Jesse Baer 🔥

Microblogging like it's 2009

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2024-05-22 19:45:14

One thing Mastodon (or a fork) could do to win some users over from Bluesky, is support taking your account private. It's wild that X and Threads are the only big post-Twitter microblogging platforms that allow this.

2024-05-07 17:52:23

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@npub1zdm…yka2 lol jinx - yeah I've been using it but I don't like how it does subtasks. Need something much more freeform for planning projects, like an outliner.

2024-04-21 18:49:37

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@npub1yuu…6e96
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/310/234/194/772/077/original/58a6c4bc539f3f8d.mp4

2024-04-13 20:28:11

Just checking, if someone writes a reply to you, and you don't like it, there is no way to hide it for everyone, right?

2024-03-30 02:18:31

I feel like the option for “AirDrop” on the Mac should be under “Open In” because I’m usually AirDropping to myself and it’s cause I want to open the thing on my phone

2024-03-13 20:36:10

keeping up 8 social media accounts across 5 different networks while holding down a full time job ... as you do 😵‍💫

2024-03-12 17:30:18

Finally tried the new @npub1svs…p66u feature to split a long post into a thread. Snazzy!

2024-03-04 16:04:00

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@npub1sdu…w074 @npub1zdm…yka2 Seriously though, it occurs to me: given that eye contact is a problem for many folks such that it gets content warnings here, it seems like it would almost be *more* useful if they did the opposite as an accessibility feature!

2024-02-28 17:56:21

Ok, I took a ride on a Bluebike e-bike and I'm a convert. Can anyone recommend a good guide to choosing an e-bike?

2024-02-22 22:50:32

Is it even possible to have an organization like Mozilla or Automattic that won’t let us all down?

2024-02-19 15:02:42

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Has anyone noted that there's a submerged "degrowth" debate on the fedi? Not sure, but it might be clarifying to apply that frame.

2024-02-19 14:59:09

When people say that they don't want Bluesky people over here - I hate to break it to you, but a lot of Bluesky people are also Mastodon people. Getting harder to tell the timelines apart, fr.

2024-02-13 19:53:13

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@npub1zdm…yka2 Wait I can't tell if you're serious lol - it would be genuinely amazing if you're having a totally different experience on your TL

2024-02-13 19:41:43

Flipping back and forth between Masto and Bluesky today is like looping this gif backwards and forwards. https://hackers.town/@lmorchard/111925286696658045

2024-02-12 23:53:09

Edit histories in Mastodon clients should visually show changes.

2024-02-08 19:14:00

Every time someone on the phone gets garbled, and you tell them, and then they say "how about now" and it's fine, I wanna be like "ok what kind of crazy thing were you doing"

2024-02-05 17:08:31

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@npub1hcc…4xws I wish we learned from them as much as they learned from us.

2024-01-27 01:32:53

Listen how do we get Trader Joe's to not be evil about unions? Like if I'm gonna boycott I need you all with me so we can break their back real quick and get this over with.

2024-01-10 18:43:08

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@npub1hcc…4xws didn't realize it was that bad

2023-12-29 20:33:53

Saw some talk on Threads about Foursquare/Swarm being ahead of its time, that people would be really into that now. I dunno about that, but it did get me wondering if something like that would be a good use case for federation? In general I think location-based social apps are one of the main places I’d like to see some more development.

2023-12-29 02:59:57

Microwaves are to wifi what your dad making a phone call was to dialup

2023-12-27 01:25:57

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@npub1m6n…0eqx It opens up other potential sources for ad free material, which is free.

2023-12-27 01:18:13

Another option customers have is to pay an additional ~$4 a month for a VPN and tell Jeff Bezos to eff off. https://mstdn.social/@Mediagazer/111649044646743289

2023-12-27 00:21:07

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@npub12a5…tsng Haven't posted it myself tbh but it seems like it's just sharing photos. The developer is cool and doing creative stuff but it's just not comparable.

2023-12-26 20:39:46

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@npub1hw3…apg6 I object. A close parenthesis is just a capital 0.

