ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

#Introduction
An #open-source and #decentralization advocate, had my eye on Mastodon for a while. Following the crowd today to dip my toes.
Interested in #linux, #programming, #python and #rust #backpacking, #gardening, #cooking, #diy, #scfi, #fantasy.

A dad, a wanderer, a thinker, a human. A decided optimist.

"The world's vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are. Think of that sometimes." - Ursula LeGuin

I’m surprised by the network quality on Mastodon (hello, hi) which seems to be outstripping the UX. There are still so many rough edges which drive me nuts about this product, but I will say it’s good to see you all.

Here’s a photo of what I’m up to: a yeast photo shoot

[Part 1 of 3] If trees could talk, they wouldn’t talk to police.

Or, for many of us, since we know that trees can and do talk in various ways, we’re sure that they would never, ever talk to the police. Especially since many of those cops want to cut them down!

We also know that trees can and do lend solidarity aplenty, whether to the ecosystems of which they are a part, those humans who sit with them, or by nonconsensually giving up their lives and limbs to be turned into paper for, say, postcards.

The trees’ sacrifice doesn’t have to be in vain. Postcards, too, can lend solidarity, and in defense of the trees and, particularly right now, those humans who are forest defenders.

This week, six folks were arrested in Weelaunee Forest on the stolen lands now called DeKalb County, Georgia, as police cracked down hard on @defendatlantaforest and @stopcopcity. They were charged with “domestic terrorism” and then denied bond.

The trees know, as we also do, that protecting forests—including by gathering in them to make and share food, engage in sacred rituals, offer and learn skills, play music and dance, and assorted other communal, life-giving activities—is the exact opposite of those charges, and that trees and people should be free.

For now, that forest (and all trees, no doubt) and those who are doing on-the-ground jail support in the Atlanta area are asking for all of us to send postcards to the six jailed forest defenders. (Scroll through the infographics here for exact instructions.)

Each postcard will not only bring care and comfort to the six forest defenders who are likely going through a range of hard/scary/stressful emotions and times but is also an implicit #ACAB to the cops and courts.

Somehow, if those postcards that used to be trees could talk, I suspect they’d glad to be bearers of solidarity—but remember, make sure your postcards don’t inadvertently talk to the cops either (again, read the instructions here carefully!).

(photos: both were taken in mid-October when I had the blessed pleasure of visiting this forest during sukkot 5783/2022)

#ForestsNotFascism
#SolidarityIsOurBestWeapon
#AllCopsAreBad #AllCourtsAreBad
#DefendAtlantaForestDefenders

Hey, everyone. Quick #introduction since I'm new here. I'm a high-profile mom loving and raising a trans kid in Texas. I'm currently suing Gov. Greg Abbott after he directed CPS to investigate my family because of it. (info at https://www.aclu.org/cases/pflag-v-abbott)

Twitter got real weird real quick, so I'm hoping Mastodon can be a safe space for me to shine a light on the ways you can stand up to #ProtectTransKids. Thanks in advance for the follows. Let's get to work.

#twittermigration

A list of questions to unpack the moral dimension of any technology

> 1. What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me?
> 2. What habits will the use of this technology instill?
> 3. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of time?
> 4. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of place?
> 5. How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to other people?

...and so on. Excellent

https://thefrailestthing.com/2014/11/29/do-artifacts-have-ethics/

Another Twitter migration burst, so...

Hello Tweeps :) Are you into #anime, #manga, #gaming, or other #otaku stuff while also being a sensible person who thinks racial slurs aren't funny?

Good news! https://urusai.social is the Mastodon #instance for you! :kannapoggers:

All the weeb stuff. None of the trash

Migrating to another #server is easy and even brings your followers!

Come be a nerd with us

#BoostMe

Journalist followers - I've just put out a big thread on Twitter to help with newsgathering and news distribution across all social platforms - LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp, Mastodon, and Post.News, and got it unrolled by Threadreader - it's here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1603904147107237888.html

#FollowFriday lives! I started to organize these by type but it gave me the anxiety so no. Also I am therefore bound to remind you that this is a partial and fairly random list. Look at my follows if you want! I think you can do that?

@Stonekettle
@Popehat
@georgetakei
@stephenfry
@GreatDismal
@neilhimself
@ColleenDoran
@dianeduane
@RustySellsword
@TheRealElvira
@jortsthecat
@tomtomorrow
@kurtbusiek
@damnyouwillis

and the champion of Mastodon migration in my book

@alexwinter

Need a last-minute gift? There's still time to get #books from your local indie bookseller (find one on IndieBound.org or Bookshop.org)! Here's a pile of the books I've published over the past 9 years -- some are science journalism, and some are science fiction. My latest novel, The Terraformers, comes out in Jan. 31 and you can pre-order it now!

If you want to know more about each of these books, I've written a little introduction to them here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmP5nh0PqUM/

"Many people are familiar with the #GoodNightWhitePride logo – a silhouette image of an #AntiRacist kicking a #NeoNazi in the head.  

But few people know that the image comes from a photo taken at a 1998 counterprotest of a KKK rally in #AnnArbor,#Michigan."

An interview with #HarlonJones.

https://itsgoingdown.org/good-night-white-pride-interview-harlon-jones/

#BlackMastodon,#BlackFriday,#Antifa,#BlackAntifa,#Fascism,#Racism

Dibujo del cometa Hale-Bopp - From Angel R. Lopez Sanchez - https://flic.kr/p/5DEX4M

Taiwan has a lot of Taipei personalities.

Hey folks! Great to be here. I need some time to learn how this works. I haven’t invested time in it all yet. So will start now! Any tips let me know

#Garfield

Sorry, I am too excited to just boost the news, I have to say it myself:
Tom Lehrer has not only declared all his life's musical work public domain, he has made it available for download for a limited time. So I just spent the last 15 minutes updating my #Plex server...
https://tomlehrersongs.com/

#music #satire #PublicDomain

Did you know #catFacts

50 years ago today, the #Apollo17 crew completed its time at the Moon and performed a Trans-Earth injection (TEI) burn to return home. #Apollo50th

Photo: View of the far side of the Moon taken just after TEI.
#NASAhistory

@amandanat @randfish @jon To learn more about the fediverse, follow @nova and @tchambers.

Kris is just an amazing human. And the work she's doing with #hachyderm is fun to watch and informative.

Tim boots. A lot. I've turned boosts off for him but I visit his feed occasionally to see what he's boosting because it's good stuff. It's a great way to find interesting content and people to follow.

I believe that shifting our news and media ecosystem away from the profit model is essential, in order to rebuild trust & reduce systemic biases.

But we can't rely on billionaires and their foundations to fund things. For this to work, we have to support nonprofit media.

For #FollowFriday, I'm doing a longer thread about some nonprofit outlets. If you like their work, please consider supporting them.

(FYI: Mastodon supports temporary muting if you feel I'm spamming your feed.)

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