@CppGuy @fesshole

That's sweet. Which distro of Linux are you running in it? And the security allows for Linux programs to be installed? That's definitely a solution!

@CppGuy @fesshole

Does security prevent USB drives? You could always do a portable web browser with uBlock Origin installed if they do.

@NatureMC @drewph @joyce

The way I understand it is that Mastodon originally had a huge population of outcasts. People who were harassed on other social media platforms created their own groups.

Furries, visually impaired, non-binary, autistic, etc carved their own niches. Compared to the rest of the Internet these groups were small and made their own rules to help their members. Content warnings when there's eye contact in a picture to help the autistic or when food is present to help the people with eating disorders became the norm.

The cool thing is as you say, you can curate your feed not to deal with those people or their rules.

I'd argue you should try to understand where many of them come from. Not all are shrieking Karens. Some of those rules came from a place of wanting to help others.

But yes. Some have become a bit militant and it's off putting.

@kerravonsen @Cassandra_Complex

It's not just a river in Africa, as I understand it.

I just discovered that the Japananese have this great word, Nagori.

Nagori is savouring what you know to be ending.

It's dancing to the final song at a wedding. It's waking up in your childhood bed for the last time before heading to college. It's looking at the mess of wraping paper the children left Christmas morning before going to the kitchen for breakfast.

I never realized it before but my joy at seeing the thunderstorms that mark the end of the summer where I live is Nagori. The night temperatures cause the need for a light jacket. Things change and some anxious trees put a pop of fall color into their canopy at this time too. It's the final days of summer and I love this time, and the memory of what summer was for the year.

May you have a lovely experience with nagori as well. Savor the changes in your life and enjoy the moments before they end.

Peace.