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Wraithe

@Wraithe@mastodon.social

Old-timey Internet user, social justice, he/him/đŸ€·đŸ»â€â™€ïž(any) wannabe femme, motorcycles, kayaks, RPGs, gaming, clearly flustered when asked to describe myself. #tfr
A morning person, but only if you mean “it’s still night”
YT

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Wraithe, to random
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I used to be proud that the Civil War (US) didn’t end with people stood up in front of walls and mass graves, like a lot of civil wars have.

As time has gone by, I now am pretty much come to the conclusion that it should have; that we just kicked the can down the road. That the reprehensible culture of chattel slavery was just let off scott-free.

I’m not happy to have come to that, but
here we are.

From: @doctorjaymarie
https://mastodon.world/@doctorjaymarie/110289276564978909

Wraithe, to random
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So of COURSE i got my #Harley (not Quinn) squared away and it’s gonna rain the rest of the week.
Looks like after it stops raining tonight, tomorrow will be clear and sunny for long enough for me to go in town for work, so I guess I’m going in town for work. 😂

Wraithe, to random
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As someone who grew up in Phoenix, I say to folks who are not from the SouthWest, you can not imagine how dangerous the Sonoran desert is during the hot season* for anyone who hasn’t experienced it.

There’s also a group that does AZ:

https://humaneborders.org/gifts-for-donations/

*”We all know summer in Phoenix is the nicest 10 months of the year!”

These groups are fukkin angels.
From: @stalbaum
https://mastodon.social/@stalbaum/110278526758699393

Wraithe, to random
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My favorite line in this article:
“Other high-profile members of the Republican Party and conservative media lashed out at Fox, including the far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. “Everyone I’ve talked to has deleted the Fox News app on their phones,” said the Georgia Republican,

>>>who frequently lies.”<<<

From: @noahshachtman
https://mstdn.social/@noahshachtman/110282541549217014

fyrfli, to random

skimming my timeline and seeing some drama surrounding mastodon and bluesky and scream-crying about how mastodon's prominence in the fedi is causing harm to the other platforms here.

quote tweets? solved by misskey/calckey and probably a few others
toxic main instance? yeah ... that one i get and the proliferation of mastodon installations makes that one hard to move away from
features being downright refused by the developer? yeah ... a diverse dev team with no one person as the 'face' and all working in relative unison on a common goal is the way yeah? at least not lead in the public eye by one soul white man whose every word is worshipped.

not that that is how i see gargon operating but everytime i see one of his toots, the fan-worship in the replies makes me sick. it's almost as if we need to have a 'white man at the helm that we can worship' vibes in everything we do.

we brought corporate social media thought processes here and pretty much self-destructed. and that mindset is why bluesky is getting props.

mastodon is killing the fedi. or at least not trying very hard not to. the more i am here the more i build up feelings about it.

Wraithe,
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@fyrfli yeah the whole worship thing bothers me a lot - reminds me of the old Pratchett line about the flaw in humans’ design is a tendency to bend at the knee.

Same issue I saw on another Twitter alternative. There were some old social media posts by the owner/admin and someone pointed them out saying (reasonably) “wtf”?

Then they were dog piled by hordes of
sycophants?

Oh shit that was @BlackAzizAnansi, wasn’t it?

Wraithe,
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@BlackAzizAnansi @fyrfli yyyyyyep, that’s was the one.

sezduck, to tech
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I’m pretty sure that, in my experience with HomePods, ’s success rate has dropped below 50%

In ’s defense:

  • they sell their products with razor thin profit margins
  • they’re a small startup with a handful of employees
  • they have very little capital to invest in improving Siri
  • it’s not like they introduced Siri over 12 years ago

Wraithe,
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@sezduck sometime in the last couple weeks, our HomePod mini has decided that when we ask for the temperature in the house using Siri it wants to give us a RANGE now.
EVERY other device in the house gives us the actual temperature at the thermostat. đŸ€·đŸ»â€â™€ïž

Wraithe, to random
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Nice thing about searching on the #Harley hashtag: I get pics of motorcycles and Harley Quinn, so it’s “win-win”!

Wraithe,
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@taoish well people have to use the hashtag! In that case it would be “win-win-win” 😂

Wraithe, to random
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So, the #Harley got her 5000 mile service and a replacement rear tire that had a nail in it after only 2000-ish miles. That’s a little galling.
On the other hand, now shes ready to roll again.
I need to get replacement saddlebags, since the ones I bought back in 2016 have finally worn out.

quawzilla, to random

MAURY retired, JERRYS dead, y’all gotta find your own BABY DADDY now😏😅😂

Wraithe,
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@quawzilla “THAW THE CORPSE OF PHIL DONAHUE, IGOR!
*small pause”
“what? He’s still alive? Well, that simplifies things, but not as much fun. “

flargh, to random
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While I'll miss Hemmer, I'm equally excited about Carol Kane joining the crew of the Enterprise on #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds as Chief Engineer Pelia. Can't wait for the new season to start.

