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2026-03-02 13:51:10 UTC

Live in #CambridgeMA? Think the city should stop posting on X? The City Council is considering a motion today for just that! Write them & let them know you support it - policy order # 3. CityCouncil@CambridgeMA.GOV
And while you're at it, mention you'd like to see them here too! #cambma

2026-01-11 19:03:39 UTC

How do you kindly let a young person know that it's really obvious when they use chatgpt?

2026-01-07 21:54:34 UTC

#BOSTON
Emergency demonstration at 7pm tonight 1/7 at Park St Station
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2025-08-15 23:28:59 UTC

Test driving a used Chevy Bolt tomorrow. Never bought a car before unless you count from my parents. Certainly never done a test drive. Any tips?

2025-04-16 14:03:45 UTC

A Tesla had the gall to honk at me and let's just be clear Tesla drivers. I AM THE ONE WHO HONKS.

2025-04-05 16:28:06 UTC

#HandsOff #Boston #JewsAgainstFascism @nprofile…srw8 https://mastodon.social/@ifnotnowboston/114281258241804946
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2025-03-19 20:23:23 UTC

is there an activitypub craigslist/fb marketplace type thing? https://mastodon.social/@misc/114110744319970131

2025-02-18 12:42:49 UTC

Do you live in #Boston? Are you connected to a university or hospital? (probably!)
Show up tomorrow!
#NationalDayOfAction
WEDNESDAY, FEB 19
at 3 pm: JFK Building, 15 Sudbury St., Boston, MA
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewiUUWaLO-p82xnLCgRBgbEndlk28aFqfCVHignLDQhoD7nQ/viewform
then at 4:30 pm: O'Neill Federal Building,
10 Causeway St., Boston, MA
https://bit.ly/SOSaction
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2024-09-11 13:11:58 UTC

It's important to note in all of this that Haitian food is really fucking good

2024-08-26 22:37:32 UTC

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@npub1zdm…yka2 Like I’ll just tie it to my keychain with some nylon or something but I just want to make sure there isn’t some issue like the loop is super fragile or something

2024-08-26 22:36:30 UTC

Confused that all the things for sale to attach the 2nd gen Airpods Pro to a keychain are either these long dangly lanyards or a full case. Seems like it would be easy to just have a normal keychain that attaches to the lanyard loop. Am I missing something? /cc @npub1zdm…yka2

2024-07-24 13:22:10 UTC

Ok, need some Crowdstrike help.
This PC has some Dell SupportAssist bullshit that's overriding the usual Windows recovery stuff. No option to put it into safe mode.
Tried making those Microsoft USBs but it won't recognize them to boot off of either.
How can I force it into safe mode?

2024-07-17 23:45:57 UTC

Looking for some #adhd advice… What do you use to remind yourself of "out of sight out of mind" kind of projects? Like, I feel like I want some kind of visualization so I can be like "oh I haven't made much progress on that thing in a while".
Like, yeah yeah I could/should do some kind of weekly review, but I also have never been able to get myself to do that regularly. I *feel* like a big visual map of things would work better for my brain, idk.

2024-03-26 03:40:37 UTC

I agree it’s messed up that NBC hired Ronald McDonald

2024-02-08 18:14:00 UTC

Every time someone on the phone gets garbled, and you tell them, and then they say "how about now" and it's fine, I wanna be like "ok what kind of crazy thing were you doing"

2023-11-22 17:59:15 UTC

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@npub1ykg…g4jv I suspect that for some people the whole process is just so cringey that they want to get it as far away from themselves as possible and not look back. And for other people, they’re just hella lazy and don’t give a shit.

2023-11-22 17:55:34 UTC

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@npub1ykg…g4jv Like things that don’t make sense in context?

2023-11-22 17:52:28 UTC

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@npub1ykg…g4jv Yeah that's what she's doing actually.

2023-11-22 17:40:14 UTC

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@npub1ykg…g4jv Oof. Tempted to send this to my friend who told me she's using ChatGPT for cover letters, but I'd feel mean. Job applications suck.

2023-11-08 02:18:21 UTC

lol remember those articles like 2 weeks ago about how the Ohio forced birthers had cracked the code on selling that bullshit? Guess not so much.

2023-11-07 18:19:10 UTC

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@npub1l3x…pp9z this is a game changer

2023-10-25 19:15:49 UTC

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@npub1w87…8rd6 Fwiw The Nation just published a response, which I fully endorse. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/im-a-proud-jewish-dsa-member-heres-why-im-not-quitting/

2023-09-05 12:30:57 UTC

Two questions: how are you all doing, what did I miss? And uh... what's the best way to corral photos from wedding guests after the fact?

