Done Since 2022-11-13

[mdlbear]

As so often happens, I feel that I wasted almost the entirety of last week. A lot of it was spent following the ongoing disaster movie at The Hindenbird. This would probably be a good place to point at the twitter_refugees community here on DW, and maybe my Welcome, tumblr refugees post. You'll find a lot of information about Mastodon in the links -- that seems to be the place most twitter refugees are jumping to, although there's a lot to be said for DW as well.

I haven't joined a Mastodon instance yet, but it's in the queue. So are a lot of things, many arguably more important. Typical.

Notes & links:
1113Su  litter boxen (E')
  * awake 4ish(?);
  * up 7:30ish; W=195.2, S=5.51; exercises
  @ BLOOM Is the Most Important AI Model of the Decade | by Alberto Romero
    " BigScience Language Open-science Open-access Multilingual: [...] they believe 
      technology — and particularly AI — should be open, diverse, inclusive, responsible,
      and accessible for the benefit of humanity. "
    Access to BLOOM will be available via Hugging Face
    Social Context in LLM Research: the BigScience Approach | Montreal AI Ethics Inst
  @ 4 Strange Things About The Netherlands That I Have Yet To Grasp | by Chau Trieu 
  * turn down heat before leaving
  & pack: passport, checkbooks; small plastic 3-drawer ped
  @ CATL’s New Battery Will Cause An EV Revolution | by Will Lockett Sodium Ion
  @ 53 Years of My Life Fit Into 2 Suitcases | by Iva Ursano | Globetrotters | Medium
    another 23 years and a CPAP make a difference.  But worth thinking about.
  @ Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
  @ WordPress: Turning your blog into a Fediverse server
    ActivityPub for WordPress
  * drive down to Seattle 11ish
    -> brought down the wedding needlepoint a few books, the heavy art books, gin, etc.
  * E' coming today
  * 15min: put up the wedding (unicorn) needlepoint on the existing screws behind the bar.
    But it fits, (barely), and it's directly opposite the foot of the bed.  So win.

1114Mo
  * up 5ish; S=4:29; exercises
  * 15min:  adjust shelving in Lair
  : 9:30 student walk-out for preventing gun violence in schools.
  @ Seattle students flood City Hall in walkout following deadly school shooting
    URL slug: seattle-students-flood-city-hall-in-walkout-following-deadly-school-shooting-ingraham-high-school-mass-shooting-gun-violence-protest-demonstration-mental-health-public-schools-city-council-assault-rifles-assault-weapons-ban-covid-19-psychologists-counsel
  % 12:50 bit my damned upper lip again.  Keep doing that; no idea why.
  @ Twitter is suffering from mad bro disease • The Register
  @ Amazon reportedly plans to cut 10,000 workers - The Washington Post
    " they are likely to hit its devices, retail and human-resources teams. "
  @ Ever Wondered How We Domesticated Cats? It May Have Started THOUSANDS Of Years Before
    We Thought! - Cole & Marmalade
  @ Studio Rates and Policies - Jack Straw Cultural Center
    -> said to have been around a long time, and has a good reputation
  @ A brief introduction to Mastodon – Gary McGath

1115Tu
  * up 5am; S=5:59, W=195.2; exercises (partial)
    % pain L. hip, p=3.5 -> heat
  * */15   CPAP:  change paper filter, wash tubs
  * walk (to/from park)
  : email saying I have a new medicare summary notice.  The site is badly broken.  Or
    Chromium is.  Won't download even though the save dialog comes up and I click save;
    can't even log in on firefox
  @ A brief history of the development of antidepressant drugs: From monoamines to
    glutamate - PMC
  * link to the kaleidofolk concert from s.s.net
  $ trainwreck:  pulling $12k out of Schwab to cover vet and dental bills, plus R and A
  % 8:45 drifty

1116We  * litter boxen
  & Awake 3:45; S=5:12;
  * up 7:05; S=7:11;
    % weird dream - in a nursing home, a bird was using its beak to play recordings of
      doctors speaking in another room.  Colleen might have been there.  Something weird
      was going on and spying on the other room was trying to find out what.
  * Pay  * AX,   * Molly  -> AX site is being flaky  There was still some flakiness at AX
    at 3:45 when I tried it the second time.  Worked in the morning
  : Looks like Sonovia is getting out of the mask business -- N is ordering a batch.
  * Bartells - pick up prescriptions for N.  Called in yesterday
    % took Sable in the OVFF sling bag -- worked pretty well.  not sure where the other
      sling bag is -- probably in the Lair.  -> in a banker's box behind the desk chair
  $ trainwreck - (financial advisor)Jerad is adding the extra to next month's regular
    payment and sending it Friday.  Finishes my RMD for the year and the rest comes out of
    my post-tax investment account (= my share of Mom's housing deposit).
  @ Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - YouTube  Just a joy to listen to -- and watch!
  : 10ish waiting for the Partners to arrive before going to bed

