an important thing to learn when coming to mastodon is that free speech is a nonsense word and if you're a bad person you'll be banned. we're not corporations and we dont hold ourselves to the faux decorum that they do

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 18, 2022, 01:13

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**Kelly Weill** @KELLYWEILL@mastodon.social · Nov 18, 2022, 01:13

Nov 18, 2022, 01:13

Kelly Weill @KELLYWEILL@mastodon.social

you don’t have to like it but this is an incredible time to be online

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 19, 2022, 05:38

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 19, 2022, 05:38

Nov 19, 2022, 05:38

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Mastodon is my new home, but if you want to follow me elsewhere, check out https://breakdecks.com

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 19, 2022, 00:52

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**DotComDotMastodon** @wwwdotwebaddressdotcom@ohai.social · Nov 19, 2022, 00:52

Nov 19, 2022, 00:52

DotComDotMastodon @wwwdotwebaddressdotcom@ohai.social

#isometricart for a #gamergirl room. Done in #procreateapp

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**Alex Vranas** · Nov 18, 2022, 21:15

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**SuperIlu** @dec_hl@mastodon.social · Nov 18, 2022, 21:15

Nov 18, 2022, 21:15

SuperIlu @dec_hl@mastodon.social

I did some more work on #DOStodon, the #Mastodon client for #MSDOS.

I added a splash screen, a busy indicator for network access, you can scroll the entries now, there is a profile viewer and you can like and boost.
Image attachments are now displayed, too.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 21:52

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 21:52

Nov 18, 2022, 21:52

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

I am also interested in any Internet Radio stations people might recommend to me. I love independant radio!

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**Alex Vranas** · Nov 18, 2022, 19:19

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Ro @Are0h@ubiqueros.com · Nov 18, 2022, 19:19

Nov 18, 2022, 19:19

Ro @Are0h@ubiqueros.com

As some white people are, of course, trying to find some wiggle room in comparing new people coming to the fedi and the horror that is colonization, let me say this again.

If you think new people coming to the fedi is akin to COLONIZATION, you are racist, and I'm not entertaining your bullshit.

Can people be overwhelmed? Yes. Can people feel anxious? Sure. But NONE OF THOSE THINGS are tantamount to colonialism.

Discomfort with change is fine. Trying to align that experience with one of the most brutal and violent methodologies in the history of humankind is complete nonsense.

No, I am not going to debate this point.

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 19:48

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 19:48

Nov 18, 2022, 19:48

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

I have been a huge fan of my neighborhood Low-Power FM radio station, Hollow Earth Radio.

They are an excellent commercial-free source of local/independent music. I can't wait until they start doing in-person events again.

If you're looking for a to discover some new content, you can stream them online at https://www.hollowearthradio.org/

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 18, 2022, 03:56

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**blackle mori** @suricrasia@lethargic.talkative.fish · Nov 18, 2022, 03:56

Nov 18, 2022, 03:56

blackle mori @suricrasia@lethargic.talkative.fish

uhh did anyone else get this popup?

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**Alex Vranas** · Sep 11, 2018, 18:58

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**Paul Petrol** @selfsame@tiny.tilde.website · Sep 11, 2018, 18:58

Sep 11, 2018, 18:58

Paul Petrol @selfsame@tiny.tilde.website

if you're having trouble visualizing the recursive centaur i've made this helpful reference

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**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 18:18

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 18:18

Nov 18, 2022, 18:18

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

A local business, that I know is 100% WFH and has had an empty office for 2 years now, just posted these very depressing staged pics on Instagram with the caption "We celebrated Thanksgiving early at our new office space. Turkey with all the fixings! Mmmmmm."

Nobody's there...

It's 10am on a Friday, and the office doesn't even have furniture in it.

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 01:30

**Alex Vranas** @Alex@vran.as · Nov 18, 2022, 01:30

Nov 18, 2022, 01:30

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

A reminder to people pushing Twitter retweets through the Mastodon-Twitter crossposter without configuring the "Twitter content warning" option:

Your RTs aren't coming over with CWs, so if you're retweeting sensitive/political stuff, you're not being a very considerate community member here.

If you don't want to CW every tweet you crosspost, enable the "Do not post quotes on Mastodon" option, or don't RT things that should have CWs here.

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 18, 2022, 01:22

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**blackle mori** @suricrasia@lethargic.talkative.fish · Nov 18, 2022, 01:22

Nov 18, 2022, 01:22

blackle mori @suricrasia@lethargic.talkative.fish

if the fediverse and cohost turned out to gather a large user share that would probably be a really good outcome for the internet imo

**Alex Vranas** · Nov 16, 2022, 02:34

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Mo @MoBlack@jorts.horse · Nov 16, 2022, 02:34

Nov 16, 2022, 02:34

Mo @MoBlack@jorts.horse

Now they you know Elon Musk exists, you are never allowed to have imposter syndrome again.

You are healed. I have healed you

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

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

Nov 18, 2022, 00:18

Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Massaging a bash script to print well formatted text to my thermal printer via stdin.

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**Alex Vranas** · Nov 17, 2022, 16:07

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**Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees** @mcnees@mastodon.social · Nov 17, 2022, 16:07

Nov 17, 2022, 16:07

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees@mastodon.social

Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius was born #OTD in 1790. He is best known for having his name attached to a surface that not even the New York Times could find a way to both-sides.