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markwyner

@markwyner@mas.to

Activist, dad, husband, UX designer, technologist, researcher, writer, soccer fan, musician, vegetarian, meditator, competitive gamer, lover, hater, potty mouth, actually ADHD. He/him/his. https://mas.to/about/more?instance_actor=true moderator.

#BlackLivesMatter #AbolishThePolice #Antifascist #UX #Research #InformationArchitecture #Design #Code #Tofu

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markwyner, (edited ) to food
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What’s your favorite bell pepper? And, no, they don’t all taste the same.

markwyner,
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@CStamp I love them fried with rice, tofu, and other veggies. My daughter loves just munching on them. Not a huge fan of that myself. But they’re nice raw on a bagel.

markwyner,
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@lisamaesie yeah, they’re not for everyone. A friend of mine calls them “flavor stealers.” 😂

markwyner,
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@AccordionBruce yay! Orange are my favorite.

markwyner,
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@Chris I think you’re right that the most unique one is green. The others are sweeter. I can tell the difference between red, yellow, and orange, though.

markwyner,
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@rberger great answer!

markwyner,
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@goblin most definitely agree.

markwyner,
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@sarajw @hl no, I haven’t. Link? My favorite are orange. But they’re all lovely. Red do make nice faces. 😂

markwyner,
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@beno interesting. I guess that’s true. And some are better than others in various dishes. I prefer orange in my fried rice. But green are best with potatoes. You’ve destroyed my scientific research! 😂

markwyner,
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@beno I think I might agree about yellow in salad.

markwyner,
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@sarajw 😂 I love it!

markwyner, to dadjokes
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Me: I built a model of Mt. Everest.

Wife: is it to scale? Me: no, it’s to look at.

markwyner, to portland
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This graffiti tells no lies. Seen in Portland.

#Portland #PDX #Graffiti #GrimReaper #TheEndIsNear

markwyner, to Japan
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In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I want to recommend Japanese-American Kishi Bashi’s song film “Omoiyari.”

It’s described as “a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.”

The film is streaming on Paramount+ and the record is available on most platforms. Both are amazing.

More:
https://www.omoiyarisongfilm.com/

randahl, to random
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@ivory If I may provide some input for your awesome app:

The information I am missing most from the profile view is the profile creation date. This field is essential for me when evaluating whether a new follower is a legitimate person, or one of those newly created profiles which Russia uses to influence the opinion.

If the profile is less than a week old, that becomes part of my evaluation of the profile’s legitimace. On the other hand, three year old profiles are almost never spammers.

markwyner,
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@ivory @randahl @shellsharks that’s a bold statement. Do you have usability research that backs up “most people” and “definitely”? As a veteran UX designer, researcher, and usability test participant for Mastodon I question this position. At the very least, it would behoove you to reply with curiosity and empathy for the people paying for your product.

markwyner,
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@randahl @ivory there are a number of usability issues with Ivory. Don’t get me wrong, I love so much about it. But there are deficiencies. I’ve conducted usability research on the most popular Mastodon apps, and this date feature is one that got mentioned a lot. I reached out to them about some of these (once about the creation date), being a paying customer myself, and their responses are typically defensive and dismissive. I don’t think they’re bad people. Their app just needs a little work.

markwyner,
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@CStamp @ivory @randahl you’re definitely not alone not alone, Carolyn. This is important to lots of folks using Mastodon. Twitter even features this on their profiles. It’s important information that people want.

As an aside, as a Mastodon moderator it’s even more important. We have this information available to us in the admin UI, but we’re often following trails through live accounts. Having it there is super helpful.

markwyner, (edited ) to music
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Got my Big|Brave vinyl for “A Chaos of Flowers,” my favorite record of 2024. It’s so beautiful.

The lyrics are quite powerful. They’re themed on the internal/external manifestations of marginalization. Five songs were written by female poets, all of whom were activists for women, people of color, and indigenous people: Emily Dickinson, Akiko Yosano, Renée Vivien, Esther Popel, and Tekahionwake (links in thread).

Listen:
https://bigbrave.bandcamp.com/album/a-chaos-of-flowers

markwyner,
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More on the poets/activists whose poems were used as lyrics on the record…

Emily Dickinson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson

Akiko Yosano:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosano_Akiko

Renée Vivien:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Vivien

Esther Popel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Popel

Tekahionwake:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Pauline_Johnson

buffyleigh, to random
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Does anyone else have that song that you have to listen to all the way through when it comes on, even though you've heard it literally hundreds of times and kinda don't have time to finish listening to it but you do anyway because it's so friggin good? This one is mine, feel free to share yours below. :ablobjam:

https://yobislove.bandcamp.com/track/marrow

markwyner,
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@buffyleigh there are quite literally hundreds of answers to this question. The one that maybe stands out for me is “Djougo Toro,” by Air Volta. It’s soul haunting.

https://boboyeye.bandcamp.com/track/djougou-toro

markwyner,
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@buffyleigh and there’s a magnificent story in it as well.

In the 60s/70s there was a whole scene of great music in Burkina Faso on the west coast of Africa. After being colonized by France, they gained their independence in 1960. The music explosion there was a complex blend of many genres from many areas of the world. I feel like it was one giant organic celebration, and a gateway to the rest of the world.

More:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Volta

gdeihl, to random
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@markwyner Should be basic information that's widely known. This world is extremely handicap unfriendly.

markwyner,
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@Tooden @gdeihl yep. It takes dedication.

markwyner, (edited ) to accessibility
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Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or pascal case.

It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.

Read more:
https://markwyner.medium.com/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone-298667b2d891

markwyner,
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@Cyclist great question. Some developers don’t care. For those who do, it’s complicated. Mostly because auto-predicting multiple words conflates into a single hashtag is kind of a programmatic nightmare.

However, it’s definitely possible using a cache of common hashtags. Universal hashtags could be referenced in a global index. Also, tags commonly used by an individual could be cached for them. TikTok does this, for example.

It’s simply an unfortunate reality. And a pain for people who care.

markwyner,
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@EverydayMoggie super frustrating. My solution is to just type them in manually and never tap the auto-suggestions. It’s more labor but worth it to help people who rely on readable hashtags.

markwyner,
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@tical you’re welcome. And the thing is, accessibility actually IS for everyone. It is more readable. What a bonus!

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