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My mom was a big fan of yellow roses. My dad made sure we always had at least two or three yellow rose bushes at the house I grew up in.
My wife and her mom got this as a way to honor my mom's memory even though they never met her. I had to snap this photo before I left home this morning because they're so beautiful. I hope my mom is smiling down from heaven. I married a great woman (finally).

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I just spent the bulk of a vacation day that I booked specifically for this purpose interacting with a huge government agency.

The individuals were all lovely and helpful and personable, and I've made substantial progress towards the goal I had at the outset of this effort. Objectively positive.

But every time I have to deal with huge opaque bureaucracies I just want to cry for hours and then not see anyone for about 4-5 days. And of course I can't do either of those right now.

Overheard: @alex talking to the dog after he hasn't looked up from his computer for about 72 hours straight.

"You're so 3D, Juneau! So 3D! You have an X, Y, and Z axis! All three, Juneau!"

Important PSA for Funkwhale admins using YunoHost 

Looks like we cannot reproduce the issue anymore. Can someone perform a backup of their pod (db and media files) and try an upgrade?

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Holy shit audio captcha is so much easier. I can spend like half a minute training google's ai or just listen to a voice clip
@fluffy
i never understood the spam problem. ever since i started obfuscating my email address (check bio for example), i haven't been getting any spam (besides gab news (i'm too lazy to unsubscribe))

also, it's not like anyone uses the services i host besides myself and a few good friends.

my policy on blocks is one of the reasons why i have invite-based registration: i don't want a bunch of retards like old jojo to hop into my instance and start spamming the shit out of it. you can always ask for an invite if i know you well enough though.
Alternatives to #fediblock:

* #fedicock - surprisingly feminine
* #fedidock - when you hook up your Nintendo switch to your TV to play animal crossing. Alternatively, when your employer doesn't pay you because you were shitposting instead of stacking boxes
* #fedilock - doesn't really work - blame Pleroma devs or something
* #fedisock - programming variant, of course
Let me just make one thing clear: I am against blocking in any form and I consider #FediBlock a piece of utter shit.

Blocking is the cancer of the internet. If you have to block someone, that means that you are too fucking weak for the internet, - hell, for the real world itself - go meditate and live in a wonderland with your imaginary friends or something. You are not going to learn something new if you just stay in your own little personal safe space and hear the same opinions from the same people with the same world views all over again. You are fucking degrading by blocking everyone else. Bad [not yours] ideas are fought with good [yours] ideas, not with blocking. Want to get all your information from only one 'approved' source? You are a fucking degenerate. Period.

In my six months on fedi and in my past 3 years on the internet overall, I've been yet to block a single person or an instance. Yes, even gab spambots. And yes, you can consider this a challenge.

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."

block recommendation, right wingers 

@luna@hellsite.site Your instance supports racism against white people so don't pretend you have any sort of moral high ground, mkay?

Check out this interesting video: 1975 - Ronald Reagan interviewed by Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes youtube.com/watch?v=eq4tWTM2kE

peppermoonchild:


ofsaltandsmoke:


Character on tv show: *gets ribbed for not having sex*

Me, knowing that this will be treated as a character flaw and they will inevitably be in a sex scene to show “character development”: 


just leave them alone it is not a character flaw to not have sex you don’t need to have sex to mature or to come of age or whatever it’s even worse when they’re a religious character and are celibate because of their beliefs and then those beliefs are treated as something to be overcome in order for them to grow just stop it (x)


Source: ofsaltandsmoke https://ofsaltandsmoke.tumblr.com/post/188789392517/character-on-tv-show-gets-ribbed-for-not-having
Reblogged From: mythicalcoolkid https://mythicalcoolkid.tumblr.com/post/617800905578971136/peppermoonchild-ofsaltandsmoke-character-on

Yo if I knew an actual homophobe, I'd TOTALLY tell him I'm gay just to hear him shriek in terror and see him flee out of the room lol

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