I saw this post from @BlackAzizAnansi that Mastodon remains an overwhelmingly white space and I can't refute that, but I'm angry that it is this way. My experience in tech is that there's no shortage of black talent or black voices, there's a shortage of black opportunity and space due to racism. I see that reflected here. I feel like if we want a #blackmastodon then we can't be passive about this, we have to be intentionally inclusive, intentionally anti-racist. It's not enough to just support.
With greater adoption of Masto comes more likelihood of running across jackasses in your feed.
Do yourself the favor of adopting the Ambercadabra Zero Strikes rule (patent pending).
Life is too short to tolerate random strangers being jerks. Mute, block, unfollow liberally and often and protect your peace on the big wild internet so you can make room for people who don't make being keyboard warriors their whole personality. Trust me that it's better this way.
So Jesus physically ascended into heaven. Doubting Thomas got schooled on the subject. The burning question for me has always been, where is he now? I mean, if he ascended physically, he must be sitting somewhere waiting to come back. Is he on the moon? Is he sitting in the Bahamas with SBF? Is he in heaven? If heaven is a physical place, then do I have to die to get there? Questions. I have a lot of questions.
@JoseMarichal @academicchatter
I’m a GenXer, and this was the constant refrain from old people. I guess that’s what happens when you grow up and get a lawn to defend.
@CrockettForReal
I just use it as an excuse to not workout until I get new batteries.
@verge
The other 70%? Meh. Not so much.
@mayaisloading
I hate it when I step on that thing!
@lcrw
My heart flutters with the Christian fellowship.
Jesus, if Trump can sell out on his NFTs maybe he should come up with insurrectionist NFTs for the the rubes. Hell! Even I might even pony up for a Marjorie Taylor Greene-Lantern. Or a Lauren Boebert Cat Woman, if you know what I mean😏.
#nft
I wrote this. Please share it widely. Thanks!
https://newrepublic.com/article/168881/must-fight-better-america-no-choice
@Sivavaid
Thank you for this! “Polarization” is just Orwellian newspeak along the lines of “ both-siderism” thats polluted our discourse and will be repeated in myriad forms until journalists say “enough”!
@ajcan
With the number at the bottom, are you sure this isn’t a mug shot?
…They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past. - Jean-Paul Sartre 2/2
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors…1/2
RT @glastris
There’s no mystery why news outlets are conflicted about Twitter. It’s is a monopoly with a resource – – access to key readers—that the news media needs. That’s why monopolies are bad! The media are hostages in this case not hypocrites. @monthly https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/17/musk-twitter-journalist-suspension-media-react/
Jiu-jitsu liberal. Couldn't drink well enough to be a writer or a lawyer. Became a stoned philosopher instead. Sometimes pay the bills.