DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab @djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology

Also, elephant herds are matriarchal.

We obviously have a lot of new baby tooters right now. Just a reminder that when baby elephants are born in the wild, the herd cushions their fall, defends the newborn, and celebrates their arrival. Something to consider.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvT3POyJF4

Me: So anyway a LOT of people got banned on Twitter. My group DMs have moved to Slack and people are switching to a platform called Mastodon. I'm trying it out but I'm sure beefs will break out between the caremads and the softboys and there will be all sorts of infighting soon.

My Wife: We're filing our taxes separately next year.

JAPANESE MASTODON: Well-adjusted, polite people talking about stuff like video game strats and food

FRENCH/GERMAN MASTODON: Educated, politically oriented people talking about national politics and sharing news articles

SPANISH MASTODON: literal pictures of Shrek's hog

ENGLISH MASTODON: ｃ ｈ ｅ ｅ ｂ ｓ ｂ ｅ ｂ ｏ ｒ ｂ ｇ ｅ ｒ

New instance opened: https://polyglot.city

Polyglot City is the right instance for you, if you're interested in languages, language learning and translating, or if you are multilingual or polyglot. All languages are allowed to flourish on our timelines. Welcome!

#instances

So you're new to Mastodon, huh? Well, here's a few sites you might want to visit:

CREAKY'S HOUSE OF WET THINGS ($5 admission): Finest selection of not-dry things in the fediverse.

forgotten.dreams.pantry: An entire instance dedicated to compiling abandoned dreams to eat later. Good tips on home pickling!

The Tree That Doesn't Talk: Don't believe anyone who says it does! But DO check it out! Each leaf has a l'il ugly face on it. Wow! (Don't put your ears by its roots!)

this site is way too pure i’m never doing irony again https://mastodon.social/media/-2IVs4xYu7-qWPZtl_s

🎶 #nowplaying #np #tootlabradio #fediplay #bot 🎶

Bill Withers - "Lovely Day"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEeaS6fuUoA

🎵 https://libre.fm/artist/Bill+Withers/album/Menagerie/track/Lovely+Day 🎵

Basically, I want stuff I can use in noncommercial applications with attribution, but which does not require me to use the same license for the derivative work.

(Granted, my application is "bnackground music for streaming Minecraft on Twitch", so this might not be at all necessary ... but I am not a lawyer and people talk about videos being derivative works, so I wanna play it safe.)

https://freemusicarchive.org/ has turned up some good stuff for me, but if there are other places I should be looking (or artists who want to promote themselves), I'd love to hear about them.

Happy Friday, folks.

I’m glad your here and exist with me. It’s more fun together.

Long shot - but hey, worth asking...

Is anyone out there a member of a teaching website called Tutorpages (just taken over by Superprof)? Most likely if you do home tuition/private tutoring. Please get in touch if you are, or can point someone towards me. Investigating possible security goof.

Should “Fediversary” mean
- your anniversary of joining the fediverse
- your adversary on the fediverse

we have only one chance to get this right

In Detroit? I'm doing a reading tonight! #gitcommitmurder https://mwl.io/archives/3630

My favorite part about new folks joining is all the new frens.

Hi new frens.

@djsundog I didn't have to spray my AK ... 😜

we are the revolution