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

Hello All!
As of this month, we are officially short of the amount of money we need in order to cover hosting costs and pay our mods. Our total monthly expenses are about $120 ($50 for each of our two mods and $20 for managed hosting services). Before Open Collective Foundation (our previous fiscal host) went under earlier this year, we had these expenses completely covered. Since we had to transition to self-hosting, we have never hit that mark again.

Over the previous months as we have been using Ko-Fi, I have been working behind the scenes to get us to be able to use Open Collective again because of how many different types of donations they accept (we have only been using PayPal with Ko-Fi which is...not ideal).

And as of today, I am happy to announce that we can once again accept payments through Open Collective at https://opencollective.com/blackqueerlife

For the first time, you will be able to make donations through Stripe, PayPal, or direct bank transfer. Our hope is that we can once again have our costs covered fully by donations.

I can't tell you how many times in the past year and change that I have been running this server that I have thought about giving up and moving off of the fediverse. Our mod team constantly has to deal with white supremacist harassment, transmisia, transmisogynoir, ableism, etc from other users and instances. We are making it work, but I'd be lying if I said it was not taking a toll. And with fascism on the rise globally, things are only going to get worse in that department.

So if you don't agree with that and want to help support us in maintaining a space on this network, any amount helps. Seriously.

-eva

@blackfedi #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #MutualAid #BlackFedi #BlackQueerLife #QTPOC

What are some good SBCs that aren't raspberry pi?

@joepie91 that's in my city! I've been there several times. They have new stuff this year.

Every once in a while I see an old Linux screenshot and go "oh yeah, Linux DEs used to be *uglier* than Windows" lmao

Today I learned that there is a theme park in the US specifically tailored towards disabled folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27pkOKYBptI

funny image i think y'all would enjoy
(i didn't censor the author, this is from a random telegram channel and I couldn't find the original post unfortunately)

hot take all those people who say "utopias are paradoxes you cant make a perfect world" ok bro we cant make the perfect pizza either but chefs are always trying and people are enjoying better slices because of it asshat maybe something doesnt have to be obtainable to be worth trying

Uh oh guys, I blocked out a big chunk on my calendar tomorrow morning, but now I have no memory of WHAT I blocked it for. Just three hours that I wrote "NO" on

“Basically, men need to start mansplaining sexism to other men.”

Perennial favorite…because this is clearly the case

*wet eyes, trembling lip* i-if i'm such a good girl, why are my basic needs constantly under implicit threat?

What I send: Flirting
What they see: Could not decrypt mesaage

Another #PixelArt daily done! :) The clock never stops.

You can grab the full-quality versions (for free) here: https://ko-fi.com/i/IU7U0160GAB

ENJOY!

Dear authors, and if Netflix or whoever is listening, you too:

If you're out of fun ideas for historical drama, alternate history or the like, how about this: an all-female gang in a European capital, renowned for coming up on top against male gangs and taking good care of their members, and one which may have endured for generations. You don't even need to invent most of it if you don't want to. This gang really existed and they were known as the 40 thieves or the 40 elephants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants

Please write something in this setting. Please!

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Can anyone recommend small independent sources of information/news, either about tech, world facts, or both, that are in a similar ballpark as kottke and 404media, but they're not US-centric?

Anything interesting in Europe or elsewhere?