AnnieKarl @AnnieKarl@qoto.org

Searching for Mastadon accounts from all your best follows on the bird app one-by-one yields a lot of disappointment and is SLOW. Try out Fedifinder: https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ - it will speed you up! Also, follow @FediFollows to find new awesome accounts to follow.

Here's your evening read, friends.

via The Independent

There is no ethical reason not to vote.

Even if you don’t like the candidates.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vote-midterms-ethical-philosophy-b2217969.html
#news #midterms #voteblue

To help make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.

#DEI
#Education
#Leadership
#Music
#Podcasting
#Volunteering
#Writing

In line with the value we place on #accessibility , and the reason we encourage people to use image descriptions -

When you're writing hashtags that are a combination of several words, please use camel case (LikeThis instead of likethis) - camel case helps screenreaders read the tag as two separate words, rather than trying to read the hashtag as one word.

#Mastodon is an #ActivityPub federated #socialnetwork 🌐
That means no single entity controls the whole network, rather, like #email, #volunteers and organisations operate their own independent #servers, #users from which can all #interact with each other seamlessly 🫂
From #tusky readme 👇
https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky

How many servers can we be on, and do we need to have separate addresses/handles to switch to any of them? #question #usability #servers

Is #Twitter doomed?

Here's a Victorian alarm clock which served as a “memento mori,” reminder of death, in the 19th century. It prompted people to think about the shortness of life. This incredible object is now housed at the Science Museum in London.

Follow me for more #weirdhistory.

#histodon #twittermigration #trademuskfortusk #histmed #histsci #introduction

A quick note of something that may be important for people to know: I already noted that DMs here are a bit sketchy security wise, but (THIS IS THE IMPORTANT BIT): if you mention someone else's account in a DM, Mastodon, yoinks them into the conversation.

So, you know, if you think you're talking about someone behind their back, you might be doing it to their face.

7/ Make no mistake. You cannot trust the Zuckerbergs and Musks of the world to do the right thing with what is essentially a global weapons platform.

We either get serious about protecting democracy, or we cede it to the Putins, the Musks and the Gamergaters of the world.

There's an account on TikTok (@ RoevBros) where a woman asks random men questions about women's bodies. One video asks men, can a woman pee with a tampon in? That men should have the right to make decisions about women's bodies is ridiculous and dangerous. Please #VoteBlue

@TonyStark @TheBatman If Republicans were really honest about what they want to do, nobody would vote for them except the tiny white 1% they are out to empower. So they’re all fine to let Putin propaganda fly.
#VoteBlue

I’ll tell you one thing I’m NOT going to do today: watch cable news. I can’t stand the doom broadcasting. We just all need to #vote & stop freaking out about polls. #voteblue

#vote
#VoteBlue #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #WomenRightsAreHumanRights #VoteBlueToProtectWomen #stopSexism....
Far too much at stake this Election...
#GOTV for #ourDemocracy #ourPlanet

For those of us who came from Twitter: here, clicking "favorite" is different from clicking "like" in Twitter. It just tells the writer "yeah, nice", without enhancing visibility. The only way to enhance visibility is to "boost" (basically, retweet). I suspect all this will change (different clients will have different algorithms, etc) but for now this is how it is...