Sigh….

Ok, it’s a red year in NC, but, seriously, Dems: judgeships matter. These folks are going to be making rulings on election law.

«It’s the second election in a row Republicans have swept the statewide judicial races. Democrats held six of the seven Supreme Court seats heading into the 2020 elections. But after Republicans won all three races in 2020, and then both seats this year, the court will now have a five-seat GOP majority.»

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article268185877.html#storylink=cpy

North Carolina’s abortion rights saved by one seat in the state house of representatives. (Probably.) Elections matter.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article268204282.html

This is good:

I just subscribed to Platformer. We’ll see how this plays out. https://www.platformer.news/?utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=pss

Oh, look, somebody had a thought four years ahead of me and better, besides.

#twitterpocalypse #mastodonScaling

«Maybe having a team of moderators living in multiple time zones should just be considered the “cost of doing business” when running an instance. Like security features, it’s not a cost that pays visible dividends every single day, but in the event of a sudden coordinated attack it could make the difference between a good experience and a horrible experience.

Perhaps more instances should consider having paid moderators. mastodon.social already pays its moderation team via the main Mastodon Patreon page. Another possible model is for an independent moderator to be employed by multiple instances and get paid through their own Patreon page.»

https://nolanlawson.com/2018/08/31/mastodon-and-the-challenges-of-abuse-in-a-federated-system/

https://carlchenet.com/get-your-rss-feeds-to-mastodon-with-the-feed2toot-bot/

Maybe I should try this, instead, but GEEZ, why is this so hard?

What if I just do preformatted? Blah blah B&O Railroad, O'Donnell, 1 < 2, etc.

IFTTT applet HAD 3 <‘s & >’s surrounding “Post content” (or whatever it is 🙂), but I took them away and added a bonus italicized word. Any better?

Btw, looks like IFTTT’s applets run once per hour.

https://nolanlawson.com/2018/08/31/mastodon-and-the-challenges-of-abuse-in-a-federated-system/

Well. Clearly I should read this. I wonder how moderation tools have have improved over the years.