Dmitri. @Winneganfake@octodon.social
Lead leatherworker, artist, leftist and maniac of http://tormentedartifacts.com
Here on Mastodon we have: Furries, Socialists, Lesbians, Witches, Warlocks, programmers, and French people. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TWITTER? NOTHING. NOOOOTHING
Here's a thing that makes Mastodon instances work less well than they could...
when you visit an instance, all the front pages look the same.
"About this instance" is a TINY little link under the sign-up form. This is crazy.
Instances should LEAD with a community description, not bury it.
That's like a newsgroup leading with the OS it used to run the newsgroup rather than saying: "This is a Kenny G community"
Old Man Fails To Understand New Website
Should you use mastodon for sensitive info? Hell no! At least, not unless you're running your own instance, and you know what you're doing.
But you also shouldn't use facebook or twitter for sensitive info! You don't control those platforms either.
...and we're down to this point to keep the computer running at decent speed. The fan seems to have completely died now. You've got two more weeks here. Come on, keep breathing.
And before anyone mistakes me for the awesome model in that last pic, the following are a good chunk of my labels. Feel free to ask questions.
#Artist
#Leatherworker
#Maskmaker
White
Husband
Father
Male
Cisgender
#Queer (As in fuck you)
Kinky
#sexpositive
Polyamorous
Polyfuckerous
#Leftist
#Progressive
#Feminist
Civil Rights Supporter
Atheist
#Magician
Occultist
Undiagnosed fuckup
Chronic pain part-timer
Gamer
Weirdo
Nerd
as to what that pile of leather parts was for, well, more of these, for one: http://tormentedartifacts.com/ravenmask.html
Reading my feeds:
:notes: :musical_note: toots and cats and toots and cats and toots and cats and capitalism must be destroyed :notes: :musical_note:
Today's #workinprogress shot- making sure there's enough work for the apprentice to do today.
#leather #leatherwork #maskmaking #handcrafted #tormentedartifacts #textureporn #wip
Bad edgy: jokes about marginalized people
Good edgy: jokes about the people who marginalize others
Best edgy: jokes about the systems that pit us against each other
Me whenever a white cis het guy uses anti-oppression ally language in their bio.
Me: Oh, yeah, I'll just put on the latest episode of #TheExpanse for background noise while working today
...ok, I might not be getting anything done for the next hour. SO?!
:smile_cat: :thumbsup: Instance Of The Day! :smile_cat: :thumbsup: eschaton.club, the exclusive instance that runs on a blood-cooled server and federates with arcane tootstreams of the dead. Don't try to trick the captcha demon on the signup page, it definitely knows when you use store bought flesh offerings! Rating: :scream_cat: omg spookums! :scream_cat:
A reminder that free speech only applies to government bodies and social media platforms are under no legal obligation to provide you with a forum for oppressive language including racial slurs.
Seeing a few white people trying to defend their use of the n-word on here by appearing selfless and making it part of engaging in conversation.
Find an instance with more lax with their admin rules. That's not censorship, that's an individual using their right to not give you an amplifier.
another srs post here, wont be long:
we are happy there are more folks here but FYI newbies, Mastodon's community was founded by gays, trans folx, POC, furries. Not only do we take no BS from Nazis, we won't have you ruining this place for us.
YOU ADJUST TO US. Mic drop 🎤
Allowing oppressive language 'you disagree with' isn't encouraging free speech, it's encouraging the use of tools specifically designed & used to silence the speech of marginalised people.
Now I am reading this as "I just woke up mastodon."
AWAKE, MASTODON
ARISE AND KNOW THY FOLLOWERS
AWOO! AWOO! MASTODON FHTAGN!
I'm now wondering if I've managed to get myself blocked by anyone yet.
Because, hey, look. Self-employed artist means I HAVE to promote my own work anywhere I end up, since, well, I like eating and having a roof over my head. And given just how much anti-branding commentary there is in the federated feed... you all do realize some of us work for a living in ways that don't get us checks from employers, right?
https://monicacatherine.com/2017/04/05/dear-microsoft-no/
"Dear Microsoft: absolutely not."
