Tony 🇺🇸🏔️🎣🏐📷 @hikerfromva@qoto.org

A TikTok ban in the USA is looking more likely.

Especially in light of the spy balloons.

Politicians have been talking up a ban for years but the spy balloons give them more ammo.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/14/tiktok-ban-china-spy-relations/11134410002/

I've been so excited about the explosion of new Mastodon apps that I decided to write about it in my column, with a focus on @ivory and @icecubesapp. A thousand flowers blooming!

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/twitter-mastadon-elon-musk-apps-migration-17746197.php

@hikerfromva

I'm familiar with your region. It's currently nighttime in this first-world dystopian country. But hey, there's always something to be grateful for when you're alive. Even if you'd rather paint roses red, you can't change the fact it's still a rose. Can't change the past, only the future. For all that you're powerless to change, you're free to change your perception of it.

@hikerfromva

If you can't find an account you _know_ exists, chances are someone in your timeline blocked them or their server.

@hikerfromva
Home: immediate serve(your home)
Local: servers yours is connected to (your neighborhood)
Global: their connections or choice connections of yours (state-wide)

Fediverse: Universe (all countries, regardless of connection)

Just installed @icecubesapp, which like @ivory, is an iOS app for Mastodon that was released today.

Unlike @ivory, @icecubesapp is open source. It also has a wildly different UI/UX.

Here’s screenshots of @icecubesapp!