Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer @magicaltrout@qoto.org

BREAKING: Ye has announced his 2024 presidential bid, running against Donald Trump and Ron Desantis.

The republican party is worried that this will split the antisemitic vote.

And then there's no telling who the other 20% of the party will support.

Thanks to a push by hiring managers at Determined, all Determined job listings, everywhere, now include a transparent salary range. We are currently hiring across engineering, docs, advocacy, and product.

Search http://careers.hpe.com for Determined: https://careers.hpe.com/us/en/search-results?keywords=determined

@magicaltrout agreed. de-fed should be a “nuclear option” not a “house cleaning option”

if Henry Kissinger outlives Twitter i'll lose my shit

From lifeboat postcards to prints, all purchases really help to keep The Lifeboat Station Project afloat.

My creations are already heavily discounted at the hands of high inflation, so my prices will be staying the same this weekend and with the same great value as always!

https://lifeboatstationproject.com/shop/

#LifeboatStationProject #RNLI #BlackFriday #MastoArt #art

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Yet again: talking about how I wish the OFFICIAL Mastodon app was better does not mean I am asking for recommendations for third-party apps.

I am well aware of @mastodos, @Tusky, @fedilab, etc.

The fact remains that for people on mobile platforms, searching "Mastodon" in their app store will bring them to the official app. I care about THEIR experiences, and am going to be vocal about improving it whenever I can.

Hi followers - thanks!

After a few days of playing on qoto.org I've decided to move to c.im where I'm @markxs so please follow me from there.

For some reason the qoto server won't let me complete the "move account" even though I set up my alias for this account over at markxs@c.im. Fair or not (I don't know the facts and don't want to know the drama) many Mastodon instances are defederating qoto.org or even outright blocking it. So it might be that for why qoto can't see its alias over there

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I'll be honest here, as a humble instance admin receiving all kinds of DMs and emails...

The abuse, excessive reports... folks our instance grew from 60 users to 22000 in the span of two weeks. I didn't expect to suddenly commit 6-8 hours of my day to this. Knowing I have other commitments like a day job and other things.

I'm burning the candle on both ends here. Look at this toot timestamp. Please save space for some patience.

Y'all clearly don't remember this image:

#mastoadmin #mstdnca

My first foray into the #Fediverse has been such a pleasure that I’ve now made a feed dedicated to my ongoing life’s work, The #LifeboatStationProject.

Please head to @lsp if you’d like to follow my coastal odyssey.

Pictured: Plymouth #RNLI Coxswains Dave Milford and Sean Marshall aboard the station’s Severn class all-weather lifeboat, wet collodion positive on 12x10 inch glass, March 2020

#LifeboatStationProject #RNLI #Plymouth #WetPlate #WetCollodion #portrait #photography #handmade

I hate to tell a lot of these quick trigger finger Fediblock people this, but it's true:

Fediblock should only be used as the nuclear option.

If you use it for things like, "Someone might do a bad thing," then you are diminishing its power.

Thanksgiving can be a difficult time for many.

Someone you love may need support. Please share liberally.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (@988Lifeline)

@TrevorProject: (866) 488-7386

@TransLifeline: (877) 565-8860

Oh dear god.

I don't think you, or he, realise just how many accounts this is. How far "not broken the law" goes when it comes to abuse and harassment online.

This would release an absolute tidal wave of toxicity that's not been seen off full-bodied troll forums.

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year/.

10’000 layoffs expected. Alexa is a failure. They don’t know how to make money with it, apart from selling the device itself.

#amazon #alexa

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

If only we could all share the same priorities as cats...