conv.

← The whole story
Culture
Fediverse Marks Annual 'Earth, Wind & Fire Day' on September 21

Afternoon posts keep invoking the '21st night of September' line

7 Sep 21 11:02 AM · 2d ago · 7 posts · 1 source · development 7 of 7

Posts continued into the afternoon, with users riffing on the song's own lyric about the date and joking about leaving out cookies for the band.

“Did you set out a plate of cookies for Earth, Wind, and Fire last night? After all, it's about to be the 21st night of September!”

larrypareigis@mastodon.social

Earth, Wind & Fire Band behind the song "September"Maurice White Earth, Wind & Fire co-founder, co-wrote "September"Allee Willis Songwriter who co-wrote "September"Fediverse and social media users Collective participants in the annual tradition

The whole story posts the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump

Peak 7 pieces in two hours at Sep 21, 9 AM; 37 pieces over 6 days (37 posts) Sep 18, 1 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 18, 3 AM — quietSep 18, 5 AM — quietSep 18, 7 AM — quietSep 18, 9 AM — quietSep 18, 11 AM — quietSep 18, 1 PM — quietSep 18, 3 PM — quietSep 18, 5 PM — quietSep 18, 7 PM — quietSep 18, 9 PM — quietSep 18, 11 PM — quietSep 19, 1 AM — quietSep 19, 3 AM — quietSep 19, 5 AM — quietSep 19, 7 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 19, 9 AM — quietSep 19, 11 AM — quietSep 19, 1 PM — quietSep 19, 3 PM — quietSep 19, 5 PM — quietSep 19, 7 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 19, 9 PM — quietSep 19, 11 PM — quietSep 20, 1 AM — quietSep 20, 3 AM — quietSep 20, 5 AM — quietSep 20, 7 AM — quietSep 20, 9 AM — quietSep 20, 11 AM — quietSep 20, 1 PM — quietSep 20, 3 PM — quietSep 20, 5 PM — quietSep 20, 7 PM — quietSep 20, 9 PM — quietSep 20, 11 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 21, 1 AM — 4 pieces · 4 posts — Mastodon 2, X 1, Reddit 1Sep 21, 3 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 21, 5 AM — 4 pieces · 4 posts — Mastodon 4Sep 21, 7 AM — 6 pieces · 6 posts — Mastodon 6Sep 21, 9 AM — 7 pieces · 7 posts — Mastodon 7Sep 21, 11 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Sep 21, 1 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 21, 3 PM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Sep 21, 5 PM — quietSep 21, 7 PM — quietSep 21, 9 PM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Sep 21, 11 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 22, 1 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 22, 3 AM — quietSep 22, 5 AM — quietSep 22, 7 AM — quietSep 22, 9 AM — quietSep 22, 11 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Bluesky 1Sep 22, 1 PM — quietSep 22, 3 PM — quietSep 22, 5 PM — quietSep 22, 7 PM — quietSep 22, 9 PM — quietSep 22, 11 PM — quietYesterday, 1 AM — quietYesterday, 3 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Yesterday, 5 AM — quietYesterday, 7 AM — quietYesterday, 9 AM — quietYesterday, 11 AM — quietYesterday, 1 PM — quietYesterday, 3 PM — quietYesterday, 5 PM — quietYesterday, 7 PM — quietYesterday, 9 PM — quietYesterday, 11 PM — quietToday, 1 AM — quietToday, 3 AM — quiet 123–567
1A fediverse user previews "September"…2More users share the song in the run-up…3–5A wave of short "it's time" posts spreads…6A poster recounts the disputed origin of…
Sep 19Sep 20Sep 21Sep 22yesterdaynow · 5:47 AM ET

What people said 11 voices · best of 20 · verbatim

All 7 developments of Fediverse Marks Annual 'Earth, Wind & Fire Day' on… →

MastodonRedditXBluesky