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@dansup BlueSky is a for profit company, it can't last forever in its current state, eventually they will need to monetize their user base or it will disappear.

On the other hand, the Mastodon network is largely nonprofit, meaning instances will last as long as the passion and donations do.

@mediaarchaeologylab presentation of the barbed wire phone project: full duplex over bare wire with just a 9v battery. One phone is circa 1915.
This is one of the coolest art/tech demos I've ever gotten to see/try out.

It's Caturday & We're Not Going Back! 🐈‍⬛️

Hi 👋

I am Monika a.k.a. ColorfulMartian and I'm looking for #gamer #friends here on #Mastodon to overflow my timeline with the bestest best #gaming content 🤗

Let's connect if you play:

🧝‍♀️ #ESO
🌸 #Palia
👩‍🌾 #StardewValley
🌳 #Valheim
👾 #OnceHuman
🏭 #Satisfactory
🐐 #AgeOfMythology

Or similar #MMOs, #cozy, survival crafting and/or strategy #games...

Looking forward to meeting you all! ❤️

The lazy cat gets the nibble.

Tonight on #WFMU: the Jimmys Awards!
Put on your tuxedo and tune in to WFMU's new movie show, Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet, tonight at 6pm (EDT) when winners will be revealed for the Jimmy Awards! See if your favorite Summer movies are winners!

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"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."

-- William Gibson, Count Zero - The favorite author of the exact people he was writing about.

I’ll hear arguments that wind turbines and solar farms are “ugly” after we ban billboards.

The whole purpose of a postmenopausal female is to lead the resistance ...

Bitcoin is 15 years old.
To put that in perspective:

The web started in 1991. 15 years later, in 2006, we had youtube, twitter, amazon, ebay - the world was unrecognisable.

What have we got in that timeframe from #blockchain? Ashes.

"A thriving market for magic beans doesn't make the magic beanstalk real." - lib.rs

That tracks.

And you may find yourself in another part of the world

And you may find yourself installing game ROMs on your hand-held gaming device

And you may find yourself installing World of Warcraft on your work laptop before a business trip

And you may ask yourself, "Well, did I download enough music to my phone?"

Hello! We are a small independent bookshop in Stow, in the Scottish Borders. We are no longer using Twitter, for obvious reasons, but could use some new followers on Mastodon and other social media channels - where our presence is smaller than on Twitter. Please help / share this is you can! Thank you.

“Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born, and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things—he never said that gay people should be condemned.”

- Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States

We need more leaders--and people of faith--like Jimmy Carter.

Wow. The Former Lt. Governor of Georgia response to Trump's unhinged rally.

Underrated self-care tip: getting rid of that one fork that 'feels weird' so you never have to use it again.

I'm weird and I approve this message.

Remember people: "Normal" is a setting on the dryer.

There is no such thing.

We are all "weird" to someone. No biggie.