birbsite & politics
Opened up birbsite app for the first time in a few days and was immediately barraged by political anxiety fuel. I appreciate that the people I follow there are woke af but there's only so much of this hellscape I can subject myself to in a day. At least here there are usable content warnings. tldr I love awoo 💖
because i read with my own two eyes an op-ed saying that the first couple waves of mastodon users were people who "couldn't handle opposing viewpoints" let me break it down for those who haven't figured it out yet:
it's not that we can't handle opposing viewpoints, it's that all of y'all keep treating being an asshole like some sort of ironic coolguy thing to do and we all find you insufferable and none of us can stand being around you
Mass Effect: Andromeda: Main character uses tactical cloak during awkward social situations. https://mastodon.social/media/QWfRj6eW8e6QO20uwp8
watching my son try to decide which instance to join made me realise that we need a way to preview instances local/federated streams. So I made one: http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=mastodon.social&view=local
http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=toot.cafe&view=local
Programmer and cute animal enthusiast. She/her. Ace.