Open Sorcery

Tag: Bluesky

  • AT Protocol Adventures

    So I got this nifty new app called Pinksky today because I was bored and frontstuck. It’s supposed to compete with Bluesky’s adjacent Instagram competitor app Flashes, and it’s also built on top of the same shit Bluesky is, the AT Protocol.

    I tried to log in, but it wouldn't let me. So, in an attempt to troubleshoot the damned thing, I went to figure out wtf was wrong with my site configuration because I can't log into Bluesky's official app, either, but can log in via web just fine, so I figured it might be some kind of residual fuckup from when I tried to use Bridgyfed to sync my posts from the Fediverse with Bluesky and ended up joining Bluesky with vince.opensorceryy.co/ as my own domain via a series of extremely complicated fuckups I can't quite recall because I was so goddamned tired at the time.

    So an entire odyssey later that threatened to cost me an arm, a leg, upwards of $30 a month for shit I don't want to use for a cloud server, and most likely my immortal soul somewhere in the fine print, I nuked the cloud server, and tried typing vince.opensorceryy.co/ in the "domain" field on Pinksky instead of vince.opensorceryy.co/ as I had it before. Miraculously, that fucking fixed it. I tried it on the official Bluesky app. That did not work. Wtf, Bluesky?

    I’m here, I’m queer, I’m posting bullshit? What the fuck do you mean “check my internet connection?” I literally posted five minutes ago. I was troubleshooting shit thirty seconds ago VIA THE DAMN INTERNET. I call bullshit.

    I hate technology. I need a rubber duck to scream at at this point.

    At least this hellsite has been backed up in fucking triplicate.

    -Allēna

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    We're on Bluesky [@] vince.opensorceryy.co/ and across the Fediverse [@] opensorceryy[@] vince.opensorceryy.co/.

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  • This appeared to me in a vision.

    And to make it even funnier, I said it to Sheik, who immediately asked me if I was a potato.

    When I asked her why, she said she would smash me.

    How is that woman so damn smooth?!

    -Allēna

  • I see shitposting is alive and well on Bluesky…

    Here are some examples.

    It has a mixture of classic Twitter and Tumblr energy so far. Fucking hilarious.

    Not bad for something I stumbled into…

    -Allēna

  • Bread and Circuses

    Hey, everyone. Lazarus again.

    Recently Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and owner of several other apps, completely took his mask off when it came to his views on the LGBTQ+ community, and announced that, in essence, hate speech and discrimination towards people in the LGBTQ+ community is completely okay and allowed on his platforms. Here’s the announcement in full.

    As a result, many people I know are pissed the absolute fuck off and leaving all of his platforms for greener pastures such as Bluesky and Mastodon. I can’t blame them, frankly. Things on Facebook have been going that way for years, since 2020 at least from what I can tell, and I’m all for everyone doing whatever it takes to keep themselves safe and comfortable.

    I, however, am in a bit of a mental bind. I don’t have the fucking energy to keep making profiles on platforms every time the powers that be screw me over. I’m a member of the Tumblr old guard way, way back in the dark ages of 2013 and watched Tumblr die and revive itself when Yahoo bought it and then had to sell it again in a fire sale because people on Tumblr are fucking unhinged, I was on Twitter for awhile and watched THAT slowly decline, and I have a terrible knack for forgetting the apps and accounts I already have exist. Hell, my executive dysfunction and fatigue even prevent me from writing here sometimes.

    Conversely, I own Open Sorcery. Completely. The only people I have to answer to in this regard are my web registrar and bank account to renew my hosting and the domain name and things. It’s also hooked in with the magnificent wonder that is the Fediverse AND bridged with Bluesky, a Fediverse/Twitter competitor of sorts.

    All of this hullabaloo makes me really glad that my now integrated headmate got very pissed off, forgot what life was for about ten hours, and built this thing back in June, haha. So if you need me, I’ll be right here, hovering about three inches off the ground, everywhere and nowhere at once, spouting nonsense as close to daily as I’m able, probably vibrating out of my skin because the Zelda System has generously provided me with 500 WHOLE CAFFEINE PILLS with which to fuel chaos behavior. 🤣

    Thank you.

    Now, have memes.

    Here are the lovely gremlins who have already made the EXCELLENT choice to follow my nonsense, as well..

    Stay tuned for more magic!

    -Lazarus

    Also, if you are one of the esteemed gremlins jumping ship to Mastodon, etc., follow me in the Fediverse. My username is @opensorceryy.

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