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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 12/02/2026

My NSFW filter on my main account is set up with these settings, and it catches nearly all NSFW content. This should be a good starting point for you! If you use this & don't want to see any of the NSFW content warnings in your feed *at all*, simply change the "Filter action" to "Hide completely".

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 17/01/2025

If you wanna know why I prefer the #Fediverse over Bluesky, this right here is the biggest reason. Because all of these different platforms use #ActivityPub, you have the freedom to choose the social networking software that works best for you, without losing touch with friends... unlike Bluesky.

A large tree grows from a green platform labeled “ActivityPub + more”. ActivityPub is a protocol for communicating between different applications in the Fediverse. The trunk of the tree is labeled The Fediverse, to indicate that all the applications within the tree crown are part of the The Fediverse.

The crown is made up of circles that intersect with each other.

Circle 1: Multimedia (streaming, video, photos, podcasting, images, files).
Apps: Downcast, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Castopod and Nextcloud.
Circe 2: Networking.
Apps: Friendica, Mastodon, Misskey, Pleroma, Diaspora, GnuSocial, Hubzilla, Socialhome, kbin and Lemmy.
Circle 3: Music.
Apps: Funkwhale.
Circle 4: Books.
Apps: Bookwyrm.
Circle 5: Writing.
Apps: Write Freely, Plume, Drupal (via plugins) and Wordpress (via plugins).
Circle 6: Events.
Apps: Mobilizon and Bonfire.

Growing out of the trunk is a separate branch labeled “Paid services”. Apps here are micro.blog and write.as.

Smaller trees around the main tree indicate other protocols for federated social networks.

Off to the right are 3 small trees, one rooted in diaspora protocol, one in the OStatus protocol, and one in the Zot protocol.

The two applications Hubzilla and Friendica connect with Diaspora and OStatus using dotted lines. Socialhome connects to Diaspora. GnuSocial connects to OStatus. Hubzilla connects to Zot.

Off to the left are two small trees, one with its roots in the Matrix protocol and the other with its roots in the XMPP protocol. Nexloud connect to XMPP and Matrix. Drupal connects to XMPP.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 14/12/2024

Chicken fried steak is pretty well known now and onion burgers are slowly gaining prominence, but other favorites of mine like frybread tacos (aka Indian or Navajo tacos), Theta burgers, and fried pies are much less known and man I'm gonna miss having easy access to 'em #Oklahoma #Food

A loaded Oklahoma Onion Burger from Tucker's Onion Burgers in Oklahoma City. It's a smash burger that has a ton of thinly sliced onions smashed into the patty as it cooks, and topped with bacon, American cheese, pickles, and yellow mustard.

A frybread/Indian/Navajo taco. It's a piece of frybread topped with beans, beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, and cheddar cheese.

A Theta burger from Johnnie's Hamburgers in Oklahoma City. It's a burger topped with mayo, pickles, American cheese, and "hickory sauce" - a type of thin, smoky, tangy BBQ-like sauce only found in Oklahoma.

Arbuckle Mountain Fried Pies from Davis, Oklahoma. These are sort of like empanadas - pie crust wrapped around various fruit or savory fillings, then sealed into a half-moon shape and deep-fried.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 13/12/2024

Ooooh. Fresh loaf of beer bread! Surprised how simple this was to make... I'm excited to try it once it cools down! #food #baking

A loaf of jalapeño-flavored beer bread on a wire cooling rack

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 07/12/2024

Hey USAmerican friends! It's that time of year again and the Salvation Army bell ringers will be out soon... but whatever you do, don't drop anything in their bucket! The Salvation Army organization is openly hostile to the LGBTQ+ community and does NOT deserve your donations. Don't feed the bigot

A picture of a Salvation Army red donation bucket with a hand about to insert dollar bills into the top opening. The hand is crossed out with the "NO" symbol, and on the side of the bucket it says, "We don't donate to the bigot bucket"

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 23/11/2024

Man I wish BlueSky had advanced filtering capabilities like Mastodon... Particularly the option to hide with a warning (for stuff you may sometimes want to engage with but not always) instead of just outright removing stuff from your home timeline. Basically like a local labeler that YOU control.

Mastodon's filter settings. Notably, it gives you flexibility for selecting *where* you want the filter to work, as well as the option to either hide filtered content with a visible warning - or hide filtered content entirely.

An example of what a "hidden with a warning" filtered post looks like on Mastodon. The post is not displayed, and there is a banner under the user's PFP that says "Matches filter "NSFW" - Show anyway". If you click on "Show anyway" then the post will be visible.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 23/11/2024

I'm nearly certain this is AI generated imaginary drek but even so... mother of god do I want a dragon couch!!

