TwoTwenty @twotwenty@qoto.org

I'm beginning to think that those who have seen the abuse of Twitter by the previous owners and now by Musk, but who haven't yet joined Mastodon, would still rather have elites (whatever their politics) determine the public conversation than let the actual people do that.

A mob of red deer stags in Richmond Park, they were on the edge of the woods and unless you stopped to look from most angles they were perfectly hidden, I crouched down to take the shot, that's when I could see how many there were (shot with a long lens it looks like I was a lot closer than I actually was). #RichmondPark #RedDeer #Stags #RedStags #WildLifePhotography #Nature #Photography #AltText

The Truth About Afghanistan’s Zero Unit Night Raids
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CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable.

A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.

#CIA #Afghanistan

https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-lynzy-billing?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

We need to either regulate or bust up corporations (like Ticketmaster) that corner markets. But to do so, we must get big money out of politics.

When monopoly power is combined with political clout, the public gets taken for a ride. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/whos-hurt-when-monopolies-crash-and?fbclid=IwAR27eDk6eSC2ej0egKw7h0ALjkOsBcF5OUu-H_tBDQnYmHvBXla6HAeF5ok

Chicago’s skyline takes the crown

I shot this a while back on an aerial flight. The fact that the shadows were almost perfectly perpendicular to the lakefront (part of the shoreline anyway) was pure luck. But when I flipped the photo, it turned into a much more dramatic image

#Chicago #Photogrpahy #Architecture #monochromatic #skyline #lakemichigan

Ok, it's been 3-weeks since I've joined Mastodon and here's my take away so far:

1. White folx prioritizing their fuckin feeling OVER their IMPACT of their racist behavior

2. I'm thankful that I was strategic in joining the instance I'm on because, due to their efforts, they've DEMONSTRATED their INTENT to prioritize voices like mine

3. As a Black women, there's no truly safe space for us

For comparison just @FSF thanks to #RMS 's conference in Brno, Czechia in MUNI with the help of free software advocates were able to basically replace proprietary software in education institutions state-wide and all that for next to free.

I took all the domains from https://fediblock.neocities.org/ block list and put it in a csv file that can be imported so you can block all hateful instances.
Download it here

How to import

• go to settings
• click on import & export
• click on import
• under import select domain blocking list
• then select the csv file you downloaded
• click upload
  Boom a friendly mastodon & fediverse experience

A reminder for anyone new to mastodon who might not be happy with some of the racist and bad actors out there on other servers... Just import the fediblock list to your personal blocks and you will be safe from the vast majority of bad actors.
QT: https://qoto.org/@STORM/109260056830000449