Bobby B. @bobonthenet@penguicon.social

#dnd tip from the archive: Give players the information their characters would know. Their characters have a far greater understanding in the world than the players do.

Some blue-check Twitter accounts, one pretending to be Bloomberg, spread an AI-generated image of an explosion at the Pentagon; the stock market briefly dipped (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kx84b/ai-generated-pentagon-explosion-hoax-twitter
http://www.techmeme.com/230522/p20#a230522p20

I had to tell a heterosexual this morning: in the 90s, people could get fired for being queer but most generally found it distateful, whereas now in Texas and Florida it is mandated by the state. It is *WORSE* and far more so for trans folk. They had no idea. The media is failing its public duty to inform the public. Unless they go digging for small buried stories about the pogrom against us, they have no idea because editors refuse to front-page this. It’s horrifying.

Ah my glorious Chonky Red Dragon. I'm so happy I made this model :)

Here's a 3D print by a friend on Printables!

Free stls here: https://www.printables.com/model/458069-oh-lawd-he-comin-red-dragon

That is all. Stay amazing friends :)
#dnd #dndart #dungeonsanddragons #3Dprinting #3dprinted #3dmodeling

Scooby Doo and the gang by Ruan Walker

#photography #ScoobyDoo #BlackMastodon

Source: https://www.instagram.com/rwfotografiaa/

Here, I made you a Slack emoji for when you're talking about GenAI

The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.

For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).

"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.

There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.

It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.

Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.

#twitter #mastodon #twittermigration

I remember when my wife was pregnant and my cat was so very interested in her belly, but after she gave birth had no interest in the baby. It was a weird way to find out that my cat was a Republican.

For the sake of empathy, I ask you all to take a second to consider things from the perspective of Conservatives:

Inflation is out of control. Housing is unaffordable. The healthcare system is broken. Everyone is drowning in student debt. Ecosystems are collapsing. We're constantly on the brink of war.

So naturally, one would ask, how can we even hope to solve these daunting and complex issues if we do not have detailed information on the genitals of every American citizen?

I can’t accept pens from drug companies because it might influence my prescribing, but a supreme court justice can accept millions in vacations and luxuries from a political influencer and we’re expected to believe it had no effect on his decision making?

OMG. I just toot-gasm'd!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Randy Rainbow. #TrumpIndictment

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1642784208559955968/vid/1920x1080/9FbihU4iWm1qKcCv.mp4?tag=16

In Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.

It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.

Not that complicated.

#history #books #education #politics #democrats

I drew this in 2020, posted it on the birdsite, and it went viral (at least by my standards!), earning me 250 new followers.

It shows how much battery various stars would have left if they had battery indicators like phones do. #MastoArt

Violet didn't know that Debian releases are named after Toy Story, did you know this?

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