Posts by y6nH@im-in.space
(DIR) Post #AHIpUfZaSGbG5YrWk4 by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-03-11T12:10:13Z
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@endDRM preventing a graphics card from mining Ethereum in the hope that gamers might be able to afford it seems only marginally evil, tbh. You know, under capitalism and all that.
(DIR) Post #AHqeJqoUcRB4RjqhfM by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-03-27T19:33:12Z
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Don't talk to me until I've had my mrlph glompl schlrp
(DIR) Post #AItBPtEH4nEow7lGZE by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-04-27T14:01:43Z
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Hey new people, this is my #cat, Cookie. She was naughty and caught a baby blackbird yesterday, so she's shut inside and sulking today.
(DIR) Post #AItBPvCZk54F3QywCG by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-04-27T14:06:03Z
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The #bird seemed unhurt, and my kids managed to feed it some worms before we released it.
(DIR) Post #AJZt28HBdSd4y5nmtc by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-05-18T12:52:15Z
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https://fedivision.party/Get listening and prepare to vote!#Fedivision #Music #teamTOMB
(DIR) Post #AJZt29ZIpaiMyZHllw by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-05-18T13:10:20Z
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50% of the first four songs are necromancer themed. Obviously on trend.
(DIR) Post #APTdIhBRGy3irdAtTU by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T00:58:40Z
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It's really sad that @Chanimal didn't feel comfortable here. She's a Black Jewish Queer woman who I know from her writing in NewScientist. She's clever, eloquent, humane, interesting, and just the kind of person I want in my social feed. But she signed up, asked for server recommendations, and now she's back on Twitter tweeting about her bad experience here. She finds BirdSite under Musk less discriminatory than the Fediverse. What went wrong?First, let me tell you a little about myself. I signed up to Mastodon.social in 2016, when it was the only Mastodon server. I started posting in earnest in 2017, and since then I've deleted my Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr accounts, changed servers here a few times, and seen a lot of drama. I'm committed to this platform, and I love it here, even if I'm a less regular tooter than many of you.
(DIR) Post #APTdIhlb6Wyyfm5lpo by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T00:59:23Z
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Among the drama I've seen in that time is the PlayVicious saga. I saw that community taken down by racism, here on the lovey-lefty Fediverse. But I didn't see any of the abuse myself. Not one toot. That's partly down to the excellent moderation work by my server admins, and partly down to the fact that I'm white. It would be easy to assume that it's not a problem; that Marcia and Ro and the others, and now Chanda, are overreacting to one or two bad people who slipped through the net. Easy, but wrong. White supremacy, the system that's conferred so many advantages on me and people like me, thrives in the manure of white complacency. We don't see it. But, like it or not, we're bound to it.
(DIR) Post #APTdIiEJNlx26pWhai by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T00:59:41Z
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So what can we do about it, we white people of the Fediverse? Fudamentally, I don't know. You and I can't take down the system by ourselves. But we can start by listening to the victims. If you're white, do not try to tell anyone non-white about racism or anti-racism. They know better than you, so shut up and listen. And believe what they say. The Fediverse has a racism problem, at least as bad as Twitter, and if you don't see it that's because, like me, you're benefiting from it. Give money to racialized people who need it, if you can. Follow them and boost their voices, but don't expect anything in return. We've had our share.
(DIR) Post #APTdIjfI2x7qYn9lHU by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T01:00:17Z
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These are turbulent times on the Fediverse. I hope we can come out of the chaos better than before. I'm proud of you all for keeping Mastodon such a safe place to be LGBTQIA++. It started off that way, with a large quotient of transgender people among the first Mastodonians, and it's remained so. But early Masto was also mostly white European and North American techies, and that has also remained constant. That's a failure in a world where we're the dominant minority.
(DIR) Post #APTdIlDMHlyHMk6U1Q by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T01:04:24Z
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Having said all that, there's a part of Chanda's BirdSite thread I disagree with. Like many newcomers to Mastodon, she finds the demands for CWs unnecessary. She even finds them insulting:Also the fact that pretty much anything interesting on Mastodon has a content warning is actually offensive to me as a rape victimHoly shit. I don't want to diminish the suffering of rape victims, but there's a huge difference between her understanding of CWs and mine here.
(DIR) Post #APTdImqOE8mqQ5NAUy by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-10T01:04:44Z
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As I mentioned, I've been here a long time. I'm thoroughly accustomed to content warnings, and I know how we use them. That click-to-open title section is great for hiding the punchline to a joke, or a spoiler for a TV show, or something NSFW, or just a post you know isn't going to appeal to all your followers. It's not a big deal, you can spray them all over. At the same time, they have the important function of hiding things that really are seriously triggering: common phobias like spiders or snakes, or mentions of traumatic situations real people here have been through, like child abuse or rape. So the use cases vary from trivial to essential. It takes very little effort, and it's just polite to use them for things like eye contact or AI-generated images, which give some people the creeps.
(DIR) Post #APcRRATAozgSyyNnJQ by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-15T00:19:05Z
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Having just said the upgrade was smooth, Is this a new #bug? In Mastodon web FE, I see the following text in the order two, three, [rocket], one:đâ one #two threeWhat do you see?
(DIR) Post #APcRRCTFNgvnBmQshk by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-15T00:23:48Z
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It's just Masto FE, not Pinafore. It's not a CSS thing, by the way, the source is in the same order as on screen.
(DIR) Post #APcRREAB5YrkRDWgG8 by y6nH@im-in.space
2022-11-15T00:24:59Z
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(Nobody saw my amusing typo of "c ASS" instead of "a CSS", right?)
(DIR) Post #AsWiloXLH2cA86RpTc by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-03-28T22:08:26Z
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@futurebird They were all "haha no it's GNU IMP", but then continued to call it GIMP everywhere. Unfortunately, it is still the standard free photo editing software. Krita's aimed more at digital painting than photo editing, but it could absolutely do what your character needs.
(DIR) Post #Awn30nQ2yNaedU4Gn2 by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-08-02T20:03:50Z
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I'm in Scotland đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż I spent the day with my family around Loch Tay. The highlight was the Cave of Caer Bannog, as seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Props are provided so that you can recreate the scene, like this...
(DIR) Post #Awn30w6WgKK5ZY0J72 by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-08-02T20:10:44Z
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I also recorded some handclaps inside the cave, for those of you who like #reverb. (You're free to use this for convolution or whatever; I release it under CC0.)
(DIR) Post #Awn314IWDcfYz3fzuq by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-08-02T20:15:48Z
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(DIR) Post #AzP0YwseQc0tDU1u0e by y6nH@im-in.space
2025-10-20T13:54:49Z
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@futurebird Last month:269 kW electricity221 kW gasAverage British house, 4 occupants, no power generation, but also no AC or EV.