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Re: Ads in podcasts... how to do them right.
@ozoned@btfree.social, @samsethi@podcastindex.social, @james@bne.social, @mattmedeiros@podcastindex.social, @evoterra@podvibes.co, @lyceum
What do you guys think?
@phillycodehound@podcasting.chat I agree. Sponsorship spot after intro. I have no plans of doing this professionally so I won't have ada. But as long as they're topical, and not too many, absolutely.
@Longplay_Games@mastodon.gamedev.place I apparently have such a bad eye for art that I can't tell.
Just found out about storyden.org/ .
I joined their Discord to ask them to consider #ActivityPub support. They haven't, they don't know much about it, but I'm sure someone could help if they're interesetd.
Barney dropped a line to me though that 100% resonates with us on the #Fediverse and what they're going for.
"Knowledge gardens, not content farms."
ONE OF US! 😁
@utopiarte unfortunately I can’t monetize on peertube and I rely on monetization to make a living :(
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social @utopiarte@tupambae.org what if I told you that you could host your own Peertube and have YouTube pull your videos from your channel so you don't have to do double the work?
I’ve been asked on TV hits and interviews lately to explain why decentralized social media is better, especially re: Mastodon.
How would you explain the benefits of a platform like Mastodon and the fediverse to someone in just a few sentences? How would you make the argument that platforms like Mastodon allow for more free expression than big tech controlled apps?
Would love to hear people’s thoughts! Trying to make my arguments most effective
@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social it is yours. It is noy up to some billionaire that sits on his golden throne to dictate to you what you and your community need.
It's your culture, your morales, your ethics. Not some pedophiles apprentice to tell you how to live.
Join us LIVE for more amazing art of Jen's baking stream on #owncast
Jen and her husband are currently doing a baking stream to raise money for a historiacal site.
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Come join the insanity: live.jenniegyllblad.com/
The @JenJen and and @PedroLaBarba energy is pristine
Bonfire doesn't seem to handle NodeBB well, YET. There is a bug in that was started this year. Looks like Julian was just on it last week. I tossed my hat in to see I need this fixed. But that's awesome. That's EXACTLY the use case for this. So excited. Great job man. 😊
@ozoned Why do I get a "translate" button under your posts? It seems like mastodon.online finds them not in English or something.
@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online I'm on Bonfire. Maybe it's not sending something properly? Or maybe something with Mastodon? I only know English, so ... idk. 😁
Just found out about ESG funds.
Environmental, Social and Governance Funds.
Will they be perfect? NOPE. Will I lose out on tons of money? Probably.
Will I live knowing I attempted and have a bit more of a clear conscience? ABSOLUTELY!
@ozoned it's a nightmare to invest ethically unless you have the time to investigate everything in great detail 😔
I spent weeks earlier this year moving what little investments / pension I have out of US orgs and into more ethical / sustainable options but acknowledge that it's going to cost me in the long run.
My old 'climate plan' pension was 80% US stocks and a large part of that was the so called magnificent 7 which beggars belief! The new one is only 12% US and none of the 7.
@not_a_label@toot.lgbt Honestly, I don't care about my retirement. I've thought for a long time there was massive fraud in the market. How can Tesla lose what was it like 75% of it's profits and it's stock go up the next day?
So I'm fine taking the hit, as I've never expected to be able to retire, even though I save.
But I just spoke to my banker who talked to me about ESG Funds. Environmental, Social and Governance funds. They're not going to be perfect, but they'll be better than right now.
@chebra@mstdn.io wow really?!? Yeesh.
@ozoned your post led to a @Bonfire bug report https://github.com/bonfire-networks/bonfire-app/issues/1804
@liaizon@social.wake.st thank you for catching and filing that bug!
@ozoned@btfree.social pls don't make hasty financial decisions based on LLM summaries of the epstein files. i understand not wanting to support these people, but i do not trust that site as the basis for financial decisions.
ddossecrets has a list of articles on this https://ddosecrets.org/article/epstein-files . i don't know the reputation of all the journalists involved, but i trust them infintely more than whatever vibecoded slopsite you've linked to.
@janWilejan@snug.moe thank you!
Idk anything about investments, so someone let me know if this is possible or not, but I just managed my banker than handles my retirement and told them to not invest in any businesses involved with Epstein. Like Microsoft.
I can't in good conscience have my money going to support a giant company that had ties like that. Bill Gates for instance is in there MANY times.
And thankfully the folks at Epstein exposed.com has made a wonderful database showing all the businesses that have ties to him.
I'll be contacting my representatives in the morning as well to find out why they aren't doing more about this blatant and incompetent cover up.
I've been wondering if someone would create a list of companies that had attachments to Epstein, so I can boycott them. Well, they did!
So apparently the DOJ thought they could change the file extension from mp4, avi and MPV files to PDF and no one would catch it?
Well Reddit caught it.
There are videos inside of the jail where Epstein is being held and there's a board blocking the camera. Then the time jumps around.
reddit.com/r/nextfuckingleve...
Anthony Zone (@ozoned) has submitted this contribution to our upcoming Growing the Open Social Web workshop:
Be friendly. Be supportive. Share. Build communities. Donate to developers. Donate to admins. Create content. Whether that’s trying different software and showing people, creating docs, creating videos, etc. Make this your OWN that you want to share. Join communities of open social web such as developer communities.
@fediforum@mastodon.social I DID? Man, what an awesome guy I am. And terribly terribly humble. The most humble maybe. Surely.
SUPER excited for the upcoming #FediForum ! Can't wait to talk with y'all!
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