Jerry Lerman

Admin/owner of this Boston-area Mastodon server. A liberal who also follows conservatives who use facts to form opinions & are good people. I want my beliefs challenged. I hate when people agendize everything. I play around with Linux (https://jerry.hear-me.blog)

I also own:
Alternative Mastodon UI: https://phanpy.hear-me.social
Peertube instance: https://my-sunshine.video
Bluesky PDS: https://blue-ocean.social (jerry.blue-ocean.social)
and more...

he/him/his

#StarTrek #ScienceFiction #Linux

verification: https://hear-me.social/verifyme.html
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jerrylerman

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2024-07-07 16:52:51

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In Massachusetts the minimum wage is $15/hour, but for tipped workers, it's only $6.75/hour. At least here, they need the tips. So, I tip.
Unsure though if counter staff are considered tipped workers or not. It's all confusing and ridiculous.
But, I wish they were paid a living wage and tipping was disallowed, as it is done in Japan. I hate the idea of having to tip people.

2024-07-05 13:44:25

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They need someone who is better at math, or maybe they meant to exclude half the sample.
https://files.hear-me.social/media_attachments/files/112/733/707/542/056/061/original/97ef1eb73aa9ff4e.png

2024-07-04 23:40:25

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Servers that use Cloudflare for protection, like mine, have the option to have Cloudflare automatically block all AI bots. I have it enabled.
Cloudflare has written how some AI companies attempt to look like the Google bot, and others, so as to get around the blocks, but that they aren't fooling Cloudflare and they do get blocked.
I don't know what other instances are doing to deal with this.

2024-07-04 23:37:13

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@npub1sfq…cxv5
1. Seems some people have decided that the ActivityPub protocol was created only for the purpose of connecting non-corporate social media together. I never saw evidence that this was a design principle, but they believe it.
2. Fear that advertising will somehow come into the Fediverse.
3. Unwillingness to connect to the people who use Threads because they associate with billionaires and corporations by using their software. Their kind just isn't welcome here.
4. Meta will come for our servers, steal personal information, overwhelm our servers and leave us with a pile of burning hardware. mastodon.social, so far, seems to be doing fine.
BTW, everything in the Fediverse is in clear text, and you don't need to follow people to read their stuff. No doubt Facebook, and other corporates, and governments, have been reading everything already.
Generally, they feel in their heart that supporting Threads is supporting evil. That people who use Threads are therefore supporting evil. I've gotten plenty of nasty responses because I don't block Threads on my server. There's even a list of servers that refuse to block Threads so those fighting the evil can defederate from Threads-connected servers.
You'll find a lot of anger from some when suggesting that people on Threads be followed on the Fediverse.

2024-06-26 01:34:49

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This is disappointing. I expected more from them, by now.

2024-06-20 20:47:32

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Yep. All true.
I set it up just because it sounded like something interesting to do, but I have no illusion that I'm better off for it.

2024-06-20 20:37:07

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Yep. You're right. The only advantage of the PDS is that your PDS keeps both your identity and your data (posts, profile, etc.), and not Bluesky corporate.
I have my own PDS, blue-ocean.social, and I have one other person who is using it to store their identity and data, I assume because they don't want Bluesky to have it. For me. It just feels good to control my data.
I hardly use Bluesky, BTW.
Other than deleting someone's account or disabling it, there is nothing more I can do with my PDS, at least for now.

2024-06-05 23:07:19

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But the suspension doesn't reference the post at all. It references "rude and hurtful" responses to other people.
I don't know, of course. I'm just not able to make a judgement.

2024-06-05 22:32:21

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Has it been appealed? Maybe just one of their many moderators was out of line.
Has @Gargron replied? This is a strong statement to make about Eugene. Are we sure this is all true before we attack him? It doesn't seem to be his character.
Can we see an image of the exact post that got reported?

2024-05-29 13:07:29

#Trump #USPol #USPolitics
https://files.hear-me.social/media_attachments/files/112/524/049/966/095/779/original/958fc5c10fe6310e.png

2024-05-23 21:29:58

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I have reported people for hashtag abuse and have banned them from this server for it. It angers me, too.

2024-05-23 14:32:45

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Well, a teeny bit decentralized. I run my own Bluesky Personal Data Server (PDS), so my identity and posts are stored and managed on my own Bluesky server. Bluesky doesn't have my keys, my identity or posts. Anyone can join my server too. So, there's this...

2024-05-22 04:00:08

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I saw this because I read using a list. I rarely just look at my timeline. But, after reading this, I looked on my timeline and I do not see this post.

2024-05-20 17:31:19

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You don't post too much. Is someone complaining?

2024-05-19 22:06:14

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Yes. And I know you are having a difficult time right now. I pray and hope that everything works out for you.

