Going to keep posting these as more people keep joining in exodus from birdsite:
If you aren't enjoying Mastodon.
Please take a look at these resources that will make your experience more user friendly.
More info on #mastodon:
mastodon.help
More info on #fediverse: fedi.tips
\Andriod / IOS / Desktop apps, here is a list:
https://joinmastodon.org/apps
*I recommend Tusky for Andriod.
Making Apps for the fediverse: https://glitch.com/@glitch/fediverse-of-madness
Check out the Fediverse server network: index.community/
Anyone confused about #mastodon and the #fediverse, this page is very helpful: https://mastodon.help/
If your #LEGO Christmas gift runs on batteries, chances are it can run #Python #MicroPython with #Pybricks!
We launched the new stable release of #Pybricks over at https://code.pybricks.com/ just in time. π
Happy coding!
The mutual aid network Iβm part of is working hard to get hotel rooms for our unhoused neighbors during this sub-zero winter storm. Thereβs a lot of need, and the more funds we have, the more people we can help. Please donate if you can at https://opencollective.com/edgewater-mutual-aid
#MutualAid #WeKeepUsSafe #HousingForAll
ACTIVISM ALERT:
The NIH is making its RECOVER trials for #LongCovid test therapies that are actively harmful for these patients and have long been debunked: graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. (Therapy's great to manage feels about this disease, not a way to cure this.)
Add your name to this petition to tell them to redirect energy into things that we don't already know will do harm:
Did you know that you can clean up accounts from domains that no longer exist using the @Mastodon Admin CLI? For example, users from mastodon.technology (which finally shut down this month) can be purged from your instance's local storage with the command
RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl domains purge mastodon.technology
This is a vitally important usage as a #MastoAdminβ since accounts which are no longer functional only eat up storage space. #FediTips
For the union-curious or people like me in states w/ hostile #labor laws, you can still join a union this very minute to find out what it's all about. It is a worldwide union with a deep history: the IWW (International Workers of the World). Every #worker, especially if you feel stuck in a meaningless #job, should be an #organizer too. Joining the #IWW will help you learn basic #organizing skills. Let me know if you have questions! https://www.iww.org/membership/#SocialistSunday #unions #1u
Developers Found Graves in the Virginia Woods. Authorities Then Helped Erase the Historic Black Cemetery.
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The cemeteryβs disappearance cleared the way for the expansion of a #Microsoft data center, despite layers of federal and state #regulations nominally intended to protect culturally significant sites.
βThis is not as bad as it sounds,β a consultant wrote in2014 to Microsoft & to a county official. βWe should be able to relocate these graves.β
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-authorities-erased-historic-black-cemetery-virginia
Your union isn't recognized (yet). Can you organize strikes, job actions, and protests? And can your boss retaliate against you for it?
https://workerorganizing.org/premajority-unionism/right-to-strike/
Mass. teacher's union to prioritize higher support staff pay, right to strike next year #mapoli #bospoli #1u #teachers #union #labor #RightToStrike https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/12/08/mass-teachers-association-legislative-priorities-new-year
In my next iteration of #followfriday
Organizing/Activists
@AFTUnion
@RMTLondon
@TTDAFLCIO
@BostonDykeMarch
@mallory
@redemmas
Tech/News
@k9mail
@thunderbird
@gbhnews
@themarkup
@portside
@universalhub
Fun/bots
@ancient_catbus
@marxbot
@xkcd
@catsofmastodon
The U.S. military is poisoning Okinawa. Blood testing confirms high levels of carcinogen PFAS in the blood of hundreds living close to US bases.
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/the-us-military-is-poisoning-okinawa
Elon Musk released "files" about Hunter Biden is to distract from Musk on Friday reinstating a Nazi on Twitter and the report released Friday that found hate speech has skyrocketed on Twitter under Musk's reign. ISIS is even back using Twitter under Musk. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/technology/twitter-hate-speech.html
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@inviolablehuman
Eco-Marxist, Atheist, Punk, Organizer, Photonic Engineer, Physicist, Researcher and Writer.
Member of the DSA and IWW.
Former Co-Chair of Cape Cod DSA. Former Vice/Interim Chair of Cape Cod Sierra Club. Co-Founder of Cape Cod Litter Initiative.