the instance that comes closest to having the culture that Hacker News wants to have:
> Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents.
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
(from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
So, thank you, for creating an environment for those of us that want to have genuine and curious conversations.
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I posted the article to reddit for some attention. Feel free to vote or comment there.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/
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If you want to support the cause please leave a comment at my reddit post, good or bad, we need to discuss this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/z3dr87/jeffrey_phillips_freeman_eugen_rochko_ceo_of/
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@freemo@qoto.org
Holy hell my reddit post about gargron is only 10 minutes old and already has 2 awards and a dozen upvotes.... here we goooooo https://www.reddit.c...
https://news.amomama.com/276290-daily-joke-engineer-husband-offers-advic.html
@mikmaqpeek played a video about a husband complaining to his wife threatening to send her to cooking classes. She threatened sending him to handyman's classes. I only heard it, but I didn't really find it funny, just kinda sad. So I found and read the engineering husband joke linked to above. She chuckled, and I then explained...
I try very hard not to complain, and I know I don't show appreciation as much as I should. I'm working on it. But the joke has struck a chord in me, if I cook breakfast for lunch or dinner, I just really want that and I don't want to be that guy in that joke. I love her, and I want my wife to have wings.
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I was blessed two have two separate experiences with the bison of Elk Island National Park on a Saturday afternoon in October. This beautiful beast was the last thing I saw on my way out of the park, and it was an honor to watch him. I only stayed a few minutes to keep my intrusion into his space to a minimum. What a day!
#Bison #ElkIslandNationalPark #photography #nature #yeg #Alberta
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Took a few more steps today towards having my own instance!
Would be taking more but my chosen server is sloooooooooooooooooooow.
That's half the fun though!
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Please BOOST posts you like, not just Favorite them. Mastodon is not centralized like the Bird & has no algorithms driving posts to you & others. The more you Boost what you like, the more others will see it & possibly find another account to follow that’s from another instance.
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@Velocity2222
He ultimately gave his life in the pursuit of furthering man's knowledge of the cosmos in the Challenger disaster of 1986. RIP, hero.
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Grinnin' Ferret
Joined Nov 2022
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