#meatspace — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #meatspace, aggregated by home.social.
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Denver Post: One Reddit user ousted, and a ‘reign’ over a Louisville online community ends. “In the Louisville subreddit, some users said the former moderator had used the group in an attempt to push a political message, with one saying they are ‘a libertarian who didn’t even live in Louisville and had taken over several small town subs.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/denver-post-one-reddit-user-ousted-and-a-reign-over-a-louisville-online-community-ends/ -
Denver Post: One Reddit user ousted, and a ‘reign’ over a Louisville online community ends. “In the Louisville subreddit, some users said the former moderator had used the group in an attempt to push a political message, with one saying they are ‘a libertarian who didn’t even live in Louisville and had taken over several small town subs.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/denver-post-one-reddit-user-ousted-and-a-reign-over-a-louisville-online-community-ends/ -
Denver Post: One Reddit user ousted, and a ‘reign’ over a Louisville online community ends. “In the Louisville subreddit, some users said the former moderator had used the group in an attempt to push a political message, with one saying they are ‘a libertarian who didn’t even live in Louisville and had taken over several small town subs.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/denver-post-one-reddit-user-ousted-and-a-reign-over-a-louisville-online-community-ends/ -
Denver Post: One Reddit user ousted, and a ‘reign’ over a Louisville online community ends. “In the Louisville subreddit, some users said the former moderator had used the group in an attempt to push a political message, with one saying they are ‘a libertarian who didn’t even live in Louisville and had taken over several small town subs.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/denver-post-one-reddit-user-ousted-and-a-reign-over-a-louisville-online-community-ends/ -
Denver Post: One Reddit user ousted, and a ‘reign’ over a Louisville online community ends. “In the Louisville subreddit, some users said the former moderator had used the group in an attempt to push a political message, with one saying they are ‘a libertarian who didn’t even live in Louisville and had taken over several small town subs.'”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/denver-post-one-reddit-user-ousted-and-a-reign-over-a-louisville-online-community-ends/ -
BBC: The parents using play to stop children getting ‘trapped’ by screens. “Parents have told the BBC about how they try to prioritise meaningful ways to connect with their children, as busy schedules, rising living costs and the pull of technology continue to dominate family life.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/20/bbc-the-parents-using-play-to-stop-children-getting-trapped-by-screens/ -
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/ -
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/ -
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/ -
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/ -
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/ -
Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing face-to-face interaction with computer-based communication. They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/brigham-young-university-online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says/ -
Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing face-to-face interaction with computer-based communication. They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/brigham-young-university-online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says/ -
Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing face-to-face interaction with computer-based communication. They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/brigham-young-university-online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says/ -
Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing face-to-face interaction with computer-based communication. They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/brigham-young-university-online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says/ -
having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.
1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.
2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen
long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁
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having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.
1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.
2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen
long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁
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having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.
1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.
2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen
long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁
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having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.
1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.
2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen
long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁
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having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.
1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.
2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen
long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁
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LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace
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LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace
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LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace
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LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace
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LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace
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How do you leverage a #socialmedia account into a #human #connection? You make stuff that people like until they message you? DM everybody you want to be #friends with? Is it like real life where they say, you can never just connect on purpose there has to be common ground? How much labor until i construct the #commonground? What does it take to even be a #digitalobject for you? I created this because i don't have enough #humanity in #meatspace. How many #posts fix #touch #starvation ?
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Sockpuppet: Live Shows: Song Fight! Live! Five and Twenty https://sockpuppet.band/live/2658-Song-Fight-Live-Five-and-Twenty #LiveShows #SongFight #Meatspace #InPerson #FullSet #Live
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Listening to the latest #DarknetDiaries (https://podcastindex.org/podcast/577105?episode=35548448799) by @jackrhysider. In this episode they used the term #meatspace which I hadn't heard in a while, these days I mostly see AFK or IRL but it got me thinking: is there a term for this concept in other languages outside of the Anglosphere?
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#TerribleTake, but I am starting to realize that curating a satisfying cultural and #intellectual life may be so absorbing that it is #disabling. So easy to distract yourself or use up your mental energy non-productively.
The perils of #LivingYourBestLife? Ugh?
I LOVE #mastodon, but it can sure fool you, like all #SocialMedia, into thinking you are doing something.
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#TerribleTake, but I am starting to realize that curating a satisfying cultural and #intellectual life may be so absorbing that it is #disabling. So easy to distract yourself or use up your mental energy non-productively.
The perils of #LivingYourBestLife? Ugh?
I LOVE #mastodon, but it can sure fool you, like all #SocialMedia, into thinking you are doing something.
