Mx Amber Alex (she/it) / is on Nostr

The transsexual dyke your liberal columnists warned you about.

Part-time woman, full-time nuisance. May contain traces of neurodivergence. Cisn't. Now you say ‘pronouns in bio’ because you have no other jokes.

Anti-fascism. Intersectional & queer feminism. Prison abolition. Liberation for all. International solidarity. I've been around long enough to see every discourse several times over, so spare me the bullshit.

Thank fuck not American.

Moderator.
she/it
Speaks EN/DE

Follow requests?: No nazis, COVID deniers, conspiracy nutjiobs
Age: mid-20s
Special interest: Menswear (suits etc.), dress codes, ask me about clothes and regret it
Conflict resolution? CW request?: Send me a message and we'll sort it out. COVID deniers need not apply.

Last Notes

2024-09-02 22:15:21

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I've spoken at length over my belief that the fediverse is at a size where it can't survive without some sort of automated or semi-automated moderation tools (https://eldritch.cafe/@amberage/tagged/MastoMod).
It's basically email: tons of providers (instances) that send messages to each other (posts, follows, etc), and there is no guaranteed standard of moderation for all of them. Malicious actors can spin up their own or abuse existing ones.
We've seen that in the recent spam waves, i.e. "kuroneko" and the weekly spam waves from mastodon.social.
That is, in the long run, more than volunteers can handle. So there needs to be some automated solution to detect and contain spam.
The API does not support that at present.
It has to.
#MastoMod #MastoDev

2024-09-02 22:12:23

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Just give us some API endpoints and webhooks to automate moderation. We'll do the rest.
#MastoMod

2024-09-02 22:09:52

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what it needs is ~10 full-time developers.
I'm not overly familiar with the usual salaries for that, but that's gonna run about 30k a month or more in salaries alone.
So, yknow… we don't.

2024-09-02 22:06:28

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With every update I get closer to tagging Eugen with something like "GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER AND STOP MICROMANAGING AESTHETICS"

2024-09-02 22:04:39

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You still can't automatically limit instances if tons of repetitive posts come from there, or flag new accounts for manual review if they post rapidly or spam follow requests or replies…
…but the "reports" section has a new icon and the radio buttons for the report reason don't have a background colour anymore!
ARE YOU FEELING SERVICED YET, FANS?
#MastoMod #MastoDev #FuckThisShit

2024-09-02 22:01:31

What Mastodon needs: better moderation tools
What Mastodon gets: new icons and confusing UI changes in the moderation tools
sigh.....
#MastoMod #MastoDev

2024-09-01 12:11:02

#Tailors of the fediverse! I have here a pair of trousers that I really like that is unfortunately massively too large for me.
The legs can stay as wide as they are, I don't mind that, but the waist has to be narrower.
By 16 cm (don't ask).
That's 8cm on each side of the centre back seam. It will leave enough room between the pockets, I measured (about 6cm). But.
Is that even doable, or will that absolutely butcher the proportions and fit of the trousers?
I don't mind the waist being much narrower than the legs (au contraire – the illusion of a slimmer waist is always welcome), but it would be unfortunate if i.e. the front of the trousers started pulling away in all directions weirdly.
And if that's too much, how much do you think I could take it in?
#Tailoring #Sewing

2024-08-27 22:48:48

so uh.... my computer doesn't start anymore.
it worked fine an hour ago. now, dead.
at first, it would appear to boot, the BIOS would show up, then it would get stuck at a single blinking cursor in the black.
shut it down via long press, unplugged it and plugged it back in.
now there is a single green LED on the mainboard, but when i press the start button, nothing happens.
cleaned the insides with a vacuum, nothing.
dead.
what do I do?

2024-08-18 20:52:19

don't want to be ashamed?
don't behave shamefully

2024-08-15 07:58:11

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Update: here's a picture. A friend of mine gets strong control lines (test validity, not test positivity) from kits from the same batch (we're talking thick, saturated, bright red), I get this. To the naked eye, the C-line is even fainter.
This happens across all amounts of sample fluid (from the sparsest three droplets you've ever seen to almost drowning the test in fluid), both nostrils, good and bad gag reflex days, et cetera. I can't find any factors that change it.
#COVID #AskFedi #RapidTests
https://eldritchcafe.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/112/964/966/175/457/873/original/abea47f875b96313.jpg

2024-08-07 21:09:04

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96 years and counting. The world will be poorer the day he dies, hopefully far away.
I downloaded all his PD music and plan to burn CDs to put in the car.

2024-08-07 21:05:02

I absolutely love this song. And this is how I found out what Hanukkah is about in the first place.
(All of Tom Lehrer's songs and records were made public domain by him in 2020 and 2022 so I can just reupload it here. Yay!)
#nowplaying [Tom Lehrer: (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica](https://tomlehrersongs.com/hanukkah-in-santa-monica/ )
#TomLehrer
https://eldritchcafe.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/112/922/767/209/513/210/original/bcfb4622103909ec.mp3

2024-08-04 14:57:21

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nächsten Monat sehen wir dann, wie viel die "Brandmauer" wert ist

2024-08-04 14:53:40

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besser als wenn (mehr als vermutlich schon jetzt) LfV-Wissen direkt an Neonazis fließt, I guess.... alles scheisze

2024-07-31 10:29:43

Does anyone have experience with COVID rapid tests not returning particularly strong negative results?
I've been testing daily the past week for reasons, and each test has been negative, as has each test of the person visiting me. However, their C-line (control) was strong, clear, full; mine is faint and takes the whole 15 minutes to be barely there.
My questions are:<li>is that test still valid?</li><li>what causes that?</li><li>need I worry?</li><li>what can I do to fix that?</li>
I use the Longsee rapid tests and it's a newly-ordered batch ("rel: 2022-05-19") with an expiration date of October 2024.
#COVID #AskFedi #RapidTests

2024-06-18 11:06:35

please enter your pissword