Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Hello Fediverse! I am coming before you all today to promote my new instance: blackqueer.life! You may have seen my post on my old account about it a few weeks back. I wanted to wait until I finished migrating my old account over here, got the instance up and running to where I wanted it, etc before promoting it fully.

We all know Fedi isn't always kind to Black users, doubly so for Black queers. My instance represents my attempt to continue the amazing work some folks are doing in the Fediverse to make these platforms more accessible and safer for all users, ESPECIALLY marginalized folks.

When I joined the fediverse, the first thing I was searching for almost from the beginning was an instance dedicated to or centering Black queer people explicitly. While there are a few amazing communities like that out there, many of them are either not federating, offering limited federation only, or are currently closed to new users.

This allows them to have much greater control over the content their users are exposed to, which I have tremendous respect and appreciation for. Hell, I've got alts in some of those places!

However. As a newcomer to Fedi, it was not overly easy for me to find these places and gain access, which I recognize is somewhat by design. Limited or no federation meant the only way to locate them was by word of mouth and extensive research.

This is where BlackQueerLife comes in. I want to build a place where Black queer, trans, and GNC folks can feel safe making a home while also being able to venture out into the rest of the fediverse. I want somewhere they can use as a landing pad. I want as many multiply marginalized Black folks off of corporate hellsites like Twitter and Bluesky as possible. We are not safe being corporate playthings.

Most importantly, I want every Black queer person who joins Fedi to know that they have somewhere they can go. I don't expect that all would necessarily want to join, but I want all Black queer fedizens to know that they are welcome to.

So if you see this, please boost this post to spread the word. If you already boosted the other posts that have gone out about this instance, no pressure. Thanks so much!

@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackQueer #BIPOC #QTPOC #LGBTQ

@zleap You can see the cubic crystals, nice

Why Do Neo-Nazis Keep Getting Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akvbw/why-do-neo-nazis-keep-getting-arrested-for-child-porn

Code Club 22/7/2023 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/code-club-22-7-2023

There were two big bangs https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/there-were-two-big-bangs

LibreOffice Documentation 19/07/2023 https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/libreoffice-documentation-19-07-2023

Footage of thousands of tiny metal spheres set jiggling in a shallow tray has revealed an arrangement of particles once considered impossible. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-vibrated-a-box-of-particles-and-they-formed-a-strange-new-material

Email - The fake, canned meat of choice

As a society, we've decided to accept that people may miss or lose emails because of the sheer volume of communications. It certainly says, "This isn't working for us anymore and maybe we should try something else."

Then again, having a written word is a valuable receipt. Some even email themselves to remember.

Why don't we formally teach people how manage email?

“We notice you are using an ad blocker…”

Yes, and I notice you are using a few dozen trackers. Turn off the trackers and I will look at your ads. Until then, we are at an impass.

Hey folks, a quick announcement: we’re not going to keep doing the monthly Small is Beautiful streams going forward.

Instead, I’ll be doing impromptu streams and releasing recordings of new features, etc., as I add them to Kitten, Domain, etc., and Laura might join me for some of those.

We’re both very busy so we’re trying to make the best use of our time.

You can find previous recordings at: https://small-tech.org/videos/

💕

#SmallTech #SmallWeb #SmallIsBeautiful

HOW TO SURVIVE THE HEATWAVE:
1. Stay hydrated.
2. Have an ice cream cone.
3. Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class.
4. Wear loose clothing.

@renwillis

One only has to follow a few BIPOC folk on here to see the racist hostility toward #BlackMastodon

It's completely unacceptable and white people should call it out every time they witness it.

@BlackAzizAnansi

It's been about a week since this happened so I'm probably cool-headed enough to talk about it. First a little background info.

A sales person from Offensive Security (https://www.offsec.com/) has been trying to reach out to me for days. First by work email, which I ignored, then through my personal LinkedIn account, which I also ignored.

Then, last week, my son texts me and says, "some guy called me looking for you." I told him I was your son and he said he would try to email. I know that absolutely no one in my professional circle has my son's personal cell number, so I asked him to send me the number that called him.

I call the number back and it's the sales guy from Offensive Security. I immediately asked him how he got my son's number and found out it was part of a ZoomInfo (https://www.zoominfo.com/) record for me. I told him to immediately delete any record he has with my son's information.

I then let him know in no uncertain terms that his company was using some shady data gathering practices if they had my son's cell number and because of that I will personally never do business with OffSec again. I also made it clear that he should never reach out to me again.

Even though I hold the #OSCP and #OSCE certifications and even though they were a career changer for me and for my colleagues, I will no longer do business with their company.

#OffSec #OffensiveSecurity

🚨NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency.

Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors. https://www.levernews.com/new-gop-bill-would-curb-bidens-power-to-fight-climate-change/

"Nevada Northern No. 93 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1909 for the American Smelters Securities Co. to haul ore trains on the Nevada Northern Railway." (Ely, Nevada, 10/4/2019.)

#Train #Railroad #Steam #History #Photography #LinuxPhotography #Darktable