One of my favorite songs from the 90s hands down.

It’s a shame she’s become some trad wife devout Christian now and is apparently MAGA adjacent if not MAGA herself. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fans-outraged-over-gwen-stefani-235134972.html

I have a good friend that I have ALMOST convinced to join Mastodon. He’s considering a username still, but I keep hounding him to make his account. Despite being politically / socially left, he’s generally not got the strong feelings I have toward the pros of a decentralized social media platform. I seemingly convinced him that simply it’s different / interesting you’ll see stuff you won’t generally see on mainstream social media, and you control what you see AND it’s not ever going to have ads or be corporate-run. But I still think he’s not necessarily sold on the idea. This is my very close friend. As for people I am more casually acquainted with? I don’t think I’ll ever get anyone else to join. As someone else in the comments said, essentially, “who cares? This isn’t for those people”, to which I largely agree. I think people need to come to the fediverse on their own accord or will forever feel like it’s just some aggro tech bro space. My aforementioned friend who I describe above for what it’s worth was adamant that Mastodon is “for right wingers”. I had to politely insist while I’m sure there are far right instances, these are not what I’ve experienced AND the official Mastodon site promotes instances that are antiracist and anti-bigotry.

Anyway, my biggest wish for the fediverse is that it grows as far as more artists, bands, news sources, etc. join. I still really like it as is, but it’ll only enhance things to have more variety of sources and voices onboard.

This article was great! Thank you so much for writing it.

Classic 90s pop rock. Nice!

I really appreciate you taking the time to respond in detail! Much appreciated.

Thanks for the speedy reply. Can you explain any downsides to Tor? I know next to nothing about it other than something I read online where someone suggested using it over a VPN, particularly a VPN service based in the USA. They suggested traffic using a VPN is just as prone to being monitored as non-VPN internet use, but potentially by different parties. Is there any truth to that? Again, I’m not a tech person by any means, so sorry for these noob questions.

Arguably the best Mustard Plug song! Good pick.