Wraithe, (edited )
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@flargh wait, wut? Carol Kane?!

Wraithe, to random
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One of the signs that Mastodon is growing?
Regularly seeing posts with more than a thousand boosts or multi-thousand likes.

Wraithe, to random
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So earlier, I boosted a post by @jwz about blocks being public as a way to “shame“ bad actors, which I agree with.

Here’s the flip side of that


From: @erincandescent
https://queer.af/@erincandescent/110281568560542394

miona, to random
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    Wraithe,
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    @miona
    Wait..what?! Who unfollows over someone hosting a selfie!?!? smh

    Now, I wasn’t going to comment on your selfie, because I figured you’d get inundated with that kind of stuff. Now I will comment: it was a great outfit, the shoes look great and you look great.

    If you enjoy posting selfies, keep posting them! I enjoyed the one you posted, and I imagine other others will too!

    flargh, to random
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    Ruminations on mobile gaming, a đŸ§”

    I spend some leisure time playing Star Trek Fleet Command from Scopely. It's a free-to-play mobile game that, in typical fashion, is heavily gated with pay-to-win mechanisms to let players advance.

    As a minnow - someone who spends very little to play - I'm always flabbergasted when I talk to the whales, or those members of my alliance who think nothing of dropping hundreds of dollars at a time to gain a level or advance ship or building construction.

    Wraithe,
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    @flargh that would be awesome, I miss that game. “Hyah!”

    Wraithe,
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    @flargh holy crap, it’s available for iPad!

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spaceward-ho/id510527152

    Wraithe,
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    @flargh yeah, I’ve actually considering selling my account in WOWs, because I could probably get hundreds of dollars for it, since over time, I’ve won “free“ premium ships that you can’t buy anymore.

    I play the game as a form of “tactical solitaire“ so I wouldn’t care a bit about starting over again, because I play to play.

    The only thing I would miss would be some of the ships that I would definitely not be able to ever get again.

    Wraithe,
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    @flargh yeah WOWs is pretty much just pvp combats with no “building” dynamic. I haven’t done PvP building game since
DayZ mod, iirc. Definitely not a cooperative environment lol.

    Wraithe,
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    @cabinet20 @flargh
    This all reminds me of that episode of “Mythic Quest“ when Brad (the head of monetization) puts an item in the game for $250,000 as an aspirational item, and someone just buys the damn thing, and he’s crushed.

    Wraithe,
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    @cabinet20 @flargh it’s VERY worth watching. One of the episodes of the first season is just phenomenal.

    jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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    Is your primary e-mail account #gmail? As in the e-mail account we would use to communicate, so not necessarily your job related e-mail. Feel free to share widely.

    Wraithe,
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    @jwildeboer mine is “no, with a ‘but’” because I use Google workspace, which is paid.

    thicmuscle, to random

    Well it looks like my #motorcycle did not survive the winter. I knew she was on her last leg so it wasn’t unexpected. But now that the sun is out, I’m itching to ride. And I just found a used #Harley Sportster for a great price. Am I about to get my first Harley??? #gaybiker

    Wraithe,
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    @thicmuscle very! As long as a Sporty fits you, they’re great!

    bobberbrothers, to random

    What's your soundtrack? Comment below âŹ‡ïž

    đŸŽ„ by noisemakergarage

    #ride #custom #bobber #bobberstyle #bike #custombike #biker #chopper #motorcycles #harley #panhead #shovel #sportster #fortyeight #bikersofinstagram #indianscout #triumph

    WAIT FOR IT 😁

    Wraithe,
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    @bobberbrothers I actually have a set playlist for the bike and, it’s ALL over the place.
    First requirement is that I can hear it on the speakers at “65”
    Examples:
    Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the pleasure dome
    Siouxie & the Banshees: Kiss them for me
    Judas Priest: The Rage
    Nelly Furtado: Maneater
    Blackway: What’s up Danger?
    Maisie Peters: Smile
    Dropkick Murphys: Workers Song
    Westworld OST: Nitro Heist
    Big Freedia: Rent
    And MANY More!
    Now how much would you pay? 😂

    Wraithe,
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    @taoish @bobberbrothers it absolutely is. A bunch of songs are on that playlist because they’re just BOPS (like “Smile”)
    And embarrassingly large number of them are from Comic book movies, I realized one day when shuffle decided to play then one after the other.
    There’s at least 3 songs from “Birds of Prey” because that movies got an awesome soundtrack.

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