2023-12-26 19:42:28

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Finally had a chance to try a Remarkable tablet at BestBuy the other day and I'm kind of annoyed at how nice the writing experience was. If it was pocket sized, ran Scribd, and didn't require a subscription for handwriting recognition, it would be perfect.

2023-12-26 19:22:33

The best use of AI is providing a metaphor for other awfulness we didn't have words for and may not have even noticed. See, for instance, that blog post going around about bad upscaling in film restoration. But also, the weirdness on Threads about "long presses" that feels like model collapse.

2023-12-26 14:35:37

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@npub10tx…crtk Classics reveal so much on repeated readings.

2023-12-25 17:23:34

To everyone with covid rn, get well soon and also
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/641/979/359/614/654/original/d505fc5ad0e38ed1.png

2023-12-24 19:25:41

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@npub12a5…tsng 100% - though ngl I've been using Instagram for the first time in years, doing posts for IfNotNow, and the tools for making stories are kind of amazing. Would love to see Pixelfed or something else build free/open alternatives to that stuff.

2023-12-24 19:05:52

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I think my ideal situation is I can follow a few Threads users from a Mastodon account but they can't follow me. I can keep a separate Threads account for anything I want to actually say there. And tbh I'd rather have neither, and maximum federation with non Threads instances.

2023-12-24 18:56:03

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@npub1qqf…x3ne @npub18yt…r22n my first mac had 512!!

2023-12-24 06:06:50

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"I'm sorry that you find this subject is too difficult for you to debate." no dummy, I said you specifically are not worth my time.

2023-12-24 06:00:41

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oh my god he's still going. I need to recalibrate how subtle I am in these situations.

2023-12-23 22:45:38

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@npub1pu9…599g @npub1hqk…3rs6 tried adding alt text but it was too long, but text is available here https://mondoweiss.net/2023/12/open-letter-to-the-columbia-administration/

2023-12-23 18:23:37

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@npub1w06…45yf haha good call

2023-12-23 17:58:34

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@npub1lej…vl5l Sure! (To be clear, I’m specifically looking to connect with people who are into the vision of getting the left off X, and building new social media infrastructures that are less vulnerable to billionaires.)

2023-12-23 17:53:45

Wish Plex wasn’t utter shit at TV show metadata. (And the internet wasn’t full of insufferable assholes responding to every request for help with “looks like someone didn’t follow the instructions!”)

2023-12-23 17:34:37

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@npub1vep…qc0f @npub1n4a…wzvg I like the idea of instances as communities, but in practice, the experience of Mastodon papers over the boundaries too much for them to work that way.

2023-12-23 03:53:07

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@npub1vqf…wgt0 ugh it really is :(

2023-12-22 23:33:12

@npub1jce…9qgc Hey, nice to see you around these parts again.

2023-12-22 22:05:35

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@npub13k2…tw0p I can do this with @npub1svs…p66u

2023-12-22 20:04:08

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Like seriously though, what percentage of readers can afford more than a handful of dedicated paid subscriptions to individual writers, usually at a rate comparable to a whole publication? I will admit, I wouldn’t have expected it to work even this much for this many writers, so I might just be missing something?

2023-12-22 19:59:49

A couple hot takes while we’re all talking about Substack. Unbundled subscriptions to individual blogs feel like a wild business model, a bubble I’m shocked has yet to burst. And email is a terrible way to blog.

2023-12-22 04:21:09

To be clear this should not be construed as an endorsement of federating with Threads. https://mastodon.social/@misc/111620133933998865

2023-12-22 00:50:33

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@npub1qmc…v6gx As always, but especially now, I am so grateful for your talent and work. I hope you don’t mind that I shared this on Threads, in the “fediverse threads” tag being used there by the enthusiasts, movers and shakers. I hope it gives some of them some pause.

2023-12-21 23:09:08

Speaking of the war on shitty Nazi platforms, I’d love to connect with anyone else who does comms or social media for a progressive/left group. Assume at the chapter level but higher than that is cool too.

2023-12-21 20:47:58

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Killing X, Reddit, or Substack - three platforms that dared their users to leave and so far have more or less won their bets - would do more to reign in Meta than 1000 more instances defederating Threads.

2023-12-21 20:42:45

People gotta accept that we're in an ongoing power struggle with these platforms and until we start notching some wins, they're going to abuse us more and more.