2023-08-28 13:52:24 UTC

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@npub1s63…6m5y So, like this, it blurred the background but also a chunk of my fivehead. I found the answer though - this app called Focos does it. Expensive and not the most intuitive UI, but I was still able to get it to do what I needed in my first few minutes of the one week free trial.
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2023-08-28 13:14:13 UTC

Is there an iPhone app that lets you "paint" or "erase" the blur effect from Portrait Mode pics?

2023-08-28 12:54:12 UTC

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@npub18wj…lvmv My fiancée is friends with his mother. Absolutely enraging.

2023-08-26 12:28:32 UTC

How do I help my iphone heal from the trauma of falling in a sink when I was washing my hands two weeks ago?
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2023-08-26 03:38:54 UTC

What's a good place to get a bunch of cheap toy musical instruments? #boston

2023-08-23 15:27:59 UTC

Feel like the ideal place to end up is that different online social spaces are like different bars or coffee shops you can hang out in depending on your mood. I think some people are managing to do that now but it takes a lot of work and mental overhead.

2023-08-23 15:09:33 UTC

Getting a bunch of activity on an old post even though I didn't see anyone boost it? weird

2023-08-23 13:29:49 UTC

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@npub14pk…80yc lol the main outfits are picked - just heard my suit is ready from the tailor - but there are details to be figured out so maybe ;)

2023-08-23 13:25:17 UTC

In looking for wedding clothes, I feel like I've had repeated encounters with an alternate universe me who dresses well.

2023-08-22 20:41:32 UTC

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@npub1yec…svmh Interesting ... you mean the fedi community?

2023-08-22 20:38:46 UTC

Remember when the conventional wisdom about Threads was that it would instantly dwarf the preexisting fediverse, so completely that they would have nothing to gain from federating, except maybe a fig leaf for EU regulators?

2023-08-20 18:25:46 UTC

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@npub189n…satx Wow.

2023-08-20 18:24:15 UTC

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@npub189n…satx They seem to think they're entitled to control over yours. And two days later with no apology or reversal? Not that that would make it ok, but that silence is a fucking choice.

2023-08-18 18:14:27 UTC

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@npub1933…jggw fascinating!

2023-08-18 18:06:19 UTC

Fuck spindrift forever for giving me cucumber seltzer to fall in love with and then taking it away

2023-08-13 23:37:51 UTC

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p.s. I’m using Safari but open to trying Arc (or maybe Orion) so I could use Chrome extensions. I guess I could try Firefox too.

2023-08-13 23:27:38 UTC

Mac users: what are you all using for ad blocking? Shocking confession: I haven’t really used one since SetApp got rid of AdGuard last year for its supposed Russian connections. As I recall, the software they offered in its place, AdLock, demanded a level of permissions that I wasn’t comfortable with. But man, I’m sick of the ads. I’ve tried subscribing to rules in LittleSnitch, but they end up blocking so many links I keep ending up turning it off and forgetting to turn it on again.

2023-08-13 23:10:39 UTC

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@npub18wj…lvmv I think there might have been a few on twitter. Miss them!

2023-08-13 23:05:05 UTC

Is there "fuck [all the words]" bot?

2023-08-13 17:41:01 UTC

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@npub1076…x7m7 @npub1jcn…0xst My super power is the ability to fall asleep anywhere at any time. We might be arch enemies.

2023-08-11 22:27:14 UTC

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@npub18kh…v8r8 @npub1076…x7m7 @npub17x7…j3yr I’m so curious what country this was recorded in… I’m getting non-US vibes but I can’t put my finger on why.

2023-08-11 15:15:54 UTC

The thing is, a lot of psychological concepts are broadly useful in day to day life, to describe and understand things short of abuse and debilitating clinical conditions. The problem is that people throw them around in careless and self serving ways. https://metalhead.club/@manon/110870835005096400

2023-08-09 20:06:55 UTC

Apple could really go after the Zoom market hard, with local transcription.

2023-08-08 22:10:04 UTC

I’m not even going to do this as a poll, more as an open question. Are there a lot of people you would never have followed, if their replies hadn’t caught your attention? (I’m trying to imagine what the dynamic would be like here, if replies were restricted to people you follow back.)

2023-08-07 14:11:33 UTC

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@npub1rp8…5fqa @npub1e92…js9h holy shit

2023-08-07 03:21:37 UTC

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@npub1ndj…9kw4 I might settle for four, depends on what else we get in the contract.

