fursuit, a glowy synth materializes
it's done!!! kai real!!
created by https://twitter.com/RaptorsDen who has been amazing to work with, they really went all out and the result looks incredible!
@qdot Yeah, it's pretty great, and I'm happy to see it finally getting the attention it deserves in 1.0.
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.
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
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."
Sometimes SMBC hits so hard that you have to stare at a wall for a few minutes after.
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
the reason I split it into four emotes is so you can !howdy in my chat and my bot makes a big cowboy
Princess Farmer is launching Mar. 31!! i wrote most of the music!! including this trailer! aaaaaaaa!!
please check it out
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
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