Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

@Zedex@snouts.online Yep! It takes some getting used to vs birdsite, but given it works just like an email address, it quickly becomes second nature.

@Zedex@snouts.online (Following them _or_ including the host string to chat with them, pardon.)

@Zedex@snouts.online But yeah, you should be able to talk to folks on other instances by following them from yours, and including the host of their instance in the string. Like I am “@ Goldkin @ awoo.space”, and I see you on my end as “@ Zedex @ snouts.online”, without the spaces.

@Zedex@snouts.online This also means in the case of direct messages across instances, you’re sending the data to another server, so be aware of that if you use them.

I guess it’s a similar arrangement to USENET, if you ever had the chance to use that way, way, way back in the day.

@Zedex@snouts.online Instances are “federated”, meaning each site communicates with other sites in the network that it trusts. In the case of Snouts (from what I’ve read; I’m over on Awoo), many of the furry-adjacent instances are already trusted.

When you follow someone on another instance, you basically get a copy of what they’re posting from there. And when you reply, the same thing works in the other direction.

Explaining this to future generations is going to be weird:

Despite the weh I've been placing here while I figure stuff out, I've been making 3D art again and playing lots of the dwarf game (https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/) lately. The latter has been really good for me, since it's basically a huge 3D puzzle to play around with. Wheee!

I should possibly talk about things like that more here? I'm kind of prone to nerding about 3D modeling and puzzle games when the sky isn't falling, and I kind of miss doing that.

@frameacloud Definitely Professor Layton and Picross/Picross 3D.

@frameacloud No prob!

@frameacloud It might be worth calling up local GameStops for. They’re usually able to find older Pokemon games that have been traded in, though they’ll typically have them at $30-50.

@frameacloud
* Art Academy (DS compilation)
* Professor Layton and the Curious Village (and its series thereafter)
* Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (and its series)
* Any of the Picross titles
* Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky
* Mario Golf: Advance Tour (has a timing mechanic for hitting the ball, but isn’t too bad)

@amphetamine@social.wxcafe.net @spacekookie@octodon.social The grimly funny thing is, I _think_ this is because of the huge bot disinfo campaign happening right now because of KSA/Khashoggi. So this is them doing spam and account takeover protection by... testing for Arabic characters in a profile change.

Pardon me why I scream into the void about how there are less xenophobic ways to do that, especially when they’re sitting on so much data. asdghjkkffhvd

There is a hecking good rainbow out there right now:
https://awoo.space/media/zFKT9czfm66hapE__EY

@porsupah Marcy’s hypothesis is that he’s choosing to speak through legal filings that the public can see, given the amount of scrutiny on his case docket.

This helps explain the amount of detail and timing of the IRA indictment, as well as how Manafort was originally and supplementally charged.

Her assumption is, that will happen again here, too.