AmandaHilden @AmandaHilden@qoto.org

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: Encouraging kids to be who they are is suicide prevention.

I love this guy. #weird #mastodon #inspire #motivation

#Motivation #EatTheRich #EnoughIsEnough

“Please, sir, may we have some dinner? We haven’t eaten in a week!”

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #australianshepherds

In case you need to see a dog in a hat... And let's face it who doesn't?

#dogsofmastodon

Failure is an opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently.

#Tuesday #tuesdaythoughts

People are beginning to believe they are worth what they are paid, it's time workers are paid what they are worth.

#TuesdayThoughts

7 things all kids need to hear

1 I love you

2 I'm proud of you

3 I'm sorry

4 I forgive you

5 I'm listening

6 RAID is not backup. Make offsite backups. Verify backup. Find out restore time. Otherwise, you got what we call Schrödinger backup

7 You've got what it takes

This is Guv. She’s nearly 6. She likes cheese, belly rubs, and tennis balls. #dogs #dogsofmastodon #rottweilers

@AmandaHilden I straddle both. I post more "private" feelings, statements, and initiate posts *here*. If I'm inclined, I link to the post on the Bird Site so people can see it as they are inclined, but I keep my follow list *VERY* low, and I'm inclined to shrink it from time to time looking for people I don't interact with and are unlikely to ever do so.

The Bird Site has official Mojang Status as well as various other feeds I have interest in. If and as they come here, I follow here. The thing about finding your joy is you can always keep looking, and change over time just as venues change. There's no harm in it, and as I've commented elsewhere, I'm not *married* to Mastodon. And you don't have to be either. :)

@AmandaHilden Some are moving over. I've been able to bring my wife and a few friends over to qoto.org. I'm happy to follow some of my Twitter feed here now.

I'm more comfortable posting "low key" stuff here, such as with #DogsOfMastodon or #Minecraft. The Bird Site gets too ugly in a hurry with random people. I use Bird Site to see who's moved or may be considering.

I think the important point is to find your "joy" and do *THAT*. If it's Twitter where you find your joy, that's cool! That's ok, that's where you should be. And you can be on both. The important consideration is your joy, and I look forward to you mentioning you are finding it there. Wherever "there" actually is for you. :)

Dealing with gender issues in STEM can be a real challenge when everybody who's in charge of fixing them is male.

Goleudy Trwyn Du, Penmon

Trwyn Du lighthouse at Penmon, Ynys Môn.

#cymru #wales #penmon #YnysMôn #goleudy #lighthouse #coast #sea #weather #trwyndu #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #sky #weather

A little cabin in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border.

#LandscapePhotography #photography #Minnesota