2023-12-21 01:19:36

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@npub1nxr…re4t this world is so stupid

2023-12-20 22:45:24

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@npub1ye6…pwej ever since I started doing my assassination prep on the weekends, it's made the rest of my week so much easier!

2023-12-20 02:22:41

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tbh you could do worse for a primitive multiclient, than just applying a userstyle to each of these to narrow it, and then you have an app with side by side webviews, basically an old school frameset.

2023-12-20 02:21:01

One thing Bluesky and Threads have in common is these deranged desktop web interfaces that act like they have to pay for ink.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/610/118/705/285/770/original/2cc3a4e0787b399c.png
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2023-12-20 01:57:58

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@npub15c8…fal0 You mean the Dem best situated to win?

2023-12-20 01:24:12

Will the SCOTUS overrule Colorado? Or will they just smirk and wait for an actual swing state to kick Biden off the ballot?

2023-12-20 00:14:51

I just want a good multi client so that I can follow and talk to people wherever they are.

2023-12-19 22:46:45

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One thing is, people keep talking about how much it dwarfs the fediverse already, but things legitimately feel so much more active here. In fairness, I follow more than twice as many people here as I do there. But still. Are people assessing Threads by the number of accounts or actual activity?

2023-12-19 22:38:00

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@npub1huj…j0y9 I mean, my first thought is the @npub18yl…pegw approach, a.k.a. the best defense is a good offense https://masto.ai/@stavvers/111595726646328947

2023-12-19 22:34:48

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@npub1huj…j0y9 Oh, I only mean PR in the sense of a) this is their big new thing, and it will be embarrassing if it blows up, and b) yes, the regulators, but the story they want to tell them is “look at us being these good team players” not “look at us hacking into this online community over its loud protestations.” But putting aside speculation, let’s assume it happens. Do you have any initial ideas for the question you posed, about what could be done in this case?

2023-12-19 21:47:19

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@npub1huj…j0y9 (that's not addressed to you, obviously)

2023-12-19 21:46:38

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@npub1huj…j0y9 Six months ago was the best time to set up a list of standards, expectations, and red lines between Meta and the fedi representatives they're talking to. But better now than never. They're trying to win a PR campaign. Leverage that.

2023-12-19 20:42:33

I wonder if anyone here would be interested in putting together a “learn to code” course oriented around helping non-coders be able to put together some basic stuff with ActivityPub or the Mastodon API. Or a “learn to UX” course oriented around helping people make compelling basic prototypes of their ideas.

2023-12-19 20:29:14

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@npub1l6y…2e4y @npub1lse…5d80 @npub147c…sq42 Ok but that’s what a community of bots would want us to think though

2023-12-19 18:31:30

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@npub1q5w…d2ws You know!

2023-12-19 18:26:21

I'm so excited - it's actually coming https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712350/Riven/ #Riven

2023-12-19 17:51:06

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If Joe on a Threads-federated instance follows Sue on a Threads-blocking instance, and boosts a post by Sue, Joe's followers on Threads then see Sue's post, right? It would be cool if there was a way to prevent that, while still allowing Joe to follow Sue.

2023-12-19 17:41:21

What’s important here is we’re going to end up with significant chunks of the fedi in both camps, and we should plan accordingly. https://social.tchncs.de/@mialikescoffee/111606781070232406

2023-12-19 01:49:06

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@npub13wq…35s0 https://mastodon.social/@misc/110612158137396046

2023-12-19 01:48:31

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@npub13wq…35s0 fedi letterboxd lfg

2023-12-16 20:50:03

I keep saying we should be making clients that scrape posts from X. Same for Threads frankly. We should get comfortable with unauthorized interoperability. Interop on our terms.

2023-12-16 17:09:19

My selfish concern right now is how many instances my friends are on are planning to block mastodon.social.

2023-11-22 18:55:34

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@npub1ykg…g4jv Like things that don’t make sense in context?

2023-11-22 18:52:28

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@npub1ykg…g4jv Yeah that's what she's doing actually.

2023-11-21 20:40:37

What's recommended for body aches that are probably mostly covid but definitely also from yesterday's workout?

