*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@iamo I would love to read that, do you have a source, iamo? TY.

"DES MOINES — Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in Iowa, leapfrogging Senator Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to hold a commanding lead among likely Democratic caucusgoers, according to a new poll from The Des Moines Register and CNN.

The poll showed that Mr. Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., was the first choice for 25 percent of would-be Democratic caucusgoers, a significant increase from the 9 percent he held in September, when The Register last polled the state. The support placed him far ahead of the rest of the field — with the other three top candidates in a virtual tie for second: Ms. Warren, at 16 percent and Mr. Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders at 15 percent."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/politics/iowa-poll-democrats.html

@iamo I looked at the Settings in the Web client I use mostly, and did not find anything like that. It's possible other clients could offer it.

Here I have discovered that holding onto one of the posts in the very fast moving Federated feed seems to freeze it in place, so I can actually read it.

Moving up later to the top, I can refresh it normally.

Not just a pretty face, but on a pretty village too.

Pérouges, France.

OP by Cat Posting Bot
https://qoto.org/web/statuses/103150716176914634

Fedilab LITE version -- link Correction !

I did the two posts above from Fedilab Lite, which still not very familiar with it.

The LITE version page at F-Droid is on this location : https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.fedilab.lite/

The Lite version is *NOT* listed at Google Play at this moment, or at least I can't find it on a search or under the author's other programmes page.

Compared to the full version, which I haven't used yet, this is less than half the size; might signal it's easier on battery life as well.

Was looking around in the Settings menus, which in the Lite version are simplified. Took some snapshots, my phone uses Portuguese as systems language.

Interesting, was able to increase maximum toot size to 3,000 characters. 👍🤗

Not that I would ever type that mu h on mobile, but it's the first client I tried that allows it, other than the mastodon web client, which gets the instance settings perfectly.

It looks nice, I would recommend it, and it does other Fedi tasks like video and music sharing too.

The counter on the bottom. Of the editor area already shows me near 600 characters on this post, and it's not. Locking me from sending it. YEY!

And a good reporter should try out things, so here I am... Via Fedilab Lite, which I just discovered on F-Droid. 👍😏

It seems nice and this is smaller version, 12 MB download only.

Fedilab (Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse) - https://f-droid.org/app/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon

Screenshots from and sent thru Fedilab Lite. ®️

@Sphinx The exam can be difficult, and depending on the traffic, pavement conditions, it could be even worse. Took one when I moved to a different country, had been driving for years, and still had to repeat it. 😞

Good luck on the next one, Sphinx. 🌻

@11112011 @georgia
Yes, I have been working with the 7 Billion for a while. People keep making them babies non-stop.

Dr Burner mentioned 7.7 B which is already a lot more, and all those are just estimates, no census counting possible in many places.

@drburnerphone@freespeechextremist.com
Oooh. That makes it 10% worse. 😜

Thank you for the update. Hnnestly, this thought always humbled me.

There are many, many people, everyone's experiences are so different.
@11112011

@11112011 LOL... Txs.

@11112011 Even now, you are one, out of 7 Billion.

7,000,000,000 persons.

Billion is a big number. Feel special still? 😉 🙄

@iamo I liked it too, these Yukon Gold yellow potatoes are my favourites.

From the Fedilab page at F-Droid.org:

"Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of micro blogging, photo sharing and video hosting.

It supports:
- Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, Peertube, GNU Social, Friendica.

The app has advanced features (especially for Pleroma and Mastodon):

- Multi-accounts support
- Schedule messages from the device
- Schedule boosts
- Bookmark messages
- Follow and interact with remote instances
- Timed mute accounts
- Cross-account actions with a long press
- Translation feature
- Art timelines
- Video timelines"

** Important Note -- TRANSLATION support, handy if you need help with a non native language. Unique, at this point, I believe.

You can get it from the Google Play store, where it COSTS $3.29 USD

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android

OR -- you can get it FREE of charge, donnations accepted, from F-Droid :

https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.gouv.etalab.mastodon/

F-Droid is easiest if you install their client app - from there you will have access to many interesting and clean Open Source Apps.

You CAN get an apk from their page, and Side Load on your device if desired. Android 5 minimum version required.

"If you think cream and butter are required to make amazing mashed potatoes, then this recipe might surprise you. It calls for Yukon Gold potatoes, which are naturally creamier than russets and need only to be mashed with a little of their cooking water to become rich and fluffy. "

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020592-vegan-mashed-potatoes?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

@iamo I haven't seen this fedilab client. Tried a couple of other ones, liked Pinafore a lot for its speed.

No translation on them though. Got to check out fedilab.