dyedgrey @dyedgrey@qoto.org

Personally I have experienced a situation in where someone give certain signals about self harm and even worse here on Mastodon a while ago.

I dropped everything and started talking♥️ Ofc offer professional help first(with phone number or anything) but try to talk!

I’m not a psychologist, not by angling shot but I am human🥰

Please, if you see something like this happening take the time and talk with the person! You never know what difference it can make!

This audio is ABOUT experiencing racism here from white liberals,

especially those who don’t know the evolving definition of racism includes the system that keeps it in place.

Which does not exist for Black people.

So whatever race you are

save your “racist to white people” argument.

Shove “just use a Black instance” arguments.

The point is WE SHOULDNT NEED TO.

Audio follows in about 5 minutes.

I’m begging the men here to resist the impulse that tells them women need federation or other technical details of open source disproportionally explained to them.

Turns out a lot of women know an awful lot about tech.

I love you all very much ❤️ here’s a pic of Jean nobody has seen before. She says don’t worry, comrades

Guess who’s playing Elon on Jimmy Kimmel tonight? He’s gonna be mad again.

After a couple of days on #Mastodon I’m very impressed & excited to be part of this growing community! #mastodonmigration

My only humble suggestion is that it needs more #tardigrades aka "water bears."

Tardigrades have survived every mass #extinction on Earth since they evolved about a 1/2 billion years ago. There are ~1,300 known species. And millions of years from now, they won’t even notice we’re gone.

Front row seats to the dumpster fire.

@mekkaokereke A large part of the problem that some white people have is that they do not see themselves as overtly racist. The imagine that racism is attending Klan rallies. Actively hating people. They don't see or understand the systems they take part in that result in systemic racism.
Innuendo Studio recently released an excellent video that details this very issue. Well worth the view.

https://youtu.be/wCl33v5969M

I'm done mourning Twitter.

Now I want to help build the actual future of social media.

And there is no future of social media without the Fediverse.

I’ve boosted lots of info about CWs this week. I’ve also seen CWs weaponized against BIPOC and other marginalized folks, so want to clarify:

White ppl, it’s racist to ask BIPOC to CW racism. Racism CWs are Not For You. (Same goes for other axes of discrimination. If you’re holding the privilege, STFU.)

It’s not ok to harass/confront people about CWs. Just move along. You have tools to curate your feed.

I will boost marginalized voices on this issue. Feel free to unfollow/block me for that. 👋

BIPOC people talking about #racism should not need a #ContentWarning to make white people “feel safe” on Mastodon or other platforms. We need to face the reality of the current and historical harm we have done to others without it being hidden from us. @patricia https://twitter.com/pati_gallardo/status/1590485665535643649

@jentaub
My bird site schadenfreude extends to wishing we could persuade Mush to buy Fox News next.

#Religion has no place in schools unless it is being examined historically from an 'all religions/no religion' perspective...
The practising of faith based customs in schools is segregationist, exclusionist and promotes 'distrust of others'...

#Religion, for those who still think it has relevance, is and always should be an extra-curricular activity...

#atheist #atheism

go to your preferences and check "slow mode". It works on all clients. Instead of skittering past, it forms a notification link at the top of the column.

"[T]here’s been endless hand-wringing about whether Democrats turned off salt-of-the-earth, diner-going Americans by not loudly condemning calls to defund the police. In the wake of Republicans’ weak showing on Tuesday, the political press should lavish similar attention on the ways the fringe right has alienated normal people." 🎯 @michelle https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/opinion/republicans-midterms-abortion.html

For all it's advantages and faults, #Mastodon was not built to be a *new* Twitter. It was built to be *not* Twitter.

That distinction is important.

Two things that are really important on here:

♿ Add text descriptions to your images/videos/audio. Accessibility is fundamental. More info: https://fedi.tips/mastodon-and-fediverse-accessibility-tips/#HowDoIMakePostsMoreAccessibleToBlindPeople

⚠️ Use Content Warnings on anything that people may not want to read right now. It could be upsetting like violence or politics, mild like movie spoilers, but either way it shows empathy and consideration for strangers. More info: https://fedi.tips/staying-safe-on-mastodon/#UsingContentWarnings

These features are key to keeping this place friendly. Please use them. 🙏 ❤️

I must say, that even in the last few days since I joined Mastodon I’ve seen a culture shift - more #politics, more ‘hot takes’, less discussion, fewer #CWs, less #AltText. I hope it’s a blip and urge newbies like me not to unwittingly play out the #coloniser #stereotypes and ride roughshod over the existing culture. It’s a lovely, gentle, curious #community here, would be awful to ruin it because we’re conditioned to something worse.