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IsolateGab :mastodon:

@freemo @design_RG @arteteco @realcaseyrollins - for folks who do not want to block Gab entirely (our preference) our advice is at least silencing them helps. Then they are still there for admins who want to allow their instance to support that but at least uses not following it are not shown it.

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David Ing

In an ecology of nations,

> “For the British and Canadians to say no publicly is highly unusual,” given their closeness to the United States, said Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister. 

P.S. I am a Canadian.
nytimes.com/2020/06/02/world/e

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Chris :freebsd:

@freemo @design_RG I agree too. I had the pleasure of blocking gab early on in my fediverse experience. I'm quite capable of removing things I don't like. I don't need an admin/moderator to do this as this is censorship.

I'm all for free speech but with that comes a responsibility to behave, be respectful, and treat people how one would want to be treated.

Unfortunately give some people access to the Internet and they think that hrough their anonymity they can be obnoxious. There is always a minority like this. Unfortunately!

So, thank you for treating us like adults, giving us the freedom to choose. This is just one of many reasons I like qoto.org!

:ablobcool:

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@freemo is Qoto on Leonie's whitelist, do you know?

I am getting some errors in Pinafore connection.

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James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.

theatlantic.com/politics/archi

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@koyu is a member here at Qoto as well, and I am thankful to her for the service I also enjoy at her instance, now targeted in this way.

Cheers, friend. Hope this will resolve itself soon.

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A friend has been forced to Whilelist Only their instance.

This due to people ganging up on the administrator, the arseholes in the fedi block brigade.

koyu.space/@koyu/1042791946124

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Stunning, elegant. Can see the screen quality clearly on the photos.

Dell XPS 15" -- workstation, not a Toy.

Price? cheap compared to Cupertino's MBP.
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RT @Daniel_Rubino
Behold it's glory.

It's amazing, which is my "I've had it for 5 mins so far" impression.

4k, i7, 1650 Ti, 512/16GB.

$2,155.
twitter.com/Daniel_Rubino/stat

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Resist, who can ?


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RT @CatDisapproval
Clear your schedule. 🖤
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Tell me the Truth.


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How many cats have you owned?
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Do I look Good on my profile?? 😺

Rule.

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@design_RG

It's a free course on Coursera: coursera.org/learn/mathematica

It looks like the next start date is June 22nd. Once you enroll though, you should have access to all the content. The "due" dates are just if you'd like to follow along with the rest of the class.

Again, it might be too high level for a lot of people, but for those of us who struggle with math (i.e., me), it seems like a good transition to START the transition to higher levels of math (which still provokes a bit of anxiety, if I'm being honest). The PDFs they recommend reading prior to the first lesson are provided, and started untangling the gooblygook that is (apparently) set theory symbolism and stuff.

I feel like those 2 documents alone can help take some of the math symbolism anxiety away and turn it into something that can be broken down and understood.

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* Does it Matter, what Instance you Use ? *

It most certainly DOES, for me it's a huge consideration. As the results I can achieve vary, and so do the local resources at hand...

# Case in Point - the impact of Higher Visibiltiy Text

Using enhanced text is common practice in most fields of communications. I have been yearning for it -- see the screenshot below, a post made 3 min ago, at an instance that does support text format.

in that case, a user could also do the same without trouble.

# What is Special here :

* Bold, Italicized and Underline styles applied to text.

* UGLY naked URL link addresses, do you see any? Nope, and there are 4 Live linked places in that Toot. (that is not counting the hashtags either.)

* A TITLE that shows, it's called a Heading in html parlance. The Title at the top is formatted as H1, the largest one possible. Code used to force that? One single character. A "#', followed by a space. Done. H1 title.

The Mastodon developers have received suggestions, requests and CODE contributions directly to their own Git Hub base; yet, it has been denied acceptance.

Well, I want it, and will use it. Elsewhere, until Qoto possibly joins the cutting edge too.

OP of screen-captured post -- muensterland.social/@rgx/10428

on the prowl...

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@Sphinx

Forgot to mention that, as I documented and commented with Freemo, this is working perfectly at Koyu.space - - so it's something to do with out css files for the AWI themes.

Jeff will be looking at the possibilty of installing some of the Glitch Social code next time he does an upgrade here -- which is much easier to do and for users base than a full switch to Pleroma and a huge Database that probably needs careful conversion to new platform.

@freemo

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@Sphinx Here's a snapshot of how the new Toot Editor appears when I click in the Pencil icon.

There is a Bug -- which I noticed and mentioned to @freemo, in that if there's an image in the area, it will Overlay the Editor - which is not supposed to happen.

* Screenshot # 1 is when all is working well.

