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/
Please consider signing my proposal for the DSA National Convention. I'd like DSA to endorse and support the usage of RCV in state, county, and municapal elections, in an effort to get more DSA folks elected. Proposal here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mv4lrtmDz0WAFNv3d9_t4ZKepVH6go5BPv1PW0hoZGI , signature form is here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12u_GasR9flR0U654XWR0JoiNhA3DLGFV7TTWsPegLVg
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
Other Server Accounts: @inviolablehuman@projectmushroom.social
@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.