That’s probably the best one. Otherwise I think of Mites ~ termites, and some stalagmites look vaguely like those classic termite mounds.

People have been using Threadiverse to refer to the link-aggregating community based Fediverse platforms with threaded discussion topics for way longer than Threads has existed as a website.

If you can come up with a catchier alternative then go for it. Link-aggregator-verse doesn’t really roll off the tongue.

They’re doing the double whammy. Mandatory sign-in (even on old.reddit) and any account they can’t estimate as belonging to an adult through their use of invasive spy metrics and AI will be forced to do age verification.

I would use this as a desktop wallpaper in an instant.

Normally it would be the colours on the trees, but this summer has been so fucking dry we might get robbed of that a little.

Sounds like a better fit for hosting on your instance.

Beautiful.

Sure, sign me up.

I think it’s just not having critical mass.

It’s definitely a huge part of the issue. Also demographics. The techy slant the Fediverse has does not seem to have a huge overlap with sports. That’s why I can mostly survive on Lemmy when it comes to Formula 1 discussion (although it’s still sparsely populated) while football (soccer) is much less active here.

how come the fediverse has attracted a grand total of zero e-sports people?

Hey, I post discussion threads for The International (Dota 2) every year, and usually get some replies and discussions in them too! I would say it’s even somewhat close to the activity level football (soccer) sees, though less than F1.

But in general I think Esports is just less popular overall than regular sports, so that’s your answer.

I second the motion to try to become mod in the existing sub first. We’re still a bit too small to afford too much splintering.

I’d say that is Dante’s Divina Commedia.

Old is old, you know? If you enjoy Charlie Patton you probably also like Hildegard of Bingen.

I was just trying to make a joke about Razer’s absolutely godawful QC.

Who will steal a Razer mouse? It will break in a week, hardly worth the hassle.

It’s not just the em dashes, but the phasing as well. Happy to be proven wrong though.

I love the aughts fashion, the use of the word “victim,” and the fact that “finger-guns” gets a hyperlink in the last caption. The woman in the photo gives an Oscar-worthy performance in the final image — she looks like she’s on the verge of tears — and her male counterpart couldn’t look more smug. The pictures are endearing and capture a kind of humanity you don’t find in your average stock photo.

Okay I hate that this is how I am all the time now, but was this written by AI?

Machu Pichu or leaked footage of the doorway out of the tutorial dungeon in Elder Scrolls VI?

I had no idea they existed. How fascinating and beautiful.

I had to do a double take too! Great photo!

Is there anything wrong with !shortstories@literature.cafe that I’m not aware of?