Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

@Elephantidae @freemo I am an example of someone who recently found Qoto from the join site. I think that the issue seems to speak to a serious question as to whether or not Mastodon is a decentralized federation or if from a practical standpoint, it has access determined by one person. And of course, I joined this instance because I felt it best met my interests, but also so I could interact with others in different instances.

Succumbing to the strategy of an attack by nefarious agents doesn't make Mastodon a safe or a welcoming place. All instances ought to see that as a vulnerability that needs to be combated.

@Elephantidae @freemo But isn't this the way that the Nazi's dominated in Germany historically? It wasn't "really" that most petty government officials saw themselves as doing terrible things. But by collective small actions and inaction they did serve the Nazi's goals. So effectively they were part of the Nazi machine. The danger they posed to others was that of real live Nazis.

Now, the fascists see the demolition of Twitter as a forum as a step forward for them. Thwarting Mastodon would be a next step. Not actively standing up to that would be a huge mistake.

@freemo I am sorry you’ve had to deal with this situation, but thankful for your efforts. I first heard of QOTO via the official mastodon app, so if I were first joining mastodon today I wouldn’t see this wonderful instance. I hope that Eugen will come to his senses and relist QOTO soon.

Thank you very much for all that you do in helping to run this instance.

🙇🏻

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him

#Books #Review We All Want Impossible Things, by Catherine Newman is a wry examination of our very human foibles, told with intelligent, cheeky humor. Absolutely no one in the novel takes themselves too seriously. I fell in love with the characters in the first few pages. 

The book is about the active processes of living and dying, connecting and saying goodbye, seen through the prism of friendship, which in the end, is maybe the foundational connection that matters most.

@freemo
Honestly, I probably would have disengaged from the Fediverse/Mastoverse a long time ago - or at best had a mostly dormant account (like I do on the birdsite) - because of stuff like this, if not for #QOTO.

To my knowledge, this is the instance that comes closest to having the culture that Hacker News wants to have:

> Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents.

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

(from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

So, thank you, for creating an environment for those of us that want to have genuine and curious conversations.

9:00 am, and I'm supposed to be working now. But for the first time in my life I'm on strike. It feels really weird. But when you should be earning around 24% more than you actually are (based on 2010 pay), have had real terms pay cuts every single year for the last 12 years, and your pension benefits slashed, you get to a point where you have to think whether it's actually worth working for the money.
#UCURising

Don't mess with the #AngryLibrarians #ucuRISING #ucuStrike

How #tide has turned on #UK TidalStreamEnergy as costs ebb and reliability flows | #RenewableEnergy | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/tidal-stream-energy-costs-ebb-reliability-flows

#Environment #TidalPower #Renewables

@dichotomiker @freemo Nazis didn't persecute only jews. They persecuted and killed people that didn't think the way they did. Even people of their own nationality! They didn't care about the truth. Eugene and his staff show the same behaviour when they block people without given them any justification and the chance to defend themselves. I'm not saying he is a Nazi. I'm saying he isn't fair nor honest in the way he deals with others.

Email translations:

“I was under the impression”
Translation: I’m furious

“As per my email”
Translation: I’m furious

“With respect”
Translation: I’m furious

“Whilst I appreciate”
Translation: I’m furious

“As I’m sure you’re aware”
Translation: I’m furious

There's a huge #thunderstorm here in #Carmarthen - the lightning strikes seem to be temporarily blanking out the FM radio signal in a way I've never experienced before. Our power is fine but for a good ten seconds the music on the radio stops. The background static continues and nothing else in the house is affected!

On the picket line (in the rain) this morning trying to ask uni's for better conditions, pay and pensions for uni staff. Hard to see how we will retain staff or encourage students this is a good career choice if things continue as is. #ExeterUCU #UCURising #UCU #FalmouthUCU

Cottingham: Europe's biggest battery storage system switched on - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-63707463 excellent news; more please... #RenewableEnergy

I'm blocked so I cantt correct Rich... but who is going to tell him that he is lieing (or misinformed).

We have clear rules about child porn as is shown below. I was asked but someone about it and at the time we had never had to address it so I mentioned tthe moderators would need to vote to get it added to our rules.. moments later we voted and added it... Naturally the person lied and posted out of context about the vote and never bothered to let people know we updated our rules moments later.

As to his comment about kiwifarms.. lets be clear. I saw a list on a website whose domain name was not associated with kiwifarms as far as I knew.. it just so happened that list was generated using a tool that happened to be written by kiwifarms... obviously I didnt know this.

This shit is getting absurd...

https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/109365635195777852

Anyone remember when they told us Brexit would reduce immigration, and improve the NHS? Instead we've got the highest rates of immigration ever, a collapsing privatised NHS, a crumbling economy, worst growth in the G7, and a dying democracy
#BrexitIsntWorking #wato #bbcwato

Hello world (and universe)! I'm a #space journalist from #Canada who writes about #spaceflight, #rockets, #astronomy, #StarTrek, #NASA and whatever else is trending that day.

I recently got to talk to an #astronaut about cosplay, of all things. That was unexpected. https://www.space.com/european-female-space-station-commander-2001-cosplay

My favourite stories cover #diversity, #stem and other ways to make our universe a little bit more inclusive.

I am blundering about here on Mastodon as a beginner ... but believe in showing others that learning and growing at any age is a good thing. :)

In my spare time I enjoy #archaeology #history #libraries #gaming ... and I'm also a beginner #python coder, because why not.

Drop by and say hi!

Here's a snap of the picket line at #Swansea uni earlier this morning, lots of solidarity honks from passers-by and just before we all got drenched! Glad to stand with colleagues to defend pay and working conditions for all academic and professional staff. #UCURising

To celebrate the 163rd anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species today, the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL has published the full edition of #Darwin 's correspondence online! Explore more than 15000 letters, from Darwin's first letter in 1822 to his death in 1882.

Much as I like physical books, it's really exciting to have the collected correspondence now full-text searchable:

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/full-edition-now-online

#histodons #scihistodons #hstm #victodons