Eubie Drew (QOTO 🦣) @EubieDrew@qoto.org

If you’re joining @Mastodon, welcome! Please be aware that some of us long-time users have been here for literally tens of days so please respect our experience and expertise (🤣) but do reach out if you have any questions, any questions at all.

Let us relish this brief period -- very brief, I imagine -- when many journalists have more followers than the not-yet-migrated magazines and shows that they write for. 🙃 #journalism #media #scicomm

If you know what a modem sounds like, it may be time to schedule that colonoscopy and/or mammogram.

Twitter's trending box right now is perfection

"Well Clarice. Have the lambs stopped screaming?"

Macro shot of a leaf. Shot with Samsung Galaxy Note 10 plus and apexel100mm macro lens. 😊

#macro #macrophotography #macrooftheday #fall #autumn #leaf #veins #picoftheday #smartphonepic

80% of Black Americans said social media help shed light on rarely discussed issues; the same share of White Americans said these sites distract from more important issues
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/07/11/public-attitudes-toward-political-engagement-on-social-media/

#rant

#niceness vs #kindness:

Niceness is the set of rules us white people established and force on everyone else, allowing us to punish anyone not seen as "nice" (as in, not playing by our shitty rules).

Kindness is giving a damn about other people and acting accordingly; kindness is sometimes speaking out but also sometimes shutting up. Kindness does not force others to submit to a set of arbitrary rules that favor white people.

I don't want a nice #Mastodon, I'd like a kind one.

I'm fascinated by how often people seek niceness in their social media experiences.

The inability to tolerate discomfort is a hallmark of the dominant culture.

I seek realness, and often that is an extension of what's happening in the real world.

Currently the real world is not entirely a nice place.

Is anyone else looking forward to reading the DOJ's reply brief in Trump's special master case? 🤓 (It's due today)