Elfi, known bug enjoyer @elfi@pixie.town

yall need to get back into the habit of using cw and start operating under a culture of consent

deaths should have a cw
opression at the hands of the state should have a cw
covid and climate change should have a cw

triggering people into hypervigilance is not consent culture, nor is it effective or helpful

The 'successful'* accounts here are those that embrace our community best practices (good hashtag use, alt-text on media, CWing sensitive topics, etc.) and put in some effort to chat with people and make friends, reply to comments, and interact a lot.

The accounts that complain that 'mastodon is dead' or 'the fediverse is bad for artists' are those who just post their stuff but don't bother following anyone or getting to know their neighbours.

Good account examples in the next toot:

UPDATE: Sorry for the notification, but as this post is circulating again I wanted to make it clear that we are not using Open Collective for donations at this time. You can, however, donate through Ko-Fi here: https://ko-fi.com/blackqueerlife thank you thank you thank you!!

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

@blackmastodon

There's also an afro-mermaid store, and
https://www.afromermaid.co/ - theres an afro-mermaid summit too!

But when it comes to supporting the Black community... it means supporting the Black people at the "edges" of the culture. Black fairies, black elves, black witches etc.
And of course... black performers who do all these things! 💚

#blackmastodon #blackfedi #mermaid

Hey, y'all.

Just another quick reminder - please please CW your anti-trans #politics posts. Please. You're just traumatizing #trans folks even more. It's difficult to exist as is without posts popping up on our timelines constantly reminding us how much bigots want us all to not exist.

We are strongly against the new ‘dangerous’ #Google DRM / Web-Environment-Integrity. Here’s our take: 👇

https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/

With Google’s #WebEnvironmentIntegrity, the threat to the open web is greater as it could be used to encourage #Microsoft and #Apple to cooperate with Google to restrict competition in the browser and the operating system space.
This should be prevented from moving forward.

i was gonna work on a new announcement image for the next raffle stream but then someone just came in and wrecked my plans. it's fine. Wednesday 7/26 and Saturday 7/29 @ 4:00 PM PDT. two of them. it's FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

hi mastodon! i'm robin, i draw pixelart and do music on my free time. I'm going to post here all my personal work!

let's go !

#pixelart #ドット絵 #illustration #animation

Felt like sharing some insects. :D

#drachenmagier #insects #bugs #moth #butterfly #traditionalMedia #traditionalArt #fantasy #MastoArt #anthro #AnthroArt

In case you are concerned about picking a server will restrict you to a certain place, it won't. A couple months ago I did a poll asking people from where they were seeing my post, and of around 6.5k votes 96% were from outside the instance I'm at, gamedev. Show this to your friends that are worried about the onboarding process of picking a servers.

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@djlink/109433604286362207

Glad to announce that Zae's assets packs are coming in late August! Here's a wip preview from Adventure-ready: 16x16pixel assets with terrains, cliffs, trees, ruins, animated water and much more.

I'll be making stand-alone pngs (with frames for water and animated parts), rpgmaker compatible assets and some palette schemes! A few, more basic (but still complete) packs will be also released with a "name your price" policy!
Feel free to ask for other formats and layouts!

#pixelart #tileset

Henlo 👉👈 Interest check! I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in these type of headshots/busts?

$45 each (with simple background like shown here), furred characters only srry idk how to detail scales

I might reopen early or mid August. Lmk if you'd like to be tagged when I do!

#furry #furryart #anthro #mastoart #digitalart #commission