2023-08-07 03:13:54 UTC

They say we should thank unions for the weekend but honestly why did they settle for two days that's kind of bullshit

2023-08-07 02:05:49 UTC

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@npub1zdm…yka2 See that's why they'd do it. I swear they are increasingly acting like Bill Murray in Act I of Groundhog Day.

2023-08-07 01:56:52 UTC

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@npub1zdm…yka2 Surprised they haven't tried rebranding them to cooperation agreements.

2023-08-07 01:43:04 UTC

I should get freer with the block button.

2023-08-06 13:47:41 UTC

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@npub1e2w…6w8j Quavers!

2023-08-06 13:46:59 UTC

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@npub14dp…2dhc Seems like overkill, but maybe I’m overestimating the difficulty level. Like, I can also do private posts mentioned-people-only, but not mention anyone) and copy paste them, so that’s really the baseline. I should probably just do that for now… but I’m just curious about what the difference-maker is here.

2023-08-06 13:32:25 UTC

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Microblogging is by far the best antidote I’ve found to writer’s block, and I’m determined to isolate what makes that difference, so I can apply it to writing things that I don’t want to post live in public.

2023-08-06 13:20:56 UTC

If I could switch posts from private to public after posting them, that’s probably how I’d draft a lot of threads. For me, the chunks of a thread are a writing aid. Are there writing apps anyone can recommend that kind of replicate that experience, of writing an essay one post at a time?

2023-08-05 17:03:53 UTC

Thesis: In the same way that GPS has weakened our natural sense of direction (idk if actually true but let’s go with it), social networks have weakened our natural sense of … our social networks.

2023-08-05 16:16:02 UTC

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Fun fact, my first exposure to Critical Race Theory was in a debate camp in high school (yes, you can laugh) as an assigned reading. Also, most of the teachers were right wingers, and we had to read some pretty fuckin racist trash too. That was a great and not at all traumatic experience of my life, good times.

2023-08-05 16:13:42 UTC

lololololololol
(I started reading for shits and giggles, but it was too slow and boring)
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2023-08-05 14:32:33 UTC

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@npub1hzx…r4fr Yeah Dare is a funny one. He’s like half immersed in the SV cult ideology and half able to see it for what it is.

2023-08-05 14:13:10 UTC

My first impulse was to be sarcastic, but I don’t want to demean people who make a livelihood doing this. But it does make sense that the work most immediately threatened by “AI” may be the stuff that already felt like AI because it was being made to please an algorithm. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/110837325497553381

2023-08-05 13:55:36 UTC

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Same cute animation of doing the search, but then it actually visits the SEO spam pages one by one, maybe selecting choice bits of text and displaying sarcastic memes.

2023-08-05 13:55:12 UTC

The 2023 version of LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com should be GreatIdea-LetsTryGooglingIt.com.

2023-08-04 22:23:25 UTC

Less than a month til the state officially recognizes me as a Wife Guy

2023-08-04 19:17:54 UTC

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@npub1san…vglw @npub1hcc…4xws Thanks - I recently discovered this myself! I’m actually referring to group chats on Signal and Whatsapp and whatnot, though. Frankly, if they worked like this, I’d be very happy!

2023-08-04 19:11:25 UTC

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@npub1hcc…4xws Then it’s the “forget it exists” problem. Maybe I should try a daily reminder.

2023-08-04 19:09:01 UTC

Ok we really need to invent ways to keep up with group chats that aren’t stressful af. I mute it and I forget it exists. I unmute it and I’m bombarded, and my blood pressure goes up like 20 points.

2023-08-04 18:50:45 UTC

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Saw Chris Hayes trying to wriggle out of it. No man, you’re on X now. You X with your friends. That’s on you buddy

2023-08-04 18:46:34 UTC

It’s absolutely wild to pop onto twitter and see how many people I follow are still using it like nothing’s changed

2023-08-04 16:19:48 UTC

Excited about Metatext's rebirth in the form of @npub1e49…agfm - I'll miss the old name but that's ok. The fact that people are still using Metatext is testimony to how good it is. I think it will be pretty easily my go to rec for a free iPhone client.

2023-08-04 16:12:27 UTC

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@npub1nfe…ft3a It only says if you're on the same instance. So I only see it for people on mastodon.social ... which come to think of it definitely skews things

2023-08-04 16:01:48 UTC

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@npub1nfe…ft3a It does not.

2023-08-04 15:55:30 UTC

I turned on the option in Mona to show what apps people are using and it is a wake up call to see how many are still on the official app.

2023-08-04 14:44:20 UTC

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@npub14pk…80yc lol I tried, she wouldn’t budge - which means our texts go over SMS. I’m now thinking we maybe should switch to Whatsapp or Signal.

