Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

I love all the amazingly talented photographers on #Mastodon

Last #caturday of 2022 from casa Mercier!

#MickeyRaccoon #Zzz #cat

Toe beans!

#caturday #catsofmastodon

Their message is very clear.

#caturday

A perfect world doesn't exi—

Instead of: no one wants to work anymore. Try: no one wants to be exploited anymore.

#caturday

One of the best decisions I made in 2022 was leaving Twitter for Mastodon.

I sense that I will need to become much more liberal with my blocking here on #Mastodon. In the less than two months that I've been here, I've successfully minimized use of blocking. I had hoped that this would continue much longer, but I frankly did not anticipate the very rapid rise in followers and engagement here (most of which has been great, but the non-great aspect is gradually increasing).

So I find myself having to repeat now much the same words as I have in the past on #Twitter and Google+ and even on far earlier platforms and ecosystems over the years.

I have a very low tolerance for what I interpret to be impolite and/or snarky replies, or for replies that in my view are inconsiderate of what I consider to be basic human values.

So, when I noted here last night that Barbara Walters had died at 93 after a trailblazing career of more than 50 years in broadcasting, and the first reply promoted a 2013 "hate piece" about her, I was very displeased. The time for such replies is not when someone has just died hours earlier, at least not on my threads. There's plenty of time later for retrospective discussion of any deceased individual's characteristics and actions, no matter how angelic or evil that person may have been.

Anyway, that's how I run my own social media, and always have, all the way back to the earliest days of Usenet and ARPANET mailing lists. As the saying goes, "your mileage may vary" -- but the way that I've been doing this works for me.

Best, -L

#caturday

If I had one naive wish for 2023, it's that a lot of fellow men who need to grow up would grow up in 2023.

In one week's time on social media, I've found myself confronted by men — it's always men — accusing me of "whining" and of being "emotional."

Those are tired old charges men have long used to control women or other men they want to feminize. They reveal such embarrassing immaturity on the part of men slinging around these slurs. Lots of my fellow men really do need to grow up.

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MY COPILOT: We just lost 4 engines!

ME: Don't worry, we still have *counts on fingers* oh okay I see the problem now

Cheers to all the people who can change their minds when presented with information which contradicts their beliefs.
(Or something very close to that, my short-term memory is a little fucked up from alcohol and weed right now)

Why don’t year-end summaries about the economy mention this year’s record high corporate profits, unprecedented levels of corporate concentration, highest-ever CEO pay, or record levels of corporate political contributions in a midterm election?

I stopped making new years resolutions a few years ago when I peaked.

Happy #Caturday from Stinky, who we suspect is actually two cats welded together. #CatsOfMastodon

Putin no longer entertains the idea of taking Ukraine.

He will just slowly destroy the whole country and as long as the West fears "provoking putin" withholding long range weapons, he can do it for 10 years or more.

Mikolaiv, now.

In the winter we sometimes get hoar frost.
Wich is the case in this image.
The trees are all frosty looking.

You can see it larger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/frosty-forest-jan-luit.html

#AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Nature #mastoart #Natuur #NaturePhotography #giftidea #Naturelovers #NatureBeauty #Photography #fotografie #PhotographyIsArt #FediGiftShop