Markus Silpala @msilpala@qoto.org
Male parental unit of two kids; married to their mother; resident of Minneapolis, MN, USA; lover of cats, climbing, human connection; writer of software and occasional coach of software teams.
Joined Nov 2022
@jchyip Don’t worry: everyone else is skeptical, too.
@Pat @SweaterVest thanks for the background info. 
There must be an amusing story behind this: 0% precincts reporting; candidates tied at 0% each; so the NYT has called it for the incumbent. Is the challenger just tragically behind in every opinion poll? I don’t follow Hawaii politics enough to know.
US Politics
@Dustinson Though it does not affect me directly very much, this possible outcome gives me hope for our nation’s future.
This particular election night is sooooo full of hope and anxiety.
Election night is such a shit time to try to catch up on sleep.
Markus Silpala
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My in-depth comparative review of eight Mastodon apps for iPhone
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Markus Silpala
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Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.
This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.
If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".
So #KeepFediWeird.
@SandyMamoli Ha! I had friends of many stripes.
@SandyMamoli Did you attend AIS? OMG. I was in 11th grade that year. Long blond hair and lots of heavy metal t-shirts.
I may just have to go find my yearbook now...
Taken yesterday evening: moon and Jupiter over Lake Harriet. Minneapolis, USA. Oh—and also @Treesha. She’s pretty great.
@SandyMamoli Hey there! I had not realized you came from Wien originally. In Autum 1989 I attended the American International School in Vienna.
Okay, this click, click, copy, switch-tabs, click, paste, enter, then-click is getting a little tedious.
I could _really_ use a one-click button or action called Follow This Mastodon Account Which Is On A Different Server Than Yours. Anyone got tips?
Markus Silpala
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Early worries I have as a journalist using Mastodon for #journalism:
1) Subpoenas & source protection: You're at the mercy of whoever operates your instance. I'm guessing most smaller instance admins aren't also lawyering up to protect newsgathering.
2) The owner of your instance can read your DMs. Be careful.
3) Publishers could effectively verify journalists by running instances from their official domains. They could surveil their journalists there too. Not every publisher is ethical.
@GeePawHill From what I gather, fediverse etiquette says not to do auto-cross posting. This also makes sense to me.
@testobsessed Big move indeed. I joined twitter just a few months after you. Have not yet made any moves to remove my presence there. Will see. Fediverse certainly has a lot of the fun, early feel like early twitter.
@freemo Thank you!
Looks like the block is bidirectional. From our public twitter chat:
Male parental unit of two kids; married to their mother; resident of Minneapolis, MN, USA; lover of cats, climbing, human connection; writer of software and occasional coach of software teams.
Joined Nov 2022
