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

Write.freely is the open sourced software that is in use at Write.as.

There are other instances, offering different levels of services, number of blogs supported, free or paid levels, etc.

* A summary of instances of write.freely is here: https://writefreely.org/instances

* List of features of Write.freely: https://writefreely.org/features/

* About write.freely page: https://writefreely.org/about

Looking for a blog space, so I can collate and have a permanent home for my tests, reports, ideas, etc.

Write.as is a blog platform for Writers, part of the Fediverse and can easily connect to other instances running Mastodon or Pleroma.

This video demonstrates how well that works. Quite cool - it's sad how many times we see well written blog posts without any feedback or comments, since people don't want to register to comment.

Here, people can see your new pages, and read and comment from their own instances. Thumbs up. Well done.

https://video.writeas.org/videos/watch/cc55e615-d204-417c-9575-7b57674cc6f3

*RT* " Holiday shopping reminder…

Mozilla tracks privacy/security concerns for some tech: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

If, like me, you already have Google Home Listening Device, just remember to unplug it before you discuss your plans to seize the means of production."

OP by Adrian, https://toot.cafe/@aardrian/103255753769984047

The Economist's last issue's cover deserves its own post. Great art and satyre.

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/12/05/britains-nightmare-before-christmas

And thanks to the magic of the Firefox (or Chrome) Birdsite browser extension, we can bridge the Divide and tease the bird users with our own Toots here.

Screenshot from post above , as cross-posted and in my TW account.

** See details, where to get it, step by step guide on my own post: https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103244781718208800

Panettone is delicious, and even better if #homemade.

#christmas #comfortfood #food #Italian #omg

BBC Good Food programme's recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/panettone

Christmas will soon be here

#christmas #santa #fediverse

OP: Dave Sutton, https://pluspora.com/posts/d234dab0ee8f01377d64005056264835

A New and interesting Mastodon Guide project is being developed. I saw a post from one of the authors yesterday on birdsite, he was looking for translations for French and Spanish.

Gave it a read later, it's probably a Mid Level guide - I learned things I did not know until now, for example.

But I think a bit too detailed for a totally new user. Maybe moving the extensive section on Instances down further into the guide, or as subsection, could help.

https://rame.altervista.org/mastostart/

Including here some screenshots of something that until now baffled me -- the bizarre way threads break out into tangents if people do not keep the same @ attributions and people in their post.

Coming from the Forums world, that is weird for me, and a Bug, not a Feature as far as I am concerned. 😜

Luxor and Cleopatra are beautiful. Better than a Black cat? Only two of same. #cats #mastocats #meow #moa #familiar
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RT @CatDisapproval
Of course it's Black Friday! All Fridays are #BlackFriday to me!
https://twitter.com/CatDisapproval/status/1200406059292209152

Busy morning. 4 hours session, VPN says 1 GB of downloaded data.

Web only, no streaming videos or binaries. Yikes.

Don't know how they do it, get away with it, but...

Found a website listing many, many books, including the one with the cover below, by Charles Bukowski.

https://bookfrom.net/charles-bukowski/

You CAN read the whole book online it seems, and they have many other authors. From trashy breathless romance novels to works we can be grateful to get access to. Android app for mobile if needed.

Rather cool. Librarian in me wants to spread the word. Hush, hush. DMCA is a thing.

They do have many of Cory Doctorow's books too, excellent sci-fi writer. https://bookfrom.net/cory-doctorow/

#books #freebooks #fiction #scifi

Very gorgeous Grey. #cats #mastocats #meow #xp #moa
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RT @gayocats
TaorminaCat_078
https://twitter.com/gayocats/status/1202575860928090112

Datatypes by programmers who love Anime too.

from fluffy-chan, https://nya.social/notes/816eca951709ee17ee2ae44c