JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

Find somebody who loves you as much as Mastodon's creators love Elon Musk

I was blessed with a double portion of generosity today. So, the single mom who told me she unfortunately wouldn't be able to get the paintings she commissioned until after the holidays, got her paintings at no charge.

We can get through the messy and painful times if we remember how to take care of each other. Today's events were life affirming for me. Life has been painful, but today reminded me I'll be okay.

I'm desperately trying to permanently leave the bird app, but as a freelance journalist, it has also been a crucial tool in getting work

I'm posting my favorite stories from 2022 here with the hopes that I can find community here: (boosts very welcome)

1) My beat in Colombia can get pretty grisly. But this year also brought with a chance for me to focus on peace-building.

This was a fun one: I talked to demobilized guerillas who seek peace through brewing.

https://www.ozy.com/pg/newsletter/the-daily-dose/450065/

How is it I haven't seen this meme here yet?

Finished this today for a commission. I did things a little differently this time to make the colors more vibrant, and I like it!

an incredible play in three acts

If you're new to Mastodon and haven't heard already, try to avoid posting videos, especially now, because they place a big demand on servers trying to cope with a wave of new users. If you can, put a video on Youtube and link to it.

It's like there's a tweet for everything he does. I love this.

#JohnMastodon really isn't getting the level of appreciation that he deserves, if we're all being honest with ourselves.

So I found a pic of #johnmastodon and you're not gonna believe this

Many are saying Mastodon reminds them of the early days of social media. It's true. My feed is filled with cat photos. Take away the capitalist profit-motivated algorithms and the cats emerge once again to lead us.

Not too long ago, our team gathered up some information on privacy, security, and accessibility here on #Mastodon.

If your friends are on the fence, this may be a helpful share: https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2022/11/21/we-joined-mastodon-heres-what-we-learned-about-privacy-and-security