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#TerribleTake, but I am starting to realize that curating a satisfying cultural and #intellectual life may be so absorbing that it is #disabling. So easy to distract yourself or use up your mental energy non-productively.
The perils of #LivingYourBestLife? Ugh?
I LOVE #mastodon, but it can sure fool you, like all #SocialMedia, into thinking you are doing something.
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#TerribleTake, but I am starting to realize that curating a satisfying cultural and #intellectual life may be so absorbing that it is #disabling. So easy to distract yourself or use up your mental energy non-productively.
The perils of #LivingYourBestLife? Ugh?
I LOVE #mastodon, but it can sure fool you, like all #SocialMedia, into thinking you are doing something.
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Juntadita AFK Barca Porteña PIP
📍 Parque de La Estación, CABA 🗺 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/596235607
🗓 miércoles 27/3 (jueves no laborable)
🕙 22hs#AFK #meatspace #BarcaPorteña #PartidoPirata #BuenosAires #CABA #Argentina
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Juntadita AFK Barca Porteña PIP
📍 Parque de La Estación, CABA 🗺 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/596235607
🗓 miércoles 27/3 (jueves no laborable)
🕙 22hs#AFK #meatspace #BarcaPorteña #PartidoPirata #BuenosAires #CABA #Argentina
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Juntadita AFK Barca Porteña PIP
📍 Parque de La Estación, CABA 🗺 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/596235607
🗓 miércoles 27/3 (jueves no laborable)
🕙 22hs#AFK #meatspace #BarcaPorteña #PartidoPirata #BuenosAires #CABA #Argentina
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Juntadita AFK Barca Porteña PIP
📍 Parque de La Estación, CABA 🗺 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/596235607
🗓 miércoles 27/3 (jueves no laborable)
🕙 22hs#AFK #meatspace #BarcaPorteña #PartidoPirata #BuenosAires #CABA #Argentina
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Juntadita AFK Barca Porteña PIP
📍 Parque de La Estación, CABA 🗺 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/596235607
🗓 miércoles 27/3 (jueves no laborable)
🕙 22hs#AFK #meatspace #BarcaPorteña #PartidoPirata #BuenosAires #CABA #Argentina
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Recently, a friend in #Meatspace asked a good question that garnered LOTS of good answers:
What is the BEST recorded (as opposed to live) cover #song ever?
I had a few different ideas that got chopped up via genre lines.
This is one from my #IndieMusic genre -
Wow, just stumbled upon "meatspace" as word for real life (not Internet) #meatSpace
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I tried #SecondLife a couple of times, years ago, but one must still interact with strangers, particularly via #SmallTalk and #ChitChat.
No, thank you. Absolutely fucking not.
That's why I don't make or have friends or acquaintances in #MeatSpace.
🤢🤮
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Here on Mastodon, I mean. Not like in #MeatSpace or anything lol
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I like living in #cyberspace much better than #meatspace. I realize now that I am beginning to hate people.
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Good evening #fediverse! I am hitting the kitty basket. Totally exhausted and have to work in #meatspace tomorrow.
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If you prefer cybering in the #metaverse over IRLing in #meatspace then you are #meataverse
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If you prefer cybering in the #metaverse over IRLing in #meatspace then you are #meataverse
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If you prefer cybering in the #metaverse over IRLing in #meatspace then you are #meataverse
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If you prefer cybering in the #metaverse over IRLing in #meatspace then you are #meataverse
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CW: About my name
FiXato
Hello, my name is FiXato.
It started as a handle, or more accurately as a moniker under which I would produce (online) content. As it's become part of my identity over time, I've come to regard it as my name, rather than a nickname though.
In mixed offline and online contexts, or where applicable, I might sign with a combination of my wallet names and online names ¹. While my wallet names are easily found online, I want to be addressed online by my online name, FiXato.Shortened form(s)
People who've interacted with me for a while and who are looking to shorten the name, are free to refer to me as 'FiX'. Just 'F' is fine too, though my preference goes to 'FiX'.
Capitalisation
The odd capitalisation of the name is a stylistic choice, which originates from early logo sketches ², where the X would act as an encapsulating centre glyph.
While the X in my name is capitalised, it does not affect the pronunciation of my name, or indicate the start of the next emphasis.Pronunciation
The closest approximation to my name's pronunciation I've been able to come up with using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is: /fɪks'ɑto/.
If I had to write it phonetically, I'd probably describe it as fix-ah-toh ³ (or fix-ah-tow?).
This would be the preferred pronunciation, though I'm also okay with a more American pronunciation, similar to /fɪkseɪ'to/.
