beeps was here @batbeeps@awoo.space

It's been a swell many years, awoo.space, but the allowlist-based federation policy has started to bite as more and more friends have joined weird, niche, or single-user instances.

We'll be migrating over to @batbeeps@chitter.xyz momentarily.

@ripp_ I don’t think covers count naw

@chiropica You don’t?

Found Spamton in a charity shop today.

@Axel_Hugsky Boop!

@ShezHsky CWs make more sense to me. Just because it’s relevant to your instance and/or doesn’t need CW-ing there doesn’t mean it won’t get federated to other places where a CW is appropriate.

CWs are seen as more of a conditional opt-in than filtering which is a more permanent opt-out, too (e.g. if I look at Masto while at the office).

@chiropica We outta count just on the basis that so many languages call us flying mice anyway

@packbat Not disabled (not diagnosed, anyway, almost certainly neurodivergent in some way). I’ve tended to follow the guide of “disabled person/people” as a generic, but “person/people with [disability]” when referring to specific disabilities.

@astra Yup! Ever wanted to see a newspaper argue with itself? Now you can!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk

@astra No need to apologise! It has indeed had problems with publishing transphobic opinion pieces (which the US branch actively retaliated against with their own opinion piece) and it’s still faaaairly centrist rather than properly left-wing.

But it also does some genuinely excellent investigative reporting, is committed to not paywalling information, and has a delightful sense of humour.

Despite problems, It’s still the best we have in our ocean of garbage newspapers, IMO.