Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
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Monster of the week show where every episode ends with them enthusiastically learning how to coexist with the monster, rather than trying to remove it and return to the status quo
So definitely drop in and feel welcome to chat with folks here. But maybe be aware that Masto won't replace everything that larger social media platforms try to be, because that isn't the goal.
Twitter is still better for making large posts for folks that draw income from them, since that's kind of what it's shaped itself to be. I have no idea if that will persist, but it probably will, and retaining presence there for business isn't a bad idea.
Masto has been described more like a set of quiet coffee shops from a few folks here, and that fits well. You'll generally find more and deeper conversations here, because it's mostly a set of federated forums with social media presentation.
FWIW, I moved from Twitter to Masto in 2018 when an experimental Twitter feature started pushing political notifications directly to my device. It's definitely not the same audience, but it's much easier to have a conversation here.
For folks making the jump, especially artists looking to still have an audience or outlet for your art, be aware that posts do fewer numbers here, but smaller posts are more typically seen, because of the lack of noise and lack of algorithms shaping all the things.
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long, on moving to Masto
posted this on Twitter but it's probably useful here too:
I'm not gonna say "join Mastodon" or "don't join Mastodon" but please don't join the two instances run by the main developer (mastodon social and mastodon online), they're hopelessly overrun and as a result of that not well-moderated.
Join a small or medium-sized instance and use the public timelines. They're made up from ppl who people on the instance follow, which is why there's instances built around different topics (but you're usually welcome to post about anything). Hmu if you want a recommendation
You can also create multiple accounts, all the good apps support multi-user (I'm recommending Tusky on Android and Toot! (paid) for iOS), if you for example want an AD or an account for gaming and a personal one I'd highly recommend creating them on different instances
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2606. Weird Unicode Math Symbols
title text: U+2A0B ⨋ Mathematicians need to calm down
(https://xkcd.com/2606)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2606
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Dragons who are librarians
-Always know of some strange, obscure tome that is exactly the book you need (regardless of whether it's the book you want.)
-Return books late or damaged at your peril, though.
-When you're walking through the immense shelves, and you see something in the dim light ahead hanging down in front of the books. You approach. Suddenly, as you get close, you realize it's a huge, scaly tail. You follow it with your gaze up to the top of the shelf to see a pair of glowing eyes staring back at you.
"You'll want to take a right at the end of this row," the dragon says. "Then go three rows down and turn left." The tail retracts back up into the shadows above the books, and with a sudden, fluid movement, the dragon is gone.
You never actually told the dragon what you were looking for.
-"Oh you don't need a library card." *growling chuckle* "I will remember your scent."
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Sometimes SMBC hits so hard that you have to stare at a wall for a few minutes after.
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kirby and the forgotten land fan art, major spoilers
@chr Someone needs to add Fecto Elfilis to https://twitter.com/VivinkArt/status/1408940137287876609 as one of the mega evolutions.
(Also, excellent art 💜)
@keliff I love this
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the reason I split it into four emotes is so you can !howdy in my chat and my bot makes a big cowboy
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Princess Farmer is launching Mar. 31!! i wrote most of the music!! including this trailer! aaaaaaaa!!
please check it out
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FTP: Fluffy Tail Protocol
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I guess I never really shared this here, but I got this fun tarot card commission from hr. on Twitter.
re: looking for info on the whole russia-ukraine thing
@Felthry (Which is, by the way, why it is so essential for folks like him to not obtain power, or if they do, for systems to be in place so they are not in power for very long.)
re: looking for info on the whole russia-ukraine thing
@Felthry I mean. For him, life is good. He's enriched himself and his inner circle extremely and doesn't give a care for the average Russian whatsoever. What does he care if he kills thousands or tens of thousands to further enrich himself, until they are literally beating his door down and leading him away from the palace?
re: looking for info on the whole russia-ukraine thing
@Felthry (With pardon for errors and typos on my end there because mobile.)
Suffice it, this is a brew for him not looking for an off-ramp because he's committed, not receiving information on the facts on the ground, and seems to be ignoring the history of how this has played out for his predecessors because of ideas that exist in his own mind. Unclear what happens next, but that shapes itself around his fall if it fractures too far.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
