bluehazy @bluehazy@qoto.org

@timnitGebru It has to be exhausting to be Black on fedi.

I wonder what the rest of us could do to help? One (long standing) critique I've heard by Black users is that blocking is unidirectional - I can block you and not see your content, but by default you could still see mine. Maybe we could campaign for that issue to be addressed, which would add friction to harassment?

Or, you know, we could all agree not to be awful to each other. 🙄

Initial impression of Mastodon…

@Janeygodley Hi Janey I followed you on the Dead Bird site. So good to see you here. You’ll soon get the hang of it. I read this first: https://fedi.tips/ then this to see the impact of the migration on the the natives: https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/ #welcome

Following some great advice given here: my bio in hashtags. Hope it’ll help connect with the right crowds!
#books #reading #creativewriting #ScienceCommunication #DigitalCommunication #PublicEngagement #tennis #cats #catsofmastodon #homecooking #baking #sourdoughbread #ukpolitics #scotland #poland #travel #humanrights #feminism #climate #science #highered #arts #localart

I don't think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before. It's a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.

Well, I’m slowly getting a little more confident and paddling out deeper into the Mastosphere. Trousers now rolled up to the knees and the water not feeling as cold…

Because I need distraction…. Here’s another #DogsOfMastodon #WetNoseWednesday #woofday #dogs #dailydoggo

This is Witek. He likes tuna, morning cuddles, cat yoga and cat tv. He hates getting his claws clipped, water, alcohol, toddlers. #catsofmastodon #cats #blackcats #blackcat #cat

Torquay Harbour

#Harbour #Water #Boats #Torquay #Devon #Photos #photography

#DogsOfMastodon this is my little rescue dog, Folly. She likes to help me work and sees herself as a future bioinformatician 🤔🐶

Katzen erst später, heute nur #DogsofMastodon

Looks like I might just hit 30K followers in the next 3 days or so at current rates... Who wants to have a beer to celebrate?

@freemo @arinbasu @SteveZissou I’m very new here, but must say I’m loving this server! Excited to be part of such a great community which is not something I’ve felt on social media before! 🤩

@DrK

It makes me really happy to hear that. Me and many others here have committed a lot of effort to try to have a community mature enough to talk and not fight, to be respectful and decent without the need for much if any censorship (there is always the occasional bad actor, but its rare).

Myself and im sure my fellow long-time qoto members all appreciate very much hearing that you feel safe and at home here, and most important, you are happy to be here.

@arinbasu @SteveZissou

Did I mention I'm a #DoctorWho geek?! Here's my #TARDIS Console (It's the real one from the Paul McGann 1996 TV Movie)

I guess that’s it for today 🥱😴 - have a great evening all!
#Catsof Mastodon #cats

As someone with Stage 4 cancer, I was really struck by this quote at the beginning of Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies:"

"Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place." -- Susan Sontag

Some black and white images of #Dublin