2023-11-17 15:54:02

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@npub19ag…qgye Yeah I was being a little tongue in cheek but at the same time I confess I am feeling some manifesto energy building up.

2023-11-14 17:19:12

Being on all these signal and whatsapp groups where people keep posting links to tweets has really been a wake up call. We can't count on that site to collapse on its own. We have to up the ante.

2023-11-10 19:44:47

I wonder if the flip side of the relative enthusiasm of the MAGA coalition is its lack of electoral pragmatism. The same "fuck it, yolo, burn baby burn" attitude that drives some people to vote for Trump might also make them more liable to vote for RFK Jr. or whoever else catches their fancy.

2023-11-10 14:09:08

What happens if you develop covid right after getting a vaccine shot? Like, you think it's the side effects but it's actually covid? I don't believe this is happening but I'm curious. Does the vax still offer any protection after you recover?

2023-11-03 14:38:01

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I know we still haven’t slayed the Twitter dragon, and I think Instagram will be harder to displace, but it seems worth starting to think about that.

2023-11-03 14:36:46

Always hard to tell what’s just subjective, but at least to me Instagram feels central to this protest movement moment, in a way it hasn’t quite before.

2023-10-08 16:06:59

What are your best Mastodon sources for following the news from Gaza and Israel?

2023-10-07 22:14:28

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@npub1jcn…0xst idk what I did to justify this hostility

2023-10-06 23:13:57

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People on the ship all like "yes, I know it's sinking, but all my friends are here."

2023-10-06 23:02:39

Elon doing the Ship of Theseus except without the replacing the parts part https://mstdn.social/@TechyDad/111189446480425002

2023-10-04 21:47:39

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Oh well… had to restore my Mac from a backup, and it won’t let me re-log in. 🪦

2023-10-04 01:03:31

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@npub1zh3…8rtv lol these guys

2023-10-03 23:21:36

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@npub1n5s…wvs0 @npub1zpg…qxas Thank you, this sounds great! Can't try it now but will soon. :)

2023-10-03 16:37:35

Hey this new Cherry Glazerr album is good

2023-10-03 04:51:44

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I feel ya Jayden
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/168/815/311/210/472/original/6f0b82d5c7976367.jpeg

2023-10-01 17:14:56

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Lazy struggle meal version: microwave an apple, smoosh it up with some butter.

2023-09-30 02:28:23

Some takes earn you a few minutes in the Torment Nexus.

2023-09-30 02:08:39

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No one, really? I guess I'm just seeing things...

2023-09-29 20:32:52

I want to like fiction audiobooks more, because audio generally really works for me as a way of taking in information. But when it comes to fiction, I often find the medium kind of unforgiving with my #adhd - like it's easier for me to get lost if I zone out for a second, compared to podcasts, or nonfiction audiobooks, or even text to speech articles. Maybe because I lose track of which antecedents go with which pronouns? Not always, but a lot of the time. Anyone else have this issue?

2023-09-28 20:26:57

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@npub1hzx…r4fr @npub1svs…p66u Tried restarting (effectively - my phone runs out of power at least once a day and this notification issue is several days running). I'll try reinstall.

2023-09-28 19:50:19

I'm no ML scientist, but I feel like I see some patterns.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/144/037/129/029/661/original/a51b7b5d70db256a.jpeg

2023-09-28 03:11:39

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@npub1qea…782z @npub1mmf…eknq industrial design is my passion

2023-09-28 00:33:10

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@npub1hcc…4xws Had a similar feeling reading this yesterday. Less alarming because "non profit funders and executives" is a tiny group, and it's not full fascism, just the Atlantic reader "lite" version. Still, there is a troubling edge of "we're done taking this shit" that feels unsettling. https://mastodon.social/@msifry/111133307721514296

2023-09-27 16:54:23

We have such sights to show you…
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/137/683/023/836/717/original/78b8aaa37954c02f.jpeg

2023-09-24 21:03:42

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@npub1u3q…kt20 @npub1zw9…wtd3 😍

2023-09-24 19:07:48

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@npub1hw3…apg6 Sometimes I have those temptations but I'm always afraid of bedbugs or w/e