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7,617,729 accounts
+1,688 in the last hour
+40,713 in the last day
+436,250 in the last week

people who think that trump is or is not made more dangerous by whether or not he has a twitter account are, to put it frankly, naive fools.

i built a custom docker container for masto that holds the database and the webapp (and all the different worker processes) and everything. i think i need to split out the db container. gonna do an upgrade of the app, mine is ancient

backfilling all 450GB of local filesystem masto storage to my (selfhosted) s3 bucket. minio is great software btw

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moving my mastodon object storage to a selfhosted s3 bucket using minio, so that i can move it offsite (to big cheap disks at my house) via nebula reverse proxy

my selfhosted smtpd will not accept plaintext emails, but will (now) allow you to HELO/EHLO with invalid or nonexistent or non-fqdn hostnames (why do all the postfix docs want you to configure to deny mail for that reason??)

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thrown for a loop how so many big tech company people are trying out mastodon for the first time these past two weeks and have post histories that read:

"ok gonna give this a try, this is weird and i dont like it"

"im not happy about this but im forced to admit im enjoying this its a breath of fresh air"

"im starting to realise how much twitter was destroying my ability to interact with people"

"ok heres my twelve toot plan on how mastodon should introduce algorithms and become twitter 2"

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my health insurance sent me a letter saying that my current plan (which i have had for less than 1 year) will increase in price by over 30%. it says if i don't like this to log into the state website and choose a different one. the state website says my account is locked out. i've used it once since creation (just under a year ago).

the government should not be allowed to run websites.

are you proud of this app privacy label, mozilla? is this the viewpoint of firefox?

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"Mastodon is just like email."
Like email? So I use Microsoft Outlook?
"Use WHAT"

(Tools -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds -> New -> https://mastodon.social/@Gargron.rss)
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"I wish I had a superpower."
"You have. You can communicate, make other people understand your thoughts and feelings."
"No, a real one."
"You can make things, transform wood, fibre, clay or metal into something new."
"No, I want..."
"You can have all that and still ask for more."
#TypoCorrected #SmallStories #MicroFiction #TootFic

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"We have decoded the latest missive from the Humans," Scrp'x said. "It appears to be a diplomatic commitment of loyalty."
Behind them, the gold plaque found on the Humans' first probe was shown.
"They undertake to never: give us up, let us down, or run around and desert us."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

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The messages from space began with numerical patterns then built from there. Arithmetic, algebra, calculus; then concepts no human mathematician had dreamt of. But having seen them, they worked it out.
"It's a proof the sender exists."
"So are the messages."
"Still worth saying."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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"Oh dear, you have a lot of... things."
The cyborg looked up. "The word is prosthetics."
"So much machinery. Don't you worry you will stop being human?"
"Oh, there is a line I will not cross."
"What line is that?"
"I will not question another person's humanity."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

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After Holmes and the doctor left, Lestrade took the young woman aside.
"Tell me," he said, "how does he do it?"
"Sir?"
"You came to us first. Yet he solved it. How?"
"I cannot say. All I know is: he listened, and gave me his full attention."
"Pah! Anyone can do that!"
"And yet."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #FanFic

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Once I was dead, it was curiously easy to accept it.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked.
Death extended a bony finger, pointing at a tall tower in the distance.
"What is that?"
"Your unread books. Unwatched films. Unplayed games. Etcetera."
"Oh. How much time do I have?"
"All."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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"Our neighbours to the east have such a small army," the prince said. "Why don't we just invade and take over?"
"Their knights carry swords forged from moon dust."
"So? Are those sharper than the swords of our knights?"
"If they are able to go to the moon, what else can they do?"
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

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