I guess it's similar to how 'tomato' sounds differently between British (/təˈmɑː.təʊ/) and American (/təˈmeɪ.t̬oʊ/) English.The shortened form would simply be pronounced as 'fix'. (Though still written with its F and X capitalised: 'FiX'.)
IPA: /fɪks/Attached is an audio file with a quick pronunciation of my handle using British and American English pronunciation.
Footnotes
¹ The combination of wallet names and online name usually is in the following form: my meatspace ⁴ first name, followed by the initials of my meatspace second and third name, followed by "FiXato" (including double quotes), followed by my meatspace surname.
I.e.$firstName $initial1. $initial2. "FiXato" $lastName.² In the earliest sketches and name choices it was actually 'FiXations', but the balance felt off, and it was already a rather well-used name as well as common English word, which would make searching for content produced under that name rather difficult, so I decided on "FiXato" instead. Of course I later discovered that 'fixato' is also an Italian verb, and that search engines later on decided that it must be a typo (even when explicitly capitalised) of 'fixator', which is a medical device...
³ no, not 'fix a toe'; the 'ato'-part is more a single syllable, and not as separate from the 'fix' part either.
⁴ Meatspace: a term to distinguish the offline from the online life. Meatspace is the aspect of the world where we interact physically. When it comes to my #meatspace name, I might also use the term 'wallet name' instead; i.e. the name that's on the cards and such that are in one's wallet.
No, I don't consider 'in real life' a good alternative to indicate the offline interactions. It has the negative connotation that our online communications are not actually part of the real life, while it merely is just another means of communication.Hashtags
#name #handle #WhatsInAName #HelloMyNameIs #moniker #pseudonym #NomDePlume #penName #pronunciation
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CW: About my name
FiXato
Hello, my name is FiXato.
It started as a handle, or more accurately as a moniker under which I would produce (online) content. As it's become part of my identity over time, I've come to regard it as my name, rather than a nickname though.
In mixed offline and online contexts, or where applicable, I might sign with a combination of my wallet names and online names ¹. While my wallet names are easily found online, I want to be addressed online by my online name, FiXato.Shortened form(s)
People who've interacted with me for a while and who are looking to shorten the name, are free to refer to me as 'FiX'. Just 'F' is fine too, though my preference goes to 'FiX'.
Capitalisation
The odd capitalisation of the name is a stylistic choice, which originates from early logo sketches ², where the X would act as an encapsulating centre glyph.
While the X in my name is capitalised, it does not affect the pronunciation of my name, or indicate the start of the next emphasis.Pronunciation
The closest approximation to my name's pronunciation I've been able to come up with using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is: /fɪks'ɑto/.
If I had to write it phonetically, I'd probably describe it as fix-ah-toh ³ (or fix-ah-tow?).
This would be the preferred pronunciation, though I'm also okay with a more American pronunciation, similar to /fɪkseɪ'to/.
I guess it's similar to how 'tomato' sounds differently between British (/təˈmɑː.təʊ/) and American (/təˈmeɪ.t̬oʊ/) English.The shortened form would simply be pronounced as 'fix'. (Though still written with its F and X capitalised: 'FiX'.)
IPA: /fɪks/Attached is an audio file with a quick pronunciation of my handle using British and American English pronunciation.
Footnotes
¹ The combination of wallet names and online name usually is in the following form: my meatspace ⁴ first name, followed by the initials of my meatspace second and third name, followed by "FiXato" (including double quotes), followed by my meatspace surname.
I.e.$firstName $initial1. $initial2. "FiXato" $lastName.² In the earliest sketches and name choices it was actually 'FiXations', but the balance felt off, and it was already a rather well-used name as well as common English word, which would make searching for content produced under that name rather difficult, so I decided on "FiXato" instead. Of course I later discovered that 'fixato' is also an Italian verb, and that search engines later on decided that it must be a typo (even when explicitly capitalised) of 'fixator', which is a medical device...
³ no, not 'fix a toe'; the 'ato'-part is more a single syllable, and not as separate from the 'fix' part either.
⁴ Meatspace: a term to distinguish the offline from the online life. Meatspace is the aspect of the world where we interact physically. When it comes to my #meatspace name, I might also use the term 'wallet name' instead; i.e. the name that's on the cards and such that are in one's wallet.
No, I don't consider 'in real life' a good alternative to indicate the offline interactions. It has the negative connotation that our online communications are not actually part of the real life, while it merely is just another means of communication.Hashtags
#name #handle #WhatsInAName #HelloMyNameIs #moniker #pseudonym #NomDePlume #penName #pronunciation
