A fuller intro post:
I'm Res! I'm #Over30 with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Dysautonomia and #adhd and #autism. I'm a huge #horror nerd, and I also love #art #originalcharacters #writing #wrestling and #theatre.
I'm #queer and #nonbinary and #disabled, and I've been married to my partner for over ten years.
I'm currently 28k into my #nanowrimo project, which is a collection of #shortstories in my established original universe. So more for me and my existing fans lol.
Hope to meet more folks!
I wrote an article about this server for Mic. :)
“The fact that we can run our own Mastodon server and never be kicked out, like what recently happened to [anarchist news site] It's Going Down and others on Facebook, and still be part of this larger constellation of Mastodon servers, or Fediverse, is a very anarchist vision of what the world should look like. Small self-governing communities or affinity groups, united but decentralized.”
Oh man, big day!
#CISA reached out to help provide some new links to the https://s0cm0nkey.gitbook.io/s0cm0nkeys-security-reference-guide/. (Imposter syndrome hitting. Like how did they even find my work?!?!)
On top of that I got called in for an interview to be an adjunct professor of Cyber at my local community college.
Teaching and giving back to the cyber community has been one of the most rewarding things for me and I can’t wait for an opportunity to do more!
Most of the stuff I learned about Mastodon, I learned from folks retweeting "helpful tips" for new folks. Just trying to pay it forward to some degree if someone replies to a post of mine with good advice on how to make Mastodon work for you.
It's hard when you dunno and while Mastodon isn't HARD to use; it's different than Twitter and that makes ppl leery. Just trying to help a bit; randomly and apace.
Announcement: Macstodon 0.3 is here! 🥳
Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!
System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine
You can download the latest release from GitHub: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)
And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!
#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac
Vancouver Island is the gift that keeps giving. On my drive home tonight. Maple Bay, BC.
#explore #nature #mosstodon #outside #river #trees #cloudporn #sunset
Anyone in #Vancouver reading this? If so you might enjoy https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/28/A-Year-To-De-Barge-Sunset-Beach/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=281122
Picks of the Day:
➡️ @canongatebooks - Award-winning independent publisher with very eclectic range of authors
➡️ @EU_Commission - The European Commission's official account on the EU's own server
➡️ @NorfolkBea - Environmental activist helping clean up coast and protect wildlife in Norfolk, England
➡️ @agoodbeerblog - Blog all about beer and its history
➡️ @sqhistorian - Videos about adventure games, especially those made by Sierra in the 1980s and 1990s.(contains adult humour)
Ah, the good old days of trivial mail forgery! I miss that.
Posting to alt.hackers, which was moderated but had no moderator, so you had to subvert the moderation protocol (also trivial, really; but fun!).
Interesting article from Time. Good read, history is always a good teacher.
Link below
TIL that all currencies have an ISO assigned currency code. And some Arab states like Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Libya use 3 decimals instead of 2.
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zomg I hadn't realized how much I missed the keyboard backlight! Look at the keys being lit up!
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Good Zod, it must have been forever since I played #WoW. Or they've just completely rejiggered the interface with this expansion. What's all this, then? XD
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Now #Wow is working!
Coulda sworn all those #DragonAspects became mortal an expansion or two ago. But here they are again! I expect I'll eventually stumble on the relevant #lore...
During an IB economics exam today I gave students 2 minutes in the middle of the 80 min exam to get up and talk to their peers.
The mood lightened, positive energy was restored, and students later said that it helped.
Because students were writing long responses to questions, I doubt there is much need to worry about cheating.
On balance I would say “the juice was worth the squeeze”; the benefits outweighed the cost.
Has anyone else tried this? #edutwitter
I developed a tool to show you your twitter friends on #mastodon: https://www.movetodon.org/
👉 All data stays in your browser
👉 No CSV import neccesary
👉 List can be sorted by sign-up date, so that you can find new accounts fast
A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:
1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.
2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.
3) Don't obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn't a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.
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A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.