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NEW Investigation:
A Unicorn Riot investigation uncovered dossier records from a privately curated database of Romani people in the US, and a web of training programs; many of these have been canceled due to pressure from activists and concerned citizens. unicornriot.ninja/2022/police-
#roma #romani #investigativejournalism #unicornriot #journalism #surveillance #databases #police #policetraining

More people are nice at first, they give you the feeling to create something meaningful. But more people also mean more work, especially if it's not a community with already established community standards.

So to all the admins out there: Please close registrations the first moment you have a feeling of "this is going to be to much". Be honest with yourself. This will help you, your users and the instance to be healthy on the long run.

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some thoughts from a dreamwidth founder on running a service like mastodon on the internet (us centric)

denise.dreamwidth.org/91757.ht

" November 10, 2019 15:20

Dear new WOC on the fediverse. You will not be protected from harassment on here unless you're a part of an instance that actively centers the protection of its users.

2, there's plenty of us on here that been around for a while and have been combating this for a time. We're here if you want to chat and our TL has plenty of receipts and is an archive on combating the whiteness of misogyny directed at women and femmes of Color."

artist marcia x @ pv

@AmyDentata they gotta find new ways to dress up the same old shit to an increasingly hostile audience, kinda like advertising on tumblr

@Curator

Howdy! I'm Grayson Bell. I'm an autistic, gay, trans writer of both queer fiction and non-fiction.

I have a collection of queer romances and erotic romances (#MMRomance) on Amazon and am posting a #scifi story on #KindleVella featuring queer main characters.

I also write about LGBTQ+ issues on #Medium, focused mainly on the #Trans community.

You can find links to all my writing and socials on LinkTree: linktr.ee/graysonbell

Hi! I’m Jessica and I’m a #generative designer in the Catskill Mountains. My design studio is called Nervous System nervo.us. We create #art, #jewelry, #lighting, and jigsaw #puzzles inspired by natural patterns and made via code and digital crafts (mostly #lasercutting and #3dprinting)
I’m obsessed with #fungi, #lichen, #coral and other weird creatures! I’m mom to a toddler, a baby and 3 cats #introduction #introductions

@nervous_jessica that's not an easy question to answer. mastodon dot social (and online) are big enough that their admin doesn't need to care if they get defederated, but of course the goal is to get them to deal with their moderation problems

i usually hedge, by maintaining multiple accounts, but that has headaches of its own.

with the flagship instances being as shitty as they are, it'll be a miracle if masto can get any black people to stay

Thinking about when the wall of the salt warehouse collapsed and it turned out to just be full of loose salt, like a child might imagine

normal things to do at 6:39 am on a monday:
nmap-scan your local network so you can find your label maker to make a tumblr meme

It's a heavy day for all of us.

If you are in a bad place for ANY REASON, or just need someone to talk to, I implore you to reach out.

Trevor project lifeline:
📱 1-866-488-7386
:ms_speech_bubble: text START to 678-678
🌐 thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

We love you. We need your light. This world is a better place with you in it.

:blobhearttranscat: #TDoR

parallel universe where instead of .social and .online there are 50 officially recommended instances for newcomers and they have good dedicated staff and are ready to expand

it was entirely achievable

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Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

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