1117Th
  % up 5:30; S=5:13; exercises
  * load drugs
  * Change shipping address and doctor for Express Scripts
  * do laundry
  * Call PSE about the branch hanging on the power line.  Island Disposal said they
    weren't able to service my bin yesterday because of it.
  @ TrustCor Systems verifies web addresses, but its address is a UPS Store - WaPo
  @ Hundreds of Twitter employees resign after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum|Verge 
  * order CPAP supplies (mask, headgear, tubing, disp. filters, nosepieces)
    change shipping address to RS

1118Fr
  * Up 6am; S=6:33, W=196.2;
  $ Schwab transfer landed, so paid $2K to each of the AMEX cards (AX and Pt); topped off
    UB cash reserve, and paid off (!) Molly (only $311)
  @ How to Post to Mastodon From Anything Using IFTTT - K²R -> botsin.space
    " This instance is for bots, friends of bots, and other related projects. "
  @ The Joy of Tech comic... The Twitterbird Disaster! AKA Hindenbird.
  @ How to prepare in case Twitter shuts down after Elon Musk ultimatum - WaPo
    How to Get Started on Mastodon | WIRED
    A futuristic Mastodon introduction for 2021: — elilla & friends’ [...] blog thing 
    joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon: An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon
  @ Mosquito Capital on Twitter: "I've seen a lot of people asking "why does everyone
    think Twitter is doomed?" As an SRE and sysadmin with 10+ years of industry
    experience, I wanted to write up a few scenarios that are real threats to the
    integrity of the bird site over the coming weeks." / Twitter very long, worth it.
    -> also on: Thread by @MosquitoCapital on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
  @ twitter_refugees (ysabetwordsmith)
  % (8:30) back in lair; cold
  % pain mostly L hip

1119Sa
  & awake 12:30ish;
  * up 6:45; S=6:33; exercises (1 set)
    % pain mostly L hip
  @ Opinion | What’s Twitter’s Future? The Former Head of Trust And Safety Weighs In -
    The New York Times
  @ denise: A guide to potential liability pitfalls for people running a Mastodon instance
    (rahaeli on Twitter:
    "Hey, US folks newly running Mastodon instances: do Future You a *huge* favor,
    mitigate your potential liability, and register with the copyright office and
    designate an agent to receive DMCA reports *right now*.  https://t.co/HTPtaCYGBh")
  @ Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. O’Sullivan & Grace E. Cunningham
  @ Welcome to Project Mushroom 🍄🍄🍄  " Project Mushroom is now the largest
    Mastodon project with climate justice as a priority,... "
  @ The FBI Has a Warning for TikTok Users. [...] You Should Be 'Extremely Concerned'
  * next trip up to RE:
    * pack:  fiber cookies
  @ 14 Fun Facts About Black Panthers | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
  * SL:  Prunes, cranberries (and related fruit), kind bars
  * Back on Whidbey:  let N know that I'm home.
  * arguably too much food.  General Tso's from Payless
  * singing:  The Cap and Bells
  @ Watch Influenza 1918 | American Experience | PBS no video - see trascript
  * after arrival:  * water orchids  * sort mail  * make a payment or do other paperwork
  % 8:30 the more I sit here the more stuck I seem to get
    2008 was the year I went to LOSCON with the kids while Colleen was in the hospital
  % bath

Comments

[cellio]

DW and Mastodon needn't be either/or but both/and. They're both good for different things. I much prefer a DW post to a 20-tweet thread or the Mastodon equivalent, especially when breaking it into chunks fragments the conversation. (Maybe there's an easy way to see "this tweet, and everything that descended from it, in order" on Twitter, but I never found it. I don't know yet if Mastodon is better for that than Twitter was.)

[mdlbear]

Yeah; people make long Twitter threads instead of blog posts purely because they can get more readers quickly. I doubt Mastodon will be any better than Twitter for grouping responses to a "post", and I don't think it will ever be as good for accumulating followers. Not that I have very many.

I use DW a lot more than Twitter, and don't expect my usage pattern to change much after I start using Mastodon instead. (And probably cross-tooting to Twitter as long as I have much of a following there. And assuming it lasts long enough for that to matter.)