i've been out here in the open social network so long that periodically, when a new boat of bedraggled thought leaders washes up & starts saying things like "it's so cool that you can say the word 'tree' without bleeping it!" or "isn't it weird how nothing smells like sulfur?" ... i legitimately don't know how to react.

you can practically hear the poor focus group members' eyes rolling in agony

dear amazon: this is neither funny nor remotely clever

The problem with mastodon is that everyone keeps talking about Twitter

experimented today with making Malaysia's iconic Ramly Burger with an impossible patty and I think I might be done with making burgers any other way

the patty has white pepper, curry powder, and Maggi sauce mixed into it, and then it's covered with an omelette-like egg wrapping and topped with chili sauce

the recipe I used didn't mention black pepper sauce but most of the other ones I've read now do, so I'll definitely be trying that next time

A+++ flavor, the curry powder and Maggi especially make it stand out

https://eatbook.sg/ramly-burger/

one week into trading my 200cc motorbike for an ebike

when I got the motorbike I considered it one of the best purchases I had ever made; such a huge improvement over having to use a car to get around

but now I consider this is a major improvement over that in almost every way for me

today i saw a tesla use its turn signal. rare. i assume this is a paywalled feature.

@brennen @vilmibm timeless wisdom

UPDATE: Sorry for the notification, but as this post is circulating again I wanted to make it clear that we are not using Open Collective for donations at this time. You can, however, donate through Ko-Fi here: https://ko-fi.com/blackqueerlife thank you thank you thank you!!

Hello Fediverse! I am coming before you all today to promote my new instance: blackqueer.life! You may have seen my post on my old account about it a few weeks back. I wanted to wait until I finished migrating my old account over here, got the instance up and running to where I wanted it, etc before promoting it fully.

We all know Fedi isn't always kind to Black users, doubly so for Black queers. My instance represents my attempt to continue the amazing work some folks are doing in the Fediverse to make these platforms more accessible and safer for all users, ESPECIALLY marginalized folks.

When I joined the fediverse, the first thing I was searching for almost from the beginning was an instance dedicated to or centering Black queer people explicitly. While there are a few amazing communities like that out there, many of them are either not federating, offering limited federation only, or are currently closed to new users.

This allows them to have much greater control over the content their users are exposed to, which I have tremendous respect and appreciation for. Hell, I've got alts in some of those places!

However. As a newcomer to Fedi, it was not overly easy for me to find these places and gain access, which I recognize is somewhat by design. Limited or no federation meant the only way to locate them was by word of mouth and extensive research.

This is where BlackQueerLife comes in. I want to build a place where Black queer, trans, and GNC folks can feel safe making a home while also being able to venture out into the rest of the fediverse. I want somewhere they can use as a landing pad. I want as many multiply marginalized Black folks off of corporate hellsites like Twitter and Bluesky as possible. We are not safe being corporate playthings.

Most importantly, I want every Black queer person who joins Fedi to know that they have somewhere they can go. I don't expect that all would necessarily want to join, but I want all Black queer fedizens to know that they are welcome to.

So if you see this, please boost this post to spread the word. If you already boosted the other posts that have gone out about this instance, no pressure. Thanks so much!

@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackQueer #BIPOC #QTPOC #LGBTQ

how do you refer to a Chapel/Spock ship anyway? ... Spackle?

you ever start scrolling and see a take so bad you have to scroll to get it off the screen but then you want to push even further and get it way off the screen so you scroll thru like four or five more posts without reading them just to get some space between you and the bad take

thinking about this nonbinary icon today

I have four invites to make your own web site, if anyone wants one.

whenever my boss says "think of the big picture, elle" I'm immediately an astronaut floating silently in space tethered to my ship looking down on earth, and nothing he wants seems important or even relevant so this tactic has really backfired on him more than once is what I'm saying

COWBOY DAN, WHILE FIRING HIS RIFLE IN THE SKY: God if i have to die you will have to die!!!
GOD: Who The Hell Is That
ANGEL: that's Cowboy Dan, sir. he's a major player in the cowboy scene
GOD: What

July the Fourth be with you to all the happy #StarWars fans celebrating today

I know the destruction of the death star is a momentus event but maybe we could celebrate with not quite so many explosions this time around?

a tip for the newcomers: I know it may be tempting but please don't open a portal to the Torment Nexus

people use this site to get away from its incessant howling and screeching, and so intentionally creating a containment breach kind of defeats the whole point

thanks

it is also possible that it's at least partly because the facebookpocalypse resulted in a clearer message about "what we have built here is a place for humans to hang out, not a place for influencers to build their brand" which caused healthier expectations to be set

but that's probably wishful thinking

this latest influx feels less chaotic and I can't tell if it's because A) I've suspended dotsocial or B) anyone left on twitter who'd consider joining fedi already left in a previous wave