Brian Hough @brianhough@mastodon.social

Fingers crossed that Mastodon is doing all it can to keep alt-right figures from taking advantage of the Federation now that Twitter is cracking down and Parler will soon be gone.

Toot.

Had a pro-life Facebook “friend” remove me today because I liked and replied, and I quote, “So well said.” to a woman who argued for pro-choice laws on her post. Friendly reminder that if you aren’t secure enough with your beliefs to allow yourself not to be offended when someone respectfully disagrees, you probably have some soul searching to do yourself.

I don't know what magic the doctor uses to make his soda so good, but Diet Dr. Pepper is the gold standard of diet sodas.

Oh my God, this toot is so damn good. https://mastodon.social/@thomasfuchs/100664396872261854

Über looking forward to the iPhone XS Plus. My iPhone 7 is /fine/, but it just feels so dated compared to all the Galaxy S9's and iPhone X's of the world.

Gimme that new iPhone X Plus! Apple announces "Gather round" iPhone 2018 event

https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/30/apple-iphone-event-announced/

I've been actively using Mastodon for less than a month and have already become withness to some sort of massive coordinated abuse campaign. That sure was fast!

Mastodon.social seems to be having some issues tonight, huh?

One of the things I loved most about early Birdsite was experimenting with third party clients. It's super interesting getting to feel that again with Mastodon!

"Apple has altered the names multiple times. It has at least considered branding the new premium phones the 'iPhone Xs...'"

Oh goodness, please, no. iPhone Xs sounds absolutely terrible. Just iPhone X and iPhone X Plus will do.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-27/apple-to-embrace-iphone-x-design-with-new-colors-bigger-screens

Congratulations Mastodon, you’ve graduated to my iPad’s home screen. Your toots are home screen worthy!

What's everyone's favorite show on #television (as in, not Netflix or the like) these days? I'm going to have to go with Better Call Saul.

Just realizing I never did one of these - so hi, #introductions are in order!

I'm Brian Hough, a web designer and developer living in Massachusetts. I'm currently working for my local community access station, HC Media, and I occasionally write about mostly tech at http://brianhough.com. Also a recovering birdsite addict.

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is ending? Noooo! Such a fun summer show, I could have easily seen this running for another couple of years.

This Google Pixel 3 XL leak story is insane. A Ukrainian black market dealer could have stolen a sizable quantity of pre-release Pixel 3 XL units, and is now selling them on the black market. https://9to5google.com/2018/08/22/exclusive-ukrainian-black-market-dealer-pixel-3-xl-leaks/