Mastodon instance codes of conduct can be created in different ways. Some instance admins simply copy language from the Mastodon Server Covenant or the original instance, Mastodon.social. Many instance admins I spoke to report that they developed their codes in consultation with members of their instances....
Quixoticgeek
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I spoke with T.X. Watson, the author of a solarpunk short story and former editor of a solarpunk webzine. For Watson, solarpunk is speculation about the near future....
Quixoticgeek
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Real kings had shiny swords, obviously. Except, except, except maybe your real real kings of, like, days of yore, he would have a sword that didn’t sparkle one bit but was bloody efficient at cutting things.
(Guards Guards)
Real kings had shiny swords, obviously. Except, except, except maybe your real real kings of, like, days of yore, he would have a sword that didn’t sparkle one bit but was bloody efficient at cutting things.
(Guards Guards)
Cass 🇵🇸
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The lack of profitability is only one part of the answer, however. The other part has to do with a spat between Facebook and Google over open technical protocols. In 2007, Google convened a group of Facebook competitors to create the OpenSocial Foundation....
'(vidak) _(:3」∠)_
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“Battle Maze Advanced” by Apple McTom (2001)
Published by: FotZ
[BATTLADV.ZZT] - “Level 7”
View World: https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/battleadvzzt/?file=BATTLADV.ZZT&board=11
Play Online: https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/battleadvzzt/ #bot
“Battle Maze Advanced” by Apple McTom (2001)
Published by: FotZ
[BATTLADV.ZZT] - “Level 7”
View World: https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/battleadvzzt/?file=BATTLADV.ZZT&board=11
Play Online: https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/battleadvzzt/ #bot
Unlike corporate social media and the infinite scroll, the fediverse is open for experimentation. There are innovations possible with fediverse technologies that are not possible on corporate social media. This is a strong counterargument against those who look at federated, non-centralized, democratically controlled social media and say, “it’s too complicated....
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"If I asked you where the hell we were," said Arthur weakly, "would I regret it?"
Ford stood up. "We're safe," he said.
"Oh good," said Arthur.
"We're in a small galley cabin," said Ford, "in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet."
"Ah," said Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of."
Quixoticgeek
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‘Luck is my middle name,’ said Rincewind, indistinctly. ‘Mind you, my first name is Bad.’ (Interesting Times)
‘Luck is my middle name,’ said Rincewind, indistinctly. ‘Mind you, my first name is Bad.’ (Interesting Times)
"If I asked you where the hell we were," said Arthur weakly, "would I regret it?"
Ford stood up. "We're safe," he said.
"Oh good," said Arthur.
"We're in a small galley cabin," said Ford, "in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet."
"Ah," said Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of."
Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
-- Noam Chomsky
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was, of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive, you could get death for free.
(Pyramids)