Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Don't like CATS or all those cat photos that some of us keep plastering all over the #Fediverse?

Fear not, as Mastodon has built in FILTERS -- and all it takes is to configure one or more to get rid of pesky posts.

As a local moderator, I feel compelled to explain and share this with you - so you can hide all these pesky photos which I am particularly fond of, as are many, but maybe not everyone.

So, what to Do?

1. Click on the Gear icon, to visit the "Preferences" area of Mastodon.

2. Navigate down to the "Filters" menu item (see it on screenshot, on the left side).

3. And here you can configure *ANY filters you like*, based on a piece of Text to search for in fediverse posts.

To hide all the Cat maniac photos, I would suggest using something similar to the hash tags I normally use: #cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp

Enter that, or any other expression to search for in the proper line, see screenshot #1.

4. Hit the Save button and the filter will be saved and in effect from now on. See screenshot #2.

You have the options of "Delete" or "Edit" the filter later, if you change your mind, or if the poster changes their offending post routine.

** GREAT way to get rid of mindless Twitter reposts which some people hate -- I recommended that at another instance that had some Really BAD cases like that, and got many thanks from relieved users. 😜

Any questions, please ask.

Love Cats? Post some, boost some, thank you! 😺

#newusers #help #declutter

Discover some of the great new features in LibreOffice 7.0 – released today – in this quick video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XusjjbBm81s (Or if you'd rather see it on PeerTube, go to https://peertube.opencloud.lu/videos/watch/996ca726-5769-4690-bd75-eee87fc24f07)

Overleaf Webinars August / September 2020 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/overleaf-webinars-august-september-2020

Organic-chemistry-2 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/organic-chemistry-2

Paignton Library Summer Virtual Code Club https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/paignton-library-summer-virtual-code-club

With the US mulling the decision to ban #tiktok, we should also consider banning #instagram and #facebook because they essentially do the same thing: piss all over your privacy while allowing you to be "connected" to people that atrophy helped you get rid of long ago.

Oh, wait, American companies that spy on people are okay and acceptable. It is different when the Chinese do it.

Last Friday of July: happy #sysadmin appreciation day! Don't forget your backups, and show your appreciation to your local sysadmin :-) Our special thanks to the Debian System Administrators (DSA) for caring about the Debian infrastructure, today and every day

RT @clientsfh@twitter.com

Client: Before you go, can I ask you a quick question?
Me: Sure!
Client: How do I email multiple people at once?
Me: Before I answer that, can I ask YOU a question?
Client: I guess.
Me: What year is it?
https://clientsfromhell.net/learning-new-things/

ispace reveals the final design of its lunar lander ahead of its first mission to the Moon in 2022 - Japanese new space startup ispace has revealed the final design of its HAKUTO-R lunar lander, a spac... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EMJTyRs3Oo8/ #commerciallunarpayloadservices #astrobotictechnology #privatespaceflight #googlelunarxprize #lunarlander #spaceflight #outerspace #aerospace #science #ispace #space #tc

I would add that even Zoom is obsolete, you do not need to rely on centralized companies (and its dubious privacy policy), there is @jami_social (no server). With WebRTC, @jitsinews, @Nextclouders, (no server for the call, i.e., peer to peer calls) and fully encrypted.
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RT @cillahope_
It's still beyond me how Skype managed to let Zoom just take over the game in a matter of weeks
https://twitter.com/cillahope_/status/1288195195046109185

Smashing the Atom: A Brief History of Particle Accelerators - When it comes to building particle accelerators the credo has always been “bigger, badder, better”. ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/07/29/smashing-the-atom-a-brief-history-of-particle-accelerators/ #particleaccelerator #supercollider #originalart #featured #history #science #lhc