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Masked swearing 

Vera: That is how you break a n---a

Me: Bro, is like Egyptian, not black...

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Finally watching S04E07.

Widely viewed as the best episode of all of television this year.

It's got a 10/10 rating on IMDb.

I'm so hype for this.

9-1-1 Season 3 spoiler discussion 

If any of you guys have seen S03, what do you think of Buck suing the 118?

A gentle note to our fellow QOTO users. 

@design_RG het @arteteco and @mngrif and @Surasanji check out this whole thread . Rob is likedly go sin nomination soon and we will be having a vote on if we want to accept him in as a mod or not. This post here seems to express some of his views that are relevant and I think it is useful if you guys read it over so you can get a sense of where he wants to take us.

In many ways its the perfect thread for a nominee.

A gentle note to our fellow QOTO users. 

@freemo @arteteco @mngrif @Surasanji

Thanks Dr Freeman, I am happy to have expressed in a lot of detail what goes in my mind in this particular moment.

I think we are living a historic moment in the internet - the abuse and omnipotence of the large tech companies are finally clear enough that people are reacting, in different ways.

I feel we are in a new project all together, and like the way this is turning out to be. Have been putting full time work hours daily into my fediverse reading, writing, learning. Trying new things and expanding.

Went to bed pretty late last night, since I had joined a new instance and can't stand not to have a decent avatar and profile background; even if editing the bio was left for later.

I enjoy Qoto, and do not intend to push or take the system in a certain way. The way staff is open and dialoguing, that would be possible, but only if consensus was built, in which case the proposal would have merit.

Hope we can have a dialogue on any points you are interested in.
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Neat fake ad from the show , spoofing ad/brand deals rappers get with various companies.

Paper Boi: "Look, I should be able to say something that's weird without people hating on me, alright? Look, I never, I never said anything about taking nobody's rights, alright? Never."
Dr. Debra Holt: "I understand what you're saying, but some people found your remarks offensive."
Paper Boi: "Yeah, well, freedom of speech, s--t."
Dr. Debra Holt: "You're right. I agree."

#AtlantaFX

Sweet! My radio license was just renewed. I'm good until 2030. Man this makes me feel old!

A gentle note to our fellow QOTO users. 

@design_RG I have to somewhat disagree, and I think this stems from a difference in how you use the platform.

Myself and many people here use QOTO as our only social media outlet, intentionally so. As such we want to express the full range of ideas that comes with that. The intention was never, and is not, to fill the local feed with STEM oriented content, but rather to feel the feed with content from STEM professionals and those interested in STEM, these are very different things.

It is more about the caliber of the people we interact with, and the way in which they reason about the world (less drama, more appeal to fact) than it is about the subject matter.

I suspect you take a very unusual approach (and one I dont wish to take myself and I dont recommend for others). That is, you create multiple accounts across multiple instances and see each one as satisfying a theme or need. Thats fine of course and if thats how you wish to use the platform by all means, do it.

But I dont think that should really be the approach. I have always said that QOTO is a general instance for STEM professionals, and not a STEM instance for general people. I think it makes way more sense for most of us to call one place home and minimize the noise we see from other sources.

But more importantly I think people should pick instances based on two things, the quality of the people on the instance, and the rules for moderation on that instance. Topics are not for instances, they are for hashtags, thats how I see it.

A gentle note to our fellow QOTO users. 

Thank you for being a valued user at QOTO.

At this Moment, I am simply a very active user, although I have been nominated for a Staff Moderator position in our December election as announced here.

The opinion expressed here are my own, and might differ from the instance administration.

But I think we NEED some clarification as explained above, or we risk losing valuable members who come here for what QOTO is UNIQUE for.

The S T E M community, science, Engineering, Tech and Math interested people.

Your comments are welcome, thank you for your attention and considering these suggestions.

You can reply either here or via Direct Message to me if you prefer.

Enjoy your stay, friends. Let's make this place better and nicer everyday.

RG signing out. 😉

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@realcaseyrollins @Hulu

the important thing happening today is not on self-centered US, but across the pond.

@realcaseyrollins

If you ever have to come to grips with your own death, and are able to, you will next come to the realization that the most terrible thing about it is what will happen to people who care about you. Your own beliefs, wants and needs become relatively unimportant at that point.

@gabaigabai

"I'm really flattered that you think I could sell drugs. You really think I could do that? I'd be so bad at it!" -

@AtlantaFX

Wait are drug ads actually getting shorter???

That's so cool!

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