Giving Friendica another go, so here's a bit of an introl!
I was born in a city in Yorkshire, known by the name of the river that runs through it!
Not sure how long I lived there because (one of) my parents became homesick and the family returned to the Red Rose side o f the Pennines - Preston in Lancashire, so my first memories are of growing up in a new council house during the '50s. I have lived in and around Preston ever since.
Got married in the mid '70's and she has put up with me to this day.
After secondary school I had a few jobs then worked for a major employer in the Preston area for almost 40 years before taking early retirement. Have now been retired over 12 years.
I like reading, mostly scifi, listen to various genres of music (eclectic mix), enjoy walking in the local countryside.
#Introduction #Preston #Lancashire #UnitedKingdom #England #UK #LeftOfCentre
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you wake up.
you're still a lizard sunning on a red rock. it was all a dream
the concept of selling "feet pics" to pay back "student loans" is already losing its meaning as you open and lick your own eyeballs to moisten them
time to eat a bug.
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Hello New Site
I've been working on divorcing myself from FB and finally hit the point of Oh Fuck It. So now I'm here.
I'm a queer indie author (nonbinary aro/ace) who writes books (SF, Fantasy, Mystery, mostly) and does watercolor and sewing as hobbies.
To say that I'm avoiding looking at the news right now is putting it mildly.
You can find me on Dreamwidth, on Pillowfort and on Mastodon as well.
All my books are available DRM-free from most sites. Still working on getting my website set up for direct sales but hopefully I'll manage that this year. *knocks on wood*
Anyway, I'm hopeful that this won't be misery the way FB has been for literal years.
*waves*
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So the bottleneck in the job processing queue is outside the server where you host the pixelfed code for pixelfed.social? Other than using mastodon and only doing light reading on the fediverse, I am completely new to the decentralized architecture
EDIT: my bad, I thought you (@rudd) were hosting pixelfed.social ... maybe I need to join your pixelfed.
FDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trump
It will be up to the returning Trump administration to decide whether to finalize the rule.Alexander Tin (CBS News)
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Emigrating from facebook
Facebook has been an annoyance for quite some time. Though their recent censorship has gotten to extreme levels and I no longer feel I can be part of facebook or anything Meta. I am hoping to connect to friends here and make some new ones. I blogged on this topic earlier.
You can read the blog here if you want to: Censorship Gone Wild
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The Instagram blocking of hashtags this morning was the last straw. I'm beginning my transition off of all centralized social media.
Hope I can get my friends to follow.
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Beginners welcome, no entry fee. You do not need to bring any games but you are welcome to bring any if you want! 14 years and up, minors need to be accompanied by an adult.
Looking forward to seeing new people!
If you are interested in the session, you are also welcome to contact the organizer to be added to the Whatsapp group, where the event dates are first decided among members.
grazianodin attends.
Partner joined & followed me last week, nothing is showing up in her feed
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Hello, Friendica
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Deactivate and uninstall
I don't trust #meta will delete my #facebook or #instagram or #threads data when I delete my accounts. Until i figure out what to do long term, these are the steps I've taken:
* uninstalled facebook, messenger, and threads apps (kept ig initially)
* made sure my meta account is not linked to fb or ig (I have an oculus quest that is useless without a meta account and I have not decided what I will do about that)
* changed my name to something ridiculous on facebook
* changed my username to someone else (breaks the url I was associated with)
* disconnected from all apps and cleared history and fucked with anything else I could in the facebook settings
* started manually deleting media, posts, and comments (not sure if i will continue this since it's probably pointless)
* disconnected from all apps and cleared history and fucked with anything else I could in the instagram settings and then deactivated it
* uninstalled instagram
What have you done so far and what else are you planning? There is lots more to do.
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Einen wunderschönen Eichhörnchentag!
Happy #squirrelappreciationday 🥳
I think everybody loves squirrels, they are so cute 🐿️
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Ehrentag des Eichhörnchens - Squirrel Appreciation Day - 21. Januar
Tierfreunde mitgemacht. Den 21. Januar feiern die US-Amerikaner als Ehrentag des Eichhörnchens (engl. Squirrel Appreciation Day).www.kuriose-feiertage.de
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Ruud
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pataphysician
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you rock. Thank you Ruud!
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