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

🎅🏻 Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus & he's sending #PostcardsToVoters to help elect Democrats Aaron Rouse & Holly Seibold in Virginia's January 10 Special Election! Merry Christmas!

#Virginia

My kid’s teacher made toys for her class based on their drawings.
Pay teachers more

Several Mastodon instances (including Newsie) have come under cyber-attack recently by state-level actors.

If you are the admin of a Mastodon Instance that overlaps arts, human rights, civil society, journalism, or democracy and would like FREE cyber security protection from Cloudflare as part of Project Galileo please reach out as Fourth Estate is a long-time Project Galileo partner

See: https://www.cloudflare.com/galileo/

Worth reading this for mastodon server admins: A guide to potential liability pitfalls for people running a Mastodon instance by the amazing Denise

https://denise.dreamwidth.org/91757.html

#LegalLiability #MastodonAdmins #legal #liability #fediverse

This shit is egregious y'all

Gift article from the Washington Post: “A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon.”

https://wapo.st/3HLOF3e

I think all those “How to Mastodon” articles are going about it all wrong. They start by explaining federation and talking about how to choose a server. Yes that’s the first step but it’s also where we lose people. Just put that aside. Start by talking about how you use Mastodon, all the great apps, the culture, etc. Then end with the first step, that “all you have to do is pick a server to get started” and explain how. You have to hook a fish before you can reel it in.

WarInTheFuture @WarInTheFuture Gen. Mick Ryan
uanews Bot @uanews curated list
Johan Roux @RouxJ
Internews Ukraine @Internews_Ukraine
UkraineWorld @UkraineWorld
John Aravosis @aravosis
The Dead District @TheDeadDistrict
P.Style @PStyleOne1
Ivan E. Gubkin @IvanGubkin
Scott Lucas @ScottLucas
Rita Armstrong @saint_rebel_ukraine_

#Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineWillWin #SlavaUkaraini
#UA #StandWithUkraine #StandUpForUkraine

Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri Commentator
Ukraine Will Win @UkraineWillWin
inteldoge @inteldoge Reporter
War Mapper @warmapper Daily war maps
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical Intelligence
Mark Hertling @markhertling Military Analyst
H I Sutton (Covert Shores) @CovertShores Analysis
Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner Russian Media Watcher
Paul Massaro @apmassaro3 Reporter
mhmck @mhmck Analyst
Tendar @Tendar Reports
Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB

#twittermigration #UkraineWar

Oh this is too good. Since Twitter is now blocking Mastodon links, someone has created a link shortener to hide them. Gotta love the URL:

https://spacekaren.sucks/

As Twitter kicked me out of the so-called digital town square, I'm trying to embrace the open source Mastodon with high hopes.
Please say hello and help me to navigate through this new app.
#newbie #hello #India #twitter

“Your vote keeps #democracy healthy.” #GetOutTheVote #PostcardsToVoters for #Virginia from #upcycle bran cereal boxes. #AdamRouseForSenate #HollySeiboldForHouseDelegate

Mastodon please help me with something. I'm a #trans guy with practically no trans guy friends. I know nothing about trans guys. I only know about James.

I could really do with some transmasc and trans men friends so.... hi?

Boosts encouraged 💜

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

Hi! Figured I should finally do an #introduction post. I’m a former librarian (except not really - once a librarian, always a librarian).

SFF fan, language geek. Interested in environmental & social justice issues. I love nature photography, which I’m seeing a lot more of here - yay!

Need to relearn how to post regularly. The face site and the bird site became bad places to engage with anything. This is a refreshing new beginning.