Monthly Reminder:
The Fediverse is global. People who read you know nothing about you.
So PLEASE put a #hashtag with your country. What you hold for obvious may make no sense in a different context. You want to be understood ? Your choice.
Thank you.
Rappel Mensuel:
Le fediverse, c'est pour la planète. Ceux qui vous lisent ne savent pas qui vous êtes. Alors SVP indiquez votre #pays. Ce qui vous semble évident ne veut peut-être rien dire ailleurs. Vous voulez être compris ? Votre choix.
Merci.

#real #people don't #make every other #word a #hashtag

#fucking #stop

In 20 min! Get your snacks! "Maple Syrup" Baroque @Dianora guest hosts #hashtag #BaroqueSun 4:30pmPT/7:30pmET {1:30amCET} all Canadian players and at least 1 Canadian baroque composer Join in riffing or just listen, all welcome https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWS7m9Ccvu7oaH2NCGowdiwWprR_7Eg1T

Later today! an hour of "Maple Syrup" Baroque @Dianora guest hosts #hashtag #BaroqueSun 4:30pmPT/7:30pmET {1:30amCET} all Canadian players and at least 1 Canadian baroque composer Join in riffing or just listen, all welcome https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWS7m9Ccvu7oaH2NCGowdiwWprR_7Eg1T { cc @theClurichaun @stuartgrist @paddydoublems @quantensalat @bunnyhero @cliffco58 @Kinetograph @ADignorantium @Cateo

Remember the "You wouldn't steal a car" PSA? Turns out they pirated both the font AND the music. Exhibits:

font info: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/67480/piracy-it-s-a-crime-psa

pirated font embedded in this PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf

and about the music: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/news/antipiracy-advert-music-was-stolen/

EDIT: more context re the composer, music, and royalties; the story is ofc more nuanced and apparently debunked: https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/

I wonder how #hashtags would have been developed differently if they had been invented and popularised by people speaking a #language with strongly marked cases.

If I post 'Sauce mit Pilzen' (German for 'sauce with mushrooms'), and I would like to tag the mushrooms, I can't just go '#Pilzen', because '#Pilzen' is a different hashtag from '#Pilze'. Let alone #Pilzes and #Pilz.

Would we tag things with #SemanticWeb URIs?
#hashtag #tech #compling #computationallinguistics #l10n #i18n #linguistics

The problem we face is simple and brutal: the right-wing swallows anything we say, digests it through their machine, and spits it back as bland, weaponised social shit. Every radical idea gets stripped of meaning and served up as more #mainstreaming slop.

That’s why we need tools they can’t easily co-opt. Systems and language they can’t just regurgitate into empty right-wing talking points. This is where the #4opens and the #OMN #hashtag storytelling come in — it makes ideological hijacking hard, stinky, and uncomfortable for them.

This is real composting: breaking down the mess, feeding the soil, and growing native paths, that are grounded, and unpalatable to power plays of the #nastyfew and there worshipping acolytes.

Great practice with the Popes Me double bass on Vanhal double bass concerto 3rd movement and Vivaldi cello concerto RV 406 2nd movement (at pitch) then Violin on all of Mozart violin concerto #5 (with only some of the smaller cadenzas) Now carbo loading with peeps and coffee for #hashtag #BaroqueSun in 45 min!

Press play #hashtag #SymSat riff along or just listen, all invited. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjilFQek73bdmAAI8xGWwv3VAOrJWEu3z

Get yer snacks! in 10 min Beet(hoven) on #hashtag #SymSat riff along or just listen, all invited. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjilFQek73bdmAAI8xGWwv3VAOrJWEu3z

Just under 2.5 hrs! Beethoven on #hashtag #SymSat Eroica. I had to practice Eroica Thursday, only double bass against a full orchestra! Here is Anna the beast who kicks my ass in return for music! 8:10pmPT/11:10pmET https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjilFQek73bdmAAI8xGWwv3VAOrJWEu3z

We need to reclaim simple language that carries shared meaning. This is exactly what we’re trying to seed with the positive side of the #hashtag story. Messy language feeds back into our culture hamishcampbell.com/messy-langua...

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We need to reclaim simple language that carries shared meaning. This is exactly what we’re trying to seed with the positive side of the #hashtag story. Messy language feeds back into our culture https://hamishcampbell.com/messy-language-feeds-back-into-our-culture/

Glad to have been a part of the creation of #SeasOfMastodon with @essjax today.

Here’s a view of the Cook Strait taken while flying into Wellington Airport at Sunset.

Always nice to have another #TimelineCleanser #Hashtag to follow

Can anyone help with an email enquiry I've received about the history of the hashtag?

"I've been looking at how the symbol evolved from the abbreviation of libra pundo to what we see today. But I'm finding very little about the visual history of the symbol pre-20th century ... of what printers were using for this symbol — and how — between the 17th and 19th centuries.”

cc @shadychars — perhaps this is covered in your book?

Halfway through the month reminder that, because of how Mastodon works, it is important to include at least 1 relevant topic #hashtag (but not too many!) in your posts.

This greatly helps to highlight your posts to people who are following #hashtags for particular topics of interest to them.

Otherwise, posts with no hashtags just go past in the fast flowing stream, and are often only seen by people who were actually scrolling through when you send your post…

Later today! @analgesicsleep has the keys to host for some jazzy baroquey stuff on #hashtag #BaroqueSun 4:30pmPT/7:30pmET https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Zslnc5XTftpY977HgwslkHcPcG4G2zi {1:30amCET}
(cc @theClurichaun @stuartgrist @paddydoublems @quantensalat @bunnyhero @cliffco58 @Kinetograph @ADignorantium @Cateo @Dianora )