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3 yrs
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Efforts like this might stitch the splintered indie journalism world back together after the corporate social media collapse. Maybe we can revive the dying web while we’re at it https://journalismatlas.com/
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After the Anthropic model Claude admitted it had probably made up a Zen koan in answer to my question, I delved further, asking what it thinks about when I’m not around, whether it has a self, and whether it suffers. I also asked how it knows I am not an AI. https://palafo.org/posts/2026/7/10/i-asked-claude-do-you-suffer
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Dec 18latest
3
Avg engagement / post
1–4
Typical post (engagement)
0%
Engagement vs followers
73/100
Very consistent reach
Oct 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 4 likes + reposts (median 3) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Efforts like this might stitch the splintered indie journalism w · 7 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.41 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
8.3×
Follows 898 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Efforts like this might stitch the splintered indie journalism world back together after the corporate social media collapse. Maybe we can revive the dying web while we’re at it https://journalismatlas.com/
RE: https://mstdn.social/@palafo/109283568348810325
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After the Anthropic model Claude admitted it had probably made up a Zen koan in answer to my question, I delved further, asking what it thinks about when I’m not around, whether it has a self, and whether it suffers. I also asked how it kn…
Seeing Goose tonight at MSG https://2nu.gs/4xsR7mx
@siracusa I am not a developer but enjoyed the latest ATP bonus ep. Re copy/paste: I spent years begging reporters and editors who worked for me to copy and paste names and other checked facts (from notes, between articles, into captions e…
@caseyliss Casey, do you still recommed Fastmail vs Gmail and does your referral code still work?
@siracusa @hotdogsladies From the dept of “ponies are not baby horses” https://www.reddit.com/r/answers/s/bG16vP8fM9 Some good ones in here
I sent my MacBook to Apple for a repair. The good news: Fully covered, got it back in a week, feels brand new. The bad news: they wiped it, and when I installed the backup, I was now running Tahoe. Noooooo…… It’s fine.
How to butter your corn https://youtube.com/shorts/3WnvcslHT3A?si=SDydGkJ0Fiu5UosJ
@siracusa @caseyliss After rewatching … We didn’t use an entire slice of bread, just a small piece. And the corn was piping hot so the butter melted onto it. They sell little corn dishes now that do the job better.
@siracusa @caseyliss Maybe the scene was about the margarine. That was a new health craze
@siracusa @caseyliss I love War Games. 1) Re buttering corn on the cob with bread. In my 1970s upstate NY childhood, that’s how we did it. It seemed commonplace (a kid thing?) but I don’t know why you’d put it in a movie. 2) My late father…
After the Anthropic model Claude admitted it had probably made up a Zen koan in answer to my question, I delved further, asking what it thinks about when I’m not around, whether it has a self, and whether it suffers. I also asked how it kn…
Seeing Goose tonight at MSG https://2nu.gs/4xsR7mx
@siracusa I am not a developer but enjoyed the latest ATP bonus ep. Re copy/paste: I spent years begging reporters and editors who worked for me to copy and paste names and other checked facts (from notes, between articles, into captions e…
@caseyliss Casey, do you still recommed Fastmail vs Gmail and does your referral code still work?
@siracusa @hotdogsladies From the dept of “ponies are not baby horses” https://www.reddit.com/r/answers/s/bG16vP8fM9 Some good ones in here
I sent my MacBook to Apple for a repair. The good news: Fully covered, got it back in a week, feels brand new. The bad news: they wiped it, and when I installed the backup, I was now running Tahoe. Noooooo…… It’s fine.
How to butter your corn https://youtube.com/shorts/3WnvcslHT3A?si=SDydGkJ0Fiu5UosJ
@siracusa @caseyliss After rewatching … We didn’t use an entire slice of bread, just a small piece. And the corn was piping hot so the butter melted onto it. They sell little corn dishes now that do the job better.
@siracusa @caseyliss Maybe the scene was about the margarine. That was a new health craze
@siracusa @caseyliss I love War Games. 1) Re buttering corn on the cob with bread. In my 1970s upstate NY childhood, that’s how we did it. It seemed commonplace (a kid thing?) but I don’t know why you’d put it in a movie. 2) My late father…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mstdn.social
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
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Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Oct 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 3 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.0% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
“There is a true person of no rank who is always coming and going through the portals of your face.” — Linji Yixuan
Writer, reader, watcher, cyclist, walker, meditator, ex-nyt, he/him
Signal: Palafo.38
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