My "Pleroma instances attract Nazis" post went viral on Pleroma, and the Nazis there were kind enough to reply with a bunch of slurs to show me more instances that needed to be suspended.

**Alex Vranas** · Dec 16, 2022, 07:43

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**Bruce Sterling @bruces** @bruces@mastodon.social · Dec 16, 2022, 07:43

Dec 16, 2022, 07:43

Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces@mastodon.social

*They used to laugh and call him names. Now they're all dead

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 18, 2022, 00:32

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 18, 2022, 00:32

Dec 18, 2022, 00:32

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Aw yeah, did a dist-upgrade on my laptop, thought everything was great, ran into a Python issue, tried to fix it, and somehow broke wayland and the entire network stack...

I also have an 8 year old Thinkpad that I've been dist-upgrading for years, so maybe it's just a sign that it's time to offload and reinstall...

Or buy a more modern laptop.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 22:11

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 22:11

Dec 17, 2022, 22:11

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@nova HONK

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**Alex Vranas** · Dec 17, 2022, 18:39

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**Eugen Rochko** @Gargron@mastodon.social · Dec 17, 2022, 18:39

Dec 17, 2022, 18:39

Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social

John Mastodon

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 20:21

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 20:21

Dec 17, 2022, 20:21

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Luci looking like this in the middle of the day. What a life! #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 18:21

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 18:21

Dec 17, 2022, 18:21

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@pearlbear Have you looked into Mobilizon and Lemmy? Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but they're definitely in that direction.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 17:23

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 17:23

Dec 17, 2022, 17:23

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/analysis-if-youre-rich-youre-more-lucky-than-smart-and-theres-math-to-prove-it

**Alex Vranas** · Dec 16, 2022, 23:11

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**bloodwrites** @bloodwrites@fandom.ink · Dec 16, 2022, 23:11

Dec 16, 2022, 23:11

bloodwrites @bloodwrites@fandom.ink

Protip for the new mastodonians: don't obfuscate names or words - only hashtags work for search so you won't get troll bombed if you say Elon Musk.

Filters, however, work on anything, so those who don't want to see Elon Musk won't see this post.

But if you write El*n M*sk they WILL see it, and that might make them mad, so don't do it okay? Let people use their filters.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 07:32

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 07:32

Dec 17, 2022, 07:32

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@effy Here's what I got.

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**Alex Vranas** · Dec 17, 2022, 07:14

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**Tony Webster** @tony@mastodon.tonywebster.com · Dec 17, 2022, 07:14

Dec 17, 2022, 07:14

Tony Webster @tony@mastodon.tonywebster.com

Twitter forced me to delete tweets explaining how to set up an ADS-B feeder and contribute open source, public flight data to FlightAware and @ADSBexchange. I was told these tweets violated Twitter’s rules against posting private information.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 07:19

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 07:19

Dec 17, 2022, 07:19

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@effy This was extremely weird when I thought you had randomly chosen my single-user instance. Like, why did you choose me?

But now I see that this is some sort of clever trick, so that's actually pretty neat.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 05:45

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 05:45

Dec 17, 2022, 05:45

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@hankg I dunno, admin gave up I think...

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 26, 2022, 22:57

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 26, 2022, 22:57

Nov 26, 2022, 22:57

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@Phyrkrakr Look at these best friends!

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 00:06

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 17, 2022, 00:06

Dec 17, 2022, 00:06

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Still saddened that the Mastodon instance for cats is gone...

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 23:15

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 23:15

Dec 16, 2022, 23:15

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@therotund This is excellent news! Poisoning Pigeons in the Park is a valuable piece of culture that should be shared extensively without copyright enforcement.

**Alex Vranas** · Dec 16, 2022, 17:54

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**Marianne Kirby (The Rotund)** @therotund@wandering.shop · Dec 16, 2022, 17:54

Dec 16, 2022, 17:54

Marianne Kirby (The Rotund) @therotund@wandering.shop

Oh, wow, Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain. Apparently also his website will shut down "at some date in the not too distant future" so now's a good time to download directly.

"In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.
So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money."

https://tomlehrersongs.com/

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 22:44

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 22:44

Dec 16, 2022, 22:44

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@the_rabid_rabbit And I do agree with you that, in isolation, using the terms "instance" and "server" interchangeable isn't a particularly big deal and is pretty much ubiquitous in this community . It was definitely the least of my concerns, but it seemed relevant to bring up the specifics given how many interchangeable terms they injected into the article.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 22:38

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Dec 16, 2022, 22:38

Dec 16, 2022, 22:38

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Ok, we're past whatever that was. I'm too busy looking through logs for work to look through my own logs right now, so I'm just taking another snapshot of everything in case this was a warning sign that things are about to fall apart.