tails: A Place for Mastodon Posts

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A virtual community

Posts from Mastodon users, featured natively in a community, so you can view them without the need for them to be re-hosted or screenshoted, and reply to the original author and Mastodon respondents if you wish.

Has so far included content from Warsandpeas, Mr. Lovenstein, SMBC, Loading Artist, Low Quality Facts, nixCraft, ElleGray, and other interesting or provocative stuff I've random'd across on Mastodon.


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About this community (lemmon.website)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

This community is experimental. Essentially, it boosts posts from Mastodon users into lemmy, allowing their content to appear here, still attributed to them. This is better than me reposting stuff from there I think, but please be aware of how Lemmy and Mastodon do and don't co-operate:

• Originally, I wanted the posts to be mainly text-based, simply because, in terms of efficiency, accessibility and credit, the original text is better than the screenshot of text you might see at the MicroblogMemes or BestOfMastodon communities. It turned out though, that screenshots do actually provide advantages that are difficult to replicate in the UI, and this community has ended up being mostly image-based.

• If you reply to a post, your instance will send one copy to me (to federate to other lemmy instances), and one copy to Mastodon, meaning that the original author will see your reply, and you'll be able to view your reply there if you click the multi-coloured Fediverse symbol next to the post. If you reply to a reply, that typically isn't sent to Mastodon. If you delete your comment, then my software will take care of deleting it on other Lemmy instances, but your instance doesn't send a 'Delete' to Mastodon, so it'll still be visible there. If you've ever had an inbox notification for a reply that it turns out has been deleted, you will have seen this behaviour for yourself. There's not much I can do about it, but if it concerns you, I've seen edits go through, so overwriting your content with [deleted] or something is maybe an idea.

• Whilst your reply will be sent to the originating Mastodon instances, it isn't sent to the author's followers on other Mastodon instances (lemmy currently doesn't expect users to have followers)

• If your reply includes an inline image, then that isn't rendered on Mastodon (which expects images to be attachments, and doesn't convert them as Lemmy does when they come in the other direction)

• I tend to boost things as I see them on Mastodon. Sometimes I bring some of the existing comments there through as well, but not always, and wouldn't typically go back for more after the post has been made. However, the software does follow some people on Mastodon, so replies made on Mastodon after the post has appeared here will also come through. They'll be stripped of the annoying @ links, but not of hashtags (just because a reply could be "that's a great #dadJoke" or something)

• A major limitation is that some Mastodon instances have Authorized Fetch turned on - updates from those users can't be posted on Lemmy because it doesn't sign the GET request to fetch the user's details. Examples of instances with AF on: infosec.exchange; tech.lgbt; universeodon.com

Other notes:

• It's called 'tails' for 2 reasons. One is that 'tailing' someone is a synonym for following them. The other is that this community flips the idea of a User following a Group, and has a Group follow a User in a head/tails kind-of way. (Well, okay, 3 reasons - the last being that naming stuff is hard, okay?). It's unrelated to the Operating System

• Replying to this post is the best way to get in touch with me if you want. I'm 'freamon' at endlesstalk.org and lemmy.world, but a reply here will send a notification to my phone.

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Image description: Professional soccer player holding up a new sports shoe. The shoe is dark beige, the base pink, then green. It looks like a sandwich with tomatoes and lettuce


(Originally published earlier today on mstdn.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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No notes (media.mstdn.social)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Image description: Gravestone for an English teacher that reads: Here lies (not "lays") Billee Woody Robbins Reed


(Originally published earlier today on mstdn.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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What the FUCK did I do? (minio.dev.madhouselabs.net)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Image description: a screenshot of the GNOME calculator. there is an error dialog over it saying "You are permanently banned from Calculator"


(Originally published earlier today on chadthundercock.com) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: 4 panel comic by War and Peas 1. Panel: Little Red Riding Hood is sitting in front of a documentary camera. Someone off-camera asks, "So, you were the one who found the wolf at your grandmother's?" 2. Panel: The big bad wolf is also sitting in front of a camera sharing his side of the story. He says, "Listen, I have a thing for older broads, ok?" 3. Panel: Someone off-camera asks, "So, when you say you ATE grandma-" The big bad wolf interrupts them, "Listen, I know how to please a woman." 4. Panel: Back to Little Red Riding Hood. She crying and says, "Years of therapy... TURN OFF THE CAMERA!" 