* Screenshot # 2 is showing the same toot editor, the one I am writing this on, I just slid the Slider on the Left Panel down.

And a freaking big photo hid my editor. Arghh.

This has happened, and the Client layout is SO Functional otherwise that I have been putting up with it for months -- there's NO better way to use my screen for me, for posts that I do.

I like Long Form text, and the defaults are sub-standard, to be polite.

I have posted and will try to get someone from the , dev teams to look at this idea and consider supporting it.

My belief is that it is a Very Functional and elegant use of a wide screen display. And, for a Boom to productivity.

2 screenshots attached.

[Full Size Screenshot at another topic for general idea](muensterland.social/system/med)

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Casey Rollins SFW 🇺🇸​ :vf:

@Sphinx
It runs off of Glitch-Soc, which has a whole lot of added features on top of Vanilla #Mastodon
@design_RG

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@realcaseyrollins Hei!!!

Look who's got a new account. Hello friend!

Me too - and just posted a nice blog talking about it.

Blog page at write.tedomum.net/rgx/muenster

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Paul Sutton

@design_RG Agreed we all have our own limits and values, and what we do / do not want to see or engage with, power to the users.

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The Funniest part of this -- for me anyways, was HOW did this end up here, OMG ??

Not intentional, at all. But for good in the end; I am REALLY committed to leaving behind and moving to better platforms.

is one, is another, I have account in BOTH and love their added features, design improvements, many, many new things.

is bit unusual for a mastodon user - but it HAS a second choice of Client; many pleroma instances have the GlitchSocial Web client as an option, sometimes as a link in their Front pages even.

These notes soon to appear in a polished Web Magazine at my blog site. I developed various pages there as extensions of toots and conversations had in various instances; one of the reasons I love having various accounts and always looking for interesting ones to try. I am...

# Heading 1 : So How did this post end up here, unexpectedly ?

The real screenshot snippet in OP above is jsut part of the Tabs Overload in my current browser ( Current always).

And I HAD been intensively searching for a list (non-existant, afaik) of GlitchSocial instances. They tendo to be blended in with generic mastodon ones (no thanks), so it was quite a chore.

[ parenthesis : I WILL provide that as soon as possible, there is a need ]

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## Heading 2 : And then, what happened ?

My search went into late last night.

* By that time I had found a nice one, created an account and started trying things out.
* Looking good, the basics taken care or, some notes and screenshots saved.
* off to bed, near 3 am.
* Hello again, coffee and we get into it. Configuring a crossposter for the new account, next...

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## Heading 2 : Crossposting ?

Yep. As in, moving posts and content from one network to another. I do enjoy that, there's no denying that there's GOOD stuff in every one. Some are plagued by bad actors, arses and other undesirables.

But, there's The Economist, BBC News, Scientific American, THe Guardian and NY Times --- full feeds with quality content I love. Plus, Cats. Lots. 😺

All of those I can chose to share with friends; easy, with a crossposter.

* for this, my Qoto.org account, I use Moa Bridge, as it is agnostic and doesn't mind my instance name. Recommended for people. Simple and barebones, functional, a little less explained than the other options --- moa.party/

* if your instance is NOT objected by the hosting iinstance, a BETTER and EASIER to configure tool is available - the awesome Crossposter created by Renato Lond at his Brazilian instance.

Rightfully seen as a top notch tool, it has all the controls, works magnificently, fast and has PRETTIER output. Yep. I love it, and use it if the account is acceptable. See it at : crossposter.masto.donte.com.br

There are possibly others, and I welcome suggestions and reports from their users, if desired.

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## Heading 2 : And HOW did it get here, that OP above ?

Yeah, you see, you can configure your crossposter of Choice to use a Keyword.

* Moa defaults to '' and ''. The shorter one is easy peasy to remember and only takes 3 chars on the freaking limited Twitter char count. So, I of course use it.

* Renato's tool allows your choice of keywords (yeay for user friendliness!). Sicne I am always busy, ''is a nice one. Ooops.

...that explains, the surprise appearance of this OP above, here at Qoto. Woot ? was my first response on gettign a reply notification to it -- I hadn't posted here, or intended to.

* but the original post at muensterland.social/ , had the xp tag. Intended to bring it into Twitter, which I intended to.
* regardless of my forgetting, Moa is watching for that tag too, and bam! wham! off to Qoto it goes, when it shows in my Twitter stream.

...Moral of the Story - be careful with your keywords, as unexpected results do occur.

A revision is in order, after I copy and make this into Today's Web Magazine post.

At your friendly home at -- write.tedomum.net/rgx/

: 718 words, 4,044 characters used. Thank you qoto.org for a HIGH limit allowance.

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Plus, the ones who chose to follow me, this humble scribe and opinionated -- Welcome.

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