Charlotte 猫 Awoo Fide @confusedcharlot@awoo.space

I'm a white person who's been on the fedi for 4 years. I witnessed the rise and fall of PlayVicious.social (aka "PV"), an instance that was thoughtfully moderated by an all-BIPoC team. it was a nexus of brilliant, creative, funny people who made the fediverse a better place. and then it shut down, and so many Black and Brown people gave up on this place as a result. it was a huge, huge loss.

why did that happen, you ask? I'm gonna let Ro (former admin of PV) tell that story, because it's come up again recently: https://ubiqueros.com/notes/97vj3h30hp
I was a w.e mod when this went down. it's all true; he's not exaggerating.

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. https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/police-use-private-database-to-id-racially-profile-roma-in-us/
#roma #romani #investigativejournalism #unicornriot #journalism #surveillance #databases #police #policetraining

" 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

@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: https://linktr.ee/graysonbell

it's embarrassing how poorly this instance is run

It’s #slimemoldsunday! This is one of my favorite finds, the Pretzel Slime Mold (Hemitrichia serpula) #mosstodon #slimemold

Hi! I’m Jessica and I’m a #generative designer in the Catskill Mountains. My design studio is called Nervous System http://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

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

Queen Cow #happycowgifs #cows https://redd.it/z0q25m

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
text START to 678-678
🌐 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

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

#TDoR

yiff.life does have mastodon.social silenced. this will significantly reduce your reach into smaller instances if you are on m.s

Match me an instance:

- non-white
- queer
- organizer/activism
- freelance writer
- fighting the right wing
- very low tolerance for oppressive BS

Do you like your instance? Is it well-moderated?

I appreciate all good-faith recommendations!

#TwitterMigrate #Instances #BIPOC #queer

so my Gay Cats bot has been migrated to mastodon! It posts pictures of cats, one every hour.
It's at @gaycats

tech.lgbt is already my favourite instance because it has blahaj emoji