A post from Facebook showing three different "dragon couches" that look like plush fuzzy dragons curled up for as nap that you can lay on top of.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 20/11/2024

Oh snap I missed my anniversary... As of November 11th, I've been on the #Fediverse for 2 years! It's been a wild ride but I'm so happy I took a leap of faith and gave it a shot when I did! Here's to many more! :dragnhappy:

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 20/11/2024

For lunch today I made more bagel sandwiches, only this time they were ham, turkey, & smoked gouda melts, topped with pickled red onion, leaf lettuce, and a homemade creamy dijon mustard vinegarette on asiago bagels. Fuck it was SO GOOD!! #food #DragonKitchen

A ham, turkey, and smoked gouda bagel sandwich wrapped in foil and cut in half to show the cross-section of the sandwich.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 16/11/2024

My wyvern just giggled and handed this to me

A hand holding a sign that says, "I'm not having a glass of wine. I'm having six. It's called a "tasting" and it's classy". My wyvern is standing in the background, smirking

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 03/11/2024

I swear to fuck I leave town for not even a day and Mother Nature decides to go absolutely *mental* wtf I need to rar at the clouds more often it appears :dragnangry: #okwx

Radar reflectivity for the KTLX radar site near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Much of the state is covered in yellows, oranges, and reds, indicating strong to severe thunderstorms. There are multiple areas outlined in various colors - green, yellow, and red - indicating flash flood warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, and tornado warnings.

The Digital Storm Total Accumulation radar product from the KTLX radar site near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, showing the radar estimated amount of rain that has fallen since the storm began. Most of the area is covered in blue to green, indicating lower rainfall totals, but there are several large areas of purple, blue, and yellow colors, indicating areas that the radar believes have received up to 7" of rainfall.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 31/10/2024

And that's that! Impressed with the process Oklahoma County implemented for early voting, that went quick and smooth! Now to anxiously await the results on Tuesday... :dragnshock: #IVoted

Me and the husbanderg in front of the early voting location

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 26/10/2024

It still blows my mind what people will just throw away. This ostentatiously orange beauty from 1997 was set out on the curb by one of my neighbors for big trash pickup. One *thorough* cleaning and $22 worth of parts later, and she's good as freakin' new again!

A very orange, heavy duty Hoover Commercial Upright vacuum cleaner

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 25/10/2024

Determined that Twitter gets pissy if you hit the DeleteTweet api endpoint more than 10x a second - you get rate limited. I know just enough to figure out where to copy and paste a timeout command into the tweetXer script, slowing it down to ~9x/sec... and voila, no more rate limiting. mfw it

a fuzzy, VHS-quality image of a very 80's looking guy with a mullet that says "HACKERMAN" across the bottom

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 25/10/2024

Holy 429 errors, Batman! I appreciate how fast tweetXer (github.com/lucahammer/tweetXer [github.com/lucahammer/tweetXer]) tries to run but it sure seems to be overwhelming something at Twitter haha But no way in hell am I gonna pay $8+ to a service like Redact to do the same job unless I

The console window for Firefox showing a TON of HTTP 429 errors while tweetXer tries to delete all of my old tweets on Twitter

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 25/10/2024

Still feels kinda bittersweet... but archives are in hand. See ya, Twitter.

The interface for the TweetXer userscript. It says "Deleting 7420 Tweets", and then underneath it says "3407 deleted" with a progress bar. Through the translucent background you can see parts of the Twitter UI.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 17/10/2024

Chicago dogs and mac & cheese for lunch makes dergs happy :dragnhappy: #food #DragonNoms

A plate with a Chicago-Style hot dog (a hot dog topped with mustard, sweet pickle relish, sliced tomato, diced onions, "sport" peppers, and a light sprinkle of celery salt) and some white cheddar mac & cheese

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 10/10/2024

Coca-Cola. Y'all. This "haunted apple" flavor is AWFUL. When you open the bottle, it smells *exactly* like a cheap, highly perfumed pumpkin spice candle... And it tastes exactly how I'd imagine a pumpkin spice-scented candle would taste, too. I like pumpkin spice but this is *VILE* 🤮

A 20-ounce bottle of Fanta "Haunted Apple" flavored soda. The liquid inside is *very* green.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 21/09/2024

Holy fuck I just experienced #Bucees for the first time and it's like someone saw Buy-n-Large from the Pixar movies and decided to make it real I mean.... Look at this insanity

A nearly endless fuel canopy with fuel pumps as far as the eye can see

Me with a "WTF" look standing in front of Buc-ees

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 19/09/2024

:dragneyes: Open window weather soon?! MY BODY IS READY #okwx

The 10-day forecast for Oklahoma City. Highlighted is Mon, Sep 23 - Wed, Sep 25, and the high temperature is forecast to be in the mid-to-upper 70's (~24.4°C)

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 18/09/2024

Hey #Oklahoma friends! #COVID activity is VERY HIGH right now according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Make sure you're vaccinated, and when you go out, wear a mask if you can! #COVID19

The Oklahoma State Department of Health's Wastewater Surveillance Dashboard, showing a graph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles detected in wastewater in the OKC/North Canadian basin over the past year. The graph shows a significant upward trend since the low point in June 2024, and the most recent point on the graph shows just over 1 million virus particles per liter. A label indicates that the current activity level is "Very High".

