Most Fed members see monetary policy 'well calibrated' [Lol. Ok Boomer.] http://sobr.org/fMi
Artists and photographers on the fediverse aren't limited to Pixelfed!
The fediverse has two well established Mastodon instances for art and photography.
Your friends and fans can follow your https://mastodon.art or https://photog.social account from Pixelfed or other supported implementations!
Just realised that the Most Untranslatable Japanese Word, "bimyou", actually translates pretty literally to going "eeeh", grimacing, and wiggling your hand side to side.
You can tell the language is missing an important word when you have to make up a universally recognisable gesture to replace the concept it conveys.
I sent @speakittome a ton of articles to #read to me. Didn't have much time to keep up with the news. But now my custom #podcast is ready to go for the morning commute.
Web articles to podcasts, that's what we do. And we just released version 18! We now support multiple languages and enhanced google voices. We could use the help #beta testing if anyone is interested. We accept articles by toot as well. Sign up, send us a toot, do whatchya like.
Don't have time to #read a lot but want to listen to submitted articles as #podcast episodes? Check out @speakittome First few beta users will get access to the Google #TTS voices. #productivity
Someone at the White House wrote an anonymous op-ed for the NYT criticising #Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html
They used the word "lodestar". (Not a word that commonly used, I'd wager.)
But there is someone at the White House who does use it in speeches...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/search/?s=lodestar
Opsec anyone?
Just released episode 83 of Finding #Japan #podcast today. If you like Japan, culture, and language, check it out. https://www.findingjapan.com/2018/09/493/
Regardless of what you think about #Google as a private company, allowing the US federal government to regulate Google searches in a step toward the China model. Period.
Finally deleted my Facebook account. Next step will be Twitter. #mastodon
Due to popular demand, and the ever-increasing net to explain Mastodon to newbies as every instance is being bombarded with new users...
I've gone ahead and create a video tutorial that should help folks get to grips with all of this platform's particulars:
Intro to Mastodon 101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22msAw2zwI
Special Thanks to:
@noelle @Gargron @MillennialDog @Rybark
We have already recognized the problem of spam accounts, and we were taking actions a few months ago.
https://blog.freeradical.zone/the-russians-are-coming
https://freeradical.zone/@tek/100498587311849081
But, it's very difficult for we always check the mastodon.cloud...
So, I want you to use the report feature.
Thank you. #spambot
Working on updating the #mastodon integration for @speakittome today. If you read / listen to a lot of articles, check it out.
We're planning our next #release. What features are important to you? We've heard from the vision-impaired community and are considering new features to give page readers easier cues to navigate our site. Don't forget our #mastodon integration works great if you #read the #web frequently. #texttospeech #text2speech
Do you #read the #web a lot? If so, why not give us a spin? We'll read it for you and stick it in a #podcast feed as well. Sign up for #free and help us improve our service. #texttospeech #voice https://speakitto.me
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