Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

Do you remember Switter? Should we? It became the 3rd biggest Mastodon instance in the fediverse and a lifesaving refuge for sex workers around the world. It was shut down despite much effort against harmful anti-sex and anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation and policy, which remains a threat over many of us.
For more info:
https://switter.at/

keeping mastodon rent low by firing my fedigun out the window at midnight for a week or so

nou, verdomme. nu is het dus bedtijd, en heb ik niet gedaan wat ik van plan was.

..en dat was natuurlijk het punt. executive dysfunction betekent voor mij dat ik alle mogelijkheid heb iets te doen, iets dat ik leuk vindt of een klusje of een mailtje beantwoorden, het kan alles zijn. het is niet overwhelming of ingewikkeld, ik heb de tijd, maar ik -doe- het gewoon niet. ik zit soms letterlijk op de bank te denken 'ik moet zo ff vegen', zonder op te staan en te gaan vegen.

dit is voor mij echt een van de irritantste dingen van #ADHD.

het kan zo klote voelen om de hele dag geen fuck gedaan te krijgen. nutteloos, kansloos, faalhaas.
lui.

nou, goed, dat wou ik dus eens in een draadje laten zien. elk moment dat ik er vandaag een toot over schreef was een moment dat ik alle mogelijkheid had te doen wat ik wilde doen. maar ik deed het niet.

dus, heb je een adhd'er in je buurt, en ben je teringgefrustreerd dat ie de simpelste dingen gewoon niet doet? troost je: die adhd'er is zéker zo gefrustreerd met zichzelf.
ga die alsjeblieft niet lui noemen, of er anderszins negatief over doen, dat doet die zelf al genoeg.

As journalists and new academics join the fediverse: I'm excited you're here! The fediverse has a lot of potential. But it is far, far from perfect.

Bring your critical energy to make this place more just -- for marginalized people, particularly BIPOC.

Don't bring your critical energy to make it more like Twitter.

ok ok, another thing.

"Where are my quote tweets/toots?"

They don't exist here. They're very often used to harass, dogpile, and otherwise cause a bad time for folk. If you want to engage with a toot, reply! If you want others to see it, boost it!

Trust me, it's very freeing to know you can post your personal update without being concerned some arsecandle is going to QT it saying "haha look at this"

Also, just because I remember a post that was like “but no brands means no indie artists!”

Obviously, indie artists are okay. Y’all are amazing. Art is inherently anti-capitalist, and even if you do commissions, it is a much more wholesome and worthwhile endeavor than any modern for-profit company or brand.

When I say “brand”, I mean Starbucks. I mean McDonald’s. I mean those types of brands. Those brands can burn to the fucking ground.

Seeing mainstream business media start talking about Mastodon is making me feel like we’re at a tipping point.

Do not let brands and companies into Mastodon except non-profits or indie focused companies like itch.io. If you find one, block them immediately. Do not engage. Alternatively… engage with the most messed up shit ever like furries have been doing for ages.

Make the Fediverse absolutely un-marketable. We cannot let our space be exploited by capitalism.

Project time! I wanted to learn a new tool/technique so i’m building a very basic vacuform thing. First up some lasercut work: (thread)

Every other space on the internet is constantly filled with fury at the outrage of the day

The Scholar Social Local Timeline is not the place for that; current events are explicitly "off topic" for the Local Timeline

This is so that we all have just one (1) place online that isn't just for doomscrolling

So right now, that means that if you want to talk about the US elections and you're on Scholar, use Unlisted privacy setting, or at least a CW

Happy four seasons total landscaping day to those that celebrate

Your reminder that the fediverse does not tolerate transphobes, terves and other gender-critical nonsense.

Trans lives matter, trans people are welcome here, and trans people built this place. If you don’t agree, you do not belong here.

Het heeft me een paar dagen gekost om tot dit inzicht te komen: dat sommige mensen mastodon stom vinden en daarom wegblijven, is een feature, niet een bug.