Quark @quark@tenforward.social

However, I think that in our case such a scenario is highly unlikely. First of all, the order of events is reversed--ActivityPub and Mastodon have been built after Twitter, as improvements over Twitter, and the current, not insignificant userbase has specifically left Twitter over bad features, management, or misaligned incentives, so there is essentially no risk of losing that userbase back to Twitter even if it joined the space.

Rest in peace, René Auberjonois. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/09/rene-auberjonois-actor-who-starred-in-mash-star-trek-and-benson-dies-aged-79 #ReneAuberjonois #StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine

Dear fellow white people:

"White" and "normal" aren't synonyms.

Get used to the idea that you are one among an infinite selection of variations on a theme, and that MOST of those selections don't look, believe, or behave like you.

You are not normal. You are not better. You are just you.

Love,
Ellie

tests are showing bullshit levels at 60%

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I am nothing but a disembodied head, floating in the Great River of Profit, helpless as a leaf tossed by the ebb and flow of capital. I release myself. I let go. I am free, free to win, free to lose. The Market will Guide me to my Reward.

reminder that George Orwell was in favor of what is now known as "political correctness," which he, in fact, considered to be "only the most ordinary politeness"

@OCRbot

also interesting is that he considers it debatable whether it's even OK to fly the Union Jack - "perhaps..."

“The most dangerous phrase in the language is, 'We’ve always done it this way.'”

- Grace Hopper

Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life. ~ Steve Maraboli

...
Of course, I could have run, none of them knew me. But I was in the right position behind him after another attack and I brought home my blade into his heart. I watched the light in his eyes go out as he realized I had enchanted him earlier.

I do not regret it, yet I see that face in my dreams now. I haunts me. But I'm glad since I finally have found a clue on the Cressik, with luck, I will soon return to you.

With love, SJ.
#tootfic #microfiction #nanotootmo #scraydenfic

Dearest Jessica,
I killed a man yesterday. Not that I haven't done it before, but this man had not wronged me or attacked me, at least not yet. He was the former associate of the band of adventurers I ran into after (ruin town) and it was helpful to attack him to gain their trust. Once the battle started a Green Dragon had demanded we all kill this man to feed him or else become a meal ourselves.
...

#tootfic #microfiction #nanotootmo #scraydenfic

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-voyager-2-finds-new-mysteries-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system/

"If we continue, as we have, then, you know, we’re doomed. And the judgment of some higher power on that will be, 'They didn’t even struggle. They went to the boxcars with their suitcases and they didn’t even struggle.'

This is too nightmarish to contemplate. We’re talking about the fate of a whole planet. Why are people so polite? Why are they so patient? Why are they so forgiving of gangsterism and betrayal? It’s very difficult to understand."

Scrayden Jellek https://write.as/cuchulainn/scrayden-jellek