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-05-12) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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The Sound and the Fury (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Whisper and Explosion 2 is even better. The whispers and explosions happen at the SAME TIME!
Secret Panel HERE 💥 https://tapas.io/episode/3005249


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: An electric car, 1912


(Originally published on toot.wales: 2024-03-14) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Heal Turn (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

I swear to god if you have a second phase, I'm calling the cops.
Secret Panel HERE 🩹 https://tapas.io/episode/2894856


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-04-29) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: Ad for Bovril. It's a painting done in creams, browns, and pale yellows. Makes me think of Spain in the evening. Shows a bottle of the product. Shows a cow with large horns, a tear running down its cheek. The caption is "Alas, my poor brother"


(Originally published on mstdn.social: 2024-05-01) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Gone to Pot (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Based on this discovery, we can surmise that this ancient civilization had absolutely no idea how to make proper pots.
Secret Panel HERE 🍯 https://tapas.io/episode/3158408


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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(edgy title added by lemmy community mod)

Image description: A screenshot of suggestions for a small Rust project, which includes a basic calculator, a game engine, and an operating system.


(Originally published on wetdry.world: 2024-04-21) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Nuisance callers (mediacdn.aus.social)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

(title added for lemmy by community mod)

Image description: Top: Four smoking pipes are making a conference call. They ask "Hellos, is Danny Bay there?"
Bottom: Someone answers the phone and responds "Could I ask who's calling?"


(Originally published earlier today on aus.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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MESS CASTLE (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Image description: 4 panel comic by War and Peas. 1. Panel: The vampire enters the room while the witch and the black cat (lord Nibbles) are sitting on the couch watching TV. The vampire says, "You guys, the castle is a mess!" 2. He continues, "There are rotting skulls everywhere from your stupid rituals!" 3. The witch replies, "And you said you'd clean up after your midnight snacks!" 4. A man is heavily bleeding and crawling out of the house. He says "No worries, I'll let myself out!"


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: An empty brown beer bottle with a label reading CYBER PUNK. Its logo is a split-in-two Terminator-style metal skull with a cluster of hops inside of it. It was photographed in the flat of Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic in Turin, Italy. Parts of the flat are visible in the background.


(Originally published earlier today on mamot.fr) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Nothing compares 2 U (mediacdn.aus.social)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

(title added for lemmy by community mod

Image description: Text reads: I really miss Prince so l drew a mustache on Rihanna.
Below is a photo of an issue of Glamour Magazine with Rhianna’s face on the cover. Someone has penned a fine moustache on her.


(Originally published on aus.social: 2024-04-13) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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(title added for lemmy by community mod)

Image description: A graph of the number of Ks in an Ultra HD 4K TV (2018) and the original Macintosh 128K (1984). The original Macintosh obviously has more Ks than the 4K TV.


(Originally published on wetdry.world: 2024-04-11) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Mind Body Problem (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Well that settles it. Bad thoughts and bad sleep it is.
Secret Panel HERE 🧠 https://tapas.io/episode/2877732


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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How to send emails like pro https://www.instagram.com/p/CSo5B5UjkXm/?hl=en

Image description: HOW TO SEND EMAILS: STEP 2: READ EMAIL. STEP 1: TYPE EMAIL.. 500 TIMES BEFORE SENDING. STEP 3: SEND EMAIL. STEP 4: GO TO "SENT FOLDER" AND READ MAIL AGAIN FROM THE RECEIVERS PERSPECTIVE. Comic by AMBYCOMICS


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-04-14) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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(title added for lemmy by community mod)

Image description: 4 panel comic (Yonkoma) by War and Peas 1. Panel: A killer clown hides behind a bush. A person is coming closer. The killer clown goes, "Muahaha, my next victim!" 2. Panel: The clown jumps up from the bush is surprised that an old lady is standing in front of him: "MOM!" 3. Panel: He goes, "You turned into a killer clown? You look ridiculous!" 4. Panel: She points at another person looking up from a bush and goes, "Look at Cheryl's son! That's a good looking murderer!" The good-looking murderer from the other bush goes "'sup!"


(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-03-28) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: A bright green Northern Emerald-Toucanet with blue face and colorful beak, looking left.


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Confusingly Contorted (media.mstdn.social)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Image description: optical illusion of two women laying belly to belly in arch formation on the beach


(Originally published on mstdn.social: 2024-03-28) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Image description: dark blue sky meme with the words written in white
"Thank you for
contacting the abyss
your scream is
very important to us "


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.au) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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I know you've said you don't want them on twenty times now, but I think the twenty-first time is the charm.
Secret Panel HERE 😤 https://tapas.io/episode/3136815


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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Cat Cafe (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.world) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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(Originally published on mastodon.world: 2024-03-14) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

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