If you have a New Year's resolution to finally ditch X/Twitter/Elon, here is a step-by-step guide for how to do it while still keeping your username, and letting your followers where to find you next https://cyd.social/want-to-quit-x-in-2025-heres-how-to-do-it-the-right-way-with-cyd/ using @cyd
@eff Mandatory age checks are also simply stupid—almost moreso, than invasive. We all need to smarten up. Thank you for being there to help push us towards that!
I cannot, and to be fair—I'm only making guesses. My point, is that to people for whom technology is "an annoyance" vs a centerpiece of their lives, the feeling of work—something that is probably different to many folks—to connect with other humans online, is too much.
People with kids, consuming family lives, that go to church, play sports on beer leagues, etc.
All of this is evident in how different Mastodon communities look, from Threads and Facebook.
First hangover today, since—I think—the day after the 2008 election??
Yesterday I discovered my favorite port—something I used to buy, regularly, when I lived in San Francisco—in my semi-rural Oregon supermarket. 3 sweet, robust, phenomenally delicious glasses.
Probably the first wine I've had, since last winter. About to turn 51. Head is pounding.
All in al, life is good. :)
I do usability stuff, for work—and the problem of federation, imho is one of the rare "users gotta meet the tech half-way" probs. Where that disheartens me, is that many simply won't. Because community via tech just isn't that important. So many college and childhood contacts, remain out of touch.
I never really cared, until FB became so ubiquitous—that it brought so many together who never thought we'd all come together. And that was kinda magical. But, at a steep cost.
@strypey @eloquence I appreciate the ask for feedback! I'm both American, and GenX. Everything "internet" requires work, for the majority of my non-techie peeps. The algorithmic/slop nature of Meta and for-profit platforms, everyone hates. On the one hand. On the other, the ability to "just find someone" is exponentially easier. Part of that is from sneaky social-graph crawls. Part of it is from the robustness of search.
@eloquence Sure, but my social community will never come here because it's too hard to find folks across federated servers. It requires too much work—which goes against human nature.
I agree, federation matters—and, we also have to meet humanity where it's at. Which regrettably, is a low place of laziness and entitlement r/n.
@mekkaokereke Daaang, that's SHARP! There are many things in this world that neutral colors are ok, for. Stand Mixers in home kitchens, ain't one of 'em. The wooden bowl is SWEET!
@mekkaokereke Color??
X.com is a key weapon in Musk's arsenal as he seeks to transform every Western democracy into white supremacist authoritarianism.
It's the machine where the hatred, fear and confusion that fascism thrives on gets whipped up and amplified every day. And one person has ultimate control over the machine: Elon Musk.
Much of German civil society has realized this danger and countless organizations have exited X. Unfortunately, far too many orgs still legitimize it with their presence.
@glennsorrentino You don't like that as a creeper mitigation?
@rabcyr @AlexanderKingsbury Hooray! Glad you see you used standard canning lids/bands. Important to ensure your lid is on, tightly, by removing the band and making sure you can't push it off, laterally. After it's popped.
Off to go pull the meat, from mine!
@rabcyr Nothing will break your heart more, than hearing that burst in the pressure cooker. You can't open it for at least an hour as it de-pressurizes, then u hv to discard the water through a tea-towel you'll need to later chuck, thru a colander, so you don't kill your plumbing.
Commercial products use different jars, made for repeat use. +1 to @AlexanderKingsbury's comment, too, about only using lids tested with the jars you're using.
Chunks = moar processing time, but yes mix-in drippings!
Twitter is a sign-in identity provider too... And revoking access at Twitter or deleting your account does not necessarily break that delegation token...
I trust their security team made this happen. But it's not intrinsic.
If you've ever "Logged in" to a website or app with Twitter, you created an account with a secret Twitter holds on its servers. You don't sign in with your Twitter account. You sign in with an OAUTH token Twitter owns.
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Mastodon starter packs...
@annaleen Forcing one choice feels hard. Personally, I'm all 3; though want to send extra love, for whom today is mostly about family trauma.