timorl @timorl@qoto.org

I keep seeing lots of long-time #fediverse users saying 'don't favourite posts it does nothing' but actually when you favourite my posts it makes me smile and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

A wishlist for trans*feminist servers at #atnofs in Athens!

The text is also available here https://etherpad.mur.at/p/tfs

@gregeganSF is here!

@timorl

POV: jesteś Elonem Muskiem i widzisz jak szybko rośnie liczba użytkowników Mastodona. #meme

100 Mastodon myths:

1. Mastodon is hard.

FALSE. It’s a "soft"ware. Not hardware.

2. You have to use Linux to post on Mastodon.

FALSE. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also supported.

3. You need to learn to use the Vim editor before posting on Mastodon.

FALSE. There’s also an emacs plugin.

4. Mastodon is only for computer nerds.

FALSE. As you can see, we sometimes try to make jokes that everyone could understand.

(the irony of writing a Befunge program in your dwarf fortress directory is not lost on me either)

Today’s poem is called ‘An Update to My Privacy Policy’.

The only correct option for naming trunk/feature branches is `canon/fanfic`.

(boost thread)

❌ we should have daylight when we go to work in the morning

❌ we should have daylight when we come home from work at night

☑️ we shouldn’t have to work so many hours that we have to ration The Sun

To inaugurate our brand new Mastodon account, we're gonna tell you everything we know (and don't know) about MASTODON VAGINAS. As in the extinct animal, obvs.

Beautiful blog post reviewing the cognitive capacity of multiple animal species. Their work focuses on #animalwelfare and #cognition. #cognitivescience #behavior #physiology
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/tnSg6o7crcHFLc395/the-welfare-range-table

Like, the obvious way to disarm Turkey of the "refugee weapon" in negotiations is to _simply take in all the refugees_. It's so blindingly obvious to me that it really worries me that neither media nor politicians seem to be even able to conceive of it.

The EU is pretty rich, and will be even richer when we start taxing the billionaires much more heavily.

Taking care of people takes work and resources, but _we have those_.

My 3yo just pronounced ambulance "am-booleans."

"What sound does the am-booleans make?"

"1 0 1 0 1 0"

ATTENTION MATH PEOPLE:
if someone studying ""computer science"" (blasphemous demon) comes up to you and asks if you want to learn about "lambda calculus", DO NOT ENGAGE! I REPEAT, DO NOT ENGAGE!!! this is how they TRICK poor innocent mathematicians into turning towards the DARK SIDE (computer).
it is NOT the calculus you know
it is EVIL
stay AWAY