I am once again asking for your funny book recommendations. I’ve got Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett well covered. My last favorite series was the Space Team books.
@thudfactor The Stranger Times series are really funny British books by CK McDonnell. They're about a National Enquiror type newspaper except some of the stories are true.
I had to scramble to put together a #GoFundMe to help raise #funeral funds for my grandmother, Patricia Laurella. I will be adding more photos and stories as updates over time. If you could share the campaign with a boost, or even chip in a couple of bucks here and there, that would mean the world to my family.
We hope to raise $7000.
Warning, there is a recent photo of her near the bottom of the page that shows the ravages of #cancer, so be wary.
@hpkomic I watched my grandma waste away from cancer when I was a kid and it left a huge impression on me. It's never an easy thing, regardless of medical advances.
@AbandonedAmerica I don't have the spoons to argue (it's not something I brought over from the birdsite) but the tl:dr is that spamming didn't happen before he changed his landing site to have people join Masto. They don't have to join through that landing site but most don't know any better. Before, it was harder to join and spammers had to do research if they wanted an account. Too much work for them.
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We're gonna have to agree to disagree on how utter lazy spammers are in regards to how easily they give up when faced with slight barriers.
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The barrier was that people had to choose an instance and there was some effort involved in setting up an account and finding people. Nothing to do with moderation. Which is why it worked so well.
@AbandonedAmerica and my counter argument is, "how fucking lazy are those people?" and "I like that people are relatively smart on here."
Fedi wasn't supposed to be about getting a large following. It was supposed to be about making new friends. People don't do that on other sites 😕
@AbandonedAmerica a bunch of instances are apparently just silencing y'all until he fixes, which isn't permanent. Kind of a "fix your shit" notice that villages use.
@AbandonedAmerica it's apparently working? This has been a known issue since he changed the landing site but he didn't announce he was doing anything until The Shunning™ (that's what I'm going to call it from now on 😂) started.
@AbandonedAmerica you mean that it shows up in your timelines? I don't think they ever wanted it to be a messaging system because then encryption would have to come into play.
#NowWatching Madhouse (2004) starring Natasha Lyonne & Lance freakin' Henriksen on #Tubi. I think I might've watched it back then but hell if I can remember.
TIL Audubon will give you a free list of native plants to attract specific birds (you don't have to enter your email unless you want it sent to you) by entering your zip code here: https://www.audubon.org/native-plants