Lizzy (@mousebumples) @Mousebumples@social.cleverlibre.org

I am reading where #black people are being mistreated on Mastodon. The instance I chose, "mindly.social," appears to be very welcoming. I have not received any adverse reactions to my posts from anyone. I suppose it depends on the individual #fedicommunity.

#blackandproud
#blackmastodon
#IWrite
#Educator
#blacktwitter

Hi all. Reaching out to see if anyone on the South Shore of #Massachusetts or in the #Boston area could boost this...

My coworker and friend, Mike King, has gone missing. He and I are on together every night on WBZ; him doing traffic, me doing news.
He has been missing since yesterday. He never showed up for work. We are all extremely worried about him.

If you are in #Weymouth, #Braintree, #Hingham, anywhere nearby. please keep an eye out. Thank you.

Scam Alert!

If you receive an email or response on Mastodon like the following, DO NOT click the link. It is a scam fishing for login details at the very least.

"Mastodon has detected botting malware on your PC that is congesting the Mastodon network. All affected accounts will be suspended within 24 hours unless removed. _https://REDACTEDLINK"

For #women in #science, our work often gets framed in a way that focuses on gender. It’s not a bad thing, but there’s so much more to who we are.

Many of us didn’t set out trying to be “females in science” so much as simply “scientists” doing research we love.

Our contributions are frequently less about shattering glass ceilings, and more about succeeding at institutions that weren’t built by us or for us.

I do really like it here, but it's super clear that Black folk and POC are absolutely not having the same nice peaceful experience as I am, and until that changes I'm not gonna be all-in on this place.

I learned exponentially more from listening to the experiences of these folk on the birdsite than I did from any "equality and diversity initiative", and if they're not coming here then that's a huge problem.

All the nice people I used to follow on #Twitter are now appearing in my #fediverse timeline. Their activity was lost to all that algorithmic timeline I was receiving.

Even though still I interract with fewer people than on Twitter, what I read is of greater value.

In a sane world, being pro-life would mean being pro-Medicare for All, pro-gender-affirming care, pro-Green New Deal, and pro-gun safety.

🍑Georgia!!! Donut Forget to Vote for #SenatorWarnock in the Dec. 6 runoff. Your vote really, really matters! #PostcardsToVoters #WarnockWorksForGeorgia

#Accessibility

How do we gently encourage people to use alt text?

I’m trying to get in the habit of not boosting posts that have inaccessible images. There are times I want to say “hey, I love this and wanted to boost it, but there’s no alt text”—but I’m not convinced it’s the best approach. If somebody’s response is “eff off, who asked you?” then we haven’t accomplished anything useful.

What works best to encourage without being annoying or making folks defensive?

Researchers have estimated that if we still had a federal assault weapons ban, we would see 70% fewer mass shooting deaths.

S-E-V-E-N-T-Y PERCENT.

Reinstating it should be a no-brainer.

15 more #PostcardsToVoters headed to Georgia to remind fellow Democrats to vote for Rev. Warnock in the runoff election. Write with us! Text join to 484-275-2229!

#WarnockWorksForGA
#VoteBlueToProtectDemocracy
#VoteBlueToProtectWomen

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

I just heard someone call Texas the land of gun care and health control; never heard something more true.

🐾Do you like dogs? 🐾
Consider @IsMichelleOK & I’s #GivingTuesday drive for foster-based MCP Rescue in #Chicago! After it saved our Eazy we’ve tried to pay it forward by fostering 9️⃣ pups! We hope to continue to help more & also support other fosters!
https://mcpgivingtuesday2022.funraise.org/fundraiser/michelle-rutkowski

"I would rather have questions which can't be answered — than answers which can't be questioned."

#RichardFeynman #Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence #Physics #Philosophy #SpeakingTruthToPower

Look what I got in the mail today! Thank you, Jennifer! You can count on me to #Vote4Warnock to preserve #democracy! #warnock #warnockforsenate #demcast

@MaureenGriswold I'm doing #PostcardsToVoters to help #WarnockForGA too! I'm in a red rural area, so it helps me be involved, as there's no DNC office near.

This morning’s #PostcardsToVoters. Each day, @Cheryl_Crowe and I spend 10 minutes to help GA & @SenatorWarnock. 5 cards each: 10¢ for the card, 44¢ for the stamp. A small investment to reach out personally and ask someone to help secure the future. Cards are very PDX, I know.😀🚲