programming, video games, dadding. I happen to work for Xbox, but don't represent them. a friend of eggbug
We've heard your feedback on the Terms of Service updates for mastodon.social and mastodon.online, and we're pausing the implementation date (previously announced to users via email as 1st July 2025) so we can take further advice and make improvements.
It may take us a moment to consult with the right people, so please bear with us while we do so. As always, we appreciate your patience and support.
@SecureOwl this looks pretty good, but identifiers with dashes in them (or maybe other punctuation?) breaks hash tags, like this one. Maybe remove all punctuation for the appended hash tags?
@SecureOwl wow, that was fast! Thanks :)
@SecureOwl I love acars drama. Have you considered putting the plane names and other identifiers as hashtags so we can easily see more of the conversation that led to some of the gems?
ACARS Message From: N655AW / US2068
Message: UMMM...LETS SEE...NAW IT WILL BE ALRIGHT. THE PAX ARE PROBALLY WANTING TO LAY SOME HANDS RIGHT NOW THOUGH LOL
Area: Virginia, USA
I've posted a Github issue outlining why I'm freaked out at the word "irrevokable" in Mastodon's new TOS IP clause:
New Terms of Service IP clause cannot be terminated or revoked, not even by deleting content
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35086
It's sort of long (sorry), but several people seemed confused what my problem was earlier, so maybe extra detail will help. I include an outline of my "nightmare scenario", and contrast other site TOSes.
I *will* delete my account over this, and I am not joking.
A few years ago an old schoolmate who I hadn't seen for 20+ years posted "Aaaaaah!" on Facebook. I thought I'd reply "Macarena!" for a laugh. Turned out that his nan had died. Still haven't seen him.
Serpentine wife, serpentine life
@divestspd this bill is kind of ridiculous, right? Do you hate terrorists and also love cops and ICE? you get one answer. Nay? Oh, you love terrorists, huh? It just feels like a trap
Hello #PortfolioDay
I'm a painter and game-developer. My dream is to make a gallery show and complete my first indie game. In the meantime, illustration is how I pay the bills.
If you want world-building illustrations or design sketches for games, tabletop RPGs, I can help bring your world to life. 🫡
Finally saying goodbye to my first car, '01 accord. Just a simple, reliable car.. I loved it. Sold it to a friend who needed a car
They come pouring out every morning and i love it. #chickens
"The motivating force behind American career fascism would appear to be wanderlust."
Back in Feb or so the #EFF released #rayhunter a piece of software that loads up on a cheap hotspot that you can buy off Amazon or other places for less than $40. I installed it this morning it went just like the site says, took about 3 minutes.
Carry one to your local protest and see if the police are using cell-site-simulators to surveil citizens
With everything going on in LA right now it's just so difficult to figure out who the good guys are in this situation. If only there were, like, a really good movie I could watch that would make a super obvious analogy, like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Robin Hood, Braveheart, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones, A Bugs Life, Snowpiercer, Ben Hur, 1984, MacBeth, Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, American History X, Dead Poets Society, Schindler's List, Captain America, Casablanca, District 9, Come and See, Inglorious Basterds, Minority Report, Dune, Pan's Labyrinth, Sound of Music, Les Miserables, Harry Potter, Elysium, Gattaca, The LEGO Movie, Blues Brothers, Cheech and Chong, Barbie Movie, Oppenheimer, Planet of the Apes, Zone of Interest, Watchmen, Hunger Games, or Wicked. But it would be even better if there were like a whole TV show about it, like Andor, Handmaid's Tale, The Man in the High Castle, Game of Thrones, the Boys, Firefly, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, ....
@lespreuh detail on this looks so good. Octopus are also very cool
