herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

Just one of the death threats I received on Mastodon this morning. Some were even more direct ("I'm coming to kill you"). Most used the N-word, which (especially given that I'm a white man) indicates the ideology of the senders.

People in marginalized communities have suffered this far worse than I have. Many left, which is a tremendous loss.

I'm sad because I want Mastodon to succeed. We have to find a way to fix this immediately.

#FollowFriday - organizations who are here (afik)

@eff
@takebackthecourt
@CREW
@pogowatchdog
@revolvingdoordc
@team
@checkmyads

Please boost to get the word out - and if there are other orgs that you are following, please reply back, I will make sure to follow and boost. @mastodonmigration #TwitterMigration

Please, take a moment to thank your insteance's admin for the work and money they put on this #project by just saying it directly, helping, donating, you pick what you find best!

I thank #qoto admins @freemo @trinsec and @khird for the excellent work they have done with this #instance, thank you so much! It totally changed my #social experience! Also, here I feel like a citizen of Earth and not as one of a little isolated one

To inaugurate my Mastodon account, here's a repost of my most popular tweet to date. 😋

How did English sound 1100 years ago?

Of course we'll never know for sure, but linguists have been able to reconstruct the pronunciation of Old English to quite an extent.

Here's me reading an excerpt from a 10th century riddle using this reconstructed pronunciation:

New video from ABC news on "The challenging struggle of long COVID"

Doctors saying "It's probably nothing", "Things will improve".

Sufferers having to give up work, but then struggling to obtain disability benefits.

People pushed out of state support systems by onerous bureaucracies, beyond what people with disabilities can easily navigate.

The same experiences over and over again...

#LongCovid #Covid #MECFS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGGtXpSpiJY

https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/1244 ⚠️🇺🇦 In Melitopol children are threatened to be expelled from school for refusing to thank Russian soldiers. According to Melitopol media, in one of the schools a 13-year-old student refused to write a letter to the soldiers of the Russian army with gratitude "for the liberation". The teacher threatened the child with expulsion for such an act. #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

Not sure if this needs a CW, but in honor of the last official day of COP27, everyone should read this piece about the lack of water in the Amazon:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/amazon-brazil-tipping-point/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006

Please boost: I'm looking for literature on legal requirements for instances (moderation, data protection, liability etc.).

Especially for larger organizations/companies that want to run their own instance.

Focus on EU/Germany. Please help.

#mastodon #legal #GDPR

By the way, am I happy that Twitter is imploding right this moment?

As much as I'd like to celebrate -- and a part of me is -- I'm incredibly wary because:

1. Mastodon does not have the scale to successfully onboard users *that* quickly
2. The moderator-to-user ratio might be stretched too thin
3. Malicious actors might take advantage of the chaos, and undermine the Fediverse's longterm survival

Let's hope we survive this!

Ugh, these new Twitter refugees are ruining the place for long-standing community members like me who have been here for ten days.

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

https://youtu.be/YEMEAxlYL04

#FavoriteMusic