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 15/09/2024

Well, it's no Portillo's... But there's a local joint called "Cal's Chicago Style" on the other side of town... And it definitely scratched the itch :3 #food #ItalianBeef

An Italian beef and sausage sandwich with hot giardiniera, alongside a pepperoni pizza puff and order of fries

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 06/09/2024

WOAH! Check out this incredible art raffle prize I won from Withelias! I love this perspective, looking up at me as my wings unfurl in flight <3 Thank you so much for the amazing art! If you're not already, go give 'em a follow! meow.social/@Withelias/1... #DraqgonsOfMastodon #Dragon #FurryArt

Baral'heia pumping his wings in flight to gain altitude, illuminated from behind by a cold but soft light. The shadows allow the flecks of opalescent color in his otherwise white scales to glitter and shine to those below him.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 03/09/2024

One thing I thought was incredibly neat about #DenFur was that they had *two* furry #coffee roasters selling their wares - Sacred Beans Coffee and Dragon Roast Coffee (and the head dragon is *adorable* too!). We got some beans from each to try, and... Holy shit. The Secret Estate from Sacred Beans

A bag of Secret Estate Columbian coffee from furry coffee roaster Sacred Beans

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 29/08/2024

Bit the bullet and hit a urgent care clinic, the office visit fee was expensive ($165) but not nearly as bad as it could have been. So the verdict is a fingernail infection along with strep. The nurse practitioner worked with me to choose some inexpensive antibiotics so thankfully with GoodRX

A COVID test strip showing a positive result

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 18/08/2024

Update: I looked away for 5 seconds and OH GOD IT GOT WORSE :dragnmelt: #okwx

My personal weather station showing an ambient air temperature of 106.2°F (41.2°C), with a heat index of 117°F (47.2°C)

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 18/08/2024

*opens front door* ... *closes front door* I'm just... Gonna pretend I didn't see that. #okwx

The software for my personal weather station showing an ambient air temperature of 104.7°F (40.4°C), with a heat index of 114.6°F (45.9°C).

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 16/08/2024

Just got back from Aldi with this. In my defense, I was left unsupervised lol :dragnyell:

A box of Dino & Dragon fruit flavored gummy snacks from Aldi

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 11/08/2024

Holy crap it is *pouring* outside rn. Over 5" of rain have fallen since it started raining at 1:30am, with most of that coming in the last 2 hours... And there's plenty more rain on radar. Highest rainfall rate so far was 4"/hr. #okwx

A rainfall graph from a personal weather station, showing the current rainfall rate as 2.53 inches per hour, and the daily total of 5.33 inches of rain.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 02/08/2024

Ooooh. Very tempted to get a custom license plate for the rawrmobile since they're not expensive here and I hate our default plate design. DRAGON isn't available, nor are several permutations of the word - but this is... :dragnyell::dragnyell::dragnyell:

The Check Availability screen from my state's online license plate renewal system. It shows that the plate "RAWRRR" is not in use and available for application.

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 30/07/2024

Okay so.... the room blocks are closed for either convention so I'm at the mercy of discount travel booking sites if I want to try to go - or else I'm gonna have to pay rack rate (ouch). At least the Sonesta near #DenFur is ✨ n i c e ✨

A screenshot of a discount travel website showing a listing for the "Sonesta Denver Downtown" hotel. An arrow points out the hotel rating, which is "Nice 6.9"

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 29/07/2024

Awwwww yiss it's Chicago pizza time!! I'm amazed Aldi had these but I'm not complaining! :dragndrool:

A frozen sausage and pepperoni Chicago-style deep dish pizza from Gino's East, still in it's box

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MOVED ➡️ @baralheia.dragonchat.org @backup.baral.fyi · 24/07/2024

Oh gods it's true it's so fucking true :dragncrysmile:

A post on Twitter from user rahaeli (@rahaeli) that reads, "Sometimes people ask me how I know all the random shit I know (with varying levels of politeness and belief in it's veracity) and all I got is 'I have ADHD, an internet connection, really good research skills, and zero self-regulatory mechanisms'"

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