it's B! Cavello 🐝 @b_cavello@mastodon.social

Hey #fedaverse, could people please start putting descriptions on images for people with visual imparements? It doesn't have to be long, just a few basic details to get the point of the image across. Thank you. To those that do, you're doing us a massive favor. Please continue to do so, and thank you.

To the ~200 or so new people who followed me recently: who are you people!?

Also, hi, I do music and you can help make more of it happen here and get fancy perks. https://www.patreon.com/digitalscofflaw

@b_cavello @bluepupboi if you’re a member of an oppressed class simply posting about the mundane events of your day is considered politics by many, so really I don’t like the idea of a politics CW

@b_cavello sounds at least like a good moderator tool to help filter both internal and external posts.

@b_cavello @bluepupboi yeah, i mean i am 100% opposed to upsetting people needlessly, and i also wonder if CWs are the best way to do that

@tibius @bluepupboi Honestly, I can relate. I think more clarity with filters and community tagging could allow folks to handle some of that based on their unique community needs even if your usual follower list is totally chill with it.

@makingarecord For sure! I think the main value, in fact, is on things that move across multiple instances that may have different norms.

@Altruest FOGO (Fear Of Going Out)

What's the opposite of FOMO? What's the cute abbreviation for "My ride is here and I suddenly never want to leave my house again?"

Marx: I wonder what the communists are doing in 2018

Me: We are all tooting

Marx: Exactly what I expected and also, how do I join in

boost if the president/prime minister of your country is a fuckhead

Did you know that you don't need to use link shorteners (bit.ly, etc.) on Mastodon? All links, no matter how long, only count for 23 characters against your 500 limit!

(And since link shorteners are bad for user experience and break the web, there's almost no good reason to use 'em! 😄)

while masto dev's patreon has a not insignificant steady income, your instance admins often bear the brunt of the expense of keeping your instance online.

if you're able, consider tossing a dollar toward your instance's patreon/cryptocoin/paypal/whatever. and if you're not able, don't feel bad, because you are always welcome here.

& because capitalism ain't dead yet, if you'd like to support ACP's €30/mo expenses:
https://www.patreon.com/corzntin
https://ko-fi.com/jmfcodes/

Well heck, I have a keyboard for 10 minutes, so I guess I'll do that #ff / Follow Friday thing.
Here are some cool folks -

@welshpixie - Makes beautiful mandala art

@FRENDEN - Makes beautiful arts, also offers good advice for artists.

@Rowyn - A cool writer who is active intermittently

@pawnshopheart - For all your fat pikachu needs

@CorvusRobotica - Lovely poetry

@3psboyd Cool comic writer that I've been following for years of MacHall/Three Panel Soul, new to masto

I removed my racing snail’s shell in an effort to save weight & get him to move faster.

It didn’t work, if anything, he became even more sluggish.

okay so, in my early days on mastodon, I didnt understand why people were expected to put content warnings on politics

to me it seemed like just another example of a community trying to stay together while excusing people for views that completely exclude the communities most marginalized members, and an attempt to silence those members

as i stayed on mastodon, however, i realized that this, just wasnt the case

I never knew this! https://redd.it/981n3b

@matilde @ticky ideally the two options would be "doesn't show in your timeline at all" and "shows in your timeline, including the keyword that it matched and an option to click through". the current impl has a weird permanent/non-permanent distinction though.

Tell all your friends. I'm teaching a free, trans-centered, programming class in NYC in a few days. with @t4techNYC@twitter.com and @thisismetis@twitter.com

https://www.meetup.com/Metis-New-York-Data-Science/events/253876232/