2023-08-04 14:38:36 UTC

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@npub1kk5…e0ds t-mobile, on both sides

2023-08-04 14:26:42 UTC

Ok this is wild - when I (iPhone) text mastodon links to my partner (Android) they suddenly don’t appear to be coming through. No error, she just doesn’t get them. Seems to be regardless of the instance.

2023-08-04 13:58:16 UTC

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@npub1zdm…yka2 It’s not either/or. Everybody needs to live up to their capacities, on both ends. The problem is that reasonable expectations are a shifting target, as you point out. I dunno, it’s a tough nut to crack.

2023-08-04 01:57:17 UTC

Ok what are the odds someone mentions Eugene Debs to Trump and at some point the words "Eugene Debs" come out of his lips? Because this is the kind of batshit absurd thing I feel could absolutely happen.

2023-08-03 20:27:31 UTC

lolol
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2023-08-03 18:51:58 UTC

Listen, it’s a tempting proposition
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2023-08-02 16:15:47 UTC

As an extension to the notes feature it would be good if, when someone you don't follow back replies, you could see a history of their other replies to you (and maybe people you know) to help you decide if you should follow, mute, or block.

2023-08-02 13:30:42 UTC

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@npub18yl…pegw God damn you are a genius. I kinda want to try this now. (I guess I’ll need to make some pals.)

2023-08-02 13:25:58 UTC

Search broken on mastodon.social right now?

2023-08-01 22:40:18 UTC

So, the co-conspirators get charged too, right? Like, they might go to jail?

2023-08-01 14:31:18 UTC

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@npub1cnn…tadd No that's what i'm saying - filters offer that option.

2023-08-01 14:26:11 UTC

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@npub1cnn…tadd Filters work this way. You can choose whether to hide posts with the filter name (the behavior you're describing) or make them disappear from your timeline altogether.

2023-07-31 20:23:58 UTC

I used to think people with anxiety had it better than people with depression, because at least they were driven to get stuff done. Having tried both, I no longer think this.

2023-07-31 18:16:56 UTC

Sometimes Bluesky seems like it's determined to prove the QT opponents right. (I say this as someone who is pro native QT, and who often uses the hack version myself)

2023-07-29 13:22:25 UTC

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@npub14pk…80yc lol at the caption text. Did you see Joan Is Awful by any chance? I just did last night - some good gif material there too (though the thing i have in mind would be spoilery)

2023-07-28 13:08:14 UTC

"Voting with your feet" is a backstop not a first resort. The first resort should be democratic decision making. We should not accept instances where the users don't collectively have ultimate authority over policy and defederation decisions.

2023-07-21 16:12:54 UTC

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@npub1zdm…yka2 That is sensible! In my case, I would love to see some public housing go up literally next door to me, which is literally something that has been vaguely proposed - but I doubt it will, because the whole YIMBY/NIMBY thing is a spat between two wealthy interests, and the actual interests of real working people are way down the line.

2023-07-21 15:59:19 UTC

Love to all my YIMBY friends here, it’s nothing personal. Please understand, I had people in my replies this morning encouraging me to bite my tongue less, and well, this is what happens! 🌶️

2023-07-21 15:56:53 UTC

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@npub1hzx…r4fr I don’t know that I agree with the first part. I think that the people who successfully fought off the Southwest Corridor project in Boston in the 60s and 70s would most likely be housing justice activists today, focused on things like rent control, renters’ rights, affordable housing minimums, and public housing. There is overlap with some YIMBY factions to be sure, but that is not how they would define themselves.

2023-07-21 15:29:23 UTC

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The first wave of neoliberals liked to say “there is no alternative” but YIMBYs pulled it off. Literally foreclosed the option of an alternative in the name, and no one came back from that. What are you gonna be, a NIMBY?

2023-07-21 15:25:43 UTC

Don’t think there’s been a more successful ideological branding coup in the last couple decades than YIMBY. Effective Altruists back in the dust, grumbling “that could have been us”

2023-07-21 01:30:53 UTC

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 May we one day evolve into muppets ourselves.

2023-07-20 11:18:55 UTC

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@npub1fgx…n7x0 At least it’s not microwavefish

2023-07-20 03:39:17 UTC

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@npub1hzx…r4fr I wonder what the interventions looked like. I suspect (based on personal experience) that it’s a lot more effective to show someone that they’re capable of change they didn’t think they were, than to just tell someone to exult in their neuroplasticity or whatever. Even then I think it probably takes a lot of repetition to have an effect, and that’s hard to scale, or put in a repeatable curriculum.

2023-07-20 03:36:53 UTC

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@npub1hzx…r4fr lol