2024-05-16 16:38:56

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When I go to the website I get a 502, bad gateway. This means your webserver (nginx) is fine. But the application server (sharkey) is not.
I'm guessing Sharkey didn't come up properly, or at all.
Sharkey is a fork of Firefish? When I had Firefish, to start it after a reboot, I had to do this command:
pm2 start "NODE_ENV=production pnpm run start" --name Firefish
So, maybe the same for you, but the name might be Sharkey?
Then I ran, one time, after it came up, to make this automatic when rebooting:
pm2 save
pm2 startup
I have no idea if this is relevant. Just tossing it out.

2024-05-16 16:01:37

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Ugh. Supposed to be "sudo journalctl -xe -u sharkey", not -ue. Sorry.

2024-05-16 15:45:46

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If you mean for journalctl, you can do a date range: journalctl --since "2024-05-15" --until "2024-05-16 09:00" or just jump to the end jouralctl -ue -u sharkey
I believe

2024-05-16 15:38:38

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Oh no. You mean, "Did you turn if off, and then back on" is not the universal fix, after all?
Did you do "systemctl status sharkey" to see if the service is running? If so, then it's probably a different issue. Also do a "journalctl -u sharkey" to check the service logs?
I'm not a Linux expert, but these are two things I'd do to start off with.

2024-05-09 14:19:49

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Yes, finally. Everything that you said! Thanks for posting about this.
But, why did it take Oliphant so long to realize, or admit, the harm being done by promoting that woman's lies and manipulation? Is there an explanation for the change, and an apology for the harm done?
All established Admins knew the woman lies about people. That she practices reputation assassination for revenge and compliance. Why was he complicit all this time?
Unfortunately, too, the mindless Admins who used the tier 3 list are not likely to remove any blocks. And people on .art and the instances that used that block list are unaware that they have been cut off from a significant part of the Fediverse.

2024-05-01 03:18:26

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I've seen this happen before. No explanation. Suddenly ... gone, after being extremely active, moments earlier. It's a social media phenomenon.

2024-04-26 03:21:52

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I see the same.

2024-04-13 04:24:13

#USPolitics #USPol #Abortion #arizona
https://files.hear-me.social/media_attachments/files/112/261/528/275/597/726/original/637da08808b253a2.png

2024-04-08 00:44:57

#Obama has enabled Federation on his threads account, [@barackobama](https://threads.net/@barackobama/), and so his account can be followed here on Mastodon and other Fediverse servers.
This offer not valid on servers where your Admin is blocking #threads
[@GottaLaff](https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff)

2024-04-07 01:42:02

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.art was my first thought too. I always thought that since she blocks any Admin who doesn't 100% agree with her, that it is then a foregone conclusion that, given enough time, she would become the first self-defederated instance. But, now, she'll have to be the 2nd as someone else has wholly de-federated by blocking.

2024-04-06 22:51:56

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I wonder if it's supposed to be a joke. They claim, "The Mastodon server with the best moderation in the world!" And 0 active accounts.

2024-04-06 17:55:27

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Thanks.
What you wrote is what I would have essentially written as well!

2024-04-06 17:32:06

This is a question for those who have moved from #Threads as their primary social media microblogging site to a Mastodon (or other ActivityPub) instance.
1. Why did you move from #Threads to a different platform, a Federated one?
2. Did you know anything about Mastodon, or other Federated platforms, before Threads turned on Federation?
3. How is the experience better, worse, the same compared to Threads?
4. Are you maintaining dual accounts now or are you completely off Threads?
5. Other thoughts on the topic?

2024-04-05 13:51:53

My daughter's music group, #Eyrie, in Japan, on June 7th, will release an album through Universal Music Japan, titled, #Hintori, which translates to Phoenix, Firebird, Immortal Bird. In Japanese culture, it's also a symbol of hope and renewal.
They'll be touring later as well through Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.
I'm so incredibly proud of Rina. She has amazing music talent and her music career is doing so great! She's the one in the middle in the group picture.
"Phoenix" was the life's work of Japan's world-renowned #manga artist Osamu #Tezuka, This is an official album produced with Tezuka Productions.
The album's preface has comments from Osamu Tezuka's eldest daughter, Rumiko Tezuka.
https://www.universal-music.co.jp/eyrie/news/2024-04-05/
#Eyrie #RinaKohmoto #Musician #JapanMusic

2024-04-02 00:20:10

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This is nuts!

2024-03-30 15:52:30

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If I'm on an instance the blocks Threads, and I post something, and my account is followed by someone on an instance that does not block Threads, and my follower boosts my post, then anyone on Threads following my follower will see my post (assuming the day has come when messages flow from Mastodon to Threads). And that Threads account can then boost it on Threads and my post, from a Mastodon Threads blocking instance, can then even go viral on Threads.
Isn't this so?

2024-03-22 21:36:36

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There are a number of accounts there that I too am waiting to be enabled for federating